Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-03-08

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No, bu, Mary, that's the tailor's business,
not mine'
sOf course-you must trust to him TO make
your clothes according TO the fashion, while II
choose TO see if the fashions are just such as
suit my stature, shape, and complexion. that
may adopt them fully, or deviaie from them, in
n III ks,d raionai manner. So there is this
difference between US ; you follow The fashions
blindly, and with judgment and discrlmina-
lion y
Indeed, Mary, you are too bad
Do speak any Thing but the truth 9
Il should be very sorry, indeed, ii your de-
duc,ons were true in regard 10 my following
the fashions so blndy, if indeed at ALL
But don't you follow ,hemF
| never think about shem.'
II you don't some how or olher YOU man.
age To be always about even with the prevailing
modes. don, see any difference between
your dress and that of other young men,
Il don't care fig for the fashions, Nary re-
piled Henry. speaking with some warmth.
So you say
And SO mean
Then why do you wear fashionable
clothes
-
.You have figured silk or GU, velvet buttons
on your coat, | believe. Let me see! Yes.
Now lasting buttons are moro durable, ana
remember very we'll when you wore them. But
they are ou, of fashion. And here Is your
collar turned down over your black silk STOCK
(where, by the by, have all the white cravats
gone, that were few years ago SO iashIoha-
Die y as smooth as a puri,ans Don't you
remember how much trouble you used to have
sometimes 10 se, your collar TO stand up just sot
All, brother, YOU are an incorrigible follower OF
The fashions 2
But, Mary, i, is grea, deal less trouble TO
turn The collar over the stock.
Il know j; is, now that j, is fashionable 10 do
so'
1t is, though, in FACT
Really 2
Yes, really
Blu, when i, was fashionable to have the
collar standing, you were very willing 10 lake
the trouble
.You would not have me affect singulariy, |
SISTER,
ME! No, indeed! would have you con-
iinus 10 follow the fashions as you are now do
ing. | would have you dress like other peo-
pie. And there is one other thing that would
like 10 see in you.'
What is that /!
Il would like TO see you willing to allow me
The same privilege
You have managed your case so ingenious
ly, Mary her brother now said, as 10 have
beaten me in argument, thought am very sure
that am night, and you in error in regard to The I
general principles hold it TO be morally /
wrong to follow the fashions. They are un-
reasonable and arbitrary in their requirements,
and it is species of miserable folly, to be led
about by them have conyersed good deal /
with old aunt Abigail on The subject, aud she
perfectly agrees with ME. Her opinions, you
will moi, of course, treat with Indifference
NO, not my aun,s But for al thai, do
not think that either she or uncle AbsaIom Is
perfectly orthodox on all matters.
Il think that they can both prove 10 you be-
yond doubt that it is a most egregfous folly |
TO be ever changing with the fashions
And think that ! can prove TO them that
they are not al all uninfuenced by The fckle
goddess
Do so. and will give upthe point. Do so,
and | will aYow myself an advocate of FASH
ion'
AS you are now in act. But accept your
challenge, even slough the odds of age and
numbers are agains, me. am very much
mistaken, indeed, il cannot maintain my side
Of the argument, a. least TO my own sa'lsiac-
ton
You may do that, probably but certainly
not 10 ours
We will see,' was The laughing reply.
7, was a few evenings after, that Henry
Grove and his sister called in 10 see uncle
Absslom aud aunt Abigail. who were old-school
reIigionis:s, and rather ultra purl,anlcal IN their
habits and notions Mary could not but feel,
as she came into their presence, that 1t would
be rowing against wind and tide TO maintain
her points with ihen-confrmed as they were
in their own view Of things, and with the re-
spec, due 10 age TO give weight to their opIn-
ions. Nevertheless, she determined resolnieiy
TO maintain her own side Of the question, and
to use all the weapons, offensive and defensive,
iha, came 10 her hand. She was.a iight-hear-
IL IL ..:,h h;,h Aou of snyiss aud n auck