Ponola [sic] weekly register. (Ponola [sic], Miss.) 1843-1843, 1843-04-05

TODEY'S I.ADY'S BOOK having been for
SEso long series of years, universally recogni- |
zed as the exclusive and indispdtablc guide to the
fair sex, in matters of taste, fashion, and itora-
tife-ths Only work conducted by distinguished |
female authors, who have for themselves |
high place among the Guiding spirits OF the age
the only work which in point Of fact has been ex-
cIdsiyey devoted TO the lades-Tts favor with its
fair patrons has not been less remarkable than Its
psrfe,t adaptation to their feelings and tastes and
their requirements. In entering croa hcw year,
the ishcr, without diminishing IN the least that
sterling and useful lerature> which has so long re-
s,ltsd from laying ender Contribution the native
good sense and elegant fancy of or American Fe-
male writer's. will, rs each successive nnmber APP
Daars p-esen, in the several departments oil Liter
auure, Fashion, aud Pictorial Establishment,
constant and varying succession OF new anu
striking features. Nor does he p'omlsa without
annie ability to perform. The best literary tai
emit the best efforts of the distIng artists
ia the countsy-ahd> TO crown as well as adorn the
whole, the most perfect arrangements tor the re-
centioc of the American, London and Paris ASH
ions far in advance of any other publication IN
this country, enable him to assur5 the patrons OF
the I.ADY,:S BOOK that the forthcoming volume
will more than Justify its we'll earned title of the
Magazine of Magazines for tho ladies' OF our
country.
IL has passed into custom 10 assert that dress is
mater of trifling importance, but this every lady
knows to be utterly false. Taste in dress is mi
varsay felt to he the index of thousand desirable
Qualities in woman, while deficiency in this res
pect always Injuries one III the estinla of stran
gers, and even other intimate friends-the beauty
of Helen and the wit of Aspasa, would hardly
commend to general favor an acknowledged DowDr
in dress. Hence the importance of an accredited
guide to the Fashions.
This useful Office, already filled for fourteen
years with universal acceptance, by the Lldy's
Book, the publisher pledges himself TO discharge i'll
future, in style surprising all his former efforts
The ladies know perfectly well thai our Magazine
is the highest authority in Fashion.
No lady considers herself we'll dressed who con-
tayenes this authority, and, in our own city, in n
York, Boston, Baltimore, Cincinnati, louisville,
Lexington, St. Louis, New Orleans, Mobile, Rich
mond, Charleston, Savannah, and the other metrop-
Oltan cities of the various States, the tasteful
Fashion Plates of the Lady's Book di'tate the laws
ofdress.
In future the figures will be;thrown into tasteful
groups, displaying the graces of dress TO the best
advantage, and the back grounds OF the plates Will
present interesting views, designed by the first
rate Artists.
As a further assurance of thorough excellence in
this department, the publisher has secured the ser
vices of Miss LESLIE, who will illustrate the
Fashion Plates. in her usual fecitous and graph
ic STYLE. uniting a thorough knowledge of the sub
iect, with clear, graceful and Ineligible man.
ner of trea ting it. Her descriptions are worthy of
the productions of her own glowing pencil, which
drew the earliest Fashion Plates for the Lady's
Book.
The publishers correspondent in Paris is pos
scssed of such ample means of obtaining the real
and present Paris Fashions, and of transmitting
them in advance of all competitors, thatthe ladies'
may continue, as they have always done, TO copy
from our plates what has received the sanction oil
indsputabe ton the last, thenewest, the best fash
ions, fresh from Paris.
The arrangements for producing most brilliant
and attractive series of Line and MeZZotInt En-
cravings are now complete. Pictures fresh from
the easels of our first rate American Artists, are
now actually in the hands of the ablest American
eagravers, the subjects embracing not only the usn-
al popular and domestic topics, but others whlcn
are interviewer into tieve heart strings OF Amer
lean nationality treating they do of stirring M
cidents in the glorious and heroic age OF Amer
lea
With respect to the general literary and moral
tone of the Lady's Book, for lS43, it will main
tain its usual consistent CHARACTER of domestic
and fashionable family magazine. While such
contributors as Miss Leslie, Miss Sedgwick, Mrs
Hall, Mrs Embury, Mrs f F EIlet, Mrs Sigour-
new. Mrs E Howard, Mrs Seba Smith, Mrs A
Annaa. Mrs G. Lee Hentz, Mrs Parsons, and
Mrs J Hale continue :heir contributions, the