Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-02-29

THE LADY THAT WAS roo FAsHIoNABLF.
Why should we peak of the fashion in a
city where it 10 SO itconstant. Yesterdays
fashion is gone to-day, and thatUf to-day Will
be gone Tomorrow.
In Paris, those who dress according to the
fashion are always busy, they must not lose a
moment IN the day; there is the morning IN
dress, and the morning dress; day dress; eve
ming dress, and concert or.ball dress; and this
is not all; one must have fashionable rooms,
fashionable furniture. fashionable carriage and
horses, fashionable Iiveres, and fashionable
harness, and fashion is always fleetiug.
These people to- whom fashion is every thfr r.
are extremely unhappy when they are found
wanting IN the smallest particular. This way
of trying the cravat is 10 longer in fashion;
coats are not buttoned up so high as this nov !;
this hat is not Of the new shape; this color
is in a bad taste; and this cane is completely
gone by.
you have been so uAfprtunate as to go out
without knowing all this, you are lost. Run,
hide yourself, quick, before any one sees you,
or your reputation is gone.
Fortunately for the Parisans, they are not
all slaves to fashion. Men Of talent think very
little of it; they Shave. Ct6eI. things to think
about. Some alstere philosophers and Gym
les affect TO despse.it; they sometimes carry
this too far. Est DsodHS IN re6uS.
The following circumstance befe! a lady in
Paris, to whom fashion was everything. This
lady was forty years DID, she was not hand.
some; but she often wore things that made her
less so.
ut is the fashion," was. her favorite saying.
fashion," j
"But, if the fashion is ridiculous one?" said
her frienJs.-S .
Fashion can never. he ridiculous"
"Ifit is unbecomingv'
~"It is of no consequence"
"If fashion directed you to expose your
throat"
81 would show it."
ITO wear your dresses to Your knees?"
81 would wear them so. l " oufd always be
in the fashion,"
The husband of this lady, who was by no
means of her way of thinking, took it into his
head one day to compose Il lie piece, and
put It in the Journatdes Modes, with picture,
representing a lady whose hair was Dire. sed
with carrot. Underneath was written
New style Of dressing hair; drawn back
Ia Chinoise; natural carrot"
The lady examined it long and seriously.
''Oh! what singu lar head d ess-how new;
alb! they Will wear vegetables il the hair after
this"
The husband shrugged his shoulders. ex-
claiming.
"How ridculous-it is not common sense
/ hope you Will mol make yourself ridiculous in
that manner"
"WbY not, my dear! it is not ugly not at
all ugly. Besides, it is the ia hioD, and that is
enough. | must have carrot--I must have
one immediateIy-a fine large carrot. " e
are going to the opera--l must have my hair
dressed So"
The husband affected to oppose her-ihe
lady persisted. She put the carrot in her hair,
and went to the opera.
The effect was extraordinary; but not what
she expected. Every body laughed, and so
openly, that il was impossible for her to nisun-
derstand it.
The poor lady came home very melancholy,
and quite Disconnected.
alt is very singular: was dressed in the
last fashion and yet the people laughed at
me-"
"AIy DEAR" replied the husband, 'aI fash
ions are not becoming to you. / have told
you so thousand times. You should adapt
your dress TO your looks; carrot is not be-
coming to a blonde
Since then. this lady has not f lowed The
fashions SO implicitly. Book.