The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-02-15
FASHIONS OF THE DAY.

FASHIONS OF THE DAY.
Ertdct of a letter received blythe last steam
er. from England, aoritten By one ,Odo as
close Observer Of the "FasAions of the
day"
After the battle of Waterloo, it was quite
a common thing for many of the ssprigs'
and '-bloods' of London to tie up an
arm or leg, and turn out for an airing in
the Park, as wounded officer from that bat
tie field; but who during that fight, had not
been out of hearing of ''Bow-bels" The
thing took for time, and many fair lady
"oh'd" and "ah'd'' in sympathy and admira-
ton, as one of these unhurt but bandaged
trickaiers went limping by. "There goes
poor fellow who bled at Waterloo" sWhere2'
says another; edo let me get sight of him.
sAs1sas s.es., toe, raised stteir hats aud baaeIi
in thankful recognition to the unknown but
wounded hero of Waterloo
It was not an uncommon thing, too, for
many families to close their doors and WIN
dows,and hang out habliments of woe, in i'm
itaton Of those who really had lost husband
father or brother at that great fight" TO be
in the fashion is a great thing in England,
and whether twas this propensity, or some
thing kin TO it, it may be remembered that
when the beloved Princess Charlotte met her
sad end-there never was know before or
since so many mishaps sin tse family rcGy"
as on that occasion in England.
One thousand single women and three
thousand married (according 10 repor) had
ali miscarried.
The present Queen, God bless her, am
happy TO say, is mort fortunate in setting a
more agreeable fashion; and while she safe
ly presents to her people prince or a prin-
cess annually, they, in turn, and as safely,
furnish her naw subjects by thousands
As before slid not TO b in the fashion
here, is 10 be almost nothing. So Of late, ii
has become the fashion to have lost large
sums ofmoney in ''America State Bonds;''
and thousands that never owned one, an
nounces or hints that the cause oftheir down
fall, and the sale of their carriages and plate
is wholly arising from the "defalcation OIL
States.,'
"AIrs. Simpkins, have You heard that poo
MIS-. Shocks has gone to country lodgings
and quit town2n Is it possible!n "Yes,my
L
have all failed but she is not the only one,
Lord and Lady Trump, and nearly all the
Frumps, have lost most dreadfully-so that
is some consolation to poor Mrs. Shocks
1t would otherwise have broken her heart
Some folks do say that young Shocks got rio
of bis mothers money at Lord John Shuffle's
whist parties, but this is scandal, my dear
real scandal, / assure you. lis all owing
to those wretched democrats across the wat
ers''
And so it goes the rounds, and has become
the fashion.
There is no doubt that many, many fami
, lies here, as in the United States, have beef
and are seriously injured by the unhappy in
, ability of the States TO meet their engage
mentg1 And so, no doubt, hundreds an'
thous; -ds were sadly wounded at Waterloo
/, and so also, no doubt, many good womel
did suffer similar misfortune to that which
deprived the nation of an adored princess
But all | mean to say is-there is yer,
strong suspicion that fashion puts in for
large share, and that many go about IN thes'
days, deploring their misfortunes-which,
traced to their origin would be found to hav'
arisen from a very different cause than tina
ofinvestmenls in State banks, which they an
, nounce as the only reason oftheir downfall
But this is the fashion of the day; and unit
: Brother jonathan pays up faithfully, h
must submit to the odium, real and teigned
01FMr. Squibs turned out several bushel
of elegant pippin apples out of whise pine