The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-14
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Of course 10 the inward eve of the Imagination the
more name of woman presents vision clothed in
perpetual youth and loneliness floating in region
toofar aboveus 10 know precisely how she is clothed
nj ALL But TO the outward eye of the senses, which
acts as man of business 10 the inner, bothering il
with particulars never wants TO know, il is not To
be denied that there are SOME OF these visions which
appear not beautiful, and many by no means young
This being the case costume expressly adapted for
the display of natural charms, is hard upon those
who never had any to begin with, or who have par
ted company with them some time ago IL is like
setting fine stone and an ordinary one both equally
ransparent-forgetting that what tests the beauty OF
the one only betrays the defects Of the other which
little dexterous foil might hide. Every jeweler
will tell you that it is the inferior stones which de-
pend most on the setting-irst-rate ones may stand
on their own merits We have seen, for instance
some grey pearls produce most beautiful effect in
brilliant setting of red and green enamel, which,
strung plainly like the Salisbury necklace, would
have been frighfu. Dress, by the same rule, is the
setting OF our sweet human pearl each delicate and
precious, and but increasing in beauty and value the
longer and the closer they worn; though not oil
valuable or beautiful alike to that same vulgar out
ward eye which knows nothing Of Jewel but it,
markctprice. For the young and the lovely dress is
of no importance: they may wear what they please,
and the less perhaps the better. The appa girdle of
thn ,,,r,nbs or M Jor,,,oo,s would ha ono,,h f.,
hn,o ,onno o;rJio i,so,s ,oud bo rdI,, o,h,r
ross ,ba ola ard tbo ,l,i ,,nro ,hor , s,,o If Jross
,Shich nrosrn,es ,ho, nj n,i,hnr o ~ INA ohr
IT'S for them, then, alone, that dress should be
studied. Where is the advantage of natural couture
where there neither curls like silk, nor coils like
marble to display where is the policy of plain
simple gown exhibiting the whole contour of the
ns,a,,a,a a.d ohnI,. tan,v. 800 IS a,,.
w "''N ,.i'N' 'iN"Y " sa'''!
80 :. -, ~, - - ~ u - e ~ GU
rn - e = t 80 - iL't, a.,
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~ '"' ''''''n' 49, =. p'"A VIA
rat inoie "isaoIh Is tiisfe IN eoneeaiihs natural
uehciences ah III bringing them tohght ana some
Vi '''e o'u eos'uis' aosuio anu u''haul uey may
now appear mol ohiy possessed ms merit put likewise
ae'etopeahiucn pea'y ana character IN faces whlch
nowadaysa are thought 10 nave none. me Old mead
dresses were particularly recommendaoe Tor this The
reucuialed heaa-afess, or cresP'ne-a gold caul IN
wmch inc mar was lhciosed, sometimes with hiiet
found the ioteheao ana under inc chn oraVell hans-
ing IRON the backNwdsfar more becoming 10 q ma
Jorliy OF iaces man The scanty hair which in THIS
country the bad management OF former generation
has 100 generally bequeathed TO the present. The
enormous horned structures, too which lowered
upon woman's head from the thirteenth TO the
'tee'.h century Vi .iieih SURFING straight
MN NC toienead anu ou'ihihe 'iie upper paf' oi
VI. 'iS' t'"ay' WIN "'e aiapeiy pehuan' On eac''
~ 90 seeh ~ IN 'e ing ehisy Vi Lauy
w '.e..aa''s I ne' Noitoih-tnese'
e.. =. A.'u ais9 ~ 'ouii'eha,'es
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co,ono,l.d 10 ,,noova,o Eyory g,,,n,,h ,u 49,
out some striking or interesting face generally in
ao,na anch he,d. dresses no these which The d,y he
fore eeen inits own scan,v native s,,t was over
Looked ma nl,in And sucb faces are usuollv of f.,
HIGHER character than those which attract nv mer,
nret,iness fcomplexion or brightness of eve Take
for instance prond Itolian contodino strin her nj
her taraglia and Spild and put her into an English
abigails costume. an artist may discover some
latent beauty, but the majority would condemn her
as heavy, dingy, ana decidedly plain. or look
nearer nome 70 rne NeW maven hSnei"oilah VINO
seen every lawul DAY In her cap OF Norman extrac
noh WIN bright COURSE hanukerchii throWt
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~, 80 IS ne,o' ro"'''s sue may
dra.sad Iodu sho o,,oh, -. .a.l,N',, WIS
a, oil '''0 10 u 'au!
....
put 'o'ne' s'o pun WOMAN nor tne poor woman
e,''e ~ W ''iiS s'Ge oi ,hihgs as anothc
eus' " WHOM VIC iu'e slgh''y ailuoed-those ad
,a t., anu al s"t'.is N me- Inc present style
:uss, &c DIS eve" .'iah your economists oee'
co. hn low" - ~ ~ '"aNe' NJ provision at al
davs l,eraI, dnaa ~, a., o'' "o,na''' now
anJ ,,nu ,,o ha; ~. h,'o" ~" ~ uloss 'iersc''
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