Southern standard., 1852-11-13
An Article for the Ladies,

NOW that the NOISE ana cOnIuSlon' OF the
Presidential campaign is getting over, must try
and find room for something else besides politics.
The ladies (dear creatures J have been crowded
we mean out of our columns, or to speak more
correctly, every thing of refined literary char
acter has haC to give way before the inexorabe de-
mands of the great contest. But that is over
The battle is fought and won. One side is up
the other down fat on their backs And now for
the ladies. What shall we print for them? A
love story? But I'VE have not good one on our
table. Will some fair friend send us one? By
the way, we saw the other day some excellent
sense in paragraph of Cincinnati paper, about
an abominable habit ladies have in cold weather
of sticking their dear little feet into slippers thin
enough for one of Titania's elves. ''The season
has now arrived" says the paragraph, "for wet
weather, and it behooves all who value health and
happiness to prepare themselves for it. 1t is
undeniable fact that the young ladies, and many
| of the young men of or city are so anxious for
ldsnlay that they clothe their feet SO thinly that
Ghey not sufficiently protected from the incem-
ency of the weather The young miss is so care
full of her neat little foot, that the idea of hiding
its fair proportions within double soled shoe is
sficient to throw her into fit of Mysteries, and
the young gallant styles everything heavier than a
pump sole brogan.
This estimate of propriety is altogether false,
and the alarming mortality consequent upon such
imprudence, loudly calls for a reform. The slip
pers worn days, and adhered to by many
women during the fall and winter, are not more
substantial than if made from paper, and certain
ly afford no more protection. 1t is very common
in fact, universal-to hear ladies complaining
of colds, from the commencement of November to
the first of April coughing and worrying through
the entire winter--all the time decaiming against
heavy, clumsy Shoes Their colds settle upon the
lungs, their coughing continues, even after winter
and spring have passed, and they wake up to the
consciousness of consumption The same is ap-
plicabIe to the young men who value neatly
dressed foot more than health. We hope to see
them use more judgment, wear boots and shoes
that will keep their feet from the wet pavements,
and prevent colds, coughs, and their attending
ills.''
That's all good advice, every grand mother and
mother whose head is not run wild after fashion,
will at once say. What say our Nashville ladies
And while speaking of womens ''fxins, .
we clip the following "word of remonstrance
from that sprightly, spicy sheet, the New YorE
Day Book. Here it is:
1--WE perceive the fashion of wearing those de-
testable woolen tides is prevailing to amost fright
full extent. At Sontag's concert We saw severa
good looking ladies with these queer looking
things on their heads with the little balls, which
answer for tassels bobaing about their faces. W.
, wish to say one thing to the ladies who are abou
adopting this most inappropriate and ridiculous
fashion These things were worn a long time ago
! by ladies, in railway cars, for protection agans
I the cold--but ornaments, to be worn in tht
: concert room or theatre they are absurd. If la
DIV chooses to substitute them for hood, in goins
! to concert, it is very we-butit should be imme
! dately taken off on entering. The remark ap
: plies to our American fashion of wearing oper'
cloaks. An opera cloak is cloak to go to th
q opera in, not to wear at the opera 1t is essenti
ally an outdoor garment and ought to be laid asid
:, upon entering the house. At any rate, we hop
to see no more of the Boston woolen tides in pub
!. lic''
d And talking of 'trading wives,'' we heard
|, a novel case which came off somewhere the othe
f day before county justice. The story runnet
e thus wise Two men and their wives living
a the same house, across the river by mutual cor
sent, agreed to trade wives 'pro tempore." Tit
r was conveyed, and possession delivered, and ma
d ters passed along smoothly for two weeks, Whe
ofl Mrs. -, preferring her old husband to her ne
II one, wanted to trade back, but the other parne
" satisfied with the bargain, would not consen
il whereupon Mrs S-- entered complaint again
> them, and upon examination they were committt
,e to the county JAIL The funniest Of the affair
i that the complainants guilty as those con
+ planned Of and they are permitted to go unpunis
= ed while the others suffer.
th Our Nashville ladies all remember the celebr
n, ted bottle trick of McAllster the Magician at t
e, Adelphi, and all wondered how he did it. We
n the Yankee Blade tells about it, saying that
w body could begin to explain how he managed
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