Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-12
THE WEEKLY STAR.

dred dollars year and a luxuriant fac
OF hair, than TO become the wife Of a
handsome, sensible, and wealthy man of
our own country, .ritkoa a eootie. Ire
peat the remark-for believe if General
Washington were 10 rise out of that ugly
vault at Mount Vernon, a handsome,
tresh-looking man, as be was at twenty
live, he would stand no chance (courting)
with an attache who could dance the
polka, and had red whiskerS. But
though' grant you, my grandmother
was preJudlced about foreigners, she was
right IN her remarks about dress. espe-
cIaily when she had reference to health.
A woman is justified in trying to look as
well as she can; it is her duty. In point
OF TACT, men resort to more artificial means
to improve their appearance now-a-days
than women. This is true, gentlemen.
for though | have no husband have a
world of nephews and cousins, and | am
close observer
know gentleman who thirty wears
ago was as gray as badger; twenty
years ago he commenced using hair dye.
and now his old friends regard him as the
son of the man they once knew, or to
speak intelligibly, as his own son. Go
into a BARRIERS shop, and I'll lay wager.
you find some mysteries there. Watcha
widcwer six months after he has lost his
wife: see him dodge in and out of ta;lor's
and apothecaries' shops after coats and
cosmetics. Where are the sacks bis de-
parted wife put out her eyes in darninr
They are only fit for Patrick now. win
they answer for the widower to 90 court
ing in! BY no means. He mot his
coat) must be thoroughly repaired, and
come out good as new, for he has seen
sprightly, bright-eyed girl who will make
such good mother to his dear children.
What glorious thought . He turns right
back to the tailor's shop and orders .
double amount ofpadding on the strength
oft
Let woman look as well as she can.
and catch husband, if she wants one
Let her clothes fit well, and let her dis
play taste in the arrangement of colors.
Let her show handsome neck, and a
handsome pair Of arms, if she have them.
but with due regard to taste and modesty.
Thin shoulder blades and sharp elbows
are ugly, so are very fat ones. NV me-
phew, conceited impudent, but funny
fellow, just through with West Point.
said the other day at dinner, that men
ran faster from ugly necks and shoulders
than ever child did from the Indians.
and on the same occasion an old gentle.
man, a bachelor, who had been abroad a
great deal, declared % that he was at
large partS last winter when the women
we're trotted out to the best advantage
and put up to the highest bidder. 1t re.
minded him of slGve market, only teeth
were not examined. He is horrid
old fellow, as is every old bachelor in the
country, and | would rather be slave to
the greatest Turk that ever wore beard
than to have been his wife First of all
woman should consider her health when
she is preparing her wardrobe for the sea-
son. There are too many young women
lying in the gloomy burial grounds around
US. There are too many, walking Penn
sylvania avenue in thin shoes, and with
hollow racking cough. There are too
many enquiring at the apothecaries' for
cod liver oil. There are too many at the
Springs, trying to bring back wasted
health and beauty; by the fresh air ard
healthy waters. There are too many w.
ing on sofas and couches, wondering if in
deed, the gates of life are about to close
against them, hearing as in dream,
warning voices of the past, and seeing as
in dream, sad but beautiful faces, all
saying, too late. too late.
If they would but realize that the fash
ion of this world passeth away, and re-
fleet how little worth are jewels and gaudy
silks when rightly valued -
Let them in clothing their fair forms
have regard first to the life and health
that God has given them to be used in his
service. Let them consider what's taste
ful and beautiful, and try to win many
to virtue by the attraction of gentle and
beautiful preSence-iet them think too of
the undying spirit within that needs a
garment. A garment for eternity, pure
and bright, fitted to adorn the assembly
where will meet the holy and virtuous of
the earth, who hare done "vhat they
could" here, and nave passed to their re-
ward. | have, of late, seen 4 lovely wo-
man who waiting at the brink Of the
river, longed for the summons which
would bid her pass over to the pleasant
land of Bculah She was even here
clothed with Immortality, Her lustrous
eyes looked forth from the shadows Of this
life, to the glorious happiness of another.
She wept when she saw tears dim the
eyes of her beloved ones, but she smiled
too and said, do not grieve, but follow
me-" | could not but feel sad when she
last left my dwelling, for | felt that an
angels presence had made it holy.
watched her until her form faded in the
distance. and voice, Ike snirits' said.