Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-08-26
Fashion,

Fashion.
at the shrine Of the goddess fashion
kneels many worshipers. When We seri
ousiy contemplate the strong hold this lido
mas upon the minds of the intelligent and
ana what is vulgarly called the more refined
class OF community, we are painfully sur.
prised at the ludi ,rous picture presented
IL Is natural for the human mind to WORSHIP
something. Ever since the world began
mankind have gone through one and the
same routine-living, worshiping and DIV.
ang. The Pagans have their gods of carved
men and sculptured women, which thew de-
sou'iy and sincerely worship, and Chris
vans from the more civilized portion of the
giooe, are turning them from the errors Of
their ways, and learning them tho manner.
anu customs of civilization. The Difference
between pupil and teacher, however, IS not
80 worldwide as some may suppose. The
one worships wood and stones, the other
broadcloth and linen.
Fashion has cut up some rather cur;ops
freaks in this little world of ours. 1t has
"gone it, while it was "young," and in it's
olo agent continues 'sgoing it," Richard
Ill, one of the Kings of England WINS fa.
rored by nature with "hump- back !. and
1t was but a short time after his accession
10 the throne, when the Dukes, Earls, Mar.
qaises and subjects Of his Kingdom were
oil artificially "hump- backed.n It was hut
q few days since that Queen Victoria was
sunering with the measles, and 10 the
whole Of London came near breakinp o,.,
and jumping into the Thames, so rapid was
tho spread of the disease, and go universal
was Its selection Of victims some that had
already been "laid low' two or three times
with the disease, were again Frustrated
that they might keep up with the fashions
Of the times.
In New York it is questionable for m.
fents-for Christian mothers to attend the
oooy OF their own deceased offspring to the
puryIng ground to witness the last sad rites
paid to the "bone of their bone, and flesh
OF their flesh" In that city it is highly
improper for a gentleman to sreak to or
recognize his wife in company it is EXPECT
ed that no will firt with other ladies, and
she with other gentlemen. Bah such pro-
ceedings are to be found, of course, only
amongst the .aristoeraey! (God save the
mark.) Their fashionable hotels are deci-
dedly ssome pumpkins" Get into one Of
them and fail to follow their magnificent
conception Of ''fashion," and you are vo-
ted 'sbore" and advised to vamoose the
rauche. Sit down to one of their dinner
t,bles to dine-with an empty stomach, and
hungry as two hours walk on New York
pavement will make a man, and then have
such q "bill of fare' as this set before you
Iris de Veau, Pique, en- GABRIELLE, la Fnanciere;
Pates de Petits Oiseatx. Trues Filet de Tortue
sa,te, a lie pagnole; Coteletle de Mouton Perigord
sauce q In Jardaiere Fricandeau de Veau Farcie au
Haricots Verts; Ceryelles de Veau saute en- Panier
snce Tomato; Petits Poulets .Tilee La Milanaise;
Petts Pates des Hutres, la Becnamel; Pigeons en-
Compete, aux etis Pois Augules, Marinec la Tar
Nre.'
We Western chaps might call for s.Pig-
cons en- compete" pigeon being the only
Anglo Saxon word on the "bill,F' and when
the dish was set before our watering eyes,
we would find it unpalatable, because the
pigeon is modified by Cen compete" wb ;,ch.
when interpreted, might mean Sin b.sn.fror
seup.'
The New York ~bloods" -some of the
genuine 5'bo-1oys'- the eure and unadul-
serated block-heads-cre just nov revealing
IN new "outft," which takes two to show
the pattern, Tne figure ...ney cut is exceed
ingly zen and WORTHY the high state of
fashionable perfection now enjoyed by the
"papas" and "mammas" of the Land Of
she Gothamites. 1t is the hight of sae am.
Sition of some of those sssuckers" to get on
. fashionable standing up dlckes, and then.
'n1 conscience what q "swell." Let country
pedestrians beware of all such domestic
manufactures, especially. If Broadway
should chance to pick you up.
And then the ladies Oh, SIC transit plor;n
opera erening! Step into ono of those
resorts for the most dipnifed
New Workers., and there you viii find half
. dozen railroads from the Atlantic To the
Pacific wound round the necks. wrists ami
fingers Of the ssdear ladies,'' saw notbinr
OF Canton tea house and Brussel carmel |
mandatory upon their lovely backs
flounces and brooches are their gods. and
wen DO they serve them. They never fall
IN love, for Cupid has naught to do with
'ucn but they frequently get married be- |
s 4 e is-fashionable They worship
themselves and dress makers during the
week days, and on Sunday thew 90 To
'hurch and Worship God only knows What.
re- don't.
But the New Workers are not alone in
lsir glory. Other cities ara equally a.
forward;" and Ne hare seen smaller ,