The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-12-22

monds, el2 ,000i four large diamonds 81 the top
81 the crosses, $4,000; twelve diamonds contained
ID aeur-delis. 10000; eighteen smaller diamonds
contained 10 the same, E2, 900; pearls, diamonds
&C., upon the arches aud crosses 10000; also
one hundred and rty-one small diamonds. 50 900;
twenty-six diamonds d tha upper cross 5000
two circles 81 pearls about The rim, $4,000. Cost
Of the stones ii the crown. exclusive Of the metal
e11l.90O.
THE HARD TINES AND THE FASH,
IONS.
The Philosopher Of The Philadelphia
Ledger, inaIluding to The extravaganee o.
the fashions. remarks truly that walk up
and down on Chestnut Street, On fne day
affords praetiealeommentarg on The times.I
Betwsenthe splendid dress fabrics exhibited
in the shop Windows md the costly cuslumes
displayed On the fair pedestrians, one IS
quite persuaded that the popular cry about
the scarcely Of money is altogether delu-
sion. Never indeed did the ladies dress
more exlrayiganlly. Not only is brocade
considered absolutely necessary. BY many
dane. On her daughter who was formerly
eontented with tie plain silk. but almost the
price Of i raspe table place IS consumed in
tie geivs thinning alone Nor does the
fashionable q tier expenss stop here -
Lace under Sc lace himizsli *
haust the purses of husbands; and less
should fail to engulph sums sufficiently large
lace trimmings fringe the petsicOat 70 dabs
bic IN the mud Of tie sidewalk. An obser-
yer in Ghesnutsstreet might be pardOned'
for concluding that every father was mir
lonaire and every fair pedestrian an heiT-
ess.
Ifthese pet fashions, were conductive to
health there might be some reason for such
extravaganza But the very laces which
cost 50 much. are really traps FOR consump-
ton. TO parade public avenue on bleak
November day, with chest defended only
BY balf-transparent veil Or lace. or with
arms comparatively bare to the elbows. Is
The height Of folly; but to abandon close
sleeves and high corsages for this cough-
giving custome IS madness itself. = IS true
that the fashionable lady insists on . set Of
expensive furs as the proper accompaniment
10 this summer ike attire. She dresses I'M
seasonable at twice the cost it would take 70
dress properly and then makes this plea for
purchasing new style victorine. Il she Is
wealthy size wears point lace Of Honiton
and furs Of ermine q Russia sable, Ifshe
Is less able 10 indulge IN The Injuries q
fashion she adheres. nevertheless. % It's abb
suridities, sporting her cheaper embroider>
lies even If she cannot afford furs at an con
tent to SILVER il she can only shine. The
question Is propOunded, where IS The mon
lev. and the answer can only be in the fne
dresses ofour wives and daughters. Its
idle tosay that the extravaganza spoken q
rs confined to what Is called the upper ten.
lie female attire. il al conditions Of lie, i
lcriminally expensive Il least twice IS mucl
81 sit was s years ago. ana II threatens i
increase. The CLERKS wife initiates The wifi
lofthe merchant, tie poor millfnef. the I'm
lady: black Dinah. Mrs. POtiphar. Thl
ruinous example extends and widena. rami
flying Is every social circle, and exhaustihl
- aggregate sum annually which Woull
frightsri lie most thoughtlssa. If Il could >
presented "a figures Mostof these extray
aoant fabrics, moreover, came from abroad
and have d seasons Ike the present. uhe
J exports are deficient d be paid for il gol
lis to the tax Which-our luxury lays On Y
: 70 tie expensive passions We praise il on
wives and daughters, that Re owe not q IL
he Of the present scarcity q money. "
! may thank Paris ii this way for our panic
{ men are also to blame. II wives sqnande
money 81 tie fashions. husbands spend ]
sometimes. o. fast horses Between q
two. Il Is 10 wonder That notes are sellin
al Two per cent that stocks ate down, til.
gold gong oul q the country Ths pr
ces obtained ioi fashionable bonnets and ii
prices paid fof aispounliog business paps
have eloss connection han cnfseIy 81
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