Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-12-13
vol. So. NO. ~.
LAD rs nEALviI.

'sThis subject d one ihas-ought to interest
all nor the ladies only--bnt tAoso vhc
have sisters or wives, or who may one day
be blessed with the latter. \ young man
may become interested 10 one i, oar land,
possessed Of every quality to make him hap
ny yet from carelessness, proceeding FROM
thoughtlessncsS, OF want Of knowledge. tho
rich treasures Of loving heart aud brilliant
INTELLECT are cnshrinca in !raglls ca,ket,---.
He may WOO and win her TO his heart and
hcme, while the seeds Of death are lurking
in her system, and in a few brief years be-
left to mourn over the wreck Of Llish,cI
hopes aud wonder at stbe dispensation Of
Providence little dreaming that all tais
proceeded from early neglect. Sad It is.,
when after years of patient, loving care AMI
watehfulncss, his home is darkcned but far
sadder is It, when the c.uss can b, traced
back to known inrrudeuce in early youth,
when ia order TO dress fashionably, her health
had been endangered.
"Woeli shat the women Of America would
arouse to CONSCIOUSNESS Of the responsible
ty resting upon them, aud fraiy discouutc-
nance any demand Of fashion which can So
riously affect their health OF What conse-
qnenee viii it be some twenty years hence.
whether they strictly conform to is every
caprice or not ? but. il BY SO doing, ,hcir
health is injured, how fear,ully viii they shca
see the effect. Of their mad folly, not only
themselves, hut, it may be, in their children,
also, in word when We begin with mothers,
it is not asking too much that they should
see that their own duty is accomplished.
'I.ook at tn. 'sterncr SEX who, though
they vary their own dressas fashion dictates,
seem to have more sensible leader to fol-
low for, in what particular can YOU find
them sacrificing health to It's demands They
may wear combinations ofthc .Vcsuvius pat
tern coats long or short wasted, yet they
are careful 10 dress so as to keep warn ard
dry.
Look at their fee, You do not see orc
in hundred venture forth in damp, cold
weather with thin soled, cloth boot No,
they wear boots with thick soes and high
heels; while on the other hand you will not
see one woman in a thousand, Who, when tho
rain il not pouring, but when the pavement
is only damp and cold, wear anything thick
er than single soled prunela gaiter If
you doubt my assertion, 60 look for yourself
at the thousands who walk in cur crowded
cites So@, Task, why is isso Why is
there such difference Is II that women
are inferior to men in the possession of good
common sense or Is it,tha; they dress man
absurd manner TO please the eye of man 1t
so he must bear some ofthc blame, ifinstead
Of condemning their folly, be encourage them
BY admiring the beauty OBJECT dressed IN this
manner Let fair Indies do as they please
in tn If warm houses, or in warm, dry wcA'h-
err /; but for PHYS sake, IN cold wintar wealth
err, let them find something warmer than a
boot which strong healthy man would not
consider efficient, protection for himsclf.r ron
the dews Of summer.
awe are called the s,oeaker se1,' but,
! judging only from appearance, II Is sad
misnonler; for what man ever thinks OF go
ing out in cold autumn or winters day,
with but the thickness Of embroidered lace
or muslin over his chest, though underneath
warm outer covering which, every Inc it
is any way displaced, lets the keen, cold air
creep into the very scat o. life Not he /.
He has his warm coat buttoned up to his
chin He'll not 80 out with flowing sleeves s
with fur cuff to keep part Of iheai waru,
leaving room for the cold wind to penetrate
ar, und the upper and more susceptible part
of the arm. No, bis sleeves are thick, long
and warm. And why is it that fashion can
not dictate as suitable dress for ladies'
wear in winter as does III summer, when
she rarely errs Sne might with as much
proprieiy insist on oar weaing fars and rel-
vet in mid summer. as in our wearing lace
chemisetts, flowing sleeves cct Us a prom.
enade dress in winter"
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REMEDY EOH llAnO TINES.
a New York paper gives the following
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