The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-02


What arr the lass Of fashion. anA
Who mate them Who regulate. thcir
absurdihcs and their proprie,ics' Il
was the height Of fashion IN Charlie. The
seconds time 10 display abou, four In.
ches Of white shirt between ihe waist
band and tho vests now " wcrc 10
enter ballroom with NY shir, bulrug
from the bottom Of my uaiacoat.l should
bc Bowed down stairs WAY should
fashion in 1868 be- beauty, and bc im.
propriety IN 1883 Can any thing be-
more absurd than the chimney pot bat :
Nothing. Yet il you were TO meet me
IN Regent stree. with hunting cap. a
shovel bat, somhrefc, or porringcr
Ike that which Henry Of lancaster
would you speak tn me The
day aflrr tomorrow velvet skulls. show
el hats, fy-aaps, or nhbii-skin porting
crs may be the only wear Why should
the bishops refuse to orlain Oliver
Goldsmith because be woro scarlet
brceches? What are wigs. colors.
fashionable virtues, fashionable follics.
fashionable vices. bon Ton, high breed
ing, worth, after all ? VIII they save
the sprighiliness Of youih,thc fair checks
aud full eyes Of childhood. the vigorous
ness and strong Texture Of the joint. Of
twenty-five, from the hollowucss and
deadly palcncss. the loalhsomcnees and
horror of "a three days buriall" VIII
they avail ne one jot in thc day when
( YOU and and all the world, mobiles aud
learned, kuings aud priests, the wise
and the foolish, the rich and the poor,
the prevailing tyrant aud the oppressed
party, shall appear TO receive their sym-
boil? VIII Fashion and Madame Deyy
and the Rcd.book keep the storm from
the ship, or "a iurrow from The brow, or
the plague from Kings house? Is
the world any better for fashion, and
could it no, move towards its end with
out fashion, do YOU think?
Fashion dies. II is so FAR prince
or rich man that while it lives we
dress it mp in purple aud lina linen and
fall down and worship il, and quarrel
with and hate our brothers aud sisters,
for "a smile from our demi god for card
for FASHIONS balls or the cBtrcC 10 Fash
ions back stairs. But no sooner Is the
demi-god dead than we utterly desert
and forge, it. We do not condcscend,
as in the case Of dead humanity, To fold
its rottcnness In gold and crimson vel
vet, to build marble monument above
il, sculptured all over with lies 10 state
IN an inscription fhni hs'. e.'t -at,,aa
the ashes of such and such most noble
high, mighty. powerful Prince Fashion.
who was "A father 10 his subjects and a
model To his compeer., and was, in short
the very best Fashion tha, ever was
known, and the first fashionable gentle.
man in the world. No, we allow the
corpse Of Fashion to pptrcfy in the gut
| ''if " 9" '' '"i'H VIZ hl ll' NNNhifNf
and the Horks, and the adiuiant birds.
There have been kings treated rs caya.
lierly. When luxurious Louis Quinge
lay at the point Of death, the noise Of
the courtiers deserving their monarch
to pay their respects 10 the new king
echoed through the long galleries ol
Versailles like thunder When the king
was dead they crammed his miserable
body (le died of the most horrible form
of the small pox) into "A box, and iolied
lin of in "A post chase by night to St
Dennis, where they flung him into, ,ralh.
er than buried him in, the sepulehre Of
his ancestors. SO do we net by oni
King Fashion, adding even insult tc
injury, for after his denib we scnH nnd
jeer at him, and are Tremendously eat
irieal upon the ridiculous, hideoas fright
iul, preposierou1 fashion that be was. -
It Is my opinion that IL Messr-. Bantins
and France we're 10 condne ihensrIyc
10 performing the funerals Of Fashion
they would cease to be The iashiouabl,
underakers they are.
Fashion Is greater than king or kais
er when be l. alive bot dead be !, D
no more account Than broken egg
she'll Lc ygi ea mort ricc ic roi p
Leg Of mutton sleeves and short waist
are dead. Long live light sleeves an,
long waists.