Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-07-31
From Dlekens Household Words.
FASHION. lh

What are the lnws Of fashion and who makes
them7 Who tegnlhtes their abStirdt ties and their
rrortieties2 Itwps The height Of fashion In Charles
The Secnnd'stime to 1SplAy ahepj font inches oi
white shirt between the wnistbnnd a"d The vest;
now II were t., enters ballroom With my sir,
huleng ff0mthe bottom Of my wais!coai, shon!d
beloved down stairs. Why sllonld fashion IN
1868 I've beauty, and ifnnrnnriety in 1881 Can
anything he more absnrd than The chiDlney'tnnn
h"i2 Nothing, Vet, W von were to meet me IN
Regent street witha hunting ON shovel hal,
Snmbrero, or nnrringef like that which Henry on
Lancaster wordsworth Won sneakttn mef me
dayalleT To molTnw velvet skulls, shovel hnts,t
fans, or rabbt.skin nortineers mAv-he The only
wear. Whv should the bishops Tefnse u othn,n
Oliver Goldsmith because he wore scarlet tteech'
"a? What are wigs. conTs. fashionable virlhe,,
fashionable fnllies, faShionalleyice hon TIM. high
breeding. worth. aflet aill WIFI they save me
snrishtlinesS of youth. The fair cheeks and inll
ewes cfcbildbood, the viVorogsness and strong
fexure If the Joints nf twenty Ave. from tie hol'
lnwness and dendlv naleneSS, the lcnthSomenesS
and horror f re three davis hur'nli" VIII they
avail MS ma int in the lay when ynu and Land
all The world mobiles and lenrneh, kings and priests
The wise arAthe foolish, the rich and ire nnnb
the ntevaling tVtant and the ornressed marty,
shall nnneaT 10 receive their svnnhnlH VIII FASH
ion and Madame Devy nndihe Red hook teepthe
storm from The shin. or throw from the hrnw. or
ths nlnene from kings housed Is the world any
better far fashinn2 anil cnnli ituoi move towards
its end without fashion, do yont hinkI 5000
Fashion dies. Itisso far rtince or q rich man,
that while II lives dress Il upin purple and fine
linen AMI fall down ard worshin 1t nnh quarrel
with and hnlo nmF broihers and sisters. for smile
from our denlt.eoi fnr cnrd tnr FASHIONS balls.
or the sni,fe 10 Fashions hnck.sAiTs. Bnt no
snnnAf istke demi-god dead, than wPuflerlVdeEert
md fnrsetit We ln mt cnn'lescend. nsinthe
case NJ dead humanity, tofnll lis roitepnfsS in
gold and crimson velvet; IN hnild mArhle nnnl,'
ment above It, sculnured MI over with lies; tn
s'aiein an insctipiinn. ihrt beneath rennse The
ashes of such udtuch a most noble. high, mlrhtv
powerful Prince Fashion. who was father tn
his a,hiects and n model II his GomneerS, and was
In short, The veIv best Fashion Tint ever was
known. ami the frs fashionable gentleman In Tho
worll. No we allow the corpse nj Fashion to
rnirefyin the enter, or to he eaten mn nv The
vn'tnreS, md the storks. and the adiunnt birds.
There have heen kings treated ms caynlierly.--.
When inxnrions Louis QninZe lnv ut the noint Of
derth HE noise of the roureTs Deserving their
monarch In rnv their resnfctS to the new King
eohnel through the long galleries Of Versails like
thunder. When the king WINS dend they cTamrneh
us miserable body The died Of the most horrible
form NJ The small pox) into box, and iolted him
6fr in nost. chnise by night f. st. Dennis, where
ihey flung him into, taiher than hurried him In
sennIchra nj his ancestors. SO do we rot Ivy our
King Fashion, adding even insult IN injury. Ior
after his death we sccff and ieer 1T him, and nre
remendouslys 1tiiical upon herdiculols. hidecis,
prennsernns fashion lint he waS.--ltis my opin-
ion that ifMessts. Bnnting and France were ~
cnnfinn themselves To performing The funerals Of
Fashion, they would ce0se to be the fashionable
undertakes they ore.
Fashion Is greater than king or kaiser when he
Is alive; but lead, lie Is Of no more account than
broken egg'shell lie ri eat mort--U'ps fs roy
Leg of mutton sleeves and short wrists are dead.
7 nn0 iiva ti1hf eli nd lnnp waists, 70 ts.