The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-01-22

WARS THE FAstitoN 'The co

rect answer TO tlllS question, Is WHaI
;, keeps a great many giddy heads, whir-
ling from one weeks end to another !;
aud without any kind Of doubt, causes
the human family more pain, than all
other causes combined. It is perfec-
tly useless for as. to endeavor to hold
the world "iu." and keep it within the
bound Of reason, and common sense,
on this interesting subject. The whole
"homo' family, must have the full
rein Of its inclination, and drive for
ward at locomotive speed in pursuit Of
this phantorn-the great king Of kid
glove-dom. and we are sorry to say.
the only god Of a very large and res
pectable portion Of the feminine gen
der. We do not ask the question, of
''what is the fashion?" with any hope
Of having it answered; if we did
know, what it is, we would not for the
world make it public, for then the mil
lion Of votalies, would come rushing
up for the truth, to have their wings
singel an fre-hes at midsummer
Ii the ftlshion were known, and there
were any court, from which its man
dates were issued, then would AN
trades and professions come to an end,
and the very ground work of civilized
society be snapped at its base. But
may we not, without inpropriety,
speculate little on this interesting
subject9 We think so, and whether
or not, shall do so; at the peril of I'll
our dearly earned popularity with the
fair sex. Then we may ask again,
whats the fashion n Is it the ex-
preston Of public cpinion' II 50 the
good sense ofpublic opinion is certain
~ at very low ebb just now, and it
behooves the friends Of progress to
unite their energies to bring it to a
more sensible standard. III The mat
ter of Bounets, only, there is shame
ful lack Of either grace, case or ele-
gance. The day is not forgotten when
this article of dress-desi gned for the
ornament or protection of the head,
was of modest, fair, proportions; now,
it is neither the one or the other;
and the lady who throws a scant pat
tern Of wire, gatlze and thir bonnet
goods. on the baekside of her head,
and thinks thereby that anything is
added to her beauty, most certainly
misses the figure. We know it's fash
ionable, and we know that there are
many beautiful ladies who have dis
covered the fact Of their good looks,
and like to give bare-faced evidences
to the world; yet we ask you ladies,
in all honesty; is 1t not at a great
cost of trouble and Inconvenience that
you manage to keep the things called
fashionable bonnets OH yonr heads ?
And don't You feel that the throat ar
rangements to sustain them, chohc you
into submission Answer us these
questions, and prepare for Others, Why
is it, that two denominations of bar
berous age, must be thrust upon us at
one time. That is, trailed dresses and
high heeled shoes9 Is there any one
single daughter of Eve, who is mad
enough in folly, to suppose that it
adds anything to beauty We are
ashamed to confess the truth.
Ladies, one and all, ifit be your de-
sire to make impressions on the
masculine. gender; disregard the un-
becoming dictates of fashion, and fol-
low the bent of your own inclination.
WThe Clinton Wing says that
the Gin House Of Mrs Catharipc