Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-08

. been repeated SO many times, by SO many
persons, that they have grown, perforce,
into proverbs. And yet they may be at
the bottom little better than popular delu-
sions We have all heard that "beauty
unadorned is adorned the most but like
many wise Saws of the kind. in prose and
verse, it is only partially true. 1t is not
our province to analyze the sources Of the
beautiful, but We 60 in strongly for the
"ftness of things" We are contented
that H!ndoo woman should wrap sheet
about her body aud throw the ends of it
( over her head. We think she would be
spoiled by stays and bonnet. But stays
and bOnnets become white women, and
the most beautiful woman ceases to be-
come so if she be badly dressed And
the converse of this is generally true. A
well dressed woman, however little sh c
may be favored by nature, ceases to be
plain. 1t is difficult indeed to limit the
extent to which woman by due attention
to dress may improve her natural attrac-
tions, or obyiate the Disadvantages under
which she was born.
There are some ladies who argue that
the love which i'll any way depends upon
such accidents as the handiwork Of the
milliner aud dressmaker, or the shoema-
ker, is Of very little worth. They know
! that there are better things than dress s,and
qualities more cstimable than skill in at
firing and adorning ones self. They are
conscious of being good wives, excellent
mothers, good economists-perhaps pious
sisters and charitable neighbors and they
argue that these are the essentials for
which they ought to be appreciated by
their husbands. But nan is not neces-
s1rily trihe because he thinks that his
wife's virtues are none the worse for the
setting of eomely apparel. Wordsworth
we think it is, who greatest Of the philo-
sophie poets as he Isl speaks of "delight
in little things with feelings the very re-
verse Of contempt. One of wife's first
duties is to appear attractive in the eyes
Of her husband. 1t was doubtless the de-
sign Of Heaven in giving man a helpmate
to satisfy his natural craving after the
beautiful, the graceful, and the gentle.
And the woman who practically ignores
this, forgets one of the greatest objects of
her creation.
True, it may be argued that taste in
dress is scarcely less a natural gift than
personal beauty, And to some extent we
admit it. One woman has naturally an
eye for color and form, while another is
destitute of both But few women have
not a sufficient knowledge of the becoming
costume for all domestic purposes. The
real secret Of inattention to dress is care
lessncss and indifference, or idleness. "It
is not worth the trouble" 1t is no un-
common thing for women to become slat-
ternly after marriage. They neglect dress
except when going abroad, and then, there
is an immense display Of finery and bad
taste. Great respect is shown to "com-
pany," but apart from this, there is a sort
of "what's the use" abandonment, and
the compliment which is paid to stran-
gers is withheld from those who are the |
most likely to appreciate it, and have the
best right to claim it. When a woman,
with reference to the question of personal
begins to say to herself. at /
is only my husband,' she must prepare
herself for consequences which perhaps !
she may rue to the latest day of her life.
To SPoRTsMEN.-A correspondent Of
the Scientific American communicates the !
following, which may be of value to sports
men:
"Wash your gun barrels in spirits of
by dipping rag or sponge
on your gun rod into the liquid,
and swabbing them out three or four times,
when they will be cleared from all impur-
ties, and can be used almost instantly, as
he turpentine will evaporatc and leave the
3arrel dry; even if they are little moist
It will not prevent :heir going of, like wa
er. After being washed thus, there is no
langer of rust, as when water is used. l
I'M an old, experienced gunner, and have
,ractised this for years, and found it use
ful.
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