Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-19
Young Ladies' Allowance,

In England, the marriage set,l.,0.D,.
rally provide the wife with pin-m y.ryir~
of course, according to the fortune and no.;,iss
OF the parties Ii is customary in Englsl.
also, for father 10 give his daughter a We =
allowance for her dress rs soon as she pa-~,
the kubieon OF the schOokroom, and is what ia
called "out, which great event takes place az
the age Of eighteen.
Many noblemen's daughters, in the very
highest circles, have lot more than two hundred
pounds sterling year, Zone thousand dollau)
Ihis, indeed, Is very magnificent allowance,
many girls have out sixty. and some eontr;ye
70 make very fair appearance upon thirty.
Ihs' Tor those moving in society, with
morning concerts, dinner parties and n hall
every night, Ofcourse demands great ingenuity.
Urls, however, are only required to display
taste and elegance; magni6cence, whether in
silks or Jewelry, is not for them. The season,
TOO IN London, lasts but from three 70 four
months 1t lie the spring and summer which
muslin dresses and all cheap fGbrics-are worn
In the day, In preference TO silks.
puring the other months Of the yecr. thera
IS very little dress required. At country
hcuses 1t Is bad taste to wear any but the most
9npretending costume during the day, and for
will do.
French women possess, TO an extraordinary
degree, the spirit of order; they are also quick
ahd clever arithmeticians and therefore never
liable to self deceptions to the price Of thing.,
as IN any young ladies with less mathem atiei
heads are apt to be. For instance. a silk 10
marked and offered for sale at one dollar and
ninety-hye cents yard-"Hcw cheap ~ cries
the young lady, because the only figure il inn
pressed On her mind is the one dollar; the
nun sty-nvs cents is not put down az an item,
though afterwards, on reflection, il is found
thas two dolIs and not one, should have been
the figures impressed on the mind, as it is af-
terwsrds on the purse.
a young lady in tho large cities of the
United States, should be able to dress tasteful
~, elegantly, and according to the season, on
two hundred dollars year. This, Of course
implies some industry and taste on her part
great deal OF tidiness and great care never
70 wear within doors the costume destined for
without. Neatness Of all the accessories 10
the toilette-such as underseeyes and collars,
elegance IN the way Of dress is cut and male,
extreme attention TO the smothness of the hair.
are all that is required for home. Plain mus.
lin, mousseline de laine, and simple braid. or
curls, well beft household duties and the fre-
side homo much better than silks, embroideris.,
and flowing ribbons These if worn 81 all
should be reserved for gala days, the prone
made, and then with great scbriety rs 10
quantity and color, and invitations 70 friends
from the social tea-party to the brilliant ball.
At watering places no variety of dress is
deemed necessary, excepting at the German
baths, so much frequented until within the
last year, when the campaigns Of the allied
armies, and the fear OF German revolution,
kept people home. At these baths-Baden,
Carlsbad, kissengen-thc dressing and prom
enading began at six ia the morning, and are
carried on with great yigor at the rate Of FIVE
tOikettes s day
In France the young ladies have no allow
ance, because they are not permitted TO exer-
else either taste or discretion in the choice Of
their dress-namma dresses them, and papa
pays moderate and modest bills without the
slightest nurmHr. All the expense 10 for
mamma, but among some Of the higher classes,
tle nobility Of the old Napoleon, and the
richer classes, the bankers and brokers, there
is fabulous degree of cxtravagance. A
Frsncs woman is, In general, rather inclined
to economy than extraysgance-neatness and
taste 60 a great way, and have more to dc
with elegance than we think. Some ladies
dress very well upon hfty francs month (tsn
dollsrs;D eighty or hundred 10 ths aysra-s
allowance for the middle clsssss.
NGgastRs.