New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-05
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man would be 80 insane as to waste hasfa years in.
/ come an evenings vanity"
| 1t il ~.
But then this has property"
No. but he has debts; his creditors are already
alarmed; stamped paper has entered his house. ani
the spectr Of an attachment Of his saary ha- already
| APPEARED at the ministerial strong box.
Then come back to my opinion the mau is
crazy"
| No, not more 50 than others He is man who is
carried away ike everybody else by the current which
is weeping fowers diauonds splendid rags tesrs,
stiied and concealed prvaons, usury e1pedients
dshonoable dealings oftenmes the honor Of families
and sometimes corpses La Morgue no, founded
merely for crushed carmen and fallen rOofer5
But then, what does all this mean"
! don't know; it is a dispsson everybody conforms
: to it. Nobody likes to make false note in this har-
] mony Of nagufcence. Ii is something ike ep;-
demic or reaction.
/ Eight year, ago all the aristocracy wore blouses
That fashion has parsed and you know that that dyn
ity loves contrasts. Now, people are embroidered,
belaced ncrusted with diamonds like an Embqssa iors
snuff box. Those who in 1873 proclaimed themselves
/ the 7rorL7ren Of thought now have cOronets on their
cards without Cove indorsement. silly women
take the colo JOKE Of crinone serouy they have
!
place Themselves before brave men who love to take
foriresses lforbddDg them to approach and begging
/ thCm nUt to touch them.
/ Sensible women, and thank God there are some
| left although they too play with their fans make
great tport OF the fashion, little Of Themselves dress
w-necked possible to economic somewhere, and
wait for reform phiosopbcaly a cup Of tea One
Of the causes which keeps up this extravaganza il,
think, a peiverse emulation and q wrong feeling
Women who re:lly rich amu;e themselves idin.e-
Iy at the EFF, MS which small, short winded fortunes
make to keep pace with them just a. pretend to
run in order to make children run.
This is all magmfcently pitiable. / remember a
Charming story OF NJ. Merimee The E;ruscan Vase, I
think. There il q woman in it who holds lover cap
tive by the simplest elements Of seduction; black
dress bare arms and rose in her hair-that was all
her arsenal Ladies, read II Etruscan Vase Ii NJ.
Mtrirnte does not convert you myself shall be com.
Jell,d TO publish a thick royal octavo entitled Wo-
mans Dress Considered in its Relations to Bankruptcy,
Suicide and-Molierc said the rest in a single word.
But that word is too gross for Nneecnth Century
modesty-I DO not say that the thing is.
However the women must not think that / have
any desire 10 burden their charming heads with all the
wickedner-es Of the age. The men not whit be-
hind them. Gaming, danseuses, sumptuous little
apartments md elegant extravaganza make up the ton
which they generally adopt nowadays. Some eat up
their own property others eat up the property of
others. Hence many recent catastrophes. without
speaking Of those which preparing and those which
are never made public.
Here the inquiry is much more direct and precise
than that in relation TO women.
Women woman in cur society is grateful, ire
sponsible bcing-a cuiosty-s Chinese contraption-
I'm art-obec She is adorned, adored, admired
Whether her husband pays not the tent stll
the Crinoline. Besides il has been said that pretty
woman il never without credit, and indeed have re-
marked that certain dry good, merchants are never
uneasy which puzzles more than little.
But man has no double bottom to his strong.box;
lis teers do not fall in pearls his hair; at his smiles
diamonds burt forth, and never knew one whose
hair was handsome enough to be done up in bankb
as al enthusiastic banker once rolled up some skcn
rnglets in an Of enthusiasm. which has never
since been initiated by any hairdresser.
Eu shobd Ike, confess. TO know the resources Of
certain who compose good third OF what talors
magazines call nos cicgants.'
Notice if you please, this young gentleman who il
going ints the Opera he has dined at Bgnon's, Il
restaurateur Of genius who has invented fish at six
FRANCS and laid up fortune of go 0c0 witOu, raising
his own rabbits. This young man is charming fell
low. R6nard clothes lin; coupe took him to the
heater-a coupe will take him away to delicious lit
tie cozness where ballet divinity will be waiting for
him at the hour when divnities put off their nvolabl-
y. Between the opera and the divinity our hero has
lost to pary of friends q trihe-a mere nothing
tw euty-fve louis
This gentleman then is privileged character,
heir to fortune man of family. large-salaried
attach6-perhaps the of NJ. Michel, whose millions
have made so much noise before all imaginable juris
dictions."
Not bit of it. This geiteman's name is Durand.
His father was employed at the desk by a broker.
The father treakfasted on roll and glass of water,
and wore serge sleeves to protect his only coat The
son has precisely the salary the faher-two
hundred francs a month.
And he eats fish at six francs
He likes fish.
But then? p"
Wei, what then Would you have this young man
live Ike mi-er and dine on twenty cents
But the money!
Oh Lord don't bother your brains about that we
1--we in society full of opportunities, of resources I'M
known TO the Gauls our rude and simple ancestors.
We have railroads. premiums, reports, delays, cards
Ny client plays at the Bcursetha is al the mystery
and he is fortunate
That ia true sometimes; only when he il unforta-
nate one reads next morning in the papers
AN employ of heavy banking house disappeared
Yesterday balance day He is accused Of the gravest
nisdemesnos, concealed for e,era years by the aid
Of the mo.t criminal means. This man. who enjoyed
the entire confidence of his employer, Is believed to
lave taken the route to lIayre. The police Is on his
track
Now does it not seem TO you, between rs, that an
en,loyer is rather yerlhnt who has 80 much conf