The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-05-07

Oriental cloth, which loo ks like woven air
IN summer, that it is enormously expensive
The Parisian petit rentier-ihe small propri
etor who, in common with the Pmssian Of
ficer, is supposed 10 possess the art OF carry.
ing economy to its utmost extent, would
| tremble with terror could he know the
prices which those clothes cost, and the sac.
rificss which some of those young clerks
are imperaIively obliged TO make Ito pre-.
serve appearances" and with them their
situations. Yet with all this. as have be-
fore said, there is but little elaborate dandy.
ism, none of The exquisiteism tnee quatre
epingles which distinguishes the petit maitre
of Paris. No-the same inexorable public
opinion which here requires the young man
rising in the world 10 conform to a certain
standard, also forbids him from going beyond
it. do not remember 10 have seen or heard
il remarked, but am none the less certain
that 10 succeed among Americans, and above
all 10 acquire with them the sligh hlest influ-
ence or respect, you must be neat in your
person. l am convinced of this from the
frequency with which I have heard one
American, while disparaging another, say
'Hs is s!ovenly." This was always a con.
cluding argument, and suficed 10 silence
The warmest friends of the unfortunate slo-
ven. One of the most curious instances
narrated TO me, and which singularly illus
lrates this American mania for neatness, re-
lates TO the very eminent journalist and poll.
:ician, Horace Greedy, who adopted style
OF excessive carelessness in his outer gar
ments, simply to attract attention 10 the ex-
| quisits fnenees of his linen and his great
personal cleanliness in the use of the bath.
All of his friends were carefully informed of
this latter peculiarly, and when some igno.
rant opponent endeavored to 5lacken The
character of Horace by speaking of old hat
and boots, be was al once confu,ed with
"Ah my dear, you deceive yourself-G -Gresly
is very particular in h,s shirts and drawers !,-
have heard, but do not vouch for the fact,
that the lingeric-the linen of this eminent
man costs from, ten 10 fifteen thousand francs
per annum.
| ~ Will iOodly OO ulu6IoOUu lQdI WnGT6
public opinion forces with such silent feroci.
ty a standard of dress or all The world, there
must be perfect paradise for the man who
desires TO obtain an inso,ent nolorieiy in the
cheapest and readiest manner. II is very
possible that some Of my readers have heard
of an .xl.i.nt teaeher Of Languages rftu re-
solved a few years ago in Paris, TO become
notorious by his dress. What pains, what
agonies of invention and of extravaganza
the unfortunate was obliged 10 undergo, ere
he could attract attention. Bands OF blue,
scarlet and yellow ribbon, six inches wide,
twined around his bat and trailing six feet
from it--a scarlet velvet cape and gilt shoes
hardly caused as much observation as would
be granted in America to q man with his
cloak over his arm.
There lived not long since ia New York, a
man whose peculiarly was that he were
very old, very ragged and very dirty clothes,
aud in addition to this bad no fixed place Of
abode, but slept in lime .kilns or barns-
"No!hins very remarkable, this" one would
say, in Europe, where every city has thou.
sands of such vagran,s. Alb! but you do
not understand America! That lime.kiln
vagabond was one of the lions of New York
his appearance in Broadway was chroni.
cled in the first papers; when some one gave
him new-old coat. it was put down aa an
event IN their reporls-when he died, the
press embalmed his memory in obituaries,
a thousand eanards were let fly as to his
early life, drama introducing him in his
dirty coat, drew tears from the eyes of the
ladies, and as write novel entitled "The
Limekiln Man" lies before me. Ask the
first New Yorker whom yon meet, if he has
ever heard of the Limeklln Manl
There is man who forms one of the "in.
shtutions" Of PhiIadelphia--sverything is an
institution in America--to whom there oc.
CURED one day the brilliant idea of walking
with the gait of young recruit undergoing
bis first drill. This startling, this wondrous,
this amazing conception was crowned with
the utmost success-a success which he
further secured by wearing his hal on the
back part of his head and tucking his panta-
looms into his boots! Wonderful genius
happy man ! On fine days you may see
him walking along Chestnut street.-The fash
ionable street Of Philadelphia-condesc
ingly touching his hat to every lady; while
all the world murmurs after him, ''Thers
goes the man with the Military walk"
Il is needless TO say that the few young OF
middle aged men in America who are gifted
with wealth and leisure, and who give them.
selves up seriously to living for dress alone
succeed omerveile in attracting admiration
envy and hatred--as in all parts Of the world
And when we reflect on the manner In
) which Americans succeed in dress when
they give themselves entirely up 10 it, it il
really amazing that such lions are SO rare
; among them. The "gilded youth" of Euro
, pean capitals are not more elaborate, more
} butterfy.like, more perfectly erogeaous, al
J they say in botany of those plants whose
growth is entirely outward, than are The
7 young men who appear at soirees and re-
ceptions In Atlantic American cities.
, Ihays not exhausted this subject--nay,
have not begun il. But have said enough