New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-07-01
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LETTER FROM GaEsCEMTA.
''The Fashion
potl wear out more apparel than the man. %
:" On dress IS most folks lay oat all they can
Some folks cen say the tailor makes the man.
Even SO! Fashion, all omnipotent, bids us change
and, regardless Of expense waste of time Or what
not, last months bonnet must be replaced by a new
one-the handsome dress be thrown aside for one of
later style, and so on through the list.
Ills somewhat singular what blind slaves we are to
the nod OF some one who is, perhaps destitute
OF pure taste than We ourselves one perchance,
dependent upon the caprice OF waitingaid or the
chlcanery Of a modiste, for the originality of her
fashions yet, as this person has the of start
ing the fashions, which originated in truth il hum
bler and shrewder brains bend before her decree
and blindly !" follow our leader "
| Let the wealthy Mrs Tompkins appear in a COM
plete suite Of tan-color, which may be peculiarly
graceful to her. and at the world of fashionabes
and acouldbe fashionables be they " fair as ly or
brown as bun" must sport a tawny hue. No defer
ence paid to complexion. Fashion SAYS weari it-no
matter if it makes you frightful. Does some miner
fancy small cap of q bonnet on the extreme point
OF her occiput, very becoming to her face inlmedi-
ately she sets her wits to work to make it the fash
ion,'' and soon persuades some of our silly women
who having little brains for aught else aspires to be-
ing umpres among the bon toa that little love of
bonnet would admirably suit their pretty insipid
faces, and at twohrds Of our female population
look as though Dame Nature had gifted them with
humps between their shoulders in lieu of the brains
| she had forgotten to give them.
Ills odd how we will torture our figure, distorting
it from the form our Creator gave, to make FASH
ionabc contour. enduring torment indescribable to
make Wasplike waist, and unfit ourselves for the
duties of wives and mothers and prepare us to fill an
early grave from compressed vitals. Fashion says
thin shoe, silk hose and in wet sloppy streets and
cold, damp days, thin shoes and silk hose greet our
views The foot must look pretty let the wearer suf
fer as she may from cold feet, doll headache. and
| pains too numerous to mention. Fashion must be
| obeyed.
Love OF dress has ruined as many families as ever
the demon of intemperance has done. It has led
both men and women on to destruction by its daz-
zlng lures, until they have fallen down, down. into
the depths of sin and misery.
In dress we do not pay sufficient regard to the fit
nessof things. We,do not regulate it by our means,
for many willing to scrinp their table to act and
be thought inhospable that they may wear fine appa-
rel, forgetting that fine feathers do not make fine
birds. and that the homely eel is far preferable in
his homely suit to the gorgeous rattlesnake Silks
and satins are not in keeping with bare floors and
scanty food. Time was, when wonlan's dress was
indicative of her position in life but twill no longer
serve as criterion, for we should make many and
grievous mistakes were we to judge any ones income
from their costume. Servant maids far ontdash their
mstreSses, and debtors finely clad than their
creditors. Girls, who are not sure of full meal to
st1e hunger, to be met with at balls and soilees
atired as mlllionaires daughters might be- while real
wealth frequently adopts severe simplicity as CON
trast to the acolAd be's.
No trpe lady or gentleman will ever be gaudily or
tawdiyy dressed they avoid either extreme. Neat
ness at all times is the grand Characteristic of the
true gentlewoman or gentleman. Not one dress for
the parlor, and one for the chamber not Company
dress, and anything for home wear; quiet taste in
colors, not the whole hues of the rainbow will you
find decking person of taste. Though the colors
may be different, the shades will softly blend and the
assimilation will be pleasant to the eye than one
UNMARRIED hue could be-but no glowing flashing
tints will you see. ~
/ Unfortunately, taste is something we are not all
blessed with. Nature has played capricious tricks,
| and we will sometimes meet vulgarians among those
who have had the advantages of birth and education
Again. as modest violet amidst plains of heath, we
may find innate gentlity among the toughest boors
Many spoil really elegant dress with a vulgar or
| soied glove or ill-made boot while again we are
charmed with sensible dress, when clean collar rib
bons, neat gloves and boots are worn with them.
| once rode III an omnibus with lady who was
dressed in the height of fashion, A costly dress of
light clene silk, white Partisan bonnet pure China
Grape shawl richly embroidered and deeply fringed,
an eaborately embroidered and deeply laced hand
kerchef, and white, or rather what had been white,
kid gloves, completed her extravagant outfit. But
every article Of her dress was not simply soied, but
dirty Even her face looked as though soap and wa
ter were not on intimate terms with it. Near her
was seated lady who was clad in simple calico-may
chance ten pence yard was its original costa
plain black mantle and dark bonnet but her collar
and ribbons were clean her gloves neat, her boots
tidy, and her herchief, though tapehoTdered, was
fresh and avender-sCented from the launGress Which
of the two think you, the possessor of innate
| gentility2 Isoon decided.
| But of all things, preserve me from two things
One is few fine outside articles of dress and rags ed
remainder, to be worn when not seen. The other is
limitations Of any kind Cotton lace and coarse tare-
ton, made up in fashionable STYLE and sported as the
real material Would not any man of sense, any man
worth having, prefer girl ina plain muslin neatly
| made-her head dressed with her own hair, and her
whole attire in keeping though pain--to coarse imi-
taon, moss-stufted head and soiled white slippers
and gloves, or borr0,Ued clothes? think So
But it is quite time for me to close, or you may
think am getting pertinent in my remarks; so l
will cen let them the cap fits wear it, and bid you
that "sweet old word, goodbye.
Ever the same, CREscBNrA,
| trotting match for $1,000, mile heats best three
in five in harness, oover the Cenerviile Course,
New York, on Monday, the 23d, between Capt Pc
ters and Lady Rogers. The latter was the victor
subscription has been started in the city of New
York. for the relief Of the sufferers by the great in
undation in France. The Courier DIES Etat Uns
says that the appeal is made directly to Frenehmen