Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-28

And sa Id to my self. as ft INV cigar -
SuPposlng man had the wealth of the Gar,
OF the Russias to boot, for the rest of his DAYS
on me whole do you think he would have much &c
Ifhe married a woman with nothing to wear?
Since that night taking pains that it should not be
Abroad In society. I've instituted
a course OF inquiry, extensive and thorough,
On this vital subject, and find, to my horror, ..-
That the far Foras case is ~ no means surprising
| In our female community, sololy arising
From this unsupplied destituton of dress.
| With the pitifui wall of nothing to wear"
Researches in some Of the = Upper Ten" districts
Reveal the most painful and startling statistics,
of which let me mention only few:
In one single house, the Fifth Avenne.
Three young ladies were found, all below twenty :
Who have been three whole weeks without any thing
In the way of lounced silks. and thus left in the
Are unable to go to ball, concert. or church.
In another large mansion near the same place,
Was found deplorable. heart-rending case
Of entire destltutlon of Brussels point lace.
| IN neShborng block there was found, In three
Total want, long continued, OF camcs' hair shawls
And suffering family, whose case exhibits
The most pressing need Of real ermine tippets
! One deserving young lady almost unable
| To survive for the want of a new Russian sable;
Another confined to the house, when its wlndier
IMAM usual, because her shaw ISM India.
Still another whose torures have been most terrific
| Ever since the sad oss, of the steamer Pacific,
! In which Were engufed, not friend or relation,
tFor whose fate she perhaps might have found con
Or borne It at least. with serene resignation,)
But the choicest assortment of French sleeves and
Ever sent ontfrom Paris, worth thousands ofdolIars
Aud all as 20 style most rsch,Tche and rare,
The want ofwhich leaves her with nothing to wear
And ren ers her life drear and dyspeptio
That she's quite y recuse. and almost a skeptic,
i. For she ftogchingly says tins sort of grief,
tann1t Ind IN Religion the slightest relief
And Philosophy has not a max IN TO spare
For the victims of such Overwhe lining despair.
But the saddest by far of all these sad features
is the cruelty praCtISed upon the Door creatures
BY husbands and fathers. real Bluebeards and II
Who resist the most touching appeals made for da
- mOndS
By th.lr wives and their daughters, and leave them
Ursupplied with new jewery. fans. or bouquets.
Even laugh at their mIserIes when they have a
And derIde their demands as useless extravagance;
Too sad for 6ee If but @ twas st too 5S true,
Whose husband refused, rs savage as Charon.
To permit her to take more than ten trunks to Sha-
The consequences WAS, that when she got there.
At the end of three weeks she had nothing to wear
At Newport, the monster IefGs sed out and out
Excspt that the wafers were ro6d for his CONT
Such treatment this was too shocking, of course
And proceedings are now going on for divorce.
But why harrow the feelings by lifting the curtain
Has been here disclosed to stir up the pity
OF every benevolent heart in the city.
And spur up Humanity into canter
To rust and relieve these sad cases nstanter.
Won't somebody, moved by this touching descrip-
tion,
Come ward to-morrow and head subscription:
wont some KIND PhlanthroPlSt. seeing that aid is
Take charge ofthe natter or won't Peter Cooper
The oorner stone lay Of some splendid super
Structure like that which to-day links his name
In the Union unendi ling of honor and fame;
And found new charity Just for the care
" these unhappy women with nothing To wear,
Which, IN view of the cash which would daily be
claimed,
The Laying-out Hospital well might he named?
4 W on Stewart, some OF QTy goods ImDOrtprg
Take contract for clothing our wives and our
Or, to furnish the cash to supply these distresses,
And MES pathway strew with shaws, collars, and
Ere the want of them makes it much rougher and
thOrneri
Won't some one discover a new California!
Oh ladies'. dear ladies', the next sunny day
Please trIndIe your hoops just out of Broadway,
From its whir and its hustle it's fashion and pride,
And the temples of Trade which tower each side,
Their ohdren have gathered, their city have built
w W here Hunger and Wee" k twin beasts of prey,
Have hunted their victims 10 gloom and de spaIr;
Raise the rch, dainty dress, and the fine broldcred
Pick your delicate way through the dampness and
Grope through the dark den, cm the rickety stair
To the garrett, where wretches, the young and the
Half starved and half naked, lie crouched from the
See those skeleton limbs those frost bitten feet
All bleeding and bruised by the stones OF the street;
Hear the sharp cry of childhood, the deep grOans
From the poor dying creature who wrlthes on the
floor,
Hear tie curses TINT sound like the echoes of He'll
A. As yo4 sIcken and shuddeI and fly from the door;
Then home to your war1robes, and say, fyOu dare
Spoiled children of FashIOn-yOu've nothing to
wear.
And oh, If perchance there should be sphere,
w here Ill rs made right which puzzles us here,
Where the glare and the glitter and tinsI of Time
Fade and die IN the light of that region sublime,
Where the SOUL dlsenchanted of flesh and of sense.
CnScreened by It's trappngs, and shows, and pre-
tence,
Must be clothed for the life and the service above
w ith purity, truth, faith. ncPknesS, and love;
Oh, daughters of Earth fOolsh virgins beware
Lest IN that upper realm you have nothing to wear