Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-04-17
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From. New Years, fashionable article
in the New York Dispatch we extract the
| following. We should think it was writ.
ten ty a lady, and she gives some COM
mon sense advice which some people
would do we'll 10 heed slsSa
I" Ii TWO rival bellies meet at an even
ing party, the pleasure of one is destroy
ed il the other happens to wear q more
elegant dress, or attracts greater mum
Der of gentlemen, whose admiration Is Of
ten poor standard by which 10 jud se Of
real merit. Ii one marries "well." that
Is llch the other is bent upon obtaining
an establishment equal in point of mag
ni6cence. tn. encu'nbrance which goes
along with il is secondary consideration
altogether. Saould this be accomplished
their lives become u mere race. in which
first one and then another obtains the ad>
vantage. The spirit has become so gene
raj that it is we'll understood through all
branches Of trade, and ii q merchant wish
| es to dispose OF q very costly and unsafe.
able article he incidentally remarks. to
some lady customer that Mrs. So.and-so
admired it exceeding. and would have
purchased tito wear on such an occa-
sion, but it was too cos,l !, and she there.
fore took an inferior article of the same
kind. Il is very seldom that the bait
does not take.
This spirit of jealously and selishuess
is not by any means confined to the veal
LhIer portion of our citizens. II is Just rs
keen lu the breast of the clerk as 1t ia in
the merchant in the heart OF the poor
girl who tolls through the week for her
tour dollars. as in the ifth avenue belle.
and needs only more opportunities Ior ex-
ercise, 10 show itself in qule as revolving
form. Every cent OF their hard earn-
ings is spent in procuring gay dress, or
showy ornaments, while they are tre
quentIy nearly destitute Of other clothing,
aud all the real comtor, OF living is sa-
criiced to the desire Of e making an ap
pearance."
Nor is this all The probability is that
two thirds Of the vice in This city arises
from an ordinate love Of display, and a
disregard Of the consequence which must
ensue IRON gratifying 1.-THE torture. the
shame, tn. humiliation of accumulated
debts. and the weAriness and despair
which only those feel who have known
this misery, should deter others from fol.
lowing in their footsteps. Why nc CON
mence the new year with a determination
not to sacrifice health and purity to the
mere gralitic ttIon Of passing fancies. or q
vulgar love of display. Let us see if life
does not contain something more valuable
Ihan tine houses and handsome clothes.
and ius'e4d of following the freaks and
vulgari les Of the capricious goddess Of
fashion set an example which the sensible
women Of other nations will initiate.
In the coming season, the expense OF
elegant toilette will be even greater than
it has been. Merchants say that all silk
goods -and these comprise the staple OF
our most costly clothing-are much high.
er in the warehouses than those they
have on hand and thus the price will rise
at least twenty-five per cent on the spring
trade. All this additional cost must, be
wrung out OF the husbands and fathers or
families. unless we determine no longer
to sweep the streets with hundred dollar
| robes. or astonish q set of absurd jscka,
napes with wonderful imported novelties
Forego the pretensions h1unces. and
wear neat, dark. unpretending dresses for
promenade. which will permit us 10 take
ss much exercise "a we need. without
danger to our costume and wit out at
tracing the disgrpcefnl attention Of cox
combs and libertines."
BAD N1eHr.-A gentleman vas once
dining with a friend. when most dread.
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