The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-15

The PRESSURE AND PANIC N THE FASHION
ABLE WoRLD.-We have had good deal 20 say
of late in relation to the pressure and panic in
the world of finance, and have been quite curious
TO see how the miseries of Wall street would ope-
rate upon the world Of fashion-that world for
which We import the laces Of Valenciennes, the
silks and velvets Of Lyons, the bronzes and the
Seyres vases, the rich carpets the fine jewelry
and watches, the costly wines and other luxuries
for which we have to pay out so many millions
of good hald specie money every year. Well,
the butterflies who aaunt and futter about with
all these things, have come to town with the
mosquitoes; and fine show they make The
outside pressure and panic which they cause in
certain quarters are tremendous The hotels about
midway between the world Of business and the
world Of laziness-the 81. Nicholas and Metro
polltan- first felt the pressure, being overrun
with birds Of passage from the watering places
and elsewhere. At these hotels all the apart
ments were crowded. and the rush increasing, the
parlors, and even the dining rooms, were made
dormitories for the time being-late travellers
being obliged TO sleep on co.s," hospital fashion.
This pressure afterwards extended TO the more
retired up town hotels, such as the Brevoort and
Clarendon, and even the cool, quiet, breezy cor
rdors of the Everett House have been somewhat
invaded by the rush Of outside barbarians
The west eide OF Broadway, between Canal aud
Eighth streets Is also suffering from tremen-
dous pressure OF criDolne. The hoops are
more extensive than ever-al altogether I'M
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even more impossible than the carriage way, and
a iahionably dressed lady takes up quite as
much space as an omnibus Near the hotels you
may see crowds OF fashionable and Questionable
loafeis from all parts Of the world, while the
mixed crowd Of promenaders affords the most In
teresting study to the philosopher and the phi
lanthropist. The dry goods shops are the great.
est gamers by the pressure. In old times the
ladies were bears-now they are bulls They for
merly fitted from shop to shop endeavoring to
buy at the lowest possible rate; now, they all
seem anxious tcpay the highest prices for every
thing. The quality of the article is not consider
Cd: the only question Is, what did II cost? The
American female mind runs chiefly TO spending
money Who would think that the hus-
bands Of these ladies who wear thou
sand dollar dresses and wipe their dear"
little noses with hundred dollar pocket handker-
chiefs, were shining about Wall street. borrow
ing money at three per cent month, or pulling
a long face and telling their creditors that they
haven't cent in the world
The pressure next extends 10 the theatres the
Opera, and all places 81 public amusement,
which are nightly crowded, the faces OF maio-
rity Of the audiences being unfamiliar to the
hottuts. The society people proper have not all
returned TO town, but the floating population
quite makes up for their absence. The months
Of September and October make the most plea
SAINT season Of The year in New York, and the
louDgers are enjoying il to the full There is no
paric among them, except nervous anxiety
caused by fear that some one will spend more
money and make more show than they do.