Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12


 should like above ali things to go with you there 1 :. Nothing to wear! go just as you are; q
 Wcar the dress you Lave on and you Il be by fur, Ieusage, the most bright and particular star
 On the Stuckup horiz,n'' = 'I stopp d. fo, her eye. Notwithstanding this delicate onset Of flattery, ! Opened on me at once most terrible battery 1 Of scorn and amizement. She made no reply, But gave slight turn to the end of her nose fThat pure Grecian feature as much as to say, " How absurd that auv sane m an should suppose That q lady would go to bali in the clothes, No matter how fine, that she wears every day z" So venturel again. Wear your crimson brocade ]" tsecond turn up oi nose)-'' That's too dark by a Your blue silk''-"Thats tno heavy; "your pink" That's too light Wear tulle over satin can't endure white" Your rose-co'ored then, the best of the batch''- haven't a thread Of point lace to match" Your brown moire antiqae''Y Yes, and look like a The pearl colorcd' -" would, but that placucy dress maker In which You would melt the hcart of shy ok :" tHere the nose took again the same elcr,tonl |" I wouldn't that for the whole of creation
 Why not It's my fancy thcrc's nothing could As more conmc II fau!--'' 'Yes, but dear nc, that sophrona stuckup has got one just like it, And won't appear dressed like chit of sixteen." Then that splcndid purple, that swcc, Mazarine; That superb pcit aig'.ilie, that imperial grecn That zcphyr-like tarleton. that rich grenadine'- Not one of all which is fit to be secn' Said the lady. becoming excited and flushed. '' Then wear exclaimed, in tone which quite
 crushed
 Opposition, 7" that gorgeous totAs which yousported In Paris last spring, at the grand presentation. When you quite turned the head of the head of the nation
 And by all the grand court were so very much cuurted.'' The end of the nose was portentousy tipped up, And both tho bright eyes shot forth indignation As she burst upon with the fierce exclamation, have worn it three times at the least calculation And that and the most of my dresses ripped up " { Here Irrped out something perhaps rather rash Quite innocent though 7; but to expression More striking than classic it .' settled my hash,' And pp'ved very soon tbc last act of our session. l " Fidllesticks, isit Sirs wonder the ceiling Doesn't fall down ard crush you--oh, you men have no feeling.
 You selfish, unnatural, ililcral creatures Who set yourse'v v:s up as patterns and preachers. Your silly preten'e why what mere guess is it Pray. what do you know of a woman's necessities! l have told you and shown you I've nothing to wear And it's perfectly plain you not only don't carc But you do not believe me- ihcrc the nose went still hghcr}
 ' I suppose if you dared ron would cali me a liar
  You're brute an' 2 monster, andI don't know what"
 mildly suggested the words -Hottcntnt. Pickpockct, and cannibal Tartar and thief As gentle explosives which might give relief; But this only proved as spark to the powder, Ant the st,rm had raised came faster and louder It blew and it rained thundcred, frightened and l hailed
 Intcjeetions, verbs pronouns, till language quite To express the abusive. and then its arrears Were brought up tt once by torrent of tears. And my last faint, desparing attempt at en obs Ervation was lost in < tem,est of sols. Improssed on the CT of the latter a tattoo, In lieu of expressing the feelings which lay Quite too deep for words, Wordsworth would say Then. without going through the form of bow, Found myself in the entry = 1 hardly knew how On doorstep and sidewalk, past l.mp-post and square;
 At home and up stairs. in my own easy chair; pokcd my feet into slippers. my fire into blaze, 1 And said to myself as 1t my cigar. l Supposing d man had tho wealth of the Czar Of the RusSias to boot for the rest of L;s days, On the whole, do you think he would have much to spare,
 If he married woman with nothing to wear' Since that night taking pains that 1t should not be l brutcd
 Abroad in snciety. I've instituted ] A course of inquiry, extensive and thorough, l On this vital subject and find to my horror.
 That the fair Flora's case is by surprising, But that there exists the greatest distress In female community. solely arisisg From this unsupplied dcstitution of dress, 1 Whose unfortunate victims are filling the air
 With the pitfu vail of .' Nothing to wear.''
 Researches in some of the "Cppcr Ten districts
 Reveal the most startling and painful statistics, Or which let mo mention only few
 In one single house, on the Fifth Avenue,
 Three young ladies were found all below twenty two Who have been three whole weeks without an, { thing new
 In the way of founced silks, and thus left in tn, ] lurch a&
 Are unable to go to bali. concert, or church. In another large mansion near the same place Was found dcplorablc. heart-rcnding case Of entire destitution of Brussels point lacc In neighboring block there was found in thret | calls
 Total want, long continued of cames.- hair shawls And n suffering family whose case exhibits - The most pressing need of real ermine tippcts; Que deserving young lady almost unable
 To survive for the want of her new Russian sable
 Another confined to the house when it's winGier
 Than usual, because her shawl isn't India
 Ssll another, whose tortures have been most terrific
 Ever since the sad loss of the steamer Pdctfe
 m m which were ingulfed, not friend or relation,
 ros WnTse s iate she perhaps might have found con
 Or borne it at least with serene resicnatioa) s
 put 'ne eno'ces. assortment of French sleeves ant
 Ever sen. out from Paris, worth thousands of do, I lars. N' ',so v 1o1
 And all as to style most recherche and rare.
 Tho want of which leaves her with noth;nt to ,ear And renders her life so drear and dyspeptic
 That she's quite recluse and almost a skeptic.
 For she touchingiy says that this sort of grief .