The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-02-05
WHOLE NUMBER 9a1
FashioaaDle Vices q New Yorlz,

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Themes York Herald deEoles, . portion
Of its space to description Of the routine r
OF fashionable afnusemehts whick foIlsW the
holidays. We take ai5ew extraotss yzus-g
THE FAsHfoS1BEE FIKTY.
The fashionable party Is OF sevefalskiads,'a
There is the 1s0irs, aansanis, with spPpefV
which is generally considered the coFrecgsi
thing. Curds must be issaed at lesst one "
week beforehand. They must be engraved s
on copper plate, sndnothing but full dress,
both for gentlemen and ladies' will do. The
gentleman must be black from his shirt COLI
lar to the tip of his toes. The lady must
have an expensive dress which she is notperFai
milted to wear but ohce3 itssmust be very
much spread out in the skirt, very low iass
the neck, andvery short in the sleEes9 Shegi
must have ten dollar bouquet, roses and 10
camelias are ssIOn les re9ie. Her duties are ai
to dance great deal, flirt great deal, and9s
eat great deal ofsuppef. The gentiemah 81
can 90 at eleven-make his salaam to the
lady prioress Of the estd blishment, and then
pitch into the supper, hiding a bottle Of
champaign under a chair, SO thathe may res
fresh himself alter the German. which isgasg
dance that has only beginning, with nosq'
end. until the dancers are exhausted. aToa2
be eble to leod the German is the highest
effort Of society man, and il is the sole oesas
ject his life.s sri ro5la85aBgs aigals tas8
YOUNG MEN ATTEND FOR suPPER.Ssiiat q
There has lately been good deal of com. -
plaint among the ladies THAI the young men.
only come for supper, which makes the par:is
ties dreadfuliy slow until one or two O'Clock
in the NOTWITHSTANDING men being very,a
scarce. Talking men and intellectual las m
dies are unpopular, but sometimes literarysa
ma n is invited as show. There is great
deal Of money spent on these parties, and
people wonder where it comes from They
ore occasionally enlightened by the police
reports. a&F .bssi9t 81 h.aysi Esaara daa5'
OTHER DEVICES FOR SPENDING MONEY AsDd
Hsjsa SITTING UP LATE, &c ss9ea U
Next to the soire dansdats is the bal tos.g
tune. or bal n,dsquc, both Of which are gen..
orally melancholy failures. Very few peo-S
pie have taste in the selection Of a fancy
dress, or power to sustain the character they
assume. Thus you win hear Charles the
Second saying that he thinks waltzing very
immoral, or Sir Joba Falstaf talking abeatS
two per cent. per month, or the price of that
t corner lot on Murray Hill. Then there are
private theatrical parties, amateur concertss1
whist parties, dinner parties, "stag'' or barhHs
elor's parties: and Various other devices to-
D spend moiey and set up late at night aa's
e GAMBING--THE LADIES PLAYING ''PoKER.9f
el Nor are all the diversions of our fashions
able people so innocent as those above1
noted. Gambling has become . afashionablss
), vice, and has extended tet the fades. Inaha
\, thesclubs, play although forbidden by rule,A
J, runs high; and we huye heard o one where
J, the urtistocratic ampseiaeRs OF spoker" be-
y ing tubooed, the amateprs at the ATHLETIC
2 exercise met in a Secret place detached7
\ from the main establishments There are,its
"A is said, very exclusive gamblingPlaces where
4 women play at the French game, which ilasf
Il ruined some of the richest ladies of Paris-es
y Notwithstanding all the efforts to suppress
l. gambling in this metropolis,iiit 'incteasesa
privately and publicly; and this fsct - the'
g only answer that cah be nude to the often
8, repeated enquiry as sss'tos where does ali the
Y money go." It goes over the aigreeaf
cloth md into the pockets of the shafpery
he who may be found almost as often in the
" Fifth Avenue as at the Five Points. The
e. present generation BIDS fair to exceed iB
e. friyolny and extravagaace any thing saat
,r has ever preceded it since the formation eff
rel the republic. Let ii not be forgotten that
le thee ffeminancy Of aapeopleisis ihe spFesF
< 3. foreruuner OF the deeay4ofa nation.9o sslos
Is, sell % TT Ain1ss
onl gO5-Lafayette told camp aneedo,e ofthei
D. revolution, one morning at the President1sl
"a (MonroeSs) akfast-table, of sach gopsa
,s- writes Writ to his friend Norris, "thaAaI
ng$ think Bope ought to have itin his budget.a
ELL Hay asked him whether Lord Sterling Was
g. really nebleman by birth or only Lord byi
~ courtesey. The Marquis said he did not
ty know how that wass but thatstA here nHFes
,sq was lord that wasp prouder Of biz titlei that
alll no one could sayf lord''on "lordship' inhis
le, hearing, but he thought tthatlihe wag lha
of person spoken to or spekenof. In the preof
he of which lae stated thats oneEof Sieriings
be3 soldiers was senteneedto be shot for soma
,a offence, and as the psor deViiawas gbinsgtq
Tor the place ofsexecution. with his arms manss
Ga cled behind him, hesaised his eyes to Heay-
VIZ en-, andinth agonycf bis despeies sxclaimed.
- I"Lord, have mercy on MEL Says Sterling
m. with all the mPortanse sof Jupiter with leose
Did cheeks puffed with rage, IN be sd7rat 4
w dr. imagining that that be, alone, c0uld he
III. the object Of the sjaeplaton, n ! was exss
ing tremelys v ell told and produced ashiigR
The effect. Noble Alssl Trlibsae sslsslog
hts ora lover once. wrote 70 Z LADY MpQs
Ia 20. had rejected him, saying that be iHsepasa
afe .t.,.;ra t. sosna aaeludad sDof and breathe