Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1857-01-06

GREAT SACRIFICE IN SAEts-IMPoRrAgT TO The
LADIES. sly esterdsy was one OF the brightest and
most joyous of the season. Broadway was filed
from morning till night with fair promenaders, and
the rush 70 the fancy bszaars was Tremendous.
The tro'toir and the crossings were however in
desperately dirty condition, being covered with an
sluVisi deposit from one 10 two inches in depth.
The Tablespoon things-had a hard time of il,
the hens OF their garments being outrageousy
deiled. We have no doubt that thousands Of dol
lars worth of silks completely ruined through
the negligence ofthe fair wearers who ought to
know that mud friage a foot deep is not the NEST
appropriate border for a costly robe. The woe
men of New York, with Few exceptions, have
yet TO learn how to dress themselves. They buy
a costly bonnet, an expensive set Of surs, an ex-
travsgant silk robe-seueraly unsuited for prom
enade wear-and then imagine they are dressed.
They would rather hear tie remark there goes
five hundred dollar fur cspe-or there is twenty dol
lar bonuet-or what a splendid MORE antique Mrs.
Shocks had on yesterday, than to hear person Of
good taste say, what nicely dressed woman; how
modest how neat how charming is her ensemble.
And yet it requires neither twenty dollar bonnejs
Russian sables, nor MORE antique dresses, to make
a nicely dressed woman, who is at once modest,
neat, charming and whose tout ensemble is raVish-
ing TO the last degree. Make a note of that.
They do these things much better in Paris. The
French woman is nice to the extreme point Of par
ticularity in the selection OF her boots gloves
hose, skirts and other uncomfortable mysteries CT
the female toilette. In rainy weather she steps
gay along, almost on tip toe, raising her robe just
sufficiently to preserve its purity intact-showng
the pFettiest of feet the incest of ankles and the
most immaculate of skirts. The French women,
as a general thing, have not as pretty fsces as
their American sisters, but somehow or other they
do manage to make great sensation whenever
the streets muddy. A few American women
have caught the French idea; but on Broadway,
usually the fair promenader does not dare TO lift
her rich robe half an inch from the side walk, on
account VI guilty consciousness of dirty skirts,
while others wear clumsy boots and hide thick ank
les in a garment which is a cross between mems
trowsers and meal sacks, and which is about as
graceful as the swathings of an Egyptian mummy.
They always recall the recollection of the dandy
who had nine hashy waistcoats and only one shirt
Water is good thing internally and externally
a fact that we have endeavored to impress upon
New Workers, male and female, many time and
oft. If do suffer from Commissioner of Streets
who, from the appearance Of the city has neither
wife nor daughter, and who seems to have holy
horror OF brooms, that is no reason why eVery-
body should follow his example.
Ladies, this is about the peroraton of our SER
mon. If you desire TO look really pretty when you
appear on Broadway-if you wish to attract admit
ration Of oar sex and the envy of your own--keep
your expensive dresses out OF the mud-wear well
made boots-have your skirts as pure as the
cord of good mans life, and your hose as white
as the first fakes OF the first winter snow. We
would say something to you in the shape of plea
for the husband and fathers who have to pay for
costly dresses spoiled by careessness; but there is
a great deal OF money floating about now, and
your portemonaes are too full to think OF economy
So put the matter upon the direct issue-the
improvement of your own apprenticeship charge
not even so much as a smile for the hnt-N. Y
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