New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-14
" GRAVE TINES"
BNrs FOR DOMESTIC INFRINGEMENT.

vssh-ea<kas; nor IA the eye OF needle, any more
osn Of old, door of escape for us Evennov ses
Winter and Want approaching hand in hsod, with
Despair and Crime logging their footsteps Are these
gaunt specters to be routed with tie tiny wand IL
pIssses yOu TO ply VIII your whim Of doing your
svn embroidery even (unbestd.oi dsvotioo J ms.
bieg your own dresses from starvation or ipfsmy
Mat great army of martyrs whose very lives hang
pDep q thresdi IL IL short--ighted wisdom you
Dseseb-s nsrrow economy you would prsc:ioe--it is
yssr bounden duty at this time not TO know how 10
sew. II is your bounden duty 70 preserve every
square inch Of stitching in your household for the poor
woman whose children gather wistfuly round the
seld hearbstone and whose husband, strong man ths.
10 s-hcpest map though he be-is flung bone SUI
len and useless thrg BY this terrible ebbtide. When
Ne men cannot work, the women must, and your
Aands should supply them and pay them well.
II ever felt ike imprecatng invention, i: is that
sewing machine just now. iOf course, it will work
he own cure in the end 1t will force me Industry Of
Woman into thousand new channels; but Just now it
seems cruel, iron thing, for IL takes the work
rom hundred hands and the bread from hundred
mosths o. well Again I urge you, give out your
sewing. When q shadow Of woman crosses your
threshold, faint with fatigue and famine, send her
home rejoicing wifi bundle of to wells to hem or set
ofshirts to stitch, as her skill may be. When child
sccoets you in the street, begging, bring her into
warn corner of your home, put thimbe and needle
into her hands and dismiss her at night with the warm
petticost snug dress the little fingers have made,
not forgetting the broken meats Of your table for the
hungry mouths at home.
but you will cay, and with reason, Letitia Maria,
Chow is all this TO help my husband put money In
has pufsai He IL sore pressed, Heaven knows, and
would fam help him, heart and hand" II you be
tree wife of his, so you can and may. You have
called SOlomons virtuous woman to the wtnessstand
so will L "She looketh well 10 the ways of her
household This is the very first move in the field of
reform. No matter if your bghpnced cook does sneer
ut your retIenchment matter if butcher or baker
do c,icise your slender ordcrs cut do Immediately
the riotous living that has regned long above stairs
and below. See for yourself the state of Goals and
coffee Of sugar and soap. Set apart specific sum for
each weeks expenses, and that it s adhered TO, or
know the reason why. Insist upon it that the stately
srioin Of today shall appear again tomorrow. In
stead of half dozen courses content yourself with
sue, and simplify your desserts abolish them alto
sether. friend drops in to dine, better he should
hnd q chop and cordial welcome than anxious
face reflected in the gterDg scup-tureen, or catch
. sigh over the sherry: Don't be ashamed of
turning off the gas when n leave the psror-ifit is
On airy nothing it has wings and BILL you will fad.
Settle your account with the confectoner aud wine.
merchant at once and have clear page their books
this Winter at least.
"Then you can't have any psrtiesl"
Why shouldn't your In these dark days, we need
Zoo much the strength Of social sympathy-the help
merry glance or CHEEKY word can gve-to forsake the
assembling Of ourselves together. Not puppets or
n mantes not as mlliners' blocks hair dressers'
dolls but as earnest, honest and women sensible
Of the stern realities around u.s. and the solemn crisis
we are meeting now. No need Of gorgeous supper
br the ever of the evenng-no call for band Of soft
xnssc to f up the psuses; good cup Of coffee will
be grateful r.freshment and no lack Of interest and
excitement in that engrossing theme-the times.
"But your dress-you can't wear the same ever
lasting cepes and moires you spored last Winter"
Of ecmse you can't; take my advice-sbandon them
entirely. Silks and veyets, though they do not make
peblesse, like it, "obigent;" and the bonnet must be
D marvel and the mantle une1ceptionabe, to comport
With your costly robe. Instead Of retrmming your old
dresses, or copteptipg yourself with one handsome
.ew one let this Winters garb be simple merino, of
one tenth the cost and double the comfort. The old
bonnet and furs will not be shsmed by it. Do you
fear Mrs Chose, over the way Mrs. Chose would
be perfectly happy she disepthralled from your
criticism. Why should you slink from hers 1t has
lssted long enough, this reciprocal slavery this sink
ing Of ou own independence, this miserable subsection
b each others scrutiny and sneer. We are all vic
tins-all tyraDts Don't wait for some one else to
lead, but lead yourself Lettia Maria, strike the
blow that shall free yourself and US all.
Why should we dress for parties? Wehave agreed
not to meet to eat---why should we meet to stare!
Yen are young and blooming without lace or dis-
moDas; Will they shine with more uster upon wrinkles
md gray bsrs Let your wit atone for the lost spark
hing Of your jewels; be your conversation more be-
witohirg than your bouquet.
We can have no conception Of the mighty emsnci-
patton which few determined, sensible women can
iusuguate in our social system. The time we will
for nobler and higher duties the and tear
Of intellect we will avoid when dress and dinners
disposed of the better and purer tastes we will have
leisure to cultivate to say nothing of the solid cash
we will put to our husbands credit, will be abundant
resompense for few petty sacrifices, and an unusual
amount Of female heroism.
Resolve from this day forward to take your orw
conscience and common sense for your guide; do
sstbiDg because II Is fashionable but simply bscau.e
h is right in dress and demeanor in recreation aud
religion, be your OWE law and leader aud the yoke of
Fashion will be all too light its burden of foes all too
POI derous, to tempt you again to its banners.
Every American woman is princess in her own right,
asd should prove her title by the noble sincerity Of
her manners, her queenly independence of thought
md action and the loyalty Of her devotion TO the good
md true. Her court should number the men and wo
men whom God has sent as his ministerng spirits
earth and her coropet will shine the day when He
makes mp His jewels in heaven. Dor.
LETTER FROM SENATOR SUNSER-rhe following
extract fIOm recent letter of Charles Sumse. ind
stes the interest which he feels in the pending poh