New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-24
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| III a.. Tie galant men Ol tne d0y, tno gduhnSesS
the ChevsI.erest Bayardess, the throw your hand.
kerehiefest man is the Honorable Caleb Gushing,
late Attorney Gen OF W ashihgton It notorious
that be adores the sex We do not know that it is
50 notorious that the sex adores him. We have
| never heard that any woman has broken her leg for
him, but it is impossible to state how many frac-
tures, simple and compound, Of heart aud of Limb,
msy result from the speech both Anscreontic snd
economical, delivered by the Honorable Caleb be-
fore tie Massachusetts, Charitable Mechanics AssO-
ciston, (doosid long title, that y on the l4th inst
We poor men who keep the pocket book, aud try
to make the pocket book keep the family, have
always supposed that the ladies did dress rather
eItrsysgsntly. Ii may have been all deluslon.
| They may not, ladies gay" have been walking
| in silktn attire " They may all have been clothed
| In american prints worth no more than shilling
| Per yard. That is Caleb's impression. But, some
how or other, it is not ours. THIS makes as out at
once 10 be brutes and beasts and Orsons. Pardon
us, ard let us introduce, by way Of compensation,
Valentine.
at is quite common" says Valentine Gushing,
TO assa the ladies' and to ridicule and reprosch
"their taste Of dre,s, personal ornament, and Gus
"tom Of life as one Of the responsible causes of the
present commercial crisis. / utterly deny this.
L" would like to break lance with any gentleman
"in that QUARREL The Chevalier Gushing went
further. He pronounced for the hoops. He con-
,iders criDOline to be "graceful" and, " relatively
"to other fashions, convenient" He is shamed to
hear 90 hear 90 much said of 9 the prOfuseness of
the adies." There is, he assures US, ga warm
woman's heart beneath all the point lace and
" moire antique in whose mysterious volume her
" fair form is draped" As for the figures received
at the Custom. House the ladies' share of thsm is
mere bagatelle. Did silks break the Ohio Life
ard Trust Company Did laces add nuslins break
down the Illinois Central Railroad So, &c,
&c. Absurd " indignantly e1claims the Chesalier
Cuahins
Now, we do not intend to be at all behind Mr.
Cu.hipg in kindly consideration for the sex. We
believe that for half Of the faults Of man is
responsible, and that We have only ourselves to
blame for her emulation of the peacock and the
prism. We like to see them 30. When we are
not exceedingly short Of money We like to give it
to them that they may appear So But to say that
their silks and aces are q mere bagatee in esti
mating the present ruin, is pushing politenese to
its furtLest point. It may be all verS WELL Mr..
| Cushing, 10 ask in & paradOIical sort of way,
what tho crinones and the kicAshaws had TO do
with the tumble of the Ohio Life aud Trust
| Company Perhaps the Directors, Managers,
| Cashiers and Bankers of the concern are beat
qualified to answer the question, if We could but
| yet an answer from them. The same politeness
koaC sualia (,ush m
these function aries from disclosing the particular
leaks in the domestic excbequer. Mind, We do
not refer positively to fabrics or to the precious
nick pack., but to all the detailed and collateral
xastefulness which they imply 1t il possible that
we may have been all wrong, and the Cheyalier
Gushing may be all right And yet, for several
years there bas been an outcry against female ex-
trsyaQance in dress. The attention Of all has been
directed 70 il. II has been discussed in the news
papers. II has been Iidiculed upon the stage.
| Moreover, We have had the advantage OF per-
scDal observation We have seen the Parslan
| hats. the embroidered handkerchiefs, the diamond
necklaces and pins Men DO not dress in
| this expensive fashion. The stuff for wonsns
outside dress costs (or did cost before these
times pitched down the prices) more than oil
which any man except glarins and vulgar
| fop can venture TO put on. We once saw q female
"a leader of fasbion-who was estimated By the
bystar ders to be worth 81 900 in her clothes I"
she stood 1t is impossible for respectable man
20 dIer in that way. He may have hs little pri
vate extravagances in the shape Of London watches
or Partisan boots; but these are easily discarded,
and are not mist ed WHEN they cast aside Ii is
impossible to deny tbs the great bulk of really use
ls,s articles las oontradstingushed FROM those of
absolute necessity are for the wear Of females.
The male dress is comparatively cheap or nay be
made 90. 1t is almost impossible in this country
10 make the female dress cheap and at the same
time respectable. This fact arises particularly
from the variety in color and character which
women need, or think they need. They must go
abroad ansyed in q pronosneeG fashlco. On the
other hand it wa, long sgo settled thas the pane't
dressed psn is the best dressed man. BE is a.
lowed brcadcleth, a siguet ring diamond shirt
min. ard clean linen; but beyond these he is nos
permitted to go, unless be is ready to emgr,se mt"
the dimeputabe lard of SnobdOm.
Now. lust lock st the fitting out Of woman
Think Of the sca,f,, trimmings ribbons, ha!s, col
lars. hoops silks, shoes stockings, vss, robes Of
broehe and broesde, sstins, cloaks Of velvet and
cloth. me,irO, sneline and poplin muslins cam
bric. sh.wls of chenille, Of the brochs long, Of the
square variety "Gros Oder French print' Prinss
Robess 10 Guile &c, (tere the fair resder will per
oeiye that We arc quoting from AZ atvertssnent)
to cay pottirg Of jeweiry. Eet long ago We saw
i.psysI IL Broadway window ". ot da3caii