New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-11

now find that rum insufficient for their gewns ala-,
ard ntdle class you' adiss Who have hther bsen
their wits end to keep up With the mode at all: aud
they have to cheap snowy silks that Will ~.
last light gspzy mstesls requiring style Of petit
cost which maket the dress q costly oce after all
Msid-scIvstis, vbo have before deposited sousthiny
In Savings Banks every quarter no feel morally
toup<td TO bny twice ss msuS yards formally for
their gowns. 1t is but nineprncs yard, the nis-
tres gay. when gown ls PIiot but the gown, are
In tie kirt tie difference at the end of the year to
eiI whose wages are tel or twelve pouocs is rot mall
Even the cheap print gowns require 80 much max
ing, and are so Troublesome to wash AID iron, that
the custom is q tyrarnous one TO those on whom il
WEIGH. least AZ for the ost numerous order OF IL
yic,ims-tbst Of middle. class adies-ths year, 1857,
will be a notifying or disastrous one in the famly
history Of too many households Inc cot Of dress mas
tpre as 10 create Sc rous difficulty 10 the homes Of meu
of business " no have hitherto bsen able to provide
their wi, es ard daughters with whatever was needu
to q moderate coDpsceDcy The rich silks OF the day.
upce their yanous names of which every lady nov
thinks one AT least absolutely necessary canno, be
had for a wife and daughters, with The prodigious
trimmings, which aye equaly inorpenssoe, under
halfpsy officer ard bis family. fhs pharapherna lia
of ribbons lscef ges and flowers more expensive
th an the entire gown Of ten years ago. Is not our
purpose as we have nctlned 70 go into me serious
moral consideration OF the case or we might discosea
decline Of responsibility In this class, as well % In
rarks above and below, which would make other
tearts as heavy as own. Ourreaders c.n imagiue
if hey do not know the process OF decadence; e1-
hsusted Gre dit debt secret gambling 10 one shape or
apoL and even theft in the form vi OF
shop lifting, ard the purchase OF stolen goods. VI
there things might say much but our theme Is the
bad taste of the as ion The middleclsss IN then
fr de his house and garden too small. The dinner
table will rot accommodate the o.d number; and II
leaf IL inserted, the waiting maid can hardly get
rounds process the more diff cult from the nun.
A.. = LIST md
stuff cord in her petticos,. The most delicate
flowers in the garden are cut of by the ladies'
hens ss the walk the path. and the lite
greenhouse Is no place for such trsgsay queens;
half dozen pots. II the children are young the
parent does cot commit more than one at time to
the charge Of the nursemaid, for neighbors ehiid
was actually ewept into the water from brose by .
stiff skirt which went Haunting. by, the wearer
being unconscious of the mischief IL he walks with
Sis Wife be has to be on his guard all the time. If
the wind blows he is fettered by her superfui;y OF
garmente and if it rains, no umbrella can cover them
bo,h II the weather is settled fine, the ladys train
rs.es cloud Of dust and sweeps the path OF all loose
flth as they 20. If they enter the parks the steel
rim Of her petticoat cuts his leg as mey sqaeezs
roaJ, 1rIv 10 ,vV much prob.b;i;sy .ha. tho wh0,v
apparatus may be become inverted by sud
den gust catching the balloon UI mo &c,
skiit is much more easy to invert If it is
to be drive, and Lot walk, the good man runs the
nix Of being dismissed as naughty actress dismissed
81 old friend. With vehement prohiotve gesture
she drove him back from the carriage step With
pardon mel and ny dress occupy the carriage.
The tame women who in their youth marveled al the
slavery to fashion, which induced their grandmoaers
to kneel in the carriage for drive vi many miles, 10
rave II cir lofty he dresses now Danish husband or
father to the box or compel them to walk, to make
room for the accOmmoo alton Of tounces or steel
springs. Sunday is changed The children cannot g.
10 church because n ANNA leaves no room ior them;
a<o aotd in he q
gegatiOn, while his lady is efiectng the difficult ener-
pse If entering her pew Arethe ladies aware that the
dullress Of church is relieved to bachelor gentlemen
by the amusement OF wetching' ana attst~aro Gls
guessing the comparative skill OF the ladies' in passing
their pew-doorsl We are concerned to hnd that
new method Of getting up Prayer Books and Bibles
for church use enables the ladies' 10 ind their owe
amuse ment while apparently engaged in worshp. IL
seems TO be really the fact that the ladies' Prayer
Books have .msl mirror bound up with the cover
probably Of about the same size as that 10 the hat
crowns of dandies-which they consult while devoutly
covering faces on entering their pews.
He becomes penilve and almost lachrymOse in the
contemplation Cf
TIE IRON AGE OF FASHION.
We would fam think that our country women may at
tain in time that true self respect which will destroy IN
Lest degree Of resemblance between them and the 40
original savages-s resemblance which they them
selves at present peIpetuate We need not point cut
the aualoeies between savage and fashionable decOrs
tors: they obvious and m)rtifyltg enough, rom
the duchess who makes holes in her ears, rs the Fe
ice woman makes q hole In her nose, to hang Je wells
by, 10 the nad-servant who this Sanmer has mad an
entire clothesne hemmed into her peticoat thereby
keppg hersef to the squaw who winds herself aoous
with hundred yards Of wampum. We woald rather
refer cur cOunIywomen TO the more rehnea Woiks oi
nature than to the lilly and conceed savage.
Throughout the rarge Of anmsted nature the splen-
dor of ntation is assigned to the male while
quiet grace is the appropriate charm OF the
female. Throughout the universe Of BIRDS and
animals the same order is very marked II
would be we'll for women If they could perceive the
wisdom Of conformity TO that order IN their own case;
for it is ncontestabe that the grace which they lose
in making dress more than an adjunct cannot be com
pensateo for by anything in the dress itsef Lst
them try for themselves in regard to the moot graceful
creatures Of other races Wrap up az Araoiao horse
In the gsyest trappipgs Of the old hobby horse-ard
what Is the Effect Devise dress for the deer which
shall tran mel their limbs, and where is their Charm,
be their caparison never 80 spleI the nooded
falcon more beautiful, with is pert feather ON its
crcwn than when il can use its brilliant eyes AZ WIN
Imagine for moment the absurdity of subjectng any
other reatures, women subject them elVes 10
the rsge Of the day. We call ours an iron age.
framed in iron, ard our iron steifcases, ana
even houees as . security against niei our iron
cables and telegraph wires putting grdle round he
earth ard we caunOt stop here, but frame anu case
the female form in iron, rs the cursr would dsiSaa
bis ged town with appa 'atus OF leather. Inc
stays had steel stenings before; and no the heaa
dress car be kept only by profuse employment Of
long pins The bouquet has a metallic foundation
like everything else, and each bios ON and ieh !,
supported on wire. And 90 ia each prominence ana
m1vement Of the piodgious skirts for our ladies' are
actually Gagged in STEEL and merely cover Their cage
with gorgeous silks, which more really clothing
than the brougham 10 which they ride. Ii 10 moatn-
full climax with which nature caps the aosuioly
When the tender creatures out with the weary
toll spd folly Of their unnatural mode OF life ana
the pale blood ard lax fibre must be restored the iron
be taken meccirethe steel goes into the som-
ach. Place the most be schpg of the animal creation
siusr conditions Of 1ii ualitY and Kaat VII