Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-03

The polished and agreeable Col. Fuller, Ia Q
editor of the Mirror, at New York, has been
lecturing in his captivating way atCincinnati.
He considered the present financial crisis, and
then gave his remedy, which was the abOli-
ton of the credit system. If nobody got in
debt nobody could be embarrassed by tinan.
cial troubles. The following extract from the
lecture will interest our lady readers:
Ii is n common and an easy answer to the
every day question Of what has produced al
these financial arrangements! to say that per-
sonal extravaganza among all classes is at the
bottom of all the mischief; while some Of OF r
philosophers are bold enough to attribute =
large share of the evil to eOmdH, that bcsuti-
full syren who takes our purses when she
steals our hearts. This charge has been mort
cloquently denied by gallant New England
knight, whom it might he considered pre-
sumption to follow and rashness to encounter
in so dangerous tournament Mr.. Gushing
says, "thc ladies are not extravagant" wish
l could say so, too. wish could in this, as in
every other respect, say that woman is. as fault
less as she is fair. wish | could say that in
the beginning she did not seduce her innocent,
confiding and indulgent husband into the ne
cessity Of seeking a Co.tlicr wardrobe than
was found, ready made, in the spontaneous
fabrics of the balmy bowers Of Eden. But
unromantic philosophy must deal with hard
facts, and leave to poetry and Mr. Gushing
the softer Establishments Of ilattcry.
The ladies are extravigaut. The dear lux
urious creatures How they love to array
their fair forms in the softest SatinS; to trim
their flowing hounces and beautiful borders
with the lovliest laces; to deck their dainty
fingers with the rarest diamonds; to clasI
their white arms with the richest bracelets
to sprinkle their snowy bosOms with thu
purest pearls; and to crown all their glorici
with that costly and most miraculous littl'
flower called bonnet.
q They love to live in splendid palaces; Il
sleep on beds of down; to ride in soft-lnet
s carriages; to breathe an atmosphere fngran
with the myrtle and the orange blossom; Il
!. listen to the sweet and soothing strains O
8 music; to gaze on the beautiful works Of art
II and to dwell in homes where cares never en-
IS ter and carcsses never cease. Is the pictur
s OverwrOught! Although such a life is rarel
). woman's lot, is tnot always her dream? AM
the more fcrvcntly she aspircs after the beau
l. tiful, the more beautiful she becomes. But
l. do not mean to intimate that the Paradise
). have predicted is the highest heaven Of VIC
r mans heart and hope. 10 be lOred is the on
II lifelong cry of her soul, and to be loved, 81
I desires to make herself lovely. For this, liz
e beings end and aim she lives, laLors, pray
i. and dies.
v In dress, a woman has but two objccts-t
&c eclipse her rival, and to please her lover. III
=, eyes are her mirror; aud when she finds tn
v pleased reflection there she is satisfied.
follows, therefore, as the night the day, tina
,e all the extravigance charged to wOman's az
!. count begins and ends with man-her unski
Il full lord aud master. For lin she curls he
r. hair, and adorns her person with jewels
N wears her newest gown, and puts OIL he
sweetest smiles. Let his broad shoulder!
ii then, bear the burden of the fOllics and tn
X faults that spring from the very excess Of We
>. mans love and let us lay this common, cry
5 ing sin of extravaganza where it belongs, a
II its Orn Tdther's door.