The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1858-11-11
Female EssrssAxsnes In Dre...

Rev. DR.. CooKE, Of the Puritan Recorder,
has been spending season at Saratoga, and
after scentiog out and exposing all the her
esies and follies in religion that come TO the
surface there, seems to have exterded his
explorations into the wardr0bes of the Ia.
dies and becomes properly shocked and in-
dignant at bis discoveries. He brings up
bis heavy artillery TO bear on this subject,
with all the force with which be ia accus.
toned TO attack the latest developed Beech.
erism
Indeed, the fashionable lady at the Springs
comes 10 task Of dressing which is no, to
be enved Most OF her waking hours, even
If she have no hops or balls TO dress for, are
laborious hours. For dressing is her sub
stantive employment it IL for this she has
come TO the Springs. So she must, on first
waking In the morning, dress for her walk
70 the Springs, then she must come home
and put on another harness for breakfast
Then she must unharness and harness up
wholly anew for dinner then for tea, all
the labor Of changing her cumbrous harness
must be repeated. This often involves more
than she can do alone.
The hair dresser must be called 10, and
there must be toll Of currying as well as
Harvesting. This is an expensive as well as
laborions work. Judge Of this from sin
gle case A lady was here, not long since
aud when about to leave, told the landlady
in all soberness, as If it was a matter of
course, that she had been here thirty days,
and that she had only thirty changes Of
dress, and therefore she could stay here no
longer, for she could not wear the same dress
twice 10 the same place. She must now, as
matter OF economy, 90 TO Newport, where
with the same dresses she could spend thirty
days more. This is fair sample Of the
fashionables here. Every summer brings
thousands Of just this class Of miserable
creatures--slaves oil absurd fashions here
Think moment Of the expense Of such
an outfit for the Springs. The expense Of
her thitnk dresses, with all the laces and jew
elry 70 witch. could not be less than three
thousand dollars. That is, her dress for
thirty days must have cost her thousand
dollars day. And among all the visitors
at the Springs, during the season. there can
not be less than three thousand so expen-
sivcly dressed. II SO, the aggregate expense
of equipping these butterflies for one season,
must be nine millions Of dollars, which is Il
very considerable fraction OF the United
States Government. Is it a wonder that so
many Of our merchants fail' True, many
of these women are the wives and daughters
Of pill pedlars and yeas, vendors, and the
like, who can afford It. But many Of them,
also are exbaasting the capital OF regular
merchants. But the abair,lity Of this busi-
nes more fully appears, If we reflect how
much Of this extravaganza looks to mar
riage and how it defeats its end. Daugh-
tiers are put on this course Of extravaganza
to make them the more attractive candidates
Tor marriage, AMI the effect is TO render their
marriage, IN any young mau OF seuse, inn
possible. Young men, who have their for
tunes yet to make, cannot safely marry u
woman who has been trained to spend for.
tune in single year.