Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-29
Dressing to Please Ones Husband.

Will SolueH CuIlS, anu ueep FlO-et ey eS,
expressing all Of love and nothing
more, whom you could array in some
white, cloudy substance, and conceive
to be an angel floating for a while out
Of her original sphere on this earth of
iniquity and yet do not wish to
convey the idea that our friends char
acter was not a lovely one. 1t was;
but sweetness is not the word to use
while describing it. In the gypsy
blackness of her eyes there was depth
Of character never seen in the azure
orbs from which love looks forth and
claims its place supreme her complex
ion was decidedly dark her cheeks al
most colorless, except when heated with
the fire Of exciten emit; her mouth was
not small, but it was we'll shaped, and
expressive Of great energy and deter
mination she was tall, well-propor-
toned, graceful and dignifcd in
short, she was one of those persons who
seemed formed to wear the richest and
handsomest Of dry-g goods which the art
Of The manufacturer can produce. SO
much for the lady. let us NV turn to
her ''worser half -
lie was very fne-looking, tall and
large, with gray eyes and dark hair,
and rather a stern expression. His
most noticeable characteristic was what
he conceived to be perfect contempt
for Dress He.scrupuIously avoided all
ornament, such as rings, breastpin OF
watch. cham, and there never was a
time in the recollection of his friends
when Mr.. Carlton made his appearance
in any other than black clothes so fan
and no farther did he carry his indiffer-
ence to dress in his own case. His
cloth must always be Of the finest quail
ity, and his clothes must be perfect
fit. But the distinguishing trait in his
character was more particularly exhib-
tied in his remarks upon the extrava
gance Of ladies and their seryile con.
formity to fashion, with similar topics
Of all this, indeed, Mrs. Carlton was
aware before her marriage, and thai
she never would bo allowed to dress il
any SOFT of style or taste but with
determined shake Of the head she woull
always reply: 81 will manage IT'D
"Bella," said Mr.. Carlton, one fine
morning after they were married, a
am going to bring a friend home te
dine with me to-day, SO look your pref.
test; he is very anxious to be intro.
duced to my BRIDE" and he bent dowr
and kissed her fondly.
Our heroine knew she was fne-look.
ing, she had been informed Of the fac
too frequently to admit Of any igno-
rance on the subject, and she knew too
that she needed dress to set off hel
looks; it was, therefore, with consciou:
pride that she 8 lanced into the miro,
ere she descended to the drawing-r
to await the arrival Of her husband ano
his friend. Her rich raven tresses
We're twisted in heavy braids, and Sc
arranged as to set of to the best ad-
vantage her finely formed head thu
rose tint Of Ler dress compared vel
with her complexion, and the hounee:
lent additional charms to the grace O
her figure, her flowing sleeves seemel
to fall modestIy back, exposing to view
a pair of beautifully-rounded arms
and soft, dimpled hands, and the dia
monds on her tapering fingers spanked
and glistened as though in delight a
the beauty Of their mistress. Bell;
knew that she was looking uncommonly
we'll, and she secretly wondered il this
would not reconcile her husband to hel
manner Of dressing. She noticed hi
pleased surprise as he entered and pre-
sented his friend Mr.. Tucker. to her
For moment he was dazzled by he,
beauty, but then in half sigh he re-
lected: eff she is so lovely now, how
much would her charms be enhanced
could she but be induced to leave off al
this nonsense, and dress with perfec
simp lefty, thus showing that her at
fractions are her own, and not depend
ent on any outward aid!'
No such ideas, however, were float.
ing through the mind Of his friend
MIR. Tucker was entranced by her beau
ty and manners, and hung with raptur,
upon her every word; and when Mr.
Carlton, bent upon showing him thu
attractions Of his country-seat, tool
him to the garden and stables, and ex
patiated upon the swiftness Of hi
steeds, the wonderful growth Of hi
Vegetables, and the merits and rarity Of
certain flowers, and told how Washing.
ton had probably rested under such &
tree, his companion would give the
most random replies, and he seemed
scarcely to know the difference between
a horse and rose. Before the day
was over he had made up his mind te
find a second Mrs. Carlton without the
Mrs. and ask her assistance in emerg.
ing from old-bachelorhood. As ou1
two friends were sitting together tina
evening after the departure Of thei,
guest, Mr.. Carlton observed:
81 don't know when 1 have seen you
look so well, my dear.''
Bella glanced up with mischievous
smile, as she enquired: ''Do you thins
my dress is becoming 70
s'Anything that you wear must BIZ
becoming - replied her husband, in q
conciliatory tone "but I confess, thai
l think palmer style would become
you better. Really, dear, if you coulc
only know how much prettier you would
look without that broad expanse Of
crinoline, am sure you would give up
wearing it,
'Why, my dear husband, you car