Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-10
On Dress.
"Why don't you get married."

"Why don't you get married"
This question was put to young man.
not half yesr ago, in the course Of free
and friendly conversation. He is an in
dustrious. sensible young man, dresses,
decent,y, keeps to good society of steady
habits-withaI. good-lcoking After laying
before us his finances and business prospects
which were moderate AID hopeful, the idea
Sas suggested to him that he was now al q
point in life when he ought to marry; ard
as it was evident at glance that he could
Il he wou d, there must be some unknown
difficulty in his way.
why don't you get married"
"rhe fact is, sir, would like to, but
can't afford it,
Cant af;'rI i. and getting sl.sO0 a
year salary.w certainty Of its increase. s.,
at no far distant day. mny rise to partner.
Surely. that will do to begin on =
Adificuiiy did appear, and that in few
wurds. He was clerk in dry-good Store
where fashionable ladies most do congre-
gaie-hsd seen, across the Counter, many a
yourg lady who fancied fine dresses and
6ne things. and mace such bills, with a
fnafter-of-course ard easy air, that il scared
him. "Never could stand such lieks as
that. One days shopping would use up
months wages. Other things mus: be in
proportion. And yet have feeling on
the subject Of this SORT: would not like to
marry q yosng lady who had been used to
luxury, and moi be able to keep her going
n fho ~ And fhnv I.,osf
!ose the taste even sfterward."
Somebody who visited the Springs last
sesson-and he will be apt, If he lives and
gces, TO see the same things next SEASON
gives this description of a fashionable lady:
"lndeed, the fashionable lady at the
Springs eomes to task Of dressing which
10 not to be envied. Most of her waking
hosfs, even If she mas no balls OF hops to
dress for, aie lsborious hours. For dressing
is her substantive employmen il is for this
she has come to the Springs. So she must,
on her first waking in the morning, dress
iur her walk to the Springs, then she must
cnme home and put on another harness ior
breakfast. Then she must unharness and
harness up wholly anew for dinner; then.
far tea, all the labor of changing her cum
srous harness must be repeated. This of.
tra involves more than she can do alone
The hair-dresser must be called in, and
there must be 'oil of currying as we'll as
harBessing. This is an expensive as we'll
ss laborious work. Judge of this from a
single case. A lady was here n not Long since
and, when about TO leave, she told the land
LADY, il all soberness, as il it were a mat.
ter Of course, that she had been here thirty
days, and that she had only thirty changes
of dress, and therefore she could stsy here
no longer; for she could not wear the same
dress twice at the same place. She mus
now, as a matter Of economy, g, to New
port. where, with the same dresses, she
could spend thirty days more. This is fsi
sample OF the fashionables here. Ever,
summer brings thousands of just this clas
of miserable creatures, slaves of ab.ur,
fashion, here"
We commend the reader 10 initiate tn
example of lady in one OF the leading cir
cles of Washington. A gentleman com
Plinented her upon the simplicity and .ss,
of he: apparel. She replied: IL am gla
you like my dress; it cost just seven dollar
and I made every stitch of it myself" II i
very evident, from the foregoing, that dres
10 q good OF evil educator in the family. A
such it demands the attention of parents
that it may not become a snare and curse I
children Pehaps the best rule to regulat
dress is that which Newton gave a woma
who asked his opinion: "Msdsm, so dres
and SO conduct yourself that perso ns VIII
have been in your company shall not reco
lect what you have on"
More young men, who would make th
best husbands, will be scared of, end ,ha
alas! BY the very means resorted to stRa,
them. They ought, they will count Ii
cost. A the marriage form says, It sis n,
BY any 10 be snterprised or taken In hsr
snadvisedly," but "discreetly."
Beyond extrsvsgant dressing. there 10 9
inferenes equally damaging; namely, .h