The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-04-13
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What il the Price


"You're going to enter into the matri-
monial state. are you, Mr.. Brown? And you
think youIe coming into possession OF an
angel!
Yes, but angels cost money. Did it ever
occur to you what an expensive article you
fashionable young wife was likely to prove
Bless your unsophiscated soul you've no
more idea of it than you have of the price Of
onions, or the market value of wssh.tub
You II find out one day, howcvrr-to your
grief.
Two or three st cut Irish girls to wait on
her-a French maid to arrange her hair
fifty dollar silks and camels hair shawls to
make her female friends snvious. and half d
dozen hennets per anu,im-white kid gloves
and silver card-cases-olto Of roses and
bouquet-holders-why, you deluded young
man, she II throw money out with her ringcd
and lily-white fingers faster, by tho bushel
than you can shovel it in with II spade -
You don't believe 1t y? Let US make you
rough estimate, then, of what she will cost
in full promenade costume.
Bonnet ia love Of thing, the s,reetea white
chip, and such bargain) fifteen dollars. -
India shawl (of course you won't be such a
brute as to expect your wife to wear common
cashmere or broche, just like the butchers
better half only seventy-five, the cheapest
thing ia New York Dress, an eleven.
6eunccd silk, forty.fve dollars, including The
trimmings and the poorly paid labor of tho
hollow checked dress maker Valenciennes
collars and sleeves, at twenty five !: GINNING
little hceled saiter boots. three gloves, one:
E,ruscan bracelet, Fifty. (you expect your
wife to dress like other women, don't you {?
and everybody has Etru,can bracelets y
brooch end earrings in Italian cameo, thirty:
cnameled watch and chain. sevonty-Hve :;
card-case. twenty: a duck of Chantil-
" vail. ten embroidered handkerchief. eight:
lace parasol, lined with lavender silk, ten :;
crinolns, three; and other =. belongings :"
lace.edgea and sumptuously decorated, about
ten, SIS nearly as body can venture to guess
Now all this is an exceedingly moderate
assessment-there ale probably as many who
exceed 1t as fall short of it. How much do
you suppose it amounts to, my good Mr.
Brown ! Well. your angel in the simple
matter of plumage for this one occas ion costs
you not far from four hundred dollars. Yes
you may open your eyes and twirl your
moustachrS in that incrtdulous sort of way :;
do you suppose ps don't know all abont it !!
Yes, and when the bills come in you will
remember our words of warning! You re
doing remarkably foolish thing when you
marry one Of these cane!ia- japonica divini
ties, white.baRd,d, helpless and knowing
just about as much of real life. everyday
life. as a canary bird might be expected to
understand. II We were a man, We should
as soon think of marrying fral hot.house
plant, as one Of these delicate spriSs Of the
ornamental.
Give US the apple blossom type of woman
sunny, cheerful and useful something
equal to every emergency. from washing day
to Fifth avenue understanding that
understands the handling of a broom, and
knows what the kitchen poker is made for,
and can calculate to a nicely the exact
amount of mlnce.meat requisite in model
pie, besides taking bit Of fur as well as the
next woman, and possessing pretty weak.
ness for lively books and spicy newspapers
That's the article FOR Our money.
wife who would select gingham instead
of silk, when she went shopping. and fiesh.n
up her old bonnet with bunch of satin
viole,s aud new ribbon instead Of paying an
extrayagant price for the latest Paris fool
cries. not because she hadn't woman S
natural penehaat for such things, cut because
she wanted to save money because her little
| head was full Of schemes some day to conlri-
butte something toward releasing her husband
from the bondage and drudgery of desk or
counter! Do you suppose the value Of such
wife can be counted in gold pieces Let
your satin robed doll sweep contemptuously
pas, her on Broadway, MIR. Brown-time will
prove which is the best instrument.
Only, before you purchase the useless