Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-04-15

t9E toliuca! Meetings to be charged In ali
Marriages N6ttOesof Funerals, and snnoncemeanitl
Of sermons, 90 cents each. 4 4 4 : fpouYIl-'59
RhilOsoPhy3of Dress.
To dress becomingly, and with delicate
taste, issa most desirable art. aud one moi
generally understood OF practised by either
1.-The feminine or masculine portion of socie.
". To follow the fashion seems to be the
prevailing idea without stopping to cousfd-
ed whether, by SO doing, the commineling
OF colors tends to enhance OF. disguise their
beauty. Fashion, to certain extent, is
absolute, but lady ofrefined taste. should
always consider whether, by a slight in
fringement upon itsassumed mandate, she
cannot SO adapt her dress as to render her
appearance neat aud pleasing instead Of
hideous and repulsive. With these few re
marks, We commend the following to our
readers:
Costume embraces both the zeal and ar.5
tIfcial methods of heightening effect
Dress being necessary, the astheical ar.
may be regarded among the natural aids
to beauty. That this arrangement is sell.
dom governed by q delicate taste or any
rational principle of snbordinating means
to au end, is but too we'll known. The
successious of fashion seem rather deter
mined by an ingenious desire of disgusting
the natural form, and Of presenting an inn
age conspicuously unallied to humanity.-
Partly this arises from confusion of ideas
and imbecility Of mind in those who lead
and those who follow the fashion; partly
from the iuherent tirrationality ofthat desire
for conspicuous change upon which fash
ion depends. The caprices- of costume.
however, forms a subject for separate treat.
ment. Here we need only remark, that
whether the prevailing costume be intrin.
slcally beautiful or hideous, rational or sill
u, it cannot altogether be Neglected or
opposed wi itbont injury to, the peIspnaI aps 4
pearancei since SO long as the conventional
demands of the eye require q certain cos.
tune, any want of compliance with those
demands Will, by the conventional stand.
ard, be regarded as ecceutricity and u9li-
ness. "A woman who wishes to please her
contemporaries (and no sane woman dresses
Tor postertty) must accommodate herself.t to
the reignlng prejudices. Shemust be very
confident other beauty, and herpower. to
carry off with grace any appearance of sin.
gularity, before openly opposing popular
opinion. To be "ont of the fashionI gener-
$50 gu neglect, or a
Sais,s .. 30 .als,, isu1ePeuuence. When
,,sss 70 1ne arms, 1t Is ugi-
w. 1Tss WAIST alVlae tue trunk
~ ha SEs = . woman is held
~. % ~ nh5t, M sue aPpeats IN skirts that
are sSAns la Mnen heao.oresses are tow
ss.,ioa:... Vi ua,t eHu oEnauene' II IS andacious
L,us '"''ty toF Fus'lclty 70 wear simple
".pasi,;s oHposi .ou-,.,.., "a, l... q. 81
"a ~ al ~ ass ls despotic,
20 Eeoel,ea ,es against by very
s. tslonai f?.,I people: Ihere is, however,
.ha. anu seSthe5ie obedience no less
fnaL aa irlss.onsI ana nldeous servilityE
ta1Iaa. lu no.ping goes the feminine in
~. petray ITS weakness
assona1 Sasu ~ tu's natsero ot costume' Although
por,Sncs - a, psaIaaes Is OF paramount I'M
tha forms
ans Tue l aeignt, tne dream OF
StSo. t a,.Lals IVES snu tne tron ole OF the
are never tired OF
isasS US :: ue.aiis ana qiscnsslng what
Is ana Maat M IS Is. not becoming-ths,sprpris-
., - IS enough
rensc.iye ind, unstiathe de-
sss.n ssranin5 Tpes oslYes OF mat practice are
aL;IaseSi.s asss ;s tnotlYes are not, as
migns imaglee surveying the
SlsSunssancss IRON. rational ground 10