The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-28
A WORD ron oUR YOUNG LADIES

Modern young ladies are soundly taken to
task, ridiculed, demonstrated with, satirized
and stormed at. Are they not silly, senseess,
and monstrously extravaganza Do they not
cause the hearts Of paternal relations to sink,
and their countenances to cloud, and their
liveliest apprehensions OF regular ruination to
awake, by their unremitting cry for cash, and
the perfectly frightiul length of their ''little
bills9" Do they not spend their days before
the mirror, or In houncing along the proper
promenade in a rotund and exaggerated con-
dition, in violent combinations with each
other on the pavement, and critical surveys
OfWhat everybody has on; in vigilant look
outs for fine fellows; in thrilling glances; in
fiction reading; in perseyering gossip; in
languid incapacityp
Are not their nights devoted to dallying
dissipation in the brilliant parlor, tAe warm,
misty ballroom, or at some other gay and
festive sceneP Believe Mr.. PECK Buffers
ENothing to Wear" and the lachrymose out
bursts Of snarling masculines, and these fair
creatures, in the flush and fervor of their
mAldenhood, are heartless things
It pains US to be compelled to confess that
eur young ladies four young ladies-how nice
that Is to writeI are not what they might be,
nor what they ought to be, by good deal.
Unqnestonably, they are too stubbOrnly con-
vinced that money is lying about loose, in
piles and pyramids, and expressly instituted
for the benefit of dress-sellers and makers.
They are slightly insane. They simper, aud
gggle, and trot about too steadily. Occa-
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conversation with them. They are rather
more delirious on the subject of dancing and
tenors than is altogether commendable. Plain
cooking Ands too little favor in their sight,
and piano-pounding too much.
We cannot wonder that masculine illi-
viduals Of tender age feel themselves gradually
congealing into bachelorhood, because they
can't make up their minds to take these gay,
giddy butterflies to be their partners forever
until death doth them part. The prospect OF
domestic comfort, and an economical and
happy life, cannot present itself 10 these will
ing but not able lads In an encouraging liga..
They know that they would need flush
finances to support such delicate beings, and
would be compelled to keep large reg Ilar
staff of sempstresses, cooks, and ltnd'ss'as
about the house. Own we must, mD"oyir,
that one is not particularly liable so m s5 orr
young ladies in dirty alleys, doing gOol; b.
the bedside of the poor wretch whose life i-
going out in unilummsd night; wI'rs shsra
is suffering to be eased, and wan. 0li Voc to
be cast out.
And yet we will say boldly, that these targets
Tor abuse and ridicule are better hundred
fold than the world makes them. Here is a
proof which cannot be got over easily, we take
it. Up in Salem, Massachusetts,, bevy of
girls (blooming and beautiful, of course) came
TO the conclusion the other day that the state
ofthe money market was distressing and lugu-
brious. They had hitherto been bent upon
having tasty winter bOnnets; no doubt, OF
those pretty hats, trimmed with flowers and
feathers, they had dreamed through many a
night. They had pictured their captivating
nppearanee in these diminutive appendages to
,1V sn1 sA'teme rear of their eoquettsb heads.
"nAs ula they doP Sit down and 60 into
Pe' DseeeAe the times were uniavorable TO
no'e.~'s N 'ne head-gear line? Resolve not
TO sur out OF the house all winter9 No,
They went straightway TO work--,o .ta,.
everlasting honor be 1t said-and made ,ho,.
own bonnetsi With the nfty-don.~ 80.
which would have gone 10 the fasb,oaon1s 80
milliner, they win gladden. many cold ana
cherries hovel next winter, when Il Is bitterlv
cold, and there is little for the poor 10 eat
and to put ON their shiV sring, sbrunken bodies.
We know they WIN, for &c strikes Us iorcibly
thas girla Who Will give up thek new bVnnets