St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-01

:is psSolisr tsmptation ina life organized
as ours is iu America. There are here, NO
settled clssaeee with .ssimilar ratios of in
Gomez Aixeatogether IN the same society
going to thesIams partfes, and blended in
daily neighbofly interco'drse,,,; afe families
-ofthesmest arppslte. extrspes in. Point soi
fortune. 1n.Eaglaud<there xis "a sssrvswell
understood exFsessipn, X that people should
not dress or live above their, station ;,in
America none will admit that they, have
any particular. station. Or that they. can
! live '!h above i; t. The principle ofqenoeratie
equality uhites in society people 't'f to'f tfhe Ii
most diverse positions anjdd means: i'oz'rq
Here, for instance, issaa' iss family like Dr.
se'den's, AN old and highly respected one,
~i.hsn Income of only two Or three thou
I.sahd-set they a, sze petplsr universally
sought f9r in society, aud mingle ~ all, the
intercourse Of life with marshant mill ion
aires whose iucoues are from ten to thirty
thousand: Their sons ana md lighters gfhter!ss 70 to
the same schools, the same parties; and are
thus constantly meeting np>oB tsjdrms of 90,
cia@ equality Now, il seems; 70 me esthet our
great dangsE:qoes not. .lis, .H the. great apd
evident expenses Of og2 richer friends;
/ We do not expect 70 have. piner'a., er.re
les. cquipages. horses, diatuonds-we Say
openly and Of course that We do not Still,
our expenses are constantly; Increased by
the, proximity of these-things, unless ne
understand ourselves better than most pco-
pie Do We. don't, Of course, expect to get
. fifteen hundred dollar, cashmere, like
Mrs. so-aind SO, But We begin u to look at
hundred dollar shawls and hibble about
the hook We; don't Elk fect sets of edia-
monds, but a diamond iing,, a pair Of soil
taire diamond earrings, begins to be spec-
ullated !1l''eab about, among, the people as posi-
bilities We don't, expect to carpet our
floors with Administer ana hang Of, our vi Win
dows with dnmask,, bit al least We imnust
have Brussels and1 brocat elicit 'u,r,o;u7la not
40 not to. Aid SO we-go on getting hun
dreds of things that We don't need, that
have no real value except that they soothe
opr .' self7love and for tlsse inferior orti-
cles we pay higher proportion Of our in
come % than = .',!ou,r our rich ,4hbor does for his
better !sst.:.N ones Nothing il uglier than low-
priced cashmere ..h shawls and yet g, young
man just entering BUSINESS will spend an
eighth ofa years income to put one on bis
wife, and when. he has put it there it only
serves, Is constant source of sdisquiet-
for 'now:that the door 1is opened, and Cash
mere sbawlss are possible, she is consumed
with envytat the superior ones constantly
sported about herr SO also, with .peint-
lace, velvet 'dresses.aauaA Aaudreds Of things
of that sort, which belong to a certain rate
Of income and arch Absdsldbe1ow:iti" 2,>.~
- = And yet, mamma, rhsard Aunt Easy
g. say that velvet, point-lace and cashmere
were the. cheapest dnery that could be.
bought, because they lasted : lifetime"
80 :, : Aunt Easygo speaks from on income Of
ten thousand a year: en@hey may be- cheap
forher rate Of living-but for US, for exam
pie. by no magic ofnupbers can it be made,
to appear that :itl.isI Gbeeper to- have the
greatest bargain in the world in, cashmere,
lace and diamonds,sth,aa>-%&ot to have them
At all. 1snever had a7diamond, never wore
. piecesof point, lace,;tnever had %. velvet
dress, and have been perfectly, happy, and
just as much respected as. ii. had. Who.
ever thought Of objeeting to, me for not
having them!' NobodyS,:akss' ever heard,
$50 Certainly not, MAMMA; said NJ Marianne
''The thing 1 have always, said to you
girls is; that you wereInotto to expect to like
richer people, not to begin to- try, not TO-
think Or or inquire aboRt,sertein rates Of ,e17
or take the first step in certain
W. have SSn S%Snov.ed !. On al our life
sitter 4 very antiquattd and old-fsshion
mode. we have our alittlei old fashioned
house, eur 1ittls ola fashioned ways" b1
!, Except the parlor carpet, earl'.a and what
camo Of it, myy dear, ssa}d 7 misschievously.
!" Yes, except the Reslar carpet said ny
wife, with q conscious twinkle, ''and the
things that came Of itserrhere wasa con-
cession there, bnt one easpt be wise always"
"W tailed mamma into that, q said Jsn-
ME- ~ -. :Est1. II, .as:r 4:Ht IL,
":Bpt one thipg.s.ts certain Il: :4aiq: my
wife :" that: though have had an antigua
ted, plain house, plain Furniture ;rpqr and plain
dress, and not the beginning of thing
suoh IS many Of my T;n,eeighbofs have pos
la,.e, ( have money y. tbb.se Il s,,s many