Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-01-13
The Fashions.

Is proven BY birds eye view of the dear
creatures as they promenade Broad street
any pleasant afternoon, singly. Ia squads,
| platooAs and companies.
Any one with an observant eye, in CLAN
cling at what appears to be an elaborate toll
ct, will detect the marks Of antiquity which
is deity concealed by the artistic fingers OF
the remodelers. Lcok at dress closely.
and you will find by the figure that the
skirt has been inverted. The frizzles that
wound about the lower end are now hidden
in the neat folds Of the waist. The body
(you cant SEQ, because it is worn beneath
the neat little net shawl. the work Of her
own fingers. Then observe the .sset of the
skirt. The full rotundity-the p,rfect
symmetry Of q, bran new hoop skirt is want
ing. The shape is goodly, however, for
the dear creature Ais had it off for the hun
dreth time, and hangs. it over Dina's or
Cutfee's head while she mends some of the
broken ribs. She has bandaged ono 10 hall
dozen plac as carefully ana rea ly as
surgeon bandages broken limb. Anoth-
er that is injured beyond repair is extrac-
ted from the skeleton and its place is left
( void. Thus she has gone over the whole
anatomy Of her hopes until it is quite pa So
able and When concealed beneath her snow
y skirts-which also, have been turned up
side down and the folds Of her dress, It
needs the eye Of connoisseur to detect
that the thing has ever been mendeds ].
Then look at the hats !! Into how many
comely shapes do we see the Palmetto wo-
en-and pretty at that, especially wien
they are rugged out wi scraps ofred green
Or blue ribbon resurrccted from some dill
apidated old ban box-and ornamented
with what appears at distance to be a
white goose. In the manufacture of plumes
the cock and go'se have supplied the funo-
tons Of tho ostrich-bnt it is all home
manufacture.
Then again, look at the feet. The stock
lngs are home ni5-store hose ar too high
and the shoes are made of some of PAS
old pants. aud Fit as neatly as three huh-
dred do lar gaitcr.
Thus. without going further into our
subject, We see that the work Of external
Improvement is mauifestly progre ssing
among tho ladies. And the fair ones could
40 no more towards whipping the Yankees
than they do in this way. If we were as
mariageab'e man-which we. are Motive
would Infinitely prefer one Of thee home
made girls to one Of those pretty tinseled
creatures which the Gavolinicn describes as
follows.
1--WE observe that some of the ladies Of
the city have taken to wearing coat-tails, or
what looks very much like them, except
that; apparently for the purpose Ct pre-
venting the charge Of imitation, they have
three and four caadalities instead Of two,
Vests, military collars, stripes and buttons
are also quite the rage. You can always
tel what grade Of officer a.yoang lady be-
longs to, by the stars or bars She wears.
The poor private has, unfortunately, no
representative on the living fashion pl te. !"
Robert E. Lee.
The record of the great ever attracts the
attention Of mankind. History proves.
however, that greatness is too often allied
with qualities which cannot fail to excite
pity, horror or disgust. Among the great
OF modern times upon whom the eve of
Christendoe have been turned, there has
been none up to the present .da7. s.ye
Washington, whose record is sustained and
whose escutcheon is without a plos..
1t il therefore with a Unstable nride
that the people of the South may point to
General Lee as an example, SO rarely found
OF goodness and greatness combined. A..
mong our enemies, Wit kel a. they are, none
has been found to breathe word against
the honor. purity and patriotism Of Robert
| ~ Lee. Save him, there is no man of
prominence in the South whom they have
hot slandefed and belied. His simple word
would outweigh in the land of our enemies
the sworn attestasion of their highest Dig
nitaries. In Europe this word IS the syn
onyme Of truth, and the respect shown his
name In other lands is second only to that
entertained for him in his own,
i Tie temple of his renown has not sprung
up ina night. It took four years to build
IT,. lt.stands to, day without rital-its
foundation laid in the Hearts of tie people
and its superstructure formed of noble and
heroic deeds. Too earnest for words, this
man, Robert Les. does his work silently
all unconscious that on bin are fixed the
admlring g}ances of the world. ,,,..,
II he is great in Victory, he is sublime in
defeat. His calm soul frets not at the de-
crees Of Fate, lie does what man can do,
and leaves the rest to God. lie has no
time to talk. Mark Antony, defeated at
Actium, slew himself and died in the arms
OF royal harlot. Lee rerulsed at Gettys-
burg. said, 1T is my fault" and turEed
to his appointed work, No wonder men
love him, and can find no cne, with whom
to liken him. Who thinks of calling Lee
Bayard, Caesar CT Napoleon? When
jackson fell, we lost the Moses eff the South
should Lee be taken from ,:s, We should
/ be "ithout-Lee. lie is indeed the main
prop ct our cause. With him between
them and the vandal hordes, men sleep id
peace at night aud dream of victory.
Though the cause should perish, Lee
will live'-Time can do him no wrong
Should 1t be the decree Of Providence that
our people be extirni;na ed and the lap d
made desolate, the name and fame of
Robert Ice, like the pyramids in tue E TYP
tan desert. will stand monument of for
MGR power and glory, exciting alike the
wonder and the admiration of mankin d.
Macon Tel. & Confed.'
A shower Of Gravel.
Mr.. John f. Clodfeller has handed us a