Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-24

With shame AID regret; shame that he
women Of the constry should manifest
no little reg ard for the lessons of the
hour, and regret that they did not set
nobler example of economy and good
taete
The tide has turned toward the me
tropolis again, with ifs fashion aud
thoughtlessness, hungering 1t would
seem, for a new carnival Of yet wilder
pleasure. At the time Of the Crimesn
war the English Government-forbade
the wearing Of mourning, lest it should
create feeling Of general gloom. No
such edict Is needed IN our land, for al
ready our streets are aglow with the fne-
nv and fammery of French extrava-
gancs. IL seems 10 matter little to the
lovers of dress that the country Is weigh
ed with vast debt, and that every mo-
tive calls for economy and prudence. Ii
and out they 20, the women that should
bear faithful hand in bringing the nss
ton back TO its crmer position, deeked
out 10 jewels and silks and all the use
Less orhaE5ents that are copie from the
Partisan dep4S monde Surely It 10 q
disgrace that these things are so. and
the organs Of public opinion should not
fear 10 lift the veil and dscry the Acti-
tions display. The time has long paased
for servile trucking 10 French fast life,
and for limitations of every kind AS
the war has shaken of subseryiency 70
Epglish thought, 90 should Il teach our
women that French eeurtezans are not
worthy exemplars ia any respect. We
have had enough Of this thing, snd the
time has fnlly come for purer and more
refined, trner Am -rican taste. Better
Walt Whitmans in lettera and blnnmeriam
fu dress than wretched copying OF for
eign thought and customs
Do the women Of this country under
stand whittier these things iead--a on
what rock their foolish eKtravagance
will wreck them7 Il can be nothing
short Of hsiairism and the breaking up
Of the laws Of social life The bubble
cannot fIl too far without collapsina In
shame and sorrow. Marriage will be
ont Of the Question, and French life will
be upon us with all its excuses. Wo-
men will be their own des.royers II this
thing continues. Already really decent
and tasteful women are ashamed 10 APP
pear with any display, lest their charac.
ter b. misinterpreted The fashions, as
prescribed in France, are caught up by
our own profiigates, who watch for the
opening in spring and autumn most
faithfully All along our streets the dis
aipated and shameless appear side By
aide with the pure and respectable
There is no sign 70 distinguish the one
from the other, for both worship the
French Moloch. If those who call
themselves decent would be- insured
from insult, they must attire themselvea
in more modest gar5, and leave to the
dsbased and extrasagant the twady
hanntings Of those servila. individuals
who claim TO have the latest Partisan
styles But II they persist in their fop-
perry, they must not be surprised II re-
selts be ruin and borrow. Already the
citiss are nursing the terrible plague Of
French life, until the good old simpliei.
ty and modesty Of American women
seem passing away II il ia desirable
that the evil shall become general, the
women Of the land have only to con-
tinue their present foolish sysiem Of ex-
penditare and dress - RonHd Table