Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-08-16

themselves with such sense and sell command
under one Of, the greatest, trials; through
which anyspeople. was: sever called to pass.
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r SOMETHING .Foa rJlsqLanIEs.-ln repro
! duciug rhe.followiag article fem the Louis;
! Vile Journal, we wishaeur lady readers to
distinctly understand that wersay' neither aye
nor nay to ewha: The editor ofthat journal a''-
4ssances IN rcIaiiun to ladies and their dress,
I but simply BRING the matter to their at
tenlioh, and leave them to decide for : them
selves: :. -. =, -. .e.a.s. -. *
women AND THEIR Dness.--The trae a4 4ex-
planatiou Of. the prevailing ex:ra9assapce. ln
costume is that women dress for one .ano; her.
In Other words, they dress for eyes which can
appreciate the material and estimate tie cost
.ot every separate article they have On. II is
onitc true thai many men care, as 'I1ucif Tor,
and afe:asfolnp tent to give anF' opmensoih
the appoafaHee ut theirswirss. .ior sistets,edr'
rricnjs, rs :.nya Iambers sefv fanales acrtlip'
tance.; hnt,tbe grounds ptoa wbich the.lw1
classes OF critics viii base their sersrll Idgg,
kments will always &c distinct and the con-
clrlsions themselves not ueflefneItly 9nitoc
opposite. g -, -. -,
is the best dressed sirlata bal nd'you' will
hardly ever fud them agreeing in their an
swer. Go q step-further,s and compare. the.
costumes which bake been selected, and SOU
will discover almost to a certainty tbatsthe
woman has singled out The. mos. expensive
dress in .he room, whereas the man has SIM
ply a,Ee;lhilnself isit :Gemoss becoming The,
one has suffered tcrself to bS 80 IMPRESSED
by t.iy richness Of The maserial, the elapoFate-
ness Of the EN- broidery, the costlingss of the
trimmings, that in the end she has faundit
simply impossibleto Observation-Disclosures
of.the calculation s1he other, happy infhis'
ignorance, has looked only at the general
effect, and has probably given the preference
to yoang lady whose gown has no other
merits than those of being scrupulously neat.
becomingly cut, and perfectly well made. We
submit, therefore, that if that 'dsference to-
the masculine taste which is SO frequently
professed really existed in any appreciable'
measure, it would supply an a,itidote tomanyH
of the grievances Under which society now
labnrs.
My daughters gowns must sweep the pave
lnent as they walk, cries one heart broken
mother, or, if they do so far consult their
pockets as to loop them up, their underskirts
must be Aounced and embroidered until they
become as costly as the gown. There. is 70
necessity in the case, interposes ssterner
moraist: young women should lave no wish
to dress beyond their means merely tor the
sake of riraling their richer friends. It Is
here that our theory CONT in and harmon
.izes these opposing views. No man7ever fe!i
anything but irritation at seeing a woman''
gown doing the business of the crossing
sweeper, or attached any value &c. ylc amount
of open work displayed beneath loopei-Hp
skirt. If Young ladies woul1 believe it-or
rather if they did but attach any Importance
10 it when tIe7 tln believe t-a man will be
perfectly satisfied with tEcir appearance, 50
far rs these considerations arc concerned, If
ls.ir petticiats are spollessly clean and their
stockings guiitless Of wrinkle.
We-do notsay that eyen these charac'crl--
,ic,. when added to the we'lhairgH gowns
lnr vhich we have already. stipulated, are to
be attaiDed Without SolBe eSpehdituEo ct
money, for cleanliness is not cheap virtue,
and it is not every dressmahcr who knows
bow to mako dress. But, at any rate, the
proposed standard is good deal easier of at
ianmenf than the spurious fine. .ladyism al
ter which so many women toll in vain; ard
we cannot bnt believe, tnat, if the girls did
but think more Of pleasing the other sex and
lass orvieing with their own, their parents
woalil see reason 10 bless the change the
next lime they came to look over their milll
ners' bills.