New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-12
Some of Our Faults.
From the Herald of Health. ]

| lEIoIh kle 1Gfaid OF Health
4 II is bad enough to have faults-too bad to have
1 them SO glaring as to attract the attention OF
foreigners and give us the odor of bad name
ABROAD me other day met an intelligent and
4 obserFing Engllshman, who did not scruple to
speak plainly of our faults. Said he:
How curiously yoa dress 10 this country! All
mosteyery man wears black clothes and the thron,
ged streets seem as though the eutire population
was gong to funeral Now and then see suit
| OF gray; some wear coats and pants Of a conner
color, and have seen q few men dressed in white,
but these are exceptions; the funeral color is the
rule; black is the fashion. N wonder one of our
authors said You looked like nation of under
| takeFs.ii
| said as cooily as possible, that black was a
becoming color, suited to all compilations and
seasons, and that this was free country; also
added something about bare feet when shoes are
scarce.
He was one Of those lights (gas-lights) who
Wonldnot be snafted out with my Gu o eXtnguisher
so he continued:
And now look for moment at your fashions
They odiOus as your taste in col0rs Is reDuZ
siYe Look at the short jackets which barely
reach to the hips, and are constantly tempting Il
man who hates the display,,'to lift his fout and
KICK the Weafer. Such coats do well enough for
boys who have just reached their teens bat tley
make full grownme appear yeryridculous. Those
who wear such garments should never say word
about phe short dresses of the ladies'. AS for the
American ladies' they oyer-dress. have noticed
red hard hands, that must work for a living
hooped with cheap Jewelry; and servant girls
often dress as well as their nlistresses and more
gergeousy showing plainly thai they exhaust
their income to please their vanity. Now, our
English ladies dress richly but plainy The higher
classes seldom show much jewelry; indeed ii is
considered vulgar for ladies in polite circles to
make grand exhibition of trnkets, as though
their husbands and fathers were all in the eweiry
trade Lady Napier, one of the highest born Of
the aristocracy, never wears any gold about her
person, save her wedding ringn
could only reply by saying that our coats
were not so short as we desired the visits Of
fauit.dnding strangers to be; as for our ladies,
they mad exquisite TASTE and whether their dresses
were long or short, masculine or feminine they
We're lovely IN our eyes; and servant girls who
worked hard for their money, had perfect right
70 spend i as they pleased, SO long as they did no
no arstoeracy, save that of moral and intellectual
excellence; that here every man is a king and
every woman queen, whether she played on the
piano or the wash,tuh folded newspapers or
'sfirted1 tan at Saratoga.
"You have no aristocrneY that is evident -
said he; "hut you would ike to have even that
When a live lord makes his appearance
on your shores the people turn out en- naase to
see him, and, il he be young and unmarried
scorees of families ia which there are marriage.
able young women ooyet his company, aud invite
ilm 10 accept their hospitality He ia sure TO turn
the heads aud hearts Of all the silly girls who
lance with him. See what fools you made ofl
when that coee- e-GdlorGd chap from
japan came here. Hereoeived a peck oil letters
4 day. What did the simple darlings care about
hH habits oi eating rat soup and dog cRtlet? He
had title; he was almost a 'Baek Prince, and
ttiha that was enough for them. Then, look at the
llst Of yoaf titledmen. Why you have more men
Wlth handles their names, than we have ten times
over Look at the armies of captains, colonies, |
generals esquires and majors Why, if man
crossed the Hudson in scow he would get the |
sltle 81 captain for lte aud his child would be I
saoMll as the captains son. I'll wager the price |
- :. s5 q hew hag taat every tenth man yOu meet on
bf9aaWay has astitle to his name.9
: gave hlm piece Of my mind, and told him
sgS4re 70 ma face that our officers were the true
ss,g9rfls; taat when we bonored his master the
rIhes u wales, it was not because the hoy had
s sn5t plooo ~ ms veins, but because he was tie
sSa soa u ., g9od mother. We are gallant people,
~ never 1853 az opportunity to show ourfespect