Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-11-08
almiaa and Ameritan.
GOSSIP ron THE LADIES.
CoNNuBTALTrY AND CLOTHES.

GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
CoNNUBIALTTY AND CLOTHES.
Why wcdloclS and,a wardrobe should be
So unsentimentally synonimous, is incompre-
hensibie 10 81 independent mind that ig-
nores custom. Indeed, this unnatural
mincling Of the ideal and material is full Of
an incongruity most repugnant 10 a delicate
taste. The modern ADELARD has scarcely
realized the timid 'syes' of his adored He
LoIsE before her busy feminine fancy is all
afoat upon endless pillows Of dry goods.
Even in the delicious ecstacy Of the kiss Of
etrotbal there may fit thought as 10 the
ace Of her robe dc aocss TO which that kiss
inevitably tends. For a fashionable woman's
brain land what woman is not fashionable
At the present day?) seems little less than a
loom upon which is woven her silken fan
cies Of her ribboDed reveries.
During that blissfHl twilight of life which
leads to the wedding night, a lover has
always one serious rival-the mantua-maker,
How many an eloquent essay of love has
been cut short by a peremptory demand-a
sort of domestic writ Of hdbeas coyDus-for
the indispensable 'trying on" Of some ar
ticle Of the grand rousseau, which is "try-
ing" in more ways than one
It matters not how fully supplied NAV be
the plighted maiden's wardrobe, at the very
thought Of matrimony she stands raiment-
less as a VENUS born from the foam of the
sea, or as the more modern
Miss Flora McFLINsEY, of Madison SQUARE.
Who really and truly had n othing 20 wearl' -
And at this pitiful state Of distress destitu-
tion is not a matter Of shame, but rather of
glory. That a bride has not an article Of
clothing that she has ever worn Is a matter
Of great self-cOngratulation. She goes 10 her
husband like just imported French doll,
with trunk full of strange, new clothes,
which have no association with sentiment,
and which frequently appear, from their
stiffness, rs If they did not belong 10 her, but
we're hired-as the wedding presents Of sill
verware frequently are-but for the occa-
sion. There was a time when sanity mod
esty held her discreetest veil over the mys-
FERROUS Lingdrie fashioned for the rousseau Of
the bride; il was made up with the same
species Of shame-faced pride and interest
that timid matrons evinced in the matter Of
their first layette. But all this is changed.
Every bride Of this epoch displays each re-
quisite of her outfit for the most curious and
uncaring visitor Of the family to examine,
comment upon, and place at a cash valua-
toni
There is a hope that better taste may at
some early day reassert itself among our
young people, 50 that a woman's, and, above
all, brides apparel may appear 10 drape
her as naturally as the petals clothe the
flower, and with the same harmony, fra
GRANGE and simplicity.
THE ABUSE OF RIBBONS.
Thepresentmay be safely pronounced upon
as the age Of ribbon. The miles Of these
hutteriHg strips that are borne about by all
sizes, ages and conditions Of women, would,
l doubt not, equal the length Of the Allan
tic cable. A pretty ribbon, tastefully APP
piled, affords an adjunct TO a youthful tot
lette at once graceful and suitable. But
ribbon should appear 10 be Of some use it
should either tie or seem 10 tie something.
A length Of ribbon simply put on, and
which you may measure by your eve and
compute its cost by the yard, has neither
sentiment nor beauty to commend its use
Besides, there are few 50 intrinsically high
bred in their tone Of beauty that they can
come off entirely scathless from this ribbon
ordeal. Their use weakens style; their abuse
destroys il.
! have seen a lady who, in a plain, rich
robe, with tiny yet costly lace about her
neck, just clasped with an antique gem, APP
peared the most patrician of buties, instantly
lowered 10 the grade of q shop girl by the
effect Of glatting ribbon tied straight about
her neck and hanging in long loops and
steamers DER her shoulders. What artist
would ever paint fancy sketch with "hal-
ter" about the neck of ideal beauty? For a
sash, OF as knots for the dimpled shoulders
Of infancy, or the noted
To tie back the bonny brown hair"
ribbon is all very we'll, but when young girls
wear it on their hats with floating ends, on
their hair with floating ends, on their backs
with floating ends, on their shoulders with
floating ends, often audaciously unite all
these various styles, il is high time a protest
was uttered against il and an end put 70
them all. With which final fling they are
flung 10 the winds again. f
TEA.
Truly" says THACKERAY, mature
meaat very gently by women when she
made that tea plant"
The Chinese herb may be said to stand in
the same relation to woman that tobacco
does 70 man. OF the latter ! think it is
BULwER who says: Gle who does not
smoke has either known no griefs, or re-
fnseth himself the softest consolation next
70 that which comes from Heaven" So, in
the matter Of tea, a man who comprehends
not the subtle, delicate potency Of this "cheer-
ing" decoction," should never know head
ache or those many silent sorrows and per-
plexities which are assuaged, if not dissi-
paied, by the fragrant aroma of the conf
iential and ever ready cup of tea.
And the giving Of many a one 20 the
Ievered lips Of penury, or the pain dis
lraught ones Of the poor in lile's joys, will,
! doubt not be reclIoned side by side with
the coup Of cold water" which shall not
lose is reward