Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-06-19
VOL. X XIV.

been Borgia or Joan of Naples, and have
had the same smiling looks and red checks,
and five thousand pounds. which Won his
heart in the yesr 1874
The system of evening parties, then. is a
false and absurd one. Ladies NAV frequent
them professionally with an eye to IA husband.
but a man is an ass who takes wife out Of
such assemblies, having no other means Of
Judging of the object of his choice. You are
not the same person in your white Grape and
satin slip, YOU are in your MOI aing dress.
\ man Is not the same in his tig' coat and
feverish glazed pumps. and stiff white waist
coat, as he is in his green double breasted
frock. his old black ditto. or his wo5llen
Jacket And man is douhly an ass who is
in the habit of irequenting evening parties.
unless he is forced thither in search Of lady
10 whom he is attached, or unless he i com
PEELED to 90 by his wife \ man who loves
dancing MANY be set down to he an ass and
the fashion is greatly going out with the in
creasIng good sense of the age. Do not say
that he who lives at home. or frei iuents clubs
in lieu of balls, il IL brute. and has not
proper respect for the female sex on the
contrary he may respect it most sincerely.
lie feels that woman appears to most adj
vantage, not among those whom She cannot
care about, but among those whom she loves.
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making tea for her old fathcr. He believes
her To he charming when she i sin@ing
simple song Mt her piano, but not when she
is screeching at an evening party. He thinks
by far the most valuable part Of her Is her
heart and a kind. simple heart mv dear.
shines in conversation better than the hest of
wit. He admirOs her best in her Intercourse
with her family aud her friends. and detcsts
the miserable, twaddling Slip-lop that he is
obliged to hear from and utter to her in the
course of a bal and avoids and de-pi~cs
such meetings
He keeps his evening coat. then, FIR din-
nerS. And if this friendly address - all the
mothers who read this miscellany may some
what lie acted upon BY them il heads Of
families. instead Of spending hundreds upon
chalking floors and GunTer. and ,1ll sup
pers and Wcippcrt's band. viii determine
upon giving a series of plain. neat. nice din
ner-. of not too many courses. bat well
cooked. Of not too many wines. but good Of
their sort and according u the giyer's de
gree they will see that the Young men viii
come 10 them fast enough; that they viii
marry their daughters quite as fast. without
injuring their health. and that they will
make a saving at the years end | say that
Young men. Young women. and heads Of fam
lilies. should bless Inc for pointing out thi,
obvious plan To- them. so natural. ~ hearty.
50 hospitable. 50 different TO the present ar
tiiicial mode
\ grand ball in It palace i splendid. gem
erou-. and noble -ort of procession in
which people may figure properly. family
dance is pretty and pleasant amusement :
and Especially after dinner) it does the phil
lsophers heart good to look upon merry
Young people who know each other, and are
happy. natural. and familiar. But Baker
Street hop l. base invention, and aS -uch
let it be denounced and avoided.
This volume l. rendered more attractive by
fine portrait of Thaekeray.
1t is for -ale bv Wilder