The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-01-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
7IIE IIRINNI or F.iSHION
ni Na,. IONS mALisAA.


~ wr .ai ia uur VI uuT city eats ihr other las,
Young mother entered, dragging alter her three
baLirs. Aud SEATED u-T.i Nth Sigh ui such ut
ief weafInsss that II HIfesIrd Vgr lazy attention
atd ~ curiosity iu wUfk to trace that sigh to H..
sOutvr. She was delicate little wuInan with
lace whosc drtp.Cui lines and It,n,Aiur- win.
| kle- Told - Ilsinl! Of OveraOrk that i, might
have moved Aut isuuraui .ookvF.uu To ritv
| let thcic she sai-pOor, little pale. jtlrd,
duli.e!,d, "otn-uu', old young wOnan-a slave
20 H.. hAiic.i usiTrs, tia, ever sLOd al iron heel
with velvet, Tor she Sas dressed from the crow n
Of her head iuihe sole Oi her ioOi according 10 the
"VciJ latest iu,s oi Fashion. Evrry thing she
wOts, though .! iGrApVHsiSe material, was cut ~
| cafc'u.! aud trimmed ~ elaLuTaicly as il she
were 'hc lnIr,i belle Of Fiuh Avenue wiih a
scofv To execute her sriiseleSs whins. Her three
children were drckrd Oh 10 like manner, utterly
regardless, u not OF money, nj least OF tam. -
Thor iuc garments, all snOw. white, were tuck.
| Ell. rnIhruiiyTrt. braided, hounccd 10 the las,
inri ''inlng with starch and iaultlcss lauudr,ss-
lng, u.i each l.Dor it'll, baby was moving mass
~ hnci!, just 1T 10 set up ia the window vi -
..a!i's Emporium as sample oi '' Worn VI
the beet quality done h,t,
Now u icOple who have plenty Of time aud
MONEY iu waste choose 70 make little puppets of
| their children, they can DO 80 With some show u
:rasaa s~.!yi -, i.,a that they have nothing
| else 70 do hut tor the mother of famil, who
~as evident! her own nurse. scnmsiress and
uaid-oi.ai-w work. to tAA herself 90 needlr..y 90
cFSell!. ." ab'urdly rs that Is il no, inconprc.
hen,ioe And she Is but one OF thousands. Yet
slow-hrained people wonder every day ~hy the
women ot this generation are no, a. healthy as
their grandmothers. Reasons why are plenty
| aud this Is Que II them The grandmother Of
that ~aAcn-iaeed expiring fragment Of ~OulAn-
mood had Out two best gowns-One tor win.
ter, one for summer and she wore them halt a
ia wta t,.h.u
either With her mother brooch. aud her line
kcrchicf, and some rich old lace handed down
| bt an amlable grandmother, che was equipped
Got any occasion of dignity OF importance Then.
her children wore calico dresses 'linsey woolsey
ieiiicuai.. aud hOmespun stockings played
"iin doll, and said their caicchisins and were
ever - much healthier, happier, and better chill
dreu than the little men and womru who walk
our >igce's to-day
Va, the !has OF Fashion change as rapidly as
tie seasons aud arr 40 arbitrary that the shape
O; a collar the width Of ribbon the size q. a
DO" Nil determine one ) claims 10 eligibility -
And II be 'oy in the rich 10 Weld Themselves
| 60 such iitGnny, how much worse the folly Of the
poor, Who must sacrifice their golden hours OF
leisure their health, sometimes life itself in
tue sense!css strainng after empty and unsaiisfy
| ing inpirry which Goes not belong TO them. and
can not add one ioia TO thei solid comfor, and
happiness
And the Children-ah, me all, me said n
little lady OF ten years in our hearing lyon
sec auniy. my vail is roai lace. aud she held I,
up Cor admiration as IL profoundly impressed
with the importance OF the weighiy fact. Said
another " Will it DO for me 10 wear this collar
10 the Park :? Why mott" we asked, inno-
Gently ." why it isn't Sldisyears collar p
shc iellicd. with the wide.otcn eyes Of asionish.
IA, nj at our ignorance.
oh. u mothers. rich and poor, would but give
W. this wcarying struggle TO comply with the de-
nauds Of Fashion if they would put upon their
chiliun comfortable, wholesome, neat, inexpcn-
si,r dresses, and then devote the extra time and
money 10 healthy recreation OF culture il ihey
would go out aud toinp with them, play merry
tunes that will set their little feet hying over the
iluor read good boohs study good pictures; in
short. I'LL every day cup bfim full of the pleas
ufcs that satisfy and can not harm then the
sweetness Of such a childhood will blossom and
bear ruit IN the future when such irippery a.
leads and ribbons have done their poor miscra.
Die WORK and pcIlsh,d.
Children really need no such adornmeni God
made them bcauii;n they will be IL iiis work Is
| not iamIend with. II They are healthy, happy,
aud innocent. they will always be the loyslissi Of
Gods gifts, aud nrd no help Of rufllss or en-
broidery 10 20 make them attractive - Ihfsnoioy.
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