Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-03-04
A. Ward, Jr., on the Fashions.

little or nuthin' about. I think air as weak
ly posted in the Mister-ies 6 Miss-eries ov
Femail Close as the mex man, or the man
mex to him. Hens these Artikil.
Was 1t Mister Shakspere--or who was It,
praps twas neither-who Rote these bootiful
an tuchin lines, vizly:-
"To be in the Fashtn
We all ware close"
unrecolleck which Bard pennd EN-, an
its immyterial anyhow. Those Kouplet, no
dowt, was Ritten years ago-sfore fashun-
able Socierty was invented. Now, the fewer
close Bon Ton young lady Wares, the
deeper she air into the Fashun. She air in
deed. If the Bard allooded to above was
livin now, an wood visit Mister Palmer's w.
Fawn or B. Crook, when them lilly Morril
Drammers was in thare Zeniths, he wood
witness another sight. lie coodnt Shet his
eyes to it. He coodnt, indeed. Leastwise
| coodn't when l witnesst these thrillin
Plays.
An amt Bard, either!
was goin III say, ef the writer beforesed
-
was to gaze onto those plays in all thare
Naked Bewty. he wood hastily Blot out
them lines parst over, an Rite as thus:-
"Alsrsl how the modes has chsngd
To be in ttv the 'S fasbun mI now days
Women ware no Close at al''-skarcely!
To be in the Fashun in these progressiv
Age, it air lilly reckesit to do more than to
ware Close. Rather.
Take a arstercratick fashunable young
lady, furinstcns. An now dowt menny ov
EN- air anxusly waiten 10 be taken by man
--"only waiten till their Shadders are little
longer drawn out, as the Poit appropriately
sez-an' the young men wood take 'em ef
he was as Rich as Mister Crowsus,- EFF
'twasn't absolootely necessary fer him to
be Cheef Engineer of Kalifornia Cole
Mind to keep her into Fashunable Things
ansoforth.
Fashun is the Alter Il Omcger-whoever
they are-the Prefis and Finis, SO to Speak,
ov such Young ladies existens. She wood
foller the Fashuns Of they was to 20 to the
Howlin' Wilderness or to Africa's Burnin,
Strans-whicb plases. believe. is sum miles
from New York.
To be in the Fashan, she loungis into the
parior reedin, the newest noyil called, per-
chans, "Laura Emily; Tail ov Rlasi.d
Luv"-or sum other Barsted Tail ov Luv--
while her only femail Mother Sooperintends
the doo;ies ov the Culinary Department
To be in the fashun, she kindly Suffers
her Par to labor from the Risin' of the Son
till long arfter the Settin' oy Ditto. so that
she can pay A Dollars fer Noble poodle
Dorg with Bloc Ribin onto its neck an
Soar Eyes,-orI sum Simler necessity ov
these Life.
sumtimes think the reasin such femais
lavish so menny ov tharc affeckshuns onto a
Poodle Dorg, is becaws the Dorgs SO much
ly resembles sum bewhiskered Fops onto
hoom they hav bestowd thare Harts q
Hands. do indesd! Onto this Pint l
shall CONSIDER meself Right, entill heer q
explanation wich Is Fighter.
10 be in the fashun, she elevates her Gre
S'N>- ..~SS ,-,~ --S. ~>~~N 50 s-S stASS'
abject skorn at the honest chap whose
trowsls is not the latest cut or whose tile is
not the style, he may have $4,000
dollers In his pockit IN cog-''(a French
wofo, which means'-whieh is-a WORD thal
is-ffench. vi corse II 49, lho she VIII
s"ecuy smiie ONO uanuy VINO Sports
siiken mustarche an "lilam ohakespel
ooia' oo'ia'' ie' mt ien'afh asiue' winch
'A".y ne'ei uieohu w "e"iih h'-"tn hu'
.'.s''' 'seA' INV MS 'io'e' I'LL hol ceh' III
a's po'A''' an 'ne ea"e quantity oV sense
ia'" n.e "'a"' gu mo "a'o p"i'su III 'ne liiu-
M ~ " ~, 30
,, ~ ,.a - ,n' ~ ',','a,,',a ~ .s,'ss s,. e su'',
'o".'s ""'A w '"''.a'o eu'o'a'nuA "oni
p'au,''' AA,p'e.. au s'ns''.' an "n'n sno =
"eA. ~ pay ~ noi ''''' > 'i'e,'''' 'no 'an
gu'u'y replies; ~ mar you know cam
piay W. al, II ori'e'i happens 'ha' sn'
SPEAKS 'he 'roo'n unwi'.'ns'y, as sue ,s no
hunipei onc' Us piay,S'' ou' SIG 'hinh'
she Is, an is only wallln to be arskt a hal
dozen times by each pussen in the room
That's wat aiIs her shc tbinks its fasbun
u.
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apie' Hol oha"ies a"sus.us sne so'un'aii,
plays and sings VINO Will Care Tor Mothel
now," while as a genril thing mother is com
nelld to take care nv her ipk,oodin sevri
-, ~.,' ~. ',.. H. -.
o'hers' perchans' VI haypc sne s"ee'il
chants Father, Dear Father, Cum Home,
while at the same time she wood much pre
tsr IN. o,o oen,,,.mon IN rono;n a, h;s ,,tp.
'e' 'a0 o'' s'n'ieniai W 'ena,n a' LIE o'hs
earnin more stamps for, his dawter, which
is she.
To be in thc fasbun. she has a excrooc;a,;,
I -, - -.
AcuaAe ei ner mar aishs ner 10 ass's. piayii
at Housework an the mex minnit she goe
ont with Cbawles Augustus. who treats he
~ ;oo. an ororyo I.;Lew;se n a ror,r. ,uno,
w '.ss ." ops'''' "''' W so'J'' ,"".'
at shanghi Lager Beer saloon. Andsoiorlh
To be In the Fashion she gets her bacl
up an :" walks Spanish" as il were. whicl
a. .n,,.a ,to nro,h;, pona ond It'll, .a.,,
10 oaieu 'no ui0.n'i ''nu' anu winch ooih
pels the unlshiatlv spectator to believe sh
has bin industriousy Scrubbin the from
stoon the dav nrevislv an, hasn't hin ahle !,
strait strairhten Ter mn Ter Hack sence s,she v men n
c;ls ber rvebrnws alsolv nm, soneez;s ha
No. ,o ahrndar,I,, ,iat s,,o Ins,.is, ~ ~