The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-03-26
NO BEAUX ANYWHERE.

I'VE? We Danish them? Good
gracious! Is It not for them we have de-
Vlsed all this elaboration of adorn-
ment? We, indeed! Were we not
Tor weeks, before we came to these
odIous mountains, where men are as
scarce as French hair dressers, closeted
! with our dressmarkers and milliners
10 produce these bewitching suits
long and short, for morning and eve
ming, outdoor and indoor wear?-
Have we not cool dresses and warm
dresses dresses for rain, dresses for
sunshine, dresses for neutral weather.
with ribbons, gloves, sashes, parasoIs,
hats and fans to match to the mi
nuest shade? For whom should we
take all that trouble but for the beaux?
And how are we responsible for their
disgusting absence 81
Listen, my dears, for in that which
you have just said lies your offence.
Can damsels thus arrayed walk in the
woods, climb the mountains fexcept in
poetry?l Can they take even an or
dinary, mild walk, without mortal
terror OF periling their millinery p
Must they not, therefore, "ride," NOR
ming, afternoon and evening, every
where, to the deieotatlon of the stable
keepers, and the consequent pecuniarv
depletion Of the "beaux ?'' These
beauX, whose fathers may be rich. but
whose sons have yet to fill their in
dlvidual Golfers these beaux, who have
just so much to eXpend when they get
away from a summer holiday, and
VINO do not desire to pour it all into
the pockets ofthe stable-keepers; these
beaux, who can get vastly more fun
out OF their purses, and make them
last longer, with party of "the fell
loWs''-this is the reason that, with
rare exceptions, you have to throw
away these rayishing toilettes on your
own sex, when you play croquet, or sit
on the piazza, dreaming of the "com-
ing man."
My dears, he t0onr come! He
knows too much. He has seen his
sisters millinery and mantua. maker
bills, and heard the family discussion
thereoni and though he acknowledges
your destinations even through all the
absurd toggery you are doomed by
fashions slavery to have and to wear.
he has yet to make the fortune to en-
able him to foot his angels bills. So
he runs away from you, discreetIy:
runs OF fishing, or cunning with the
fellows" and, wiser than you, comes
home brown, hale and hearty for the
winter months, instead of perspiring
at your side in tight boots and yellow
kids,
to,.;,, ,+,,,n1ar,ta-l0 Nnr4,
my dear, if you have been ushered in
to the world in coach and six, till your
feet and hands have become paralyzed
for want of use, that is your misfortune,
and your fault. Because that necessi-
tates rich husband. And as there
are very few rich yo,Uag husbands, you
will have to bid good bye to your
girlish ideal, and marry the bold-head-
ed, gouty Mr.. Smith, who was born
at the same time as your own father.
This, my dears, you will have to do,
or face your nightmare, single blessed
ness.
l have looked at you playing cro-
quet, without coat-tail among you
l have seen you driving yourself out in
your pretty little phaetOns; and
thought you put brave face on it.
knew very well what is going on under
that gay little sash of yours; and 1
think it is a pity that you should
have been brought up to many artifi-
cial wants, that your heart must 90
hungry in life's spring-time because Of
them.
My dears I never lacked beaux at
your age, But a walk in the woods, or
in the city either, involved no expense
to my beaux. l could climb a fence,
where there was no gate, or where
there was either / was not afraid of
dew or rain because my dress was SIM
pie. Ny gifts were not diamonds,
but flowers, or books. Ny mother
would not have allowed me to ride
with gentlemen, had they asked
When they came to spend the evening
our tray of refreshments did not in
volve a "French cook"
So you see my dear, though had no
| silk dresses, had plenty of beaux, and
a gay heart ; and | enjoyed sail with
an old sun-bonnet over my curls, or a
moonlight ramble with merry party,
much better than you do "the Ger
man;" and half an hour was sufficient
warning for me to "dress" for any
kind of party-in doors or out be-
cause, unlike you, was not bothered
to choose from twenty dresses which to
wear ana | will give you leave to ask
| of my beauX, who are now granfathers
if l was not able at that time to settle
their accounts! And it is because /
had such a good time that l feel vexed
that your youth and prettiness should
so often go a-begging-through no fault
of yours; and you may show this to
your mothers, and tell them | say so.
Sometimes a girl says no to an offer,
when it is as plain as the nose on her