Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-20
Seen with q WOman's Eyes.

place for match making, but doubt it. |
doubt it for the reason that there are so few
eligible men here, and those lew are so ex-
ceedingly averse TO matrimony. What the
young women do am at loss to imagine
| should think, however, that they would enter
| for the "COnsoiatiOn stake. 10 get up
wardrobe, array yourself in three dresses per
day, pay large hotel bill, aud then not Kill
your game, must be the woIst possible invest
ment. It was only the other day mother
complained, in accents not unlike those Of that
lone, lone creetur, Mrs Gummidge, what
| terrible trial Saratoga was 10 her She had
brought her two daughters here Tor three sea
sons and they were still on her hands. Aye,
madam, and they will remain there. The
men who seek wives nj Saratoga are fortune
hunters. Go home and set your daughters to
honest work, and then perhaps they will find
honest husbands.
But the butterflies flap their wings and
dance and fit in spite oil odds against them.
| A butterfly in one balance and a horse in the
other The clothes have seen during the
past week are the NEST wonderful panorama
| | ever beheld. For 'loudness' and startling
ovccnr tv the wardrobe they can be cqualed
Indeed so many Of the women resemD'Gh;..-
snnrrnumerarics of the Black Crook and
| White Fawn that ksometimes think must be
seated In the parquette OF the theatre
| There arc the the blondes, the girls e,
| the period, as they arc called mere, Win
lust such heads as lorgnettcs have been
pointed at for 50 long time, with Just such
| decoletees dresses. If the skirts not as
short as the waist, it is owing to a wretchcd
conyentionaty that still draws 4 line some
| where. There are the ladies who enamel, and
they have husbands! What must these men
be made Of? And these women dress, and
| then dress, and then dress. For what? 10
attract the attention OF vulgar men who study
| them as they would prize animals, and use
no refined language in discussing their points.
| II is most horrible, and do not see how any
woman of modesty or sensi5ility can be will
ing to subject herself to such coarse scrutiny.
For woman to dress to crafty those who
know and appreciate her, is not only pleasure
but duty. TO put herself on exhibition Tor
the benefit OF the general public Is such
lowering of womanhoOd as no one wlo re-
i spects tho sex cares to Sec
Ii women had common sense there would
be comparatively little display. In the first
place no one is OF consequence In great crowds
unless she chooses to make herself corsplcu'
Gus. In the second place no woman can en-
joy apy comfort outside OF the hotel unless
she wears short dress, and at Saratoga any
but the stoutest walking dresses will quickly
be ruined by the dust. Therefore, to appear
4 in expensive toilets, women must lorego
every form OF exercise but that OF driving
| This too in SUMMERTIME season tor out door
lie And after all, what is gained by this
extravaganza Men do not make such lo's OF
themselves Nothing can be prcttier than the
presept style of short dresses, few Of which
would be allsufGcient for the ordinary hotel
life. A pretty face is pretty. and an ugly lace
is ugly, no matter what the clothes may pc
} A good fitting gown, tasteuIly dressed heau'
!; decent boot and glove, are the important lea
lures of 4 woman's toilet, and any one VINO
, possesses these requisites Will be beauty J,
| she is fortunate enough to have been born anu
; bred 50. TO try tn bc one or the other IL the
= wretchcd comedy that is daily Played at sara
% iopa 10 the satisfaction oil no one and the ms
gust of many. Alack and 2 las lao sings in Tho
There. is. 'h1nere is the young gentleman
: who plays values on the piano to admIrinp
Young ladies' there is music by the band
there are hops there Is Irritation unlimited
and playing with fire, but it is all play. No
r body is injured but those who bet heavy
amounts and play with the tiger. Everybody
IL grasping for money. Even the dipping boy,
| at the springs look to visitors Tor their pittance
instead of being paid q regular salary by the
hotel. keepers. Every stranger Is an orange tc
| De squeezed ulY, IIct thoNc WI" INV ''i' III i'''
treatment try 1t.
The end of it all is this 1t you are a man,
! YOU despsc women, il you are woman, you
, despisc men. The lesson, therefore, ~ bad,
and the sooner YOU find an antidOtG the better.
FELT PApER.-Every one ~ familiar with
, the application of paper n the manufacture OF
collars cnffs and shirt bosoms, and to less
, extent in making walstcoats and hats anu bon
nets. A new patent has, however, been re-
Gently taken out in France for the preparation
of what is called felt paper, IN which both AM
| nal and vegetable materials may be employed
| and which, by this patent, makes papr 0l
extraordinary pliancy, fcxbllty and strength,
resembling the ordinary woven fabrics so much
3 as to admit being acwed together and worked
I'D into any article OF dress or clothing What
ever. IIandkcrchieiS and pettieoats, withcol-
loped and embroidered skirts, bed spr'ids,
window curtains, quilts, table cloths and Oher
articles scarce distlngulshablc from the en-
uinc, are produced at marvelousIy char
rates, the cost OF these, even Tor the LATEST
, size, scarcely amounting to twenty five cnts
each. limitations of leather, covering Tor nr
niturc, and even shoes, have been made Inn
material similarly prepared. We are all iali
liar with the uses to which paper IS applle'ln
Japan and it is not at all improbable the 4
few years will witness rs extensive an lnro-
duction of the same material here into he
operations OF every day lie.
Senator Brownlow has written letter Ap-
recating the removal Of Republican office Aofl
GRO in Tennessee, because they voted for qnteI.
He endorses Governor Senter as n soud and
reliable Republican, and declares tha'a ma
jority 81 tho ISopublcans OF tennessee are
Senter men. lie says:
''Thc Legislature, though not Republican, is
not Democratic; and therefore viii rot elect
Andrew johnson to the Senate, but will fall
back upon some such Conservative, ,ld line
Wing as Governor Neill S. Brown or Baiie
Peyton; and in my judgment, adopt che fifteenth
amendment. We think
here in Tennessee, that it was quite enough
for members of the Cabinet to send election.
eering letters during the canvass, declaring
their preference for Stokes; and now to urn
| Republicans out of Office for daring to 7ote
FOR Senter as their choice Of the two Repgbli-
can candidates for Governor will look to us,
from our stand point, very much like bringing