Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-26
THE WOMAN SIDE.
Feminine Economy-How Women go
shopping, and Make Their Own

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An indignant lady writes as follows to the
n. 7. Commercial Advertiser:
If license could be procured enabling
one to walk one block on Broadway, in
curing of every lady if she made her hat,
I will wager the best batch of cream griddle
cakes ever tasted by q -Yorker-that
eight out of dozen would inform you that
she bought the frame and made il herself,
perhaps inform you that she saw one just
like it which cost twenty-five dollars or
maybe. forty dollars, while the real cost Of
hers is-wen, we don't tell all we know
mere trife in comparison, and looks
as though it might have been twice the
price of the model You would bow down
to the pavement with humility If the truth
were known what natural economists wo-
men are-and therein lies the secret OF
shopping; we must find the cheapest pricel
if an article is high priced We leave the
purchase of it for another day, when, no
matter if We buy nothing else, we
call it shopping, and the ignoramus
wonders how we can be satisfied
to spend so much time in shopping
Il, Would you like to see my bonnet? L
attend Mr.. Beecher's church and sit IN the
third seat from the front. in the gallery; 1T
and vet presume if the young man who
sits just behind me were as ed the probable
cost he would more than double the real
value, that is if he is good judge of lace.
| IT. tell You the lace has been worn for years,
and goes to parties during the winter sea-
son in another capacity, don't be surprised.
The little bud which lies gracefully over
one side, rs it is inst dropping, is'to cover
a good sized darn. The light silk, trim
med with lilac fiounces, just across the
aisle, has little history, too. 1t has
been lying for years, awaiting a resurrec-
tion. The main skirt is remnant bought
at Stewards for song, and If the upper
skirt were raised. which you will perceive
is carefully adjusted now and then, you
will discover lining instead of silk The
lilac silk was pressed and CUT into strips.
and that same young lady and the writer
spent all of one morning in front base
ment, hammering away upon a pinkirg-
iron, to produce an effect which, it seems,
is going to help to doom rs to old maidism
because we are extravaganti
Young men are positively afraid to mar
ry." Daughters must consider they are
born into the world for some other purpose
than to lead a butterfly life." This Is 10
US, who are willing to share sorrow and adj
yersity at any time with those We love- Is
our extravaganza the true cause of so many
young ladies being without affianced hus-
bands, or is II because there are so many
more young women in New York state than
men, that there isn't a man apiece? Per-
haps the young mans habits may have
something to do with il, as cigars and
drinks cost considerable. or, may be, the
good ones have all been taken; at any rate,
something is the matter. f....,.
The gentleman who writes articles about
us, warning the world as he would tres
passers in forbidden orchards. Beware OF
| the dog, for he bites, should be judged by
jury composed of ladies once young and
interesting, but fast falling into the ''sere
and yellow Leaf. (" who fully understand the
crime for which the prisoner is tried.
Those young ladies who are weak-minded
enough to confess that they wouldn't OBJ
ject to a good husband, if such thing
could be found nowadays, are never to be
seen except in the plainest, the cheapest
and the highest of bonnets and dresses.
Yours awaiting AN apOlOpy .IlIt4