The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-04-20

WAYNE COUNTY, ND, .APRII

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W IlN'lDl.s April
. oeMAFFY MIvEa And HOMES.
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From the Indianapolis Journsls Friday ,Apfe
Upon the outside cover 81
Madame DEAoaEsr's Fashion
Monthly.z there is an illuminated
advertisement surrounding the fel&
lowing precious Information, to-
Wit : sThe way to make your wife
and home happy: Send q years
suhscription to this magazine and
youiwiil obtain an economical and
useful household assistant. sand .
fiimaiakat will ssiiven and !beantify
all your social saFfeandings.'
To provGHasa dslusiono snd /
snard, one docs anotE need to go
back of the page on which It tp~
pesrsss To ahA slSft efs ehe vadvSr-
tisnent is q ifnlElength wood cut
of q young lady in . respondent
costume, which including . mar
vellous array of hair must have
cost o thousand dollars. Stand
ing by her side is . lad Of some
dozen summers, in faultless suit
and most excruciating attitude.
Thirty dollars might cover the ex-.
pense. not including the manish.
airs This is an inviting tableau
to the father with small mean 8,
of large family of sons and
daughters. It must be some re.i
i lief 10 read below that these are
Horton suits, ladies demi-train
skirts, Zarlina over .ekirt, and a
basque. II there is anything
which would sooth the mind of the
family head after day in the
counting-room or workshop; it
would be to be confronted with
such a pieture.s r~st IS. -toy,s5 .s.ii
The last page turned back, the
parental eye is bewildered with a
maze Of Childrens' Fashions any
one OF Rhich involves conside rable
expense The aclamax of dispair
/ is reached in view of the magnifi.
cent full PACED illustration of
ladies suits. The Queen of Sheba
in all her glory WAS not more
gorgeously arrayed. Here are
, suits which cost o man years
salary Either child's suit would
embarass q poor man 10 pay for.
| But it is nos so much the price Of
t these articles which is objection.
: able as the air with which they are
: paradetl to meet the wants of ar
|, economical ahd useful household
They are not intended for any
}. thing of the kind, it is a combina-
5 ton of shoddy-serving individu.
$ ais backed by rich people who are
. determined to draw the line by tl,s
luxury of dress, if in no other way
;. betw eel the rich and poor. Sucl
l ex.ravagant displays are not onl]
beyond the reach of the poor bu
If they are calculated to bring dow,
y to want and wretchedness the
e large and respectable class of fam
y lilies with moderate means. Th,
re evils of social extravaganza would
: not be so alarming il they wer
:, :. confined to the rich, but they reac
upon every ramiEcation of society
IS doing most harm in the circle o
moderate livers which immediatel
surround the 'bloatcd aristocracy
ne Ufortunately the love of dres
re grows by what it feeds upon an
c. it arrives at such pitch that com
- :. fort, honor and ofton life are sac
It rificed. The doctor gives it
on different name hut there are plent
ii. of men and women, too. who di
= from exhaustion in the vain strua
gle tosameet the extravigsnt de
at mands of their families. The sul
iS be ject admits Of an endless range {
- discussion,s but we confinc our
us selves to. the display of unattain
IS able richness OF dress. In tn
connection it would not be inap
(. propriate to descant upon opening
,- as fashion displays of milliner
n and dry goods are named W
I'D once heard lady say that q
ID American witch was invented
- - vex the soul OF women, and v
4 believe if there is a greater GRO!
it is spring or fall opening. "a
all any one doubts it let him take
view of the countenances of Il
!, majority of women as they surye
he the ready-made garments Of
e. first class dry goods establishmeu