Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-20
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
(" An Expedition to New York to do
Sum Spring Tradin'."
Ell Perkins gives the Experience
of His Aunt Charity aud Aunt
Ruth with the Man mflliner.

FIFTH AVENUE, June Aunt Chari
TVS letter from the Perkins Farm in
Litch6eld county
/ give it just as written, for love my
maiden Aunt who stays on the old farm,
runs the Episcopal Church, boards all
the school marms, and keeps splendid
preserves and sweetmeats for all her
nephews when they visit the old home
stead. E. ?.
PERKINS FARM, LITCHFIELD Co., CT.,
May 25.'-Eli Perkins-My Dear Nevy:
Yours received. While your Uncle
Considar was in AfriSy your MAIDEN Ant
Ruth and | thot wed get up an ex
peGishun to New York to do sum Spring
tradin'.
We spent weeks at the 9th Heave-
nue.. ftn
We are glad to get back to Litchfeld
county where there is not so much COM
merce, but whar intelleckis highly priced
and WHARF piety and virtue shines on the
forehead of piety-so to speak. We are
glad to get back WHARF fair woman don't
paint their faces and where dark women
don't wear golden hair.
While many are ambishus to worship
at the shrine of the GODDESS of Fashun,
am willin' to stay away from the old girl
forever. don want to ware white lips
in the mornin and cherry lips
in the afternoon. ! don't think it is
right to ware strate dresses with no
busts in the mornin', and stun the inno-
cent men with full busts like the Venus
Medechy in the evenin'. | don't think
it is Christian for young fellers to hold
your hands, and put their arms around
your waste, and hug you tite in the eve,
min round dances. when it is konsidered
hily onpropper for a young lady even to
smile at teller out OF third-story win
der in the mornin'.
Mo- mol Eli, such fashuns is not
founded onto the gospel. Search the
good book thru, an you cant find pas
sage which justi6es heels over twd
inches high. Examine the pen-ta-took
from Generations to Revolutions, an
you won't find enney excuse for young
ladies bucklin' on umbrellas in place OF
swords, or wearln' $50 bonnets made out
of two straws, a daily, and u suspender
buckle.
You ask me how we succeeded in
buin things.
We can't say much for New York as a
tradin port. New London is far cheaper.
First we went to Messur De Go-Bares S,
the man dress maker, for we wanted to
show our Litchfeld nabers the highly
ingist stiles of the Empire City.
"Vot veel / show ze, madameY asked
NJ. G0-Bare, a smilin' sweetly.
Dresses" sez |, in firm tone. |
want you to make me four dresses.
dresses for re morning or for re
evening, msdsmeY t-L
why, good dresses, sir, dresses for all
day; dresses to wear from six o'clock In
the mornin' till nine at night" ] replied
with patrishun air.
"0ughl zen re madame will have re
polonaise, re vatican wiz re grand pam
Ter, and re sleef la Marie Antoinatte,
and"
Yes, everything" sez / osrelessly.
" And now, my good man, how many
yards will it takeY
We, Madame-it viii take for re
grande dress l76 what you dam call
biml yards. OF ITeel make ze madame
one habit msgnifque, one"
What, l7e yards for one dresslH
exclaimed, holdin' my breath.
I'VE, we, explained the man.tailor,
rubbing his hands Eat is with ze pol
onaise, re vatican, re panier, aud re
hounee cut in ze Yandykes-"