Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-15
Noses-R Remain in statl quo. The Ro-
naa nose still prevails.
through tle ponlltl slllugs,
JANE sNARI's 1VIsD0N.

H1aa nose stlll PfeY31l5.
Ears--We quite, high extending
through the bonnet strings.
JANE sNARIse WISDOM. So
Hiss Jane SnaTl, whom know to be a
sensible fashionzble lady up town, writes
the following on the extrayagance Of Wo-
men Il IS time they were checked, and
Pm clad to print James letter. Why, in a
few years the lAalies VIII want to use for
dresses and shoes the very money which
we find it necessary to spend for cigars,
champagne and fast horses.
Says Jane:
No. = EAST Both ST., April 26.
MY DEAR Mr.. PERKINS: am glad
that you encourage us women to write to
you. Formerly fayorite sign for the
country inns in England was ssThe Silent
Woman" with the picture of a headless
woman). But the day for silent women
has passed. e
1 have some reforms to propose: For
one thing women must not dress SO ex-
travagantly. You have written about this,
but there is no danger of saying too much.
Visit Stewards on fine day, and see
how the thousands of women spend money,
Go among the dressmakers and milliners.
OllC ANcolnNACI lOHGS1 PllOC AOA D4ebAAhe
and trimming dress is one hundred doll
lars. | saw four lace round hats, at mil
liners, ordered by one lady for her summer
use; price, sixty dollars each. A widow
with two manageable daughters told me
recently that she never visits after March,
because it takes three months to prepare
for the watering places. She buys twenty
four new dresses, aud repairs six old ones,
for herself and daughters, for the summer.
Lately saw a woman buy three dresses
for her own use, at $500 each, and she is
not rich.
WOMEN DRESS FOR EACH OTHER.
The fun of it is that women do all this
for each other, and not as they say for the
men, who really know nothing about dress.
(Jane hadn't seen my fashion code when
She wrote this.) The men, poor souls, are
taken by color and form, but the women
estimate the cost, and value the wearer ac-
cordingly. 1t is female public opinion
which supports this extravaganza, and this
female public opinion must be changed.
Here is list which gave bachelor
who wishes to marry, of the necessary
yearly expenditure of an economical ana
ingenious woman in New York:
-Four silk dresses. 4e0
Eight other dresses. observation-disclosures. 800
Twelve pairs of gloves. 30
Two bonnets, one round hat. ............-.. Sc
Boots and slippers. ......................." o0
Parasoi. ................. ....s.....'s.'.-.' do
UnderclOtnlng....... ...s.-...'.s.'.''...." ~
Al cloak. l90
ShaWls and wraps............s.... 20
Laces, handkerchiefs, ribbons, crayats and
toilet articles. ........."............... 25O
Repairs of clothing. ........-............... 100
Total. 81, 484
With less than this one would not be
treated with ordinary respect in New York
society. Is it not an outrageous humbug,
this consumption of so much time and
money, mind and body, for such a purpose?
There is another thing, our private dwell
ings are too expensive. They should be
roomy, cheerful, and comfortable, but not
costly. The expense and ornament should
be laid on the church, the theater, opera,
music hall, and club; l say club, because
men and women must have JOINT clubs,
where the varied forms Of social life, the
dinners, receptions, balls, ETC., are enjoyed.
House to house visiting must be abandoned,
except among intimates. 1t is clumsy
device, and very tedious. The clubs should
be costly and magnificent in the extreme.
Thus the eye, ear, and mind will be graft
nCl, anu Jl6 purse IOG DC 0Ulpbleu. OOCldl
life will become free, elegant, brilliant,
agreeable and cheap, and marriages viii be
multiplied. In fact, there viii be no single
females under eighteen.
Iconsider these reforms more important
than wOman'S suffrage, or some of the other
reforms about which SO many women say
so much. Please agitate them in your
corner (the cOrner-stone) Of the Com
HeTcidl, and oblige JANE SNARL.
o Jane, what flood of light you have let
in. Only 1,434 just to dress your wife for
year-about S. per day! What wonder is
it that young men live on singly unless they
can pick up rich wives What wonder
that men live ON alone and old maids grow
thicker and thicker? What wonder that
the poor fellows with big hearts are all
looking for rich fathers-in-law, where they
can live nicely and have it all charged to
the Governor?
A fellow told me the other day that he
lived splendidly with his wife for So 700 a
year. ~ a---
GLOW do you doit, George" asked.
swell, you know we live with the Gov
eruor, and Lizzie has her bills at Stewards
sent home with mothers"
Now, this is an original and good idea.
want to do like George.