, 1877-02-18
par;sian Leaders Of Fashion Bid
Farewell to Brown in All
Its Shades.
The Old-Fashioned Reticute
Comes up Smiling in a
New Dress.
r,test Novelties in ChiIdren's and
Misses Fashions in the ).
Empire City.
The Sweetest Things Ont in Wrappers
and Robes de Chambre.
HOW TO PROPOSE.
RrLEs FOR EVERY SEASON

HOW TO PROPOSE.
RULES FOR EVERY SEASON
10 the Editor of Th< Tribune.
CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-Sackcloth and ashes, peni
ttoce and prayer. We have abandoned ipdi
rts,jb]e slippers for modification OF the spirit
Ire bare lad aside switches for hairrloth and
tprers for thorns. We arc civilized people,
md We clean OUT conscienees, like our houses,
once a year: But between prayers we still have
n eyc On our worldly interests, and temporal
r,Dts are not always forgotten in the invoca.
tious inspired by the season. For verify, being
dylized, arc NC worldly people, and while We
rxtjtion for strength and grace not to do SO any
more, do We petition equally hard for grace and
strength to do it again. Ne are a moderate as
veil as civilized and worldly people, and we
repent conse1yatirc1y.
The meditation to which the society young
laay confines herselfiu her advancement beyond
the children Of light, may be cpigrammatlcally
oppressed in the title OF a very superior
piece Of infrn ballad, catalogued, "Why
don't the Men Propose" am prepared to add
uy OWL testimony to tie volumes demon
ftratipg that they don't, but instead OF sitting
doxn to melancholy repinings over the existence
Of an established fact, have gone into stulious
research Of the cause, aud have learned that
ther don't know how. By some mysterious dis
Has4tion Of mistaken Providence, marrying re-
lation depends solely upon the male constituent,
md until he will, the female can't It is useless
toinycstigatc the first cause Of making the man
III. originator of the proposition to wed. 1t is
enough that the asking has been put into
hnuI cf - 1.oe INT
H.d society started straio:ht. there
ronId not havc hcc,, a sin r3e woman m earth
.nS.r s,,i ssnnsco,1entir re wn,,1I rever have
to,orn II" rcf;nInr ;n31,,ence If woman IN iter..
tnne Marie tl,is fact alone vii, reconcile the
.o.;d ~ IA dlma;ish;n Int If ;s q 1ittie han1
sshs+na ~ marital salvation haen de}c~atrf1 to
Eon.n ss he crnnnent" nerhans the s,3hyers;on
If the rnr1d and thc establishment ri universal
snf,,er ~ which I nm an advocotel would
b.re romyeneatrfi in the e1evat;on Of The hash
III ronth nf the ner;od tn thc head nf 1arce and
responsible families. But since VIC arc debarrcd
INN what annears to us to he a natural rirht. it
h At east ,eft ~ re tn adv;se rnon houT the oer
1emen shoujd nm n - ~ ~ '~p~1 ''o 'S
Yn1n~ na1 ]:.t~n and 1earn Rr snme
nsrcholocic,1 ,3eform afiou ro,, haze learned fn
thjnE thst woman is vo,,r s,,ncrior. 4 Quicker
percention as to rhc lrtraj facts has taupht her
that Ehe Is Your inferior. There is the hitch.
htHnf fheTr Is the 0r1fFj1 0f the difficulty be
tgcen the seres. FTnericnce ayaiIs nothing,
Cocnetr- m ona eide md awkward hashf,,lncss
m ihe nfhrr ar,. thc 1coitinat children of these
txo prare errors. Fnr r.. II known and under
s;ood hr ali whom It NAV concern. that as be-
tween men and men. and worncn and women,
20 between men and women, superiority arises
only AZ W assume II. and has nn real existence,
Eincc thc piano upon which we were born has
mt timed either way sinrr the World com
nenced. Giycn man and woman Of equal iu-
te,igrnce. and the SANG advantages of breed
inr, and their eycs are level. and their rights
tit same.
Then vhy don't WI, walk I'M like man and
stance, instead Of lingering by the wayside
shie ioyely rirls 20 hafiesss bootless. gloycless
into the rrayc Of sncicnt, maiIenhood4
Did you ever notice that. Handsome men are
hsaful, and onir the l,om.jv brayet As vow
look around in church this morning to see who
hare hands<ne' p,i1,ns and hou, many handsome
men are singlc or sitting beside nri1n starchcd-
ID damcs. whose r,,;ef sttrsct;ons are the men
rho sunoort them. T. ;sn,t for lack of fishinr
that these pood- -1oor;ng fellows are nat landed
Thcy crawl NIL aver as thcy annr,ach the bait
I'D wrierle away With = sirkly longing for it,
combined WIN !. e;.t1,. tor ~ It Whcn
their sInglc l;rcs ero1r thev .recn nm
pallid md xoc.besonc | to snme ;ii,favored wom-
ar. half afrs;1 art, ~ ~ hn+ 1nss unwilling
to rst h.r e;,,c, ~ sae ~. oeu,;rrrs ami she
robbIes thor, 81 ra;9ht1 so TO nv
Now ,rhr ,o,,,4 e., rra,,,,o,.p ,rr,noe vn,,r-
selves ann ralE ~, H. nna.,s ~ 1ue si1rr.st:
Lent, O; ali seasons ~ III nf IN vc,r Is 1,lanfeI to
natrimm;o, n,,rs,,its " n IN lis eeason ~ fasting
ind nrayeT ererr ~ .,ros h.rsr1f nm to re-
e5ct tst sbs Si,fn,, tr;,,, her hat tl;fTrrcnty.
and the nent,n,isl ,s n rast m trims TO-
dar AZ thcr a. -, +ha s,;",.,,+s ~ Ffi;. Dear1s
tzial Hsr;n1 rao,,a,d hn-soIf ~ con,pa,a-
t5el7 ealn, rc;e;s,,,. n,o,,, hv rooa resolutions
to outsine hcr ,,e;ahhn,s Zen tfhc nert fashion,
plates ca,na ~. 80. ~ Muo' Is; 81 frame of
mind to ;;sto' tus' QUO ~ - ~ e,,;+ ~ anr man
ahle In dctsa. ~ raaeen .9 su1 And now is
your time ~ ,aas,. 1.st+.r r advised younu
Girls how +, ,.Iat ~ ,,s.s.I oT fnr fhc meth
Cd Of n,.s,nr = tuposaa sa1n,-, anrmonn,n vou
want If 1,,,, ~ ~ aon Sln - ihc tEnc and
place ~ eo',. III saI 10 ~ +Ie ma,,ncr
keyer nr''-ssa . e. '.s's avE Ia 20 aftnr hearty
mc,i The FLY ~ :: jsoa ;1a1 - o;i 1,er d.
gestion an,l he, a. ;n,sr.r,.;ar .u ie c,,i11ed Nor
should h cn,," ;,,et tsas]..a 1as1 for 11m. long
!nes ut ~ i.. Juss ue ..uta,:, .n 1.on,incc IN
anxiety ,nI 49,, si s1nc1s may nroyc
h,,.ssan ano 1Iataullity, aou inc shoeh !aas p' ~
eyenn1 md :. wuaI top ES p.eu ra hace tasen her
so some a4eci r., tuu ,errcs nrc then
apt to b. strnna1o n,''e m; ,ar rf ,nind may have