Smyrna times., 1877-10-03
The Value of Mans Opinion of
Woman'S Dress.

Clarence Cook, on "Togas and Tosgerv, "
in ScriJHcr for October SAYS:
he truth seems to be, that the taste OF
men IN the matter Of women's dress is often
better worth consulting than women will
ever allow 1t to be. Sometimes when they
arc very much in love with man. they
VIII wear what they think will please him.
Iennyson angry lover
saw with half unconscious eye
She wore the colors he approved"
But, as a rule, they make no such conces.
sIons. But then, viii admit that men are
very irritating in their criticism, and most
OF them do not know when to stop. The
TRADES OF the medieval preachers against
the dress of women Of their time are
amusing reading nowadays, and even the
upbralilngs OF the old Hebrew prophets
would he Tar less terrible to our ears than
they are if they we're not rolled out in sucb
a rich vocabulary. Isaiah ill., 1924.
certainly, there IS no profanity TODAY in
smiling over Latimers rebuke to tLn
women Of his London for what looked To
him like absurdity in their dress, and for
the pleasure they took. and the time and
money they wasted, in tiring themselves
But from Isaiah down to Savonarola. what
real good did all these ratings do? No
woman ever minded them for any lenr,b
OF tune, or changed fashion, or gave IN
ana aosurdlty in dress until she was ready
10 do so OF her own sweet will.
But Tor all their dislike Of Betties. women
may remember that all their stuffs are de-
Elscd' ana all the patterns of those stuffs
ueSigned, by men that almost all the new
I'sillons originate with men; and that the
great Farslan arbiter of their fate is n man
ana, Tor all they despise English taste. an
Engllsman born, and trained to his worlr
IN Englond. Why not compromise on the
subject, and admit that men and women
need to work together in this as in many
other things, and that each needs the
ed? " 'e "''''iii-
The help Of artists too is often of great
value, and, If accepted, may lead to i'm.
portant revolutions. | believe the colors
That have been so fashionable for several
years-the new shades Of green, blue. red.
and all the odd intermediate combinations
are directly owing TO the so-called pre.
haphaeiite painters in England,-to them
ana to their scholars and followers. who
hrst had stutls dyed in colors to suit them.
selves, then persuaded their wives and
sisters 10 wear dresses made of these
materials Il and devised by themselves, and
LhaIIy came to control the manufacture of
9tuiis that would take the folds they liked.
rom the families oft hese artists the taste
they had cultivated spread to their friends
then overfowed into the artistic world
and becoming the fashion. was strono
enough to make decided mark upon trade
and manufactures, so that nowadays there
Is scarcely beautiful material of the mid.
aIc age or OF the renaissance time that Won
cannot get in England made with all the
old pertections and with ali the old beauty.
ca
FAvoRITE STORY OF DIcKESs's
following story may have gone the round |
oi the newspapers but it is good enough for |
fe-tellng. since Dickens said of it @ You |
must know that ! have appropriated that |
story and acquired immense reputation bv |
II IL occurs IN paper CT "reminiscences |
IN IL. 'ST'1neJ Tor October, entitled: "a Yankee
Tar and his Friends ::
Tn one Of Captain Morgan's voyages from |
America to England, he had under his care |
a very attractive young lady, who speedily |
distinguished herself by reducing five Young |
gentlemen to the verge Of distraction She |
was quite ready 10 marry one: but what |
could she do with five? In the enbarrass.
lnent OF her riches she sought the captain.
VINO, alter few moments Thought. said
II line calm day suppose. by accident
you should fall overheard Iii have boot
lowered ready to pick you up, and Won can
take the man who loves YOU we'll enongb
10 jump after you" This novel nro,osit;ss'l
met the young lady's views, and The mo
gramme was accordingly carried ont .i,L
the trltiing exception that four of the yonnn
men took the plunge, and, being nicEed
up by the boat, presented themselves a
GRIPPING quartette upon the ships deck
ne object OF their undampened ardor, no
less wet than themselves, fled to her state.
r. room s1 and sent for her ADVISER, the captain
" Now Captain" cried she in desnair
" what al" | to do?'' "Ah, my dear. re-,
Plled the captain, " if you want a sensible
husband, take the dry one which She did
WESTERN WAFFLEs.-Beat smoothly into
one quart OF flour, one quart sweet milk.
one cup melted butter, half teaspoonfnj
Of, Of salt, half a cup good potato yeast
mhen light add two wellbeaten eggs. and
rise half an hour longer. Bake as soon as
hght IN hot buttered waffle irons. Waffles
lre much better made with yeast than with
yeastpowder, or soda and cream tartar.
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somebody says of Golden, that from his
childhood he had hated soldier. disIiked
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