Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-04-14
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Whet maryeli Fashion! 90 pow
erful, and yet 50 undefnable: !: ruler
alike !Sof the simple and the wises'tfs " =
timid and the SEses The s9I oaly
sovereignsalihsra eleg desp9sls, .Fho
fears no rebellion, and, without without Ia. e
standing army, trn breads n excitement; < q,
troubles not at the diffusion onol.l1 Of knewl nIoS5;
edge among tasahiects-Wh0ss pro- ofias
tocols are obeyed without dispute.
against whom is brought mo sibreaeh
Of faith-whose dolninionsta reloheld .
81 other than the fragile, tenure OF a Z
trsatv,- or the necessitous OF magharn-@ s
imous i permission Of 4 mighty neigh
bouy whose titles aIEa6s0FSsu, )
9sa!.s VOID syrpass those o1fhe Sultan " a )
Mahinond, FFa.Rsish cixisliiasr, wloe, .a.
K5lds bis ,1eSlqjab but ten lninntes
purchase, ,asboug1pa deserving Ga bets
ter lare; nay would Wellsnish. equal 4
those 81 lhs Celestial Empire, the
Brother Of the SUM- the Uncle OF the z
N oonl Why the power. Of the Auto Auto !,
crat Of all the Russias, that gigantic
monster, who revelied in- p 'ln the sy ywroags
of Poland, who would stride lp his !,
seven.leagned, boots ,oyel the four
quarters of the globe; not excepting
our own bright ocean GEM to crush q
Beneath his iron heel Thought, free Z
dom, wills" why, even his powes%is 2
as nothing to the might Of Fashion f. :.
Even. Metternich, who governs si. s..el' Aus =
tria, seeking TO subject, to +, Els high
rnle Italy Sardinia sRitzsglaand, sssa 81 the ,s5s
Tyrol, and all those DELICATE llttle, lt,a
German states which, ia ohiss trplyas
paternal care, heaconsidersa caanetq
guide themseivssMeveni 'Hhe bows
down d;ai big4fore Che power fof Faahionas
Its miracles nj have II never been equalled
But by those of Prince Hohsnlohe,,
that wonderful worker Of maryefs;;
and, since he has declined business.
and the Fire, King has crossed the hleea
Atlantic, fashions wonders hagse.l
stood forward to 0sthe1 admiration sct,
the world withouta d compesitor.siis ~
3 Bnrne might be correct in 'writing';'
"a man 5 a man for hat" indepen-
dent of rank or wealth; bit It ]tFilit,1 Faahlor
j, above either, and sets its tsrl ysiqs s:E! g,
upon 1, all things. Some. seek tolrulgsai ullgsai
sths great, and some fthe little; 8 some .lGG
:tae rich, land some the poor: sbut.
rules ALL. Kings, governors,s
aud presidents; philosophers, fools
and wise men; chanceliors'1. nagiss
strates, and overseers; constables, po-s
.l;ceA,en. on Gh>rgara: they shsis-r
(. dies al. ..,,l ~ ,5-.:. The peer,
ess, radiant in splendid attire and and
natural beauty, reclining on her silk
en couch in tlrs gilded bou iosr, .daz:,
5zling with 6yyouterie and china; filed
:to the prevention of movement with
snothngs ''rich and rare,,'9is not more
tie slave OF Fashion than the, awk-,
ward ugly girl the caricaturlslts lst Of the me
mode; with her coarse skirt bias, her
sleeves gigot. her body Ssrig'le, who >
leaves the pots and kettles shs has
scrubbed in her underground apart
;ment six days in the week, to take
her Sunday walk upon the seventh!
1t matters not to my theory that the the
latter may not have heen- correctly
Informed as to the latest variation;
her slavery, her devotion, to what she
deems the right, is still the same
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