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BY lO. GULICK $EWBEIIN; WDNESDi MARCH "8 fruitier for lic fcay had gone, anaen flnfig 1 Her shadow o'er the till DVy had gone and yet ehe clung ( Beside the lauicc sim. She look'd upon- the river, ; No bark its waters bear,. ; - She heard the 'aspen's quifcr ' , Ao footstep gWh fV There tr w a tim e if wede J i No ere to strain it la all is all unheeded V Oh! willhe coraotoniSiit The silent stars, he told me, , . .The Bad anAsileat T hp hurried Clou us ai.w f 1 lamps of Te wearied moon is fauing Tiring ""- Ut " tiht Win I 1 "hnrdl v s SO ge"r 1 " f the jnterval.i? i: ;-. -,. tv.- i.fni,v At length the momentous day arrived.- The arrangements Were all complete, and Mrs. rN retired; io perform ; tris ; alt important business pf arraying hself in fine attire. She jinge.0d on the jashionable uripiwctuaHtyr of fashion able people ; andf wliqivjthe hour Struck, left the chamber, like Judith ol oldgforipiisly, to allure the eyes of all nvh'o should look upon her, and full of smiles. and graces, n'otwitb standing the uncomfortable pinching of . her shoes and jtress.1 Her,-husbandrhet her iri the hall.":-' .' -; ' --u'h '-'jC-C.zZh jj : , 4 Our guests have arrived, ! he i jsaidjipd opened the dtor-of the receiving room. - O'er minaret and. mosque: The steed-the steed has faltered, j That never failed before ; The heart the heart is altered ; Oh ! will he come no morel' 'The token flowers she celled him 1 Have lost their hue"s of spring ; 'The lute tht oft had lulled him, Sleeps with a voiceless string ! Alas ! Love ever closes 'Her sweetest songs with sighs ; live ever batlres his roses . :With tears Horn maiden's eyes-: A' muffling song he sings us - Of blooming fckic and bowers j The evening gifts he brings us i'ale cheeks and wither'd hWre. Wonderful j : wonderful L What a strange assembly! There- were congregated sthe crippled, the mairpe3,the blind,, the palsfed, the extreme aged, afiA a group of children from the aIms-house;v.ho; regarded the fine Iadyr.-?cr,v'i with 'rjVrouihs.. . others with hands fn tlieirliair; while same peeped roiri Then", addressing the j'i'llE MINISTER'S FEAST, BV LYDIA JAN'P riERSOX.. was a. man of T'.p Rev. Mr. IN Mlent temoer, but was excentne. tie r V r - 1 a no werfwl nreac tier. and his mii.istra- st to the reformation of uaany na At the age of thirty-four he be i hi was oi Tk. 7. nansh. At the aj?e ol tn irty- Jne'eiiamoreu of a rich parishioner. Well, V marriage was consummate i, the bride s ition paid, and the husband, as husbands in ir first love are apt to do, consented to(the ors to wife, and. accompanied her to trai festive parties given by his wealthy 'ghbors in honor of his marriage, i'he happy couplei Were. sitting together in iir corafoi table parlor, one evening, towards Siig. The Reverend gentleman stU'h ing I t .r- r?.,,l j J 1. In .... f. . ' I..H.. ent upon a plate ot me latest tasnions : en she suddenly-looked up with an ex- esibn between hope and fear, ,and thus ad- i'xVIy dear husband, I have a request Ad lake.;' . . . ."' . f Vell Nancy, anything consistent.;,' I Yoa do not imagine that I would lAake f inconsistent request surely ?' Nonot a request that you consider in msistetit. Uut come what is it?' v dear sir. ' and her voice trem- IV i "I 1 cd a little, we have been to several parties ftong the neighboring gentry, and now I (ink to maintain our positien iu society, we toutd make a party Joov' f " -iThercinister Jooked blank., What sort of a party, Nancy V He said length. . w iWhv she renlied. 'such a nartv as those have Attended.. We must make -an ele- ht dinner, and have dancing after k.' Danciiig ! in a ininister's house !' ejacula- Mr. N , - Why yes certainly,' Teplied his wife, xintrv- : 104. will not dance: the Daitv behind furniture, the covert to which they jhad retreated from her dazzling-dress. She was petrified with astonishment; then a dash of displeasure crossed herace, till having run her eyes over the grotesque assembly, she met the comically grave expressions of -her husband's countenance, when she burst into a violent laughter. - i ; ' . , 1 ; ' Nancy I' at length said her husband, sternly. She suppressed her, mirth, stammer- cd an excuse," and added : ' 1 You will forgiverxine, and believe your- selvps quite welcome.',- 'That is very well) done :' whispered Mr. ' My friends ' he said, ' as my wife is not acquainted with you. Lwilhmake a few pre sentations. - - Then -leading her towards an . emaciated creature, whose dis'loi ted limbs weie unable to support his body, jhe aid, ' This gentle man, in an cy, is tae iiev. IN- , who in his youth traVelq arid endured much in the cause of our common Master. A violent rheumatism, induced by colds contracted among the new settlements of the West, where he was employed iti preaching the gospels to the poor, pias reducedhim to his present condition. This ladyhis wife has piously sustained him. But she is old and feeble now, as you may see.' f ' Then turning to. 4 group with silver locks and threadbare coats, he continued : : ; ' These -men are soldiers of the revolution. They were sons of rich men. They went out in their young ?trcHgth toNkfenJ their oppressed country. They endureo hardships, toils and suffering, such as we hardlyiiieem it possible for men to endure and live. They returned home at the close of the war. maim ed in their limbs, and with broken censtitu lions, to find their patrimonies destroyed by fire or the chances pf war or their property otherwise filched and Wrested from tberri.-- And these worthy linen live in poverty and tifegiect in the landfoHri.prsperitjrof vffich"' they sacrificed thir-all. These venera'ble ladies are the wives of these patriots, ; and widows of others wiho have g-one to their re ward. They could tell you tales that would thrill your heart and make it better. . This is the celebrated and! learned. Dr. , who saved hundreds of! lives durinar the spotted 1 - eDidemic. But his great success roused the animosity of his medical brethren, who siic ceeaeu in ruining! nis practice, ana vvuen blindness came upon him, he was forgotten! by those whom hej had delivered from death. This lovely creatupe is hisronly child, and she is i niothei less-. She leads ;him daily by the so noble and " honorable a : com pany assem bled this .winter. My vife desired new fur niture, lest we' should, be. deemed ; parsimo nious, and t pledged" myself io expend one thousand dollars in a ' manner more pleasing to ouic guests, and which should obviate any children, he said ; 1 You wilk each be removed to-morrow to excellent places; and , if you continue to be industrious and perfectly honest in . word and deed, you.will become'respectable "mem bers of society. To you, Dr. B f undei God, I oWe my life. I did not ; know-ypur locality 'neither had I heard of your mis tune until" a" few days since. I can nev? repay the debt I ove. you ; but if your daugh ter will accept' the 'neat furnished house ad joining mine, I'll see that ; you neve? .want again. To you, patriot'fathers and nursing mothers of our country, T present the on thousand dollars It is" just one hundred do! lars to eath soldier and soldier's widoiv. . It. is a mere trifle. "Ko thahksrmy dear friends. You, Mr. N----, are my father in the Lord. Under vour oreachmsr I first became convict- ed of sin, and.it was your voice that first bro'i to me the words of salvation, i ou win i e main in my house :. I have a room prepared for you, and a pious servant to attend you. It is time you were srt peace, and your excellent lady relieved of her burden.' I ; ! The crippled fell prostrate on the carpet, and poured out such thanksgiving and pray er as found way to the heart of M i s. N- ; who ultimately became a meek and pious woman, a fit helpmate for a devoted gospel minister. ' : "... PRESENCE OF MIND. Presence of mind may be described wnat is nuesi done unon an : sud: en occasion, and as th tO be undei and of carrying tht 1 be mine ; and; then we have been to siini- parties all winter. ' - 1 . t m , 11 U., lit UlUlttlLU HUH U. JU1 JilCi.tm. f, and sat silent for some time as it corisi Ving. At length he spoke. i Xcs Nancy, you may have a party, give liriner, and if your guefets desire it, you y dance. ' i'Thank you, love,' she cried, putting her ' is. around his neck. i 4But I have some stipulations about it, ' d he ; ' I must select and invite the guests, : 1 you must allow me. to place some of my r .orite dishes on the table. ' . All as. you please, love,' she answered 'ightedly ; ' but when shall it be ?' Next Wednesday, if you please.-' , 3 But our furniture and window drapery " re very old fashioned. Is it not time we had. - A - - -4 Jrshould hardly think it necessary to re- rnish our rooms, Nancy. Our furniture is cellent of its kind. ' , 1 But our Smooth carpets, white draperies i cane chairs have Vetch a cold look. Do sent to have the rooms new fitted ; we can ve these things to the- unfurnished chain- rs..1 - And of what use will they be in these 5s which we never occupy ? Besides it pear spring, and to fit up now for .winter is lerfluous.l ; 1 Well, l would not care,' she persisted, ) ly people will call us parsimonious and genteel. ' r Oh, if that's all,' he said, ' I will promise spend a thousand dollars on the evening of ! party, not m furniture, but in a manner, o.erateful to our guests and profitable uje Ves, and which shall exonerate us m all imputauon 0f parsimony, and you ?f ,3 Catabi6S desert, Jhat a you please. - 3 Vnd so :he coloquy ended. He. resumed hia studio nA u , d to the sideraH' "i S ?U be most becomi And he via'ndsS hand" and earns th'e"foo l she sets before him Yet her learning and accomplishments are wonderful, and she is the augr of those ex quisite poems which appear occasionally in tne Magazines.- 7'he-se children i we remade orpnans in lniancy oy tne Asiatic cnoiera, and their sad hearts have seldom been cheer ed by a smile, or their palates regaled by de licious food. New dry your eyes and lead nower of determining inon an? suJ:en adverse circumstances, - rtpsiom into lmmeffmtR execution with - SUCu success as to lead one to suppose it an action of calm deliberation. It is, in short, the un ion of rapid thought and self-command Thib power is p)SSi-ssjd by individuals in -every different degree. jMinds are so diversely con stituted, that wb often see the same ciicurn stances producing opposite effects. Thus an emergency that totally unne rves on? man is just sufficient to call the other into full activ ity. Whilst the former cannot act at all, but Seems reduced to a state of mental paralysis, the latter supplies himself with calm energy to the difficulties of the case and escapes the perds that appeared inevitable, by an intuitive selection of the only pith tharcoul 1 lead him out in Siifety. Presence of mind is more gen erally diffused amongst the men than women, but perhaps, the most striking isolated er am ples are told of females. Most people have heard of the mother, who seeing her infant so lit ar the edge of the prr c pice that the slightest advance would hurl the little creature to 4j3f Action, had iha presence of mind to suppress ine scream oi aiarm imu was on point of breaking mU Simply whispering the creature's name, and at the same time ba ring her breast, she drew it from its danger- ous position to the safe haven of her arms When presence cf mind is continued with fortitude the compouad is Very aunirable: and there are few things that show, in a great er degree the power of the mind over body. The following circumstances which took place a lew years ago m an ja.ngnsu county, are a pointed lUustrat'on. ol the usdal cembinatron of qualities S: A young couple, named Aubrey, inhabit ed a tolerably large house in the village of , in Nortolk. , T he house an old one wras built in a garden of considerable size. room, Bein-abouta0; complete the child reaainess lor. its couch, the mother turned . to wards the cradie to see that it was prepared and just at (nat moment, a bright flame shoot' mg out, threw a strong light upon the recess, l' U'can beraMcmishment, and I .u" , ve.xvPn, under the bed, and at uie wnere- the curtain had been lifted up, she perived as plain as ever she saw anything , her h a pair or thkk cloUed booLvm such a position that U was evident that they coutamed fectIn an instant a world . though r,?shec, tbfo h heV bran(and the utter helpleess of her situation flashed Upon h?r- 'M admit of a doubt mat a man was there with some evil intention, either to reb or murder Her husband would proba bly not rcacu home before eight, and it was then- scarcely half past six. Mrs. Aubrey, however, possessed sufficient command over herself not to do" what a thousand other wo men would-havc done, namely, fall to shriek in8 1 ?-3?He Ithe. man hadlreel oned on staying wrerliTwaS rdr sometime; perhaps h.haiirUencled 'to remain until mid night, and then carry offtht money that Mr, Aubrey was to. receive;; but, if obliged to come out of his lurking-place now he might revenge himself upon two defenceless women, and stop all information of theirs by -putting them to death. Then who could tell ? per haps the servant herself mighty be in ieague with the fellow. Indeed, there had been of late certain grounds of suspicion, as regards ttegirl, which Mrs. Aubrey had disregarded, but they now forced themselves on her mind. All these reflections occurred to her in much less time than I have I taken to put them down. She came to a determination at once. She first thought of some pretext to get the servant out of the room. . j . ' Mary. she said, with as steady a voice as she could assume, 'you know what your mas ter will like for supper; 1 wish you Would go anu maue it reaay. tie win oe pleased am sure, that we have thought of it' ,1848. - - '; - ; . . . r0L. 2, KO..10, here, as usual -He streched his hands to his" wife,- 'who grasped them convulsively ; but, exercising her.wcnderful self-command, once ( more" he stifled her emotion, and, without utter-inn- a word, she placed her fingerjbn her HpS; and pointed with, the other hand to - the' two feet: : f If MrA.ubreyhad doubtrdifbr fa ; mo. ment "what lb d o; he had nof 'd eer ved " tq5 be the husband of such a women ; By a sio-n jhe made her comprehend Jiislianingand tnen said, v Just wait one moment, iny vdear wife f. I ha1 ve left my portfolio down stajrs, I willtep;lbrit. -He was not two minutesiirjsent ; he came back with a pistol, the charge rjf . which : he. ti&d examiu ed . life ad vahced towards the bed; and then seized one of the. feet wTlh his left hand, whilst with his right- lift held the pistol, ready, to fire in the case of neetl - 1 4 lfy6u resist,' he cried witha voice of thun der, , you2 are a dead man ' ' , ent classes&nd- placing limits, beyond'whifh it was not - avowed . to pass. ; Such was me ci'se in Greece and Rome and still tnore iri p:herlros.uitries - in " Europe. Several silch ed rdls were published.;; by Henry Foil rth qf Fjanco, whb saw his exhausttd kingdom ..still more exhausted by the emulation of finery in his.-ffin.ile. objects. When we consider the srr eater cost of arti cles of luxury, it will nppear that the dress oh ladies in the fifteenth century, was far more expensive than any known at the present day. Laura, the celebrated mistress of Petrarch, wore on-her head a silver coronet, her hair was tied up with a knot of jewels,' her dress .was hiagnificient, and her gloves were of silk brocaded With gohl ; and silk at this time was four pounds sterling a pound, and was only allowed to the nobility. A . . A vcrj ;itingjcjang6 vas effected in Eng. land," during the ascendancy of puritanism All luxuries of dress were lootrrt nnnn D, 1 I . . - j " " tr-i - tumy a leniptauon to sin. l ne; yomen, full The person to whom the feet belonged 'did not seem inclined to-put the contingency totha tesfc-He was dragged "into the middle of lhWif this (jiaticism, laid asrde all ( ornaraents floor, crouchinc "under the nistol. that utis Pand luxuries of dnDhrel. and. some carnVl pointed at his head. He was then searched arid a poignard, carefully- concealed, was found upon him. He was then a thorough scou nd rel, in his appearance, and he confess ed to have been in league!' with the female servant, who told him he might expect a rick booty that night. All this ; time -the 'infant was never quite awaked. ' -:- - - :-. - Both the crimnals were handed over to j ustice both were convicted on trial and pun ished. iot withstanding Mrs Aubrey's tem porary coui age. she was attacked the same evening with violent nervous disorder, and some time elapsed before it quite left her.' ? on to the drawing room. She obeyed, and notwithstanding her emo-i tions, the tramping oi coarse, shoes, and rat tlmg of sticks, crutches and wooden lgs be hind her. wrell nicrh threw her into another indecorous laugh. To divert her attention, she glanced over the table. There! stood the dishes for which her husband had (stipulated, in the shape of two monstrous homely looking meat pies, and two enormous platters of baked meats and vegetables, ! looking like mountains among the delicate Viands that she had pre pared to do the table honors ; but her hus-1 band, after a short thanksgiving to the boun tiful God, address sdlhe company with 'Nqw my brdh.en, help yourselves and one another to whatever youj deem preferable. T will wait upon the children.' , ! A hearty jovial meal was made, 'the min ister setting the jexam pie. The old soldiers became garrulous, and each recounted some wonderful or thrjlling adventure of the revo lutionary war; Qnd the old ladies told tales of privation and suffering, and interwoven wtth themthe histories of fathers, brothers or Joves who died for liberty. iVirs. 11- nas auuuuiij euuvuisi veiv, ..v uovCuve. i next day she went sdy about , her preparation, wondering 3 time how her husband wmild . , . rouu uutira, uut as sne na-J ( sm0,i fnethingof the eccentricity of his character N uuicu wut uiai xie meant to when her husband came round, and, touching her on the shoulder, whispered i ' My love, shall we have dancing V That word, wjith its ludicrous associations, fairly threw her into hysterics, and she laugh ed and wept at once. When she had became quiescent, Mr. N. thus addressed the company: . ' I fear, my friends, you will think my wife a frivolous, inconsistent creature, and there fore I apologise for her. We were manied only last fall, and have attended several gay parties which' our rich neighbors gave in honor of our nuptials, and my wife thought it would be genteel to give a dinner in return. I consented on conditions one of which was, that I should invite the mieslsl So, being the i professed minister of Him who was meek and lowly in heart: I followed 1 to the letter His command: " But wnen thou makest a feast. -li . call the poov you ,the will MUk niu. uc meant io tflve an v l- n i srplisc ; and her curiosity gr I fti' maimed, tWe lame, the blind. ecollect ttfe passage. IMrs. not knowinsr who ber guests wre elighted with the ruse 1 have do not believe there has beer. and had no other occupants than the gentle man and lady just mentioned, their infant more than a year ol 1, and a single female do rhstic, vho had not been long in their ser- vtce; Every evening at nine o'clock a si'ence the most complete reigned throughout the vil lage aVenbe lights in the different houses began to be extinguished, and in a short time no ray disturbed the bTahlLdarknessr ' It must have, been a very extraordinaryircumstance if "any steps were afterwards heard in the street. ... Judge, then, of.lheT.utter?soliude "oj a house screened by elm and sycamore, and standing three or four hundred . yards from the public way. One evening in the month of (November, Mrs. Aubrey was in the house. await ng the return of her husband, whom some affair of business had called away in the mornirg, to a town, about six miles dis tant..; He expected to receive a considerable sum of money in the course of the day, and his wife had prevailed on him to take a pair I f ?4" . .1 I 1 . 1 I oi pisiois, as ne anticipalea oemg detained until nightiall. About s:x o'clock in the even ing Mrs. Aubrey went up stairs accompanied by her servant, for the purpose of putting the child to bd. The room Was on the first floor. a large apartment looking into the garden. The vvainscott darkened by time, the heavy furniture; some family portraits with sedate countenances and in ancient costume gave the room a somewhat glpomy appearance. Opposite to the chimney there was a deep re cess, in which stood the bed, and near this wras placed the child's cradle. The curtains were drawn, but one corner had caught by accident on some piece of furniture and a post of the bed was exposed ; a fine massive, piece of carving, on which -some cabinetma ker of yore had expended no slight amount of skill and patience. The riight was dark and melancholy, quite in character with the time of year. Gusts of wind rattled on the windows, dashing the rain violently against the glask The trees in the garden, bending- under the sudden cur rents of air occasionally striick the house side a gloomy and monotonous concert this and no human voice mingled in it to promise, assistance in case of need. Mrs. Aubrey 'seat- ed herself on a low chair at the corner of the hearth. The light of the fire, and that of the lanlp placed n the chimney-pie;e, striking SOme ODjeCIS. in mil, an.i iravin Winers in darkness, ma le all kinds of sirangefrcts by their opposition or - combination. The chil i which fully occupied her attention: sat on her knee, while the savant executed some com mand of her mistress at the other end of the w ill vou not need me ma'am V, inquired the girl. ; jj '.No, I can do all myself, thank you ; go tnd cook as nice a supper, as you can ;! for I am sure my husband ought to have something iiice after a long ride, andln such weather. After some delay, which doubled her mis-! tress' a xiety, although she endeavored to repress it, the servant quitted the- room, ! The sounds of her footsteps died away on the Stairs, and then Mrs. Aubrey truly felt herself alone yet the two feet remained there, in their shadowy concealment, without stirring, i . She kept near the fire, holding the infant on her lap, now and then speaking to it but only mechanically, lor she could not remove her eyes from that horrible sight. The poor child cried to be at rest, but the cradle was near the bad,! and under the bed were those fright ful feet,4-it was impossible to go near them She made a violent, effort, howeverp-'Coine then,, darling !' she murmured ; and, lifting; the chil 1 in her arms, and supporting hersell on her trembling limbs she went towrards the cradta, ! She is now beside the feet ! she places the baby in its little tiest ; concealing, rs well as she can, the tremors of her voice, she rocks the sradle in tune to the Song he nstially sings. AH the time she sung shefan cie 1 a dagger was abouto strike her and there was no one to succor her. Well, baby- fell asleep ; and Mrs. Aubrey returned to her seat near the; fire. She durst not quit the room for that might excite the suspicions of the man, and the servant, who was probably his accom plice ; besides, she wished to remain near her, infant. It was now no more .than seven an hour, stili afull hour, before her husband would reach home! Her eyes are chained by a species of fascination to the two teet : -she cannot direct thenrto any other object. A profound silence reigns in the room ; baby sleeps peacefully ; its mother sits motionless ner lap, uer lips half open, her eyes fixed, and her breast has a fearf ul tightness across it. u - Now and then there was a noise without in th husband's arrival and, her own deliverance But no, not yet ; bhe was dece.ved ; . it was merely the sound of the wind, orHhe rain on the. trees. She'might be the only oemg m thn' wnrl 1 r ,wr and mournful was the si- lehce. Every minute seemed an age. Look! loot-ft'kp'Y&t stir. Is the man coming out of his concealment ! No. It was nothing but a slight movVmenW pel haps involuntary made to ease an onplesentposition. Agaiu mo v feet aTe quiet. : , 'TK'. ri;v.tp nnrft more, but it is onlytochime the half-hour. Half pastseven tlh hr r,.li rtf nnmiish was every minute Repeatedly she addressed prayers on High for a period to tlm hideous suspense. Upon the : fh.mn;pm.; ' t liprft ; was a book of religious LADIES' EMBLLISHMENTS, The perfumes of the Babylonian chemists were Celebrated all over the world.. The men dressed with great splendor ;, but the woiien, especially the favorites of. royalty, v ere ar rayed with exceeding magnificence. The queens had certain districts set apart for main taming their toilets :and. t wardrobes. One proviuce furnished a veil, another a girdle, and these distiicts wrere named accordingly one being called the queen's mantle, another the queen's girdle, &c. The Greeks, even, in the heroic ages, in which the actions of gods and men are so strangely blended, indulged in showy cos tumes and ornaments, and the ladies painted their laces to heighten the charms of nature o t : tt " - !iL ll.i i l i ' r ' . . omi, wuii an inese loaas? oi nnery, tne an cients were strangers to tnany of the elegan cies and conveniences of modern dress. In stead of shoes and stockings, they went j with the legs bare and sandlel on their feet : and they were without linens, shirts, drawers, pi nSf buckle& buttons, or pockets. . ''- But when we come to the refinementjof Athenian civilization, we find the ladies spend ing the whole'morning at the toilet, washing. fainting, arranging their elaborate head-dress- C3, cajujj uieit u aarjngieisviui noiir4BSj and. dressing themselves in robes of so' light and fine a. texture, as to reveal, the outlines of their forms, and every motion of their" bo dies. Female beauty was" never'disnla ved with more art,pr elegance the idea so far. that- lhpv nisrnrdA rWriJnr together; and it is recorded 'that' one of these camfe into the church where Crorriwell was without so much as the first garment bf fig leaves, that she might be, as she saidj a" sgn unto th.people. ; ' . -!'. At the Restoration, every'- thing went to the other extreme. The royalists, to be ' bpppds- . ed in everything to the republicans: dressed with the geatest extravagance,. and ,XW cos- ; tumes of thp court of Charles II, hotH Iri Iheir richness ahd theirirn modesty,: faith fuliy de- ' pict the licentiousness which was in a meas ure the direct consequence of the other puri-tanicarextrem.-:,&-"; ':' ; ;:v'",-.': i' ' , '. i When unconstrained by, law, female. cos tume has beervgoyened by the manners; and morals of the jQmes. When the dress con ceals the person, it is ah indication cf great . purity or jealousy -ynen there is much, ex posure, we may be conhdent ol a correspon ding license In" Venice, the ladies, at the bemnninr of me 'seventeenth centunr. dressed , . W . J i - tJ f " . - J J - . m such thip, light stuffs, that not only the shape of.; the body but the color of "the skin. couidbe distinguished through ; them. In France ip the fourteenth century', the women appearedhalrnaked in the public assemblies, and 'in Jhe public walks dressed so. much like menllat they could scarcely be distinguish ed frqmthem, except by the voice or com plexidn. ; , -; , The first we hear of artificial compression of the waist was in the fifteenth century, in Italy, where the men, according to letrarch, had their stomachs squeezed by machines of tfron. - ' It was only toward the boginninfr of the last century that the impression became pen- iNow and tnen tnereiwas u uuioc the garden, and Mrs Aubrey's heart leaped within her for sheimagined it announced her eral that the female waist, as ibrmed by hnature and iniitated by painters and sculptors, in the master pieces ol art, was too large, and systemalic.compression used to bring it into proper dimensions. Stays were inrenled,ahd tJ.' V IU 4 " ii4JM.- r 44l.. 44AJiM.! I jMU . f orougnj into tne snap oi an nour glass, or an mseci. 'icaiomy, puysioiogy ana an tact correct principles of taste,, were painfully or ludicrbusJy disregarded ; for.. "while we shud der at the idea of dungs, pressed -tip into the throat, and liver jammed dpwnfhto the tibdo men a stomach cupelled to digelt, and a heart to beat, under a heavy pressureit is impossible for a man of correct taste not to laugh at the carricatiires of female beauty which this artifice prod uces. ; ' , It must not be supposed, however, that stays arid tight-lacing held their sway stcadily,frorn, their first invention to the present time. On the contrary,' they soon met with a , powerful opposition, and were denounced by both phy sicians arid connoisseurs in j female beauty ; ana lasnion, ever tending to extremes, made waigts ps muchi too l?irge as they had been too; small, and byT the aid of various stuffings, about I7G6, every lady appeared with a waist ouvof proportion with the rest of her person. This did not last long, ahd small Waists came into fashion ; and longer xr she rtir, scmetimes with the girdle just .under;-the arras, some times close upon the hips small waists have pretty steadily held their ascendancy until the present day, when the' ladies really show a disposition not to deform their, most beautiful proportions, and we See women again as na ture made thetn. - . v- - : The height to which the female dress is worn, has been suljjpct to curious and rapid . - i Th e Roman ladies added to the refinements of the Greeks. In the mornina'' thev went to he bath ; Jhen came the rarll operations of the toilet ; which required several hours, and many assistants ' One dresihg--maid was ex- clusi vely employed in combing, cu il ing and dressing the hair another! attended to the perfumes : a third dts6oed of the jewels se- ecti ng and arranging the suit to be worn for each day ; a-fouiili was employed, pntirely'in the preparation and laying on oi various cos metics and paints while several others had their particular d epartments, all actihg under the direction oi one general supenntenaant, whose taste d irected the formation of the tout ensemble while madame herself sat before the mirror Studying her, smiles, glances and atti tudes and, if.we may credit Juvenal, some- . r J - .t ii; i " ri 4. times punishing tne Diunaersoi ner attendants with the most unfeeling-severity.: Among the ornaments ot the Koman ladies, were hair-combs of ivcry, gold and sil ver pins with beads of pearls, chains and rings of gold, purple and white ribons, and precious stones. Entire artificial "head-dresses, with all these ornaments, could be bought at the shops, ana false tresses and ringlets were as common, two thousand years. ago, as at the present day. As red or golden hair was the fashionable co lor, dark hair was dyed light; and 'gold dust vvn mincrlprl tpith the honil-Hrps ns ivas tloWi- 1 Thp Hoihan la-1 dress had descended very low upon the shotild- HiosnUn rpmnvPfl s.mprflnnnnlr With twee- s ; a few years after, every lady wasmuffled zers and depilatory powders, and painted theii up to the chin ; and so, alternately, thef ladies '. ws, and wore false teeth. . 1 have been misers and prodigals of their changes. About ' the beginning of the t-last century,:-it1 was highly indecent to show two inches ol tne neck; about the middle of it, the meditation ; she reached it, and tried to. read In vatn ! her eyes wandered oh me ti - . , i -4 Virtrtttt txfpro; all! under the bed. Then a new source of anxie tv Knt tV,,o,vTh W head Wnat, u uer uus J o a in-, mi Ar,c nrno Jitter a ! tUB WCamci was bad, and his parents, who di ved m the town whither he had gone, might prevail up on him to remain with them over night, bhe would not be astonished if h Complied, espe cially as he had a good deal of money about his person, Heavens ! what if he come not at all ! : 1 ' ' " -' - -I ' . ' :''-:'. ' VTi" Eight o'clock has struck, and there is no ar rival. The possibility her active brain sug gested, becomes every moment more and more probable. For two hours did this ag onizing female bear ud against her thoughts, but at length it became hopeless to hope. Hark I T shot n nm'se 1 She has been de ceived' sn oftpn T.f.fWre.' and is afraid to believe her senses, and fet, this tiine, there is no de ireption The entrance door opens, is closed ; Stens comP! n If no- thfi lobby, aid mount the stairs : the room door turns tin its hinges. yts'iisheWt is her husband! But il it had been a stranger, he would have seemed a messenger from heaven; W' l 'm b walk- p.'.i, a nne athlectic hrure. iu u Su wc eye-bro ' lhe materials ot the costume at this peri od, were linen, cotton, woolen, goal's hair, and camel's hair. Silk Was brought from Persia into Greece three hundred and twenty-tnree years before Christ ; and from India to Rome, A D. 274. In the , reigrn of- Tiberius, the senate made a law forbidding men to debase emselves by wearing silk, uThich; was only charms. Despatch: TiiEGritLS. -Not long since a marriage was to bp celebrated in the village hurch: The minister, after making a very eloquent and touching discourse, on the duties :" and rights of those who were about to be united suddenly exclaimed ; "Those who wish to he fit for women. In 555, two monks brought married will please ri' and JriimediatelV silkWms from the East Indies to Gonstan- thee shot up above the seated multitude, th6 tinople, and the manufacture became, com mon-in the West." Silk was worn in Eng land in 1286, at a ball at Ken nil worth Castle InT620ftsuk weaving- was introduced into England : and King Edward the Sixth was the possessor of the first pair of silk stockings. The. Anglo-Saxons and Danes considered their J hair the mog; attractive ornament Young ladies wore it in flowing ringlets ; the married more confined. To have the hair heads of a crowd of young girls, who had un derstood the remark, which was addressed to the contracting parties, asd general invitation to ail wno were desirous to leave the selfish state of single blessedness. -Bath Me) Tri bune. ' . - 1 As Oitpourixc. A love-sick tswain: in. cut off. was sttcht disgrace as to be consider- '.ladye lov.e, closes his- letter with the fol ed a sufficient punishment for any crime. lowing verse The Dnests were ordered to snave on ineir hair, as an extreme mortification.. These, in revenue, rireached that long bair was crimi h cj x .. . - m m - ' naL St. Wallstan, says WiUiam oi jwaims- burv. " rebuked the wicked of all ranks wih : great boldness ; but was particularly severe upon mose wnu were pruuu yi iug uair v v tn RlinnftsA tu "t He reproached them for their efiemmacyj and m;j U i j need the most dreadful Judgment upon l ; - , v J , ' l - ' : T ; If you was a dog, and I was'ahog, s - ,If the old man should say, "drive that hoff away," . - :.f ? . Would you worry or bite very ard? A .sentiranet ?o sublime deserves an - tin- denounced them." ' The love of. finery early led to such bound- VVhpn T am a dntr. nrtrl vein sf a ttJ - - tj" . -v. v.. v 4 UUif. a wanaenng out irom tne sty, : iuuii. . . i . - - .. - t'l nm nrftatnn a nnrw tint mprpivm,.u tols upon the table, off cofrles the Cloak4thor- less extravagance among tne nations oi .u- uQ . P6rkic!reo orrftVprATA oughly soakedI can!tai ypurahaPpy; man , . - was he to see all he loved dearest m tne wona. i nous countries reguiaung vn aress oi amer-
North Carolina Republican (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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March 8, 1848, edition 1
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