The Lady's Book 1831-07: Vol 3 Iss 1

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THE LADY’S BOOK. i JULY, ASBQ. 7 2 PHILADELPHIA FASHIONS FOR JULY, 1831. 7 * 'Parst Ficure.—Dress of transparent crape ovér awhite florence. Sleeves of blond or bobbinet, very wide and full, finished with cuffs and epaulettes of the same material as the dress. Hair in large folds and bows, with no other ornament than a white rose. Seconp Ficure.—Dress of painted muslin. Canezon handkerchief of French worked muslin. Grenadine scarf. Bonnet, with a round crown of white gros de nap, and a front of coloured wood- lawn; folds of wood-lawn go nearly round the crown. The trimming is of white gauze riband, edged and figured with the same colour as the wood-lawn; each bow being finished with a knot at the bottom. The child’s dress is a frock, pantalets and cape of cambric muslin, with a narrow border of coloured braiding. A straw hat. A TENDER WIFE. A wire cannot be gifted with a more danger- ous talent. Such wowen are never at rest when their husbands sleep well a-nights; they are never at ease except when the poor man is ail- ing, that-they may have the pleasure of recover- ing him again; it gratifies both their medical vanity and their love of power by making him more dependent upon them; and it likewise gratifies all the finer feelings of romance. What a treasure—what a rich subject I shall be about ten years henge, when shivering at every breeze, ‘ ry of such a wife! When my se would be made to undergo an endless saitedaslen of experiments foréthe benefit of the meus#al world, I should be fotced, in order to escape her prescripti nceal my com- plaints when I was really to go.out and take medicine by stealth,as a mam goes to the club to drink, w is unhappilydinked to a , for some Wise pur- the hands of a nostrum- skilled wife, it w an instant, dissipate all my dreams of retirjaig to spend my Jatter days in ‘indolence and I wouldesee, with grief, that I was doomed f enter upon a more active career than that in which I had long en- gaged; for I would Consider her myself as two hostile powers, comnieneiig a war, ig.which both would be continually exerting all the re- sources of their genius; she to circumvent me, and throw me into the hospital, and I to escape captivity and elixirs. No modern war could be more inveterate—for it could terminate only with the death of one or other of the combat- ants. If, notwithstanding the strength of my conjugal afféction, the natural principle of self- prempaies should be. still stronger, and make me ent to survive her, I imagine my eating heartily and sleeping soundly, would very soon bring’ about her dissolution.—Sir 7. Munroe’s Correspondence. A MAXIMS. Tue diver for pearls plunges into the depths of the sea; and the man who aspires to glory passes his nights in vigils. Long discourses lead to enmui and sleep even in the wisest and most patient. Avoid those who take pleasure in troubling others. There is danger of being burnt if you get too nearthe fire. Ponder and you will comprehend. Hope after despair, as day-break fol- lows Fee | The man who has sense and consults others is only halfa man: he who has: se and takes no'caunsel isnot aman. (~*~. Tiree things give access to monarchs: the fine arts, wealth and eloquence. . A story is old from the first time it is told. It is less troublésome — than to have the care of a sick All according to their ir evils to suffer; none have letters " The larger a book is, the more it is not the larger the better. To arrive at, the summit of wisdom, ne- cessafy neither to eat too much, nor too much, nor falk too much. You desire to be learned without study; it is one of the thousand follies that are about in the world. What is remembered dies; what is* written lives. The learned are the true nobles and the true lords of a nation. Have nothing to do with a man in his passion ; for men are not like iron, to be wrought upon when they arehot. .% , ‘He whose mind possesses nothing more than he can express by words, is'in truth very poor. He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he gggst pass himself, 4 every man hath need t@ be forgiven. hes but .