FASHION.
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There are moments OF reflection which
press upon us in the midst of gaiety, and
they sometimes bring with them admonito-
ry lessons. We were seated in corner of
room, at the Bachelors Ball, watching
the ladies as they promenaded, and passed
a merited eulogium on the neatness OF
their dress, the propriety and modesty of
department, and their whole appearance
"They are very WELL" said friend of the
haat ron, near me, "but they are not the
I fashion of our cty--clever girls enough
4 daughters of worthy traders and industrious
mechanics; but they have not the "entree"
I into fashionable society; they are not known
4 beyond Pearl street or Chatam square.
"What constitutes fashion," "Why, wealth,
talent, certain ar---a Jeen Sais quoi" 1t
4 is wealth, there are Sin Young ladies whose
4 fathers can each draw check for 100000,
which shall be honored." MAY be So
but they wear pepper and salt CO atees with
lime on them-dine at half past one, and
Keep no carriage"


4 Thus we sum up the attributes of what is
i called fashionable life. The lady, though
y She is handsome, intelligent, rich and re-
\ spectacle, cannot be voted fashionable, un-
I I'll some priestess at the shrine, places her
q among the initiated, or some dandy declares
1 mat she will do. How absurd. In Eng
N iand, where there are hereditary claims, and
Z privileged orders, the adhesion OF the aris'
Il s.ocracs is necessary to the preservation o
4 yaeir order; but in this country, where nei
n ther fortune, birth nor talent can be entail
ea'it is ridiculous to defend such discrimin


auons The energies of clever man, arr
ssrrepressible. Half of what is called til,


.ashlon of New York-the bon ton--the We
r y y, leaders Of taste, are sprung from homes


.shors and industrious carpenters; bnt thu


ace desenerates. Fathers have raised them


sseNes by their ewn talent and enterpriz,


.10n' the bottom to the top of the ladder