From the N. Y. Daily Advertiser. LIMITATIONS OF FASHION.
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It is amusing to notice, from time to time, the fluctuations of taste and fashion , in this mutable and transitory world. We do not mean merely the fashionable chan ges in dress, among men and women; for they seem to make part of the human character, and neither reason nor ridicule can resist their influence, or correct their extravagance. At first, indeed, we feel q little shocked at new deformities in dress. particularly after such ultra changes occur as we find occasionally introduced, espe- cially among females. But the effect is soon over, and the eye, and of course the mind, soon becomes reconciled to all exhi- bition, Which short time previously they regarded with strong dislike, if not with ab- solute disgust. For example, who now is disturbed at the enormity of female sleeves, unless they come between US and some other object which we are desirous to look at, and thus shut up the vision ! And yet, when these articles began to enlarge upon the sight, they were considered as gross violations of taste, and very far from being ornamental though they were mere 'ri-

 fies, compared with those which we look at with perfect composure at the present time, Such is the influence of habit over the mind.

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