ho care
more for their dress than their disposition; who are troubled more by an
unfashionable bonnet than a neglected duty.

4. SIMPLICITY OF DRESS.--Female lovliness never appears to so good
advantage as when set off by simplicity of dress. No artist ever decks his
angels with towering feathers and gaudy jewelry; and our dear human
angels--if they would make good their title to that name--should carefully
avoid ornaments, which properly belong to Indian squaws and African
princesses. These tinselries may serve to give effect on the stage, or upon
the ball room floor, but in daily life there is no substitute for the charm
of simplicity. A vulgar taste is not to be disguised by gold or diamonds.
The absence of a true taste and refinement of delicacy cannot be
compensated for by the possession of the most princely fortune. Mind
measures gold, but gold cannot measure mind. Through dress the mind may be
read, as through the delicate tissue the lettered page. A modest woman will
dress modestly; a really refined and intelligent woman will bear the marks
of careful selection and faultless taste.

5. PEOPLE OF SENSE.--A coat that has the mark of use upon it, is a
recommendation to the people of sense, and a hat with too much nap, and too
high lustre, a derogatory circumstance. The best coats in our streets are
worn on the backs of penniless fops, broken down merchants, clerks with
pitiful salaries, and men that do not pay up. The heaviest gold chains
dangle from the fobs of gamblers and gentlemen of very limited means;
costly ornaments on {90} ladies, indicate to the eyes that are well opened,
the fact of a silly lover or husband cramped for funds.

6. PLAIN AND NEAT.--When a pretty woman goes by in plain and neat apparel,
it is the presumption that she has fair expectations, and a husband that
can show a balance in his favor. For women are like books,--too much
gilding makes men suspicious, that the binding is the most important part.
The body is the shell of the soul, and the dress is the husk of the body;
but the husk generally tells what the kernel is. As a fashionably dressed
young lady passed some gentlemen, one of them raised his hat, whereupon
another, struck by the fine appearance of the lady, made some inquiries
concerning her, and was answered thus: "She makes a pretty ornament in her
father's house, but otherwise is of no use."

7. THE RICHEST DRESS.--The richest dress is always worn on the soul. The
adornments