ABSTRACT
The currency of a popular saying is no proof of its truth. People pass it as they do a bad sovereign, because their own interest is concerned in turning it to account. There is one fallacy still current against woman, which we must take this public opportunity of renouncing. With their habitual delicacy of mind and reserve of manner, dress becomes a sort of symbolical language – a kind of personal glossary – a species of body phrenology, the study of which it would be madness to neglect. The present dress has some features worth dwelling on more minutely. The gown is a good thing, both in its morning and evening form, and contains all necessary elements for showing off a fine figure and a graceful movement.
