Punch . iration;with admirationexceeding even allthat we feel for the sensible bonnet which constituted the appropriate head-dressof her Rsyal Highness the Princess of Wales. That is, the silk dress of pinkand white in medium-sized checks. It is not the material of which this dress con-sisted, or the mere specialty of its colours, although the former was suitable, andthe latter elegant, that constitutes, in our eyes, its peculiar merit. If it had beena fabric of muslin, or even of cotton, it would still have possessed all its colours been any other than what they were, nevertheless, p
Punch . iration;with admirationexceeding even allthat we feel for the sensible bonnet which constituted the appropriate head-dressof her Rsyal Highness the Princess of Wales. That is, the silk dress of pinkand white in medium-sized checks. It is not the material of which this dress con-sisted, or the mere specialty of its colours, although the former was suitable, andthe latter elegant, that constitutes, in our eyes, its peculiar merit. If it had beena fabric of muslin, or even of cotton, it would still have possessed all its colours been any other than what they were, nevertheless, provided theywere arranged like those colours, it would equally have commanded our appro-bation. In short, what we regard as the express excellence of the dress worn bythe Princess of Wales at Ascot is the arrangement wherein its colours were com-bined. They were disposed in medium-sized checks. There is a significance in thefigures of a dress thus figured, which renders it a morally figurative dress. The. lJ>£\ moral proclaimed by the dress is obviously that of modera-tion in apparel. Those medium-sized checks which itpresents to view pointedly inculcate on the spectatressrestraint of that passion for finery whose ^gratificationcontinually demands cheques of large amount, or equivalentbank-notes. No dress could have been worn by thePrincess of Wales at Ascot to greater advantage thanone striped with medium-sized checks; hieroglyphicsdoubtless easily deciphered by the expensive but intelligentthrong of beauty and fashion of whose neighbouring eyesAlexandra was the cynosure, in attire as well as in everyother respect, a pattern to her sex. THE SPIRITS AND THE STOCK EXCHANGE. Say, Coleman of the Stock Exchange, And Spiritual Magazine,Is it a fact that Spirits range This earth, observant though unseen ?And can they tell what people do ? And on a table can a ShadeRap out communications through A Buttons, or a Servant-maid P Then, in the City as you go, The Spirits that
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