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Show Into tiil tic-Id of fortune, tho cfllxt of tlic strinncy in fi nances has already al-ready extended, and the voices of the oracles in dre-s cry economy and retrenchment. re-trenchment. Stunning costumes arc ruled out, find simplicity and plainness plain-ness succeed extravagance and gor- gcoiisness. With empty purses and ' no erclit, the belles and the heaus too, for that matter find a forced study of curtailment in expenses a delightful change, now that it is the proper tiling, and; as an authority puts it: "The true woman of tun will eiulcavor this winter, by the grace and simplicity of her attire, to show that her husband lias neither robbed a bank nor been the leader of a ring." As the old saying hath it: "There's no great loss without some small gain!" |