The dictionary of daily wants / [Robert Kemp Philp].

Robert Kemp Philp

Date:: [1861]

Credit: The dictionary of daily wants / [Robert Kemp Philp]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$outshine everybody else, and also suggests the idea that more importance is attached to these decorations by the wearer than to any mental endowments which they may possess, or any personal advantages with which nature may have gifted them. In the third place, ornaments should be appropriate to the dress, and appear designed to answer some useful purpose; a chain, for instance, when worn roimd the neck should support a watch or locket; and a brooch or other ornament should be placed in that part of the dress where it fultils its intended uses. Ko article should be worn in a manner that would make it appear simply as an ornament. The only exceptions to this rule are rings and bracelets. With regard to the economy of dress, it is certainly wiser to select the better class of materials in presence to inferior fabrics, because the cost of making up, lining, trim- ming, &c., is as expensive m the one case as in the other; so that with the lower-priced dress this outlay is incurred twice or thrice as frequently as with the higher priced, there- by rendering the cost much greater and never appearing half so well. Plain dresse.« are also more economical than fancy, and single colours than varied, because as fresh patterns and new combinations of colours are springing up every day, it is quite possi- ble for the fashion to be obsolete before the material is half worn. And besides, in dresses of varied shades, the colours may not be equally fast; and if one of them fades, the whole dress loses its freshness and beauty. The most seiwiceable materials of all are French merino, black satin, black satinet, and black silk. Dresses may be preserved better in presses or wardrobes than in drawers, and wlien put awav should be hung up, ■with the lining outwards, to-preserve them from dust or discolouration. A\Tjere flounces are worn care should be taken when sitting down to remove those out of the way which are likely to come in contact with the seat, otherwi.se they become creased and tumbled, and spoil the whole appearance of the dress. In purchasing dress it should be borne in mind that a good article is always worth a good price. As a rule bargains are wholly unworthy of that name; and when linen- drapers and others'pretend to sell articles at a “tremendous sacriflce,” “immense reduc- tion,’’ “twenty percent, under cost price,” &c., it is in the majority of cases simply a specious artifice by winch the^ get rid of their stock at a much higher price than that for which the same goods could be obtained at less pretentious establishments. Our ad- vice to the ladies, therefore, on tliis head i.a. deal with shopkeepers who have a character I'-'r integrity and fair dealing, and do not endeavour to obtain goods for a less price than it cost to make them.—Hook: Ihusc- sci/t's litason Why.—See Cleanino, Duess- OvEixo, Moths, Stains, &c. API’KaL. in Law, signifies tlie removal m a cause from a lower to a higher tribunal. 10 entitle a party to appeal, some matter of erroneous judgment mustbestated. Tlieiiro- ceedings arc termed proceedings “in error.” The wTit of error on any judgments of the Queen’s Bench, Common Pleas, or Exche- quer of Pleas, is returnable in the Exchequer Chamber, and from thence to the House ol Lords, which is the final judgment, and conclusive upon all parties. Appeal to the Sessions is allowed from the convictions or orders of justices of the peace, or magistrates generally, as a mattei of right, where the defendant is dissatisfied u'ith their adjudication; but the right is in many cases barred by various statutes, which render convictions and ordei’s of magistrates final. A?/appeals are subject to various re- gulations as tor security for costs, deposits, bail, &c. AfPEARAlSrCE, in Law.—It is not ne- cessary in civil causes for defendants to appear personally at the bar of a court; but an appearance is recorded in a book kept by the proper law officers, who receive a me- morandum delivered to them by the de- fendant, or an attorney employed by him. IVTien a defendant has been personally served with a writ of summons, if he have good defence to the action, or seeks to gain time by making terms of settlement, he should, within eight days inclusive after such service, cause an appearance to be entered for him in the court out of which the writ issued ; or in default of his so doing the plaintiff' may, on the morning of the ninl day, proceed to judgment, and on the iTtt day, reckoning from the serving of flit writ, execution at his option against his goods or his person. APPETITE in its general sense signifies the desire for food, ndiich desire may either be natural or artificial. Natural appetite de- pends upon the proper performance of the digestive and other organs of the body, and it immediately results from the waste which the system is constantly undergoing and the instinctive desire for a fiu-ther supply o' stamina to replace that which has been parted ndth. Artificial appetite is that which is induced by certain medicines, cordials, sauces, or other provocatives, which rous the organs of taste from their torpor, anU excite a temporary energy. A person to bs healthy should always have a natural appe- tite, and the want of it is one of the surest indications of the derangement of the system. Loss of appetite is not only occasioned by ill health, but may also arise from other causes, such as grief, over-exertion, and even atmos- pheric influences. Sometimes it is pro- duced by protracted lasting, the lengthened interval between the periods of taking food having induced an e.xhaustion of the system, which renders it incapable of receiving food. With resard to artificial appetite, altiiough it may be stimulated on occasions, and for a time, it cannot be done so habitually. Incen- tives applied in the first instance lose their power on a second or third trial, and the ap- jietite subsides into its former inanity, fpon this, weakness and a want of nervous energy follow, and the system sinks lower anil lower, until serious illness at length arrives, frequently ending In death. It >» obvious, therefore, that the preservation of the natural appetite is of the utmost$

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