Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-13
JUNIlI5

lGT The following is a little ;ariiSh bul IA
it is vindica,ion Of the right ni The Ladies II
dress as they please, and is justly sarcastic on
some OF lle fashions OF the coarser sex, we
receive without murmur the rap over our own
knuokles j
To The Editors Of he YirginiGn.
GsBHemtn In yonr Inst paper. you advise
Ladies, IN these times Of large sleeves TO con-
suit Ezekiel, 18th oh. 18th verse, which reads
as follows !" Wo TO The women that sew pillows
10 all armholes, and make k.rcheifs upon the
head of every statue to hunt souls As am
no great Divine, tany more than ho who cites
| that teAt III thai connecticut turned 10 DIR A.
Clarke scommenlary on the passage, which he
has explained MS follows
3" Yer. ID. That Seg pitloDs 10 al arn,hotes |
i belive this refels 10 those cushions which
are SD copiousy provided in the eastern coun-
tries tor the apartments OF women; on which
they sit, lean, rest ihsir heads and prop up tboir
arms. have seen several drawings OF eastern
ladies, who are represented on sofas and often
with their arm hrown orsr piiiow, which ia
thereby pressed close 20 their side, and against
which they recline. The Prophets discourse
seemed TO point ont TINT state OF snfinrss aud
effrminacy 10 which the productions Of those
false prophetesses allnrej the inhabitants OF Je
rusalem. A careless, volupiuous life Is that
which is here particularly reprehended.
Il And MAKE kerehieG. l. Tho word kerchief
is French. e0urre ehet-lhat which covers the
head. Hence, handkerchief. aud neck hand
kerctief. aud pocket haudkerchief, are pitfully
improper, brcause none of them ~ used 10 CO.
per the head, fio,n which alone TINT article of
dress has It's name. But, VIVA, ARE we 10 UNI
ders,And by ksrehicf here Probably some
kind oil ornamental dress. which rendered wo.
mrn more enlIciug, 40 ihat they could The more
successfully bdnt or inpeisIe sous (mcn) into
the worshi, ot their false god. These they put
on heads Of every statue, m0nten Of nH ages OF
every Womnn tina, rose up 10 inveigle them To
idolatry The word mi,pechoh, translated here
kcrctie(s; aud. by the Iuigate cervIcalia, b0t.
aerS, Calmet contends, means n sort of nets.
used in hunting, and IN every place where II
occurs il will bear this meaning. And hence
tho use to which il is here SAID TO be nppled-
10 huHt souls
Now, If this be the true meaning Of the pro-
phet, and believe II is, II appears that no rel.
errnce WIS had, no repTooi intended. by that
text for the ladies Of LYnchburg, nor the sleeves
10 their dresses, " neither large or small--wheih-
er distinguished by the mime Of the mutton
sleeve, bishop sleeve, assistant bishop sleeve, or
archbishop sleeve. no the rfptDul was MEN
died 10 bear, with all its awful weight, ON the
supporters of false religIon-on gross dole
iprs-and may by way of apprehension, reach
the case OF such as lead M IDLE, eficmnatc, soft
or voupfnous life, whether U0Hen or nitH. For
though women are not men, yet some men are
but mere ,oOmeH : aud the reproois addressed
! 10 our sen may with suici propriety rest on tue
dandy tribe, who ARE al beat of doubtful gen.
der. With this view OF thu subject. perhaps
you might render better services 10 man, were
you to leave the poor, dependent croumscrib-
ed ladies. 10 dress according 10 their oaD iasie,
and occasionally ,uggest few scripture texts,
moral preceps and witty sayings 10 that class
of your own sex, who do seven lines as muoh
injury 10 society by their conduct, or. rather.
want Of conduct as ours would do merely by
their dress, though their hunnets were AZ large
AS the moon their hoops (Which will soon he
IN fasbon) equal 10 5afurns rings, and their
sleeves as large AS North and South America
But il tins view should seem 10 be TOO grave Tor
your purposes. be SO good as 10 amnsc your
readers "a hide while with the hOil0O t0cd shines,
The eet-Skn pn1tieS and the sugar lOg( Chats. which
remind us fanclful folks of III. little hum-,ng
birds nest, hanging over the heads OF our man
maniua MAKERS who canno, be pleased WIN our
style oil making sleeves.