Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-27
A NEW FASHION

ashton IN every thing bears sovereign ssesv
l. en- Wigs and Peflaigs have lad tief la
Ihe pen is welded almost exclusively by
The stronger ser, in the popular per odicfls, aud
hence We find in them so many Wit cisms
LAUNCHED against the frail,es Of tine fair, aud
even their dress made the theme Of rIdicule.
We do not intend to enter the arena a, their
champion, for we must confess that they do
sometimes so abominably outrage nature, by
dlshguring " the human form and face divine, :"
that we care not how keen NAV be the lash or
10" heavy the blow of the satlrisi, if he can
but demolish by il tue artificial helps which
mar the beautiful proper ions Of tho Temples
they were designed TO decorate But il is
DOT the iemaie SEX alone that invite AM.
madVersion, by eAtfavagant departures from
that natural simplicity of dress which no
labured art can equal-tbat beauty, which is
most adorned " when it ia least encountered
with supertlnous frippery aud ,lnsei orna-
menl' lie fashions OF men--(" grown men,
as Mr.. McDutfe would say )--ffequently irdi-
of taste, which would be unaccourtsble, did
We not witness every day the Influence which
fashionable costume, however ridiculous,
exerts in the relations of social life. Although
il ia sometimes so ouire IA to change . man
II a monkey, ULe tail e1cepted,) yet II tends
10 raise him N The estimation OF a certain
class at least head or two taller than he
would otherwise be. contrary 10 the order of
nature, which places the balloon tribe below the
human race. Times save won d'ousiy changed
il there wa3 ever any tr0th in the asser ton nf
the Poet, =" Forth makes tue man for now,
most individually, The TAILOR. with the aud oi
a due qnantnm of buckram and psddin,
makes him.--So much hy way Of pre- face
rather long one we admit TO the short story
il is designed to introduce--I The ErY lsiits OF
Philadelphia, il is said. have recently, in their
great iugennii ialded We presume by Caucus
Of TaiIors. discovered new plan 10 attract
observation to their beautiful persons. Thrs
have determined 10 discard the use Of ,0Gist.
coais, that they may display to advantage a
fr,ll., and pair of pariiecolnred saspeuderF.
Tbs new invent On Will certainly promote
economy and. in warm weather, as a northern
paper suggests, contribute To the comfort oil
ihe weater. Bot we doubt neither either oil
these considerations entered into The views OF
is inventors An auecdute IS told somewhere
III the Annals of .hon, OF a lady who
brought shoIl peltlcoats INTO vogue. in order
to display her b, anifnl ANGLE and Of another,
q Highs Priestess at the Altar of the tickle Mon
| arch, who, beng afflicted Nth a hump on her
back, set her wits 10 wo,k md lucky
enough 10 discover some mode Of dress by
which this deformity was eA clualy concealed.
And we suspect mat the buck who has sugg s.
ed the destruction of the Vesf was Influenced by
n IN tive somewhat similar to these, in his cru
SADIE sainst mis- most becoming piece of male
costumr.-Mrs. Opie, in her " Illustrations oil
! Lying" denounces the Jcvote+s Of faohon. who
walk abroad in the wotld, lrisked out 50 inge-
nionsly as 10 defy the scrutiny even Of conoois.
ssurs. as impostors AMI cheats,--as embodied
falsehoods--as pirates, sailing under false
! colors aud drawing innocent victims mo then
net by a display Of charms and beauties, which
seemingly natural, are pul "n and oil as regn
/ larly as day and night succeed each oiheI
We leave the reader 10 ruminate on MIS-. Ope',
oninion. and---to DO as he pleeses hereafter
in the premises.