Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-09-12


shocking bad bonnets paraded portion of this good
y city Of Gotham TO the terror and astonishment OF
large number ofrespectablc ladies' and to the praise
of nobody or nothing save two large dogs and three
large negroes. 1t was high doy and holiday for the
loafeis, loungers and azzaron Of this mutiorm peo-
pied city. An announcement was made that the
members Of the Highland Society would walk from
the Blue Bonnet in Frankfort street. TO the steam
boat at the foot of Canal street, each clad in the
national costume, id est-the tartan and kilt, clan
hose, saked knees, skeindhu, claymore, &c. &c.
This, of course drew large crowd of males and fe-
males, draymen dustman, and drunkards, into the
neighborhood Of the Park, about ten O'Clock.
ado the gentlemen mean to walk through the
streets without any breeches 2" asked an elderly lady
in specs and sable Subsequently Mortified at the
idea $50 it is supposed. Mrs. Upright" said sad
der. "Then wonder the Society for the suppress
sion of Vice have not taken to put stop
their proceedings.
Is it possible" said sweet looking young lady,
her mouth all wreahed smiles, shat men so prudent
as the Scotch reported and presumed to be-
will venture TO violate the feelings and decoram ofthe
inhabitants of civilized city in this enlightened age
us to walk half Naked showing their nasty knees,
through the streets of New York in open day light p
"Not only possible, bu, actually probable and about
to be perpetraed, replied bystander-and perpetrat-
ed it About eleven in the forenoon some IL or
20 of these nondescrpts assembled in the biggest
room of the Blue Bonnet House. After various at
tempts to call them ORDER each one being too intent
to admire their their naked knees, which
Stood confessed
N all their naked charms
The chairman called out Gentlemen Highlanders,
clad in kilt and full TARTAN please to put in practice
common prudence as we are so scant IN Numbers,
please to walk six feet apart lenghways, and three
feet apart breadihways, shall we seem to be more
numerous and extensive than we really are!'
sapient member of the society having suggested
that they would occupy more ground by walking II
feet apart, his proposition overrued as irregular
and inconsistent, and the brawny band moved into
the streets. Then there was tremendous crewding,
crushing, pushing, and shouting among the ladies
and loa.ers who obtained sight OF the strange SET
And, as if conscious of the ncongruty of their as
pect and appearance they hurried through the Park,
and down Broadway 10 Canal street. ARo during
their progress ensued scene too good to be forgot
ten or passed over in silence. Many ladies who had
left their homes unconscious of what was about TO
occur, were struck supplied with amazement TO see
number of nondescrlp,s, half naked, parading the
middle of Broadway. The crowd of loafers attend
ing them was so grea, as to prevent the escape of
any lady, either backwards or forwards and so they
had to grin and bear it," David Crockett did the
bite Of the bear ever and anon casting urve ganccs
at the naked knees of the ncndescripts here spoken
of.
"Look-ee there look &c there" said Niger TO his
dark doxey; them ere white men are violating the
city decencies they arnt got no breeches on; Iwon
der Old Hays don't take EN- all up" The wooden
Scotch figure OF Highlander, stuck up AT New
combe's snuff shop in Broadway, looked unuttcrabic
things to see himself so scandaousy caricatured;
and one old lady actually tainted in front Of the hos
p,al, SO sadly was she shocked at the unseemly
scantness of one Of the would be Highlander kits.
But many divers, and muform were the forms and
faces of the fair sex, who peeped the pettcoats or
kits, from garrett bed room, drawing room parlor,
store, and bar room, and strange and uncomfortable
were the remarks made by the ladies on this udicrous
occasion.
Some females had good open, broad, straigh,for-
ward, downright stare at the men and Their under
standings others looked TO see if any one was look
ing AT them, and then took look for good luck
some stole side glance from the Of their eye
and others had sor. of under look al the under
standings from under their bonnets. Altogether II
was great day for the loafers and great day for
the lades--they saw more naked knees than tits to
be hoped they will ever again in the whole
OF their blessed and beautiful lives, and young
creature clad in female attire actually down Canal
street at the top Of her bent and her speed TO take
last look at the Highanders, their kits and their
conical concerns.
The boat that took them over 10 Hoboken was
crowded with ladies and loafers, and so the
Elysian feds where they Gu, up divers dreadful d.
does-drank bouniiful portion Of brandy-got sew
eral crooked sticks and in knocking al ball
Knocked one another over the shns severely-then
drank some more brandy-then threw oil their coats
and threw big stone about 20 or 80 feet-then half
dozen ran down lane in the midst of a crowd, rs
If they were mad-then they jumped very like Jim
Crow, then they had blow out of beef and brandy
and thea returned to the city with their faces red
rusty and their legs dirty and dusty and this they
called reviving the sports of the hardy Highlanders
Verify and of TRUTH truly this is cmphaucally the
age Of humhug!
II Books are not read now. a-days newspapers
are all the go.