Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-10-03

Whom our painters and SculptorS still look
for the purest models, was not the form
LET: untortured !-the volume of the lungs
4 allowed free play2-the heart permitted
without manacles to do the great work
4 which the Creator assigned it?
The injuries inflicted by compression
of the vital parts, are TOO numerous to be
here recounted. Impaired digestion. OBJ
structed circulation, pulmonary disease,
and nervous wretchedness, are in their
train. A physician, distinguished by the
practical knowled ge of the Protean forms
OF insanity, asserted, that he gained many
patients from that cause. Another medi-
cal gentleman of eminence, led by phian-
thropy, to investigate the subject of tight
lacing, has assured the public, that multi
tudes annually die, by the severe disci-
! pline of the busk and corset His theory
is sustained by collateral proof, and illus
trated by dissections.
1t is not sufficient, that we mothers, pro-
tect our younger daughters, while more
lmmediatel y under our authority, from
such hurttul practices. We should follow
them, until a principle is formed, by which
they can protect themselves against the
tyranny of fashion. 1t is true tina! no young
lady acknowledges herself to be laced too
tight. Habits that shun the light, and
shelter themselves in subterfuge, are ever
the most difficult to eradicate A part OF
the energy which is essential to their ref
ormation, must be expended in hunting
them from their hiding places. Though
the sufferer from tight lacing will not
own herself to be uncomfortable, the labor
ious respiration, the sufused countenance,
the constrained movement, and perhaps
the curved spine, bring different testimo-
ny.
But in these days of diffased knowl-
edge, of heightened education, is it posi-
Bile that any female can put in jeopardy,
the enjoyment of health, even the duration
of existence, for circumstance of dress
Will she throw an illusion over those who
strive to save her, and like the Spartan
culprit, conceal the destroyer that feeds
upon her vitals2 We knoD that at IS so.
Who that has tested the omnipotence of
fashion, will doubt it? This is by no
means the only sacrifice of health that she
imposes. But it is a prominent one. Let
US, who are mothers, look to it. Let US
be fully aware Of the dangers of structure
on the lungs and heart, during their sea-
son of development.
Why should not We bring up our daugh-
ters, without any article of dress which
could disorder the seat of vitality2 Our
sons hold themselves erect, without busk
or corset, or framework of whale bone.
Why should not our daughters also q
Did not God make them equally upright ?
r Yes:-But they have sought out many
inventions"
f Let US educate race who shall have
room to breathe. Let US promise, even
in their cradle, that their hearts shall not
| be pinioned In wise, nor their spines
bent like bow, nor their ribs forced into
), the liver Doubtless, the husbands and
5 fathers of the next generation will give US
: thanks
e Yet If we would engage in so formida.
: Die work, we must not wait until NOR
: bid habits have gathered strength. Oul
q labor must be among the elements O
i character. We must teach in the nurse
> ry, that the body is the temple ofthe Ho
n y Ghosts We must leave no place il
% the minds of our little ones, for the luna
: tic sentiment. that the minds healthful &C
- ton, and the integrity of the organs Of
.. which it operates, are secondary to tn
Is vanities of external decoration. If the
h. have received from their Creator SCUM
a mind and sound bod Y, convince then
that they are accountable for both.
they deliberately permit injury to either
=. how shall they answer for it before the
~ Judge2
u And hoao shall the mother ansaOer 1t, i
- whose hand the soul Of the child was laiC
e as a waxen tablet, if she suffer Fashion
8 cover it with fantastic images, and Foil
. to puff out her feverish breath, meltin
! the lines that Wisdom pcncilled there, Ii
!, what Heaven would fam have polshe
I Lie for itself, loses the fair impression, and
=" comes like common earth.
8, 1t would appear from the following, that Il
Editor of the N, Y. Evangelist is about to 81,
- series of articles on subjects vital to evangel
,e al religion. If he discourses in profitable ma
cd ner, the readers of the Telegraph may expect
for share with the readers of the Evangelist.
he From the New-York Evangelist
, If EVANG ELICAL DOCTRINE
ain There are certain great principles of r
es- iigion which, in the sacred scriptures, a
assumed as unquestionable truths, as Sc
the evident and original propositions, rath
the than asserted as the peculiar objects of
ire, special revelation. Among these may
nth reckoned, the existence of one suprer
la God; the infinite perfection of his att
9th butes; The universally of his govel
ate ment, and the responsibility of his intel
and cont nroatnras These tonether with 1