Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1842-04-14
TIGHT LACING.

The following is extracted from a work
recently published in New York, entitled
" Personal Recolecsions, by Charlotte E
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My dear fa,her was right !; and it would
be happy thing for gill in general, if
s"mewhat of appearance, and of acquire
mcnt too, was sacrificed TO VIVA, God has
so literally provided, aud I" The enjoy
men, Of which blessing is undoubtedly
annexed. Where, among females, do we
find the stamina Of ons.ituiion.. and tie
elasticity Of spirit which exist in those of
our rural population who follow oul-d"or
empleyment7 II positively pains me to
see party Of girls, "a bonneied and tippcted
double file Of humanity, '1'
"Tha, like wounded snake. draSs its .Iow length
along"
under ;he keen surveillance Of a governess,
whose nerves would never be nble 10 en-
dure the shock Of seeing them bound over
a stream, or scramble through fence, or
even tess their heads anJ ,Irow their limbs
as all young animals, except thai oppressed
class called young ladies', are privileged 10
do. 8 Having vcntured, in a iii nf my COUP
try daring, to break The ice Of this very RIG.
id and frigid subject, win recount another
instance at the parental good sensc, so
which owe, under God, the physical pow
ers, without which my little talent might
have laid III napkin all my days. a-
One morning, whenahis daoe htcr was
about eight years old, my father came in,
and found snndry preparations going on,
the chief materials for which were bnckran,,
wl,alebonc. and other stiff articles while
the yonng lady was under measurement by
the hands Of female friend.
PRAY what are you going to do to the
child p, ..., ......-..e -, 49,. -. ..-
"Gsing I" fit her with pair Of stays"
9 For whit purpose j." -..
To improve her figure: no Young lady
can grow up properly without them"
~ beg your pardon: young gentlemep
grow up very well without them, and 50
may yOung ladies'"
"Oh, you are mistaken. See what "A
s,oop she has already depend upon il, this
Girl will be both dwarf and cripple, il
we do,'l put her into stays" ..-a.
my child may be a cripple, mann. If
such is Gods will but she shall be one of
His making, not oMrs." -' '.@
All remonslrance was vain stays and
every species Of fight dress we've strictly
prohibited by the authority ,of, one whose
will was, as every mans ought to he, abso-
late, in his own household. He also care.
fully watched against any invasion Of iI,e
rule a ribnRd drawn tightly round my
waist would have been en-, of without hes
itafion, by his determined hand while the
little girl Of the anxious friend whose ope-
ra,ions lie had interrupted, enjoyed all the
advantages VI that system from which was
preserved. She grew up a wand-iike (ig-
uFe. graceful and interesting, and died Of
decline at nineteen while Z, though no,
able to compare shapes with wasp or an
honr-elass, yet passed mnsicr very fairly
among human forms Of Gnd's moulding ;
and have enjoyed 10 This hour rare ex-
emption from headache, and other lady-Iike
maIadies. that appear the almost exclusive
privilege Of women Of higher classes.'
iETOficial notice has been given in the
hadisonian that the contemplated reduction
Of 10 per cent on the commission Of all Post
Masters was 10 take place Oh the LIST Ol
APRIL s;s.e 81! a.t,- is-'- ..i 81 q
Probate BgUsskee q. this oi6cc.
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