Holly Springs gazette., 1845-05-17
VOLUME Iv--NUMBER 80.
FASHION.
Trxn

ASf7ION.
TEXT.
With your hour-glass shapes sweet maid.
O. the parasols and balloons OF gymp;
Remember how Vestris was lighted in air.
And one half OF her went to her own O.
lymp,
And the other came pirouetting down.
Since then her legs only have danced thro'
the town
TAnon.
Mr HrARERs.--Tt becomes my painful
humbrg. II isn't OF any use il don't do
any good and what don't do any good.
mustdo some harm. As the negro said
of the potatos. it must be invariably good or
inevitable bad, there's no two waysabout
it. The text requires that my discourse be
directed particularly tothe Ladies. never
could see why it is. that these dear crea-
lures wish TO putker, pinch, and screw
themselves up into such narrow .circum.
stances as they do. They think it makes
them look pretty, but don't. Give ne q
Miss who is tree and unconfned-one
shaped Ike bundle OF straw--one that
can run up hill without busting, or pick
up pin from the floor in perfect safety
A lew years ago whopping great sleeves
and big antecedents were all in the rage
and what funny figure our bellies cut
then They looked for all the world, like
bag of pudding. witt string tied around
The middle. Then, of a sudden, they took
in so much canvass. they may truly be said
to scud under bare poles as the sailors say.
| mean no dlsparagement 10 the ladies,
when / tell them their arms very much re-
senble couple of straws stuck through
carro'. Better that it be so, however, than
with balloon sleeves attached TO them; my
text proves them dangerous. | am re-
joieed to perceive that the celebrated Sam
Slick enteItains similar sentiments to nv
own in respect to this Squeezing system
tle says: My notice was attracted to la
dy. no, not lady, but 10 the acaist ofa lady,
before me-wasps and brush -handles-but
she was scre,ced up few; / can't begin 20
hnd any comparison for il. She was com.
pressed into span. drawn up almost out of
sight, perfect show And this is what is
called genuine figure. l do not know
what sort of figure. without it is figure &.
Well. some women are fools if they are
women. I'd rather marry form like
uoSSuCoo euou SohAcSs LA SCH " s0SE ai
hour-glassP
My dear girls hope and trust you will
not revive the above hazardous fashion; for
your top parts might be suddenly blown a.
way, and nothing be left Of you but pair
of legs dancing through the town. What
a spectacle that would be! Heaven forbid
ii! Beware of your hour glass shapes un'
der all circumstances. The cords that
compress your waists. are as fatal as the
moose around the culprit's neck. The
spirit will not dwell long in narrow ten-
ement. where no fuel is furnished for the vi
tai frame ; it will shut up shop ere the win
ter OF age approaches, and the worms of
the valley viii rent it. As the autumnal
winds divest the trees of their foliage, and
scatter the blossoms of summer over the
barren heath. SO will you be prematurely
stript of all your gewgaws. ribbons, lace,
and other finery, if yon persist In tight la
cling. Don't smile at the remark-it is as
true as it is melancholy Adorn theintel-
lect, add jewels to the casket of the mind.
and when you have advanced as far as
have in the rugged path of life-whea
Time has left few burrows upon your now
blooming cheeks-then you will cast off
your mantles of spendor, and say. as did
Gallo of old: care not tor these things.
So mote j; be.
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