The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-07
Female Exercise and to.,...

APTopOs Of outdoor exercises and ann.
ments, | see that many proper pe9DIe q
the press, are being cruelty shocked a.
making much ado about the InssuEn,.l
costume which MIS-. Fanny BulerisDI,,,
ed to assume for her morning rapbI..
through the dells and over The b1ls a
Massachusetts,. Now, II Is nv oppsr
that the present fashion Of female dTs,,,
The cause OF 50 many Of Us falling 10 n.
that outdoor exercise which IS 50 slsOluy
y essential TO vigorous health. For CON
Try walks and climbs, nothing could Be- {
annoyingly announcement and unnear as On
long dresses, light skirts. thin shoes sDs
fancy bcnnets.
This is surely not night state Of ting,
and FOR one would advocate a refm
most seriously and earnestly. Whvn
not we adopt a costume somewhat EssJhg
bathing-dress We wear On the sea-shOre-
loose Turkish trowsers, tunie OF bous,s
black belt, and broad-brimmed straw h1
with the addition Of thick boots and Iigh.
cane. This. with tasteful choice Of ma
terial, might be made a very pquahs.
picturesque and Page-Eke costume, with
out infringing greatly on the reserved
| rights Of the other sex. And then lo0k
It's infinite advantages over cur usual dreSs,
in clambering over rocks, following OysI
IrouLStreams, making way through ttitA
forests and over marshy places, or in oIs
wing the sun in the meadows.
Medical men have again and again js
cided that regular exercise in the OPeI 81
IS Of incalculable benefit to woman-s al
solutely necessary to her physical WsiLbs
ing. IL is our keeping ourselves msEei
up in close rooms, with too much dOnsstt
care and labor on hands, which IS giving
To our county an entire generation Of pax,
complaining, nervous, or to Use the vO1
Of plan old friend, '.fdgiiy" women.
1t is this Mohammedan retirement, IbissOf-
feminine shrinking from the bod an
heallhlul exercises Of their English sisi5Is
which renders the beauty Of fair Aasn
cans so Proverbially ephemeral.
! Beauty is no fragile, rOugeL and PoE
dered ballroom belle; but a wild, bloom
: ing, Vigorous nymph Of the mountains
I bounding, sparkling 'Undine, amid gree
, dells and dashing waterfalls. HG sy
5 flashes not back the garish bnlLahes
2 the gay saloon, but warm sunshine 90
I clear starlight; and her voice is Dot toad
! the harp and guitar, but sings win ID
wild-bird and laughs with the IlyuIst-
4 Hebe herself was no luxurious hablshI
5 a marble palace, with silken eOuches an
e velvet carpets-bUt Techned beneaih o
shade and danced amid the dews and mon
ing splendors of the sacred mOuntaia
the gods. The Muses. and GTaces Nsrs
n young ladies' Of rural proPenSiues an
S most unrefined habits. Diana was ne
1 lar Die Vernon-Alinerva was green
: well as blue, and even AphrOdite wa
c wild, ungoverned, Outre haliSayage eIs
Il ture, with nothing but her beauty Tor
5 passport into polite society.
oil But to drop Our classics-Fanny Bdu
d is not alone in donning masculine hao'
e ments- am told that young and love
o daughter Of one Of the present scO'e
S Earls, is in the habit Of accompanying
o father in his summer expeditions amO
/ the Highlands, alfred in a compile SPo'
+ mans or tourists suit, the only dress We
o able in that wild, rough region.
II II Mrs. Butler, seeing the necessity
c such a costume, Cor such purpose, has
/. courage to adopt il, | honor her, IhOny
{ may not have the spirit to emulate her;
c confess that | am not vet brave enough
e breast the tide Of popular prejudice Tor .
F. but a great object-tO render myself
a nous by an OlGtre, even though II be I'D
5 itoriOus line of conduct. SILL, to mi
d duce any reform in dress as IN mO''
S some one must submit to a kind OF so
v martyrd0m.-Sat. Ep. Post.