The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-03-23
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the convolutions Of the dance; 10 place of pre-.
senhng you a.nosegay he sticks diminutiye
rose IN vacant button hole Of your vest,
and, with gaaniry worthy Of an ancient
knight, he brushes the dust from your boota
or shoes with his snow white handkerchief.-A
DellghtiGEfancy! Thevery thought is enough
to turn the heads Of all the husband seekinr
young ladies in Christendom, and,ouite sufi.
cent to make the most daring crusaders a,
galnst female panfalOOnery- Mrs. Swiss
helm herself--patse ID her career.
Seriously this subject is entitled to the
earnest consideration Of all who desire the fe-
male sex to retain the garments which the exS
perience of centuries has proved to be proper
to their condition. The efforts in brogress Ia
set aside this time-honored style OF apparel
are not to be treated with indifference. They
cannot possibly be attended with full successs
but II ls quite likely that they will prevail to
a partial extent among the over>zealous cham.
pons Of womun's rights The change bro,
posed is unnecessary and inexpedient,.ah on
this account, deserves strenuous opposition.
It would only be wasting words, now.a-dayss
to argue that the male dress should be pro-
scribed on the grounds ofimmodesty, for none
but the verest prudes can describe, wherein
+ the alleged indellcacy consists. If it be mor-
ally right for men to wear pantaloons, il is
equally so for women TO wear them. The
i assumption Of male attire by female fur.
/. nishes, Of. itself, no just grounds to accuse
Is her Of any improperly Of thought or purposes
" What is there in coat, or vest, ora pair Of
10 pantalOons, to make it immodest! When
+. these garments are worn by gentleman, is
.. immodest for IOdyto look atthema How
then can any immodesty attach to them Il
n she chooses to wear them herselfg, II is all
of folly to say that one sex may, with perfect dsl
" icacy, wear dress which would; ; if worn by
i the other, appear indecent or morally obiecs
ne tiOnable. If Miss Weber, ny her adoption OF
4 male attire, had lost any Of the delcacy proper
i. to her sex, she could not retain, as she SOW
!. does, the intimate friendship Of Mrs. Grey,
aas Mary Hewitt, Madame Laborde, and other
lie ladies' Of well-known good character. The
y. opposition to the costume must be based
"a. upon its inexpediencY undmust be carried on
or. by fair arguments and with the aid Of moral
20 suasion. Leral enactmen's on this subject
,os are productive Of nothing but evil. In most
- civilized nations there are civil laws which, if
,os enforced, would prevent one sex from wearing
81 the garments of the other To suppose that
l. men would ever want to dress in female ap-
icb patel wpyd, be ap .gbspTdty, A very effemi-
~, nate man might succeed in counterfeiting the
al. looks Of woman; but his manners and voice
rr;. would Instantly condemn him and make him
mo. ridiculous. Man is "a species Of EhoD5ter II
!, petticoats, he knows it, and therefore dOeI
-. not ccvei them, The laws alluded to above
a. are, in effect, DEGREES issued by the, men t.
forbid females from putting on coats and pan,
Ia falcons. To the female sex has been. attribu
ted, over and again, an inherent propensity Il
~ rebel against all special prohibitions, Wit
80 this common fraty Of the sex in view W
T %. may be able to fathom the motives which hav
,.on Prompted Miss Weber to take the, field as
~, champion Of the forbidden attire. Wome
.nd had no share in framing the laws; therefore
ia she regards them as 'tyranical impositiont
!, 90. she dons male attire simply because the ma
,or culine lawmakers have commanded her n
A. to do so IF these laws were stricken fro
.;o, the statute books she would, most Nkelys T
7, ~. sign her blue and buff and gilt buttOns, al
,.rod once more resume the appropriate garb Of h
~ ~ own SEX Bya proper direction Of her taller
IA she might secure tor herself higher Tenol
- than she can ever obtain by her .endeayOEs
- -. introduce system which is at variance Vi
Ill. the Best interests Of society. .-
their GVeIyoouy "as 'e"u Hauy N":e' v
,c;s,v New Una This novel is we'll calculated
.;ui. foster disposition among thoughiless you
,no.r women TO wear male attire. The strange
~ ventures Of Tie Beautiful heroine; in minut
e.s,D described apparel belonging to the other 8
yys are SO graphically depicted, that the rea
og.c, not only excuses her Disguise bit cannot
~ "a admirng it. OF an equally bad influence
! ia story familiar to magazine and news-pI
:, ons readers, called Kate Darngton' The /
i, ,bA inc Of this sprightly tale runs away with
fto,er- lover disguised as young man, and actu
.onhle is married in that dress! The story Of FG
n.w Campbell has also exercised it's share Of,
from by its glowing accounts OF female adven
falling on the ocea" !" the gn'se o. sa'lot' IT.
scarcely novel lie nov written, in which
of NV. heroine is not made /, figure in, "a
.uosss: waistcout with gilt bunOns,' or a mil
N .hs frock buttohed TO he.cbin.' This isthe
IS har of the age, and ii wilt result, unless GEL
rom:. ably checked, in the toleration, if not the
hns ton, Of female pantaloOnery.
,nrlched q -O1''' 4D0'11' y
al oreo CtRs FOR BED-BUes Many persons
n'efss'' plain OF being Pes,ered BY bed bugs; bu
y "uV easy to avoid The Inconvenience. On