Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-06-21

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aud buttons.
When Lady Wortley Montague visited tho
Turkish ladies, they imagined her cOrsefs iC
be cruel punishment invented by her hus
band, and pliCd her sincerely. We have nc
SUCH excuse; we cannot shelter OuIsUlve:
behind such u preteXt; we ure self intnUlat
ed, sacrificing life aud health, nnd beauty, be.
coming dull and vupid languid aud lStless
because fashion gives cOmmand-cliugiug 10
eNternnls when inward beauty is gone, as
men cling to the altar when religion is grow
/ ing rOld, and grasp ~ couventionalies when
feeling has departed. We should have a
different style oi dlcss for different periods
ot life, and different characters. Let us take
n hint from nature. The modest dove is de-
| MED the glorious plumage of the peacock,
! the lanib has not the lions strength, aud the
ngilc bounding deer has not the sanlc cover
| ing as the sleek serpent.
have seen dark browed woman sink
/ into naulfy, in dress suited to II blonde,
when she should have appeared in tie dar-
/ ing, dushing halt nnscmlnc stylo suited to
her. Some should he severely simple, aud
others oriental iu their stlc; hut all should
permit ilccr fuller expansion. Tie mlnd
becomes crampc1 when the body is 50; the
/ Nblll NuNN itNtl llUNt isNlt SlibllWtN w u
| Napoleon cascd in wlmlrhunr, or II Milton
! have written "Paradisc Lost" in light bun-
net. Let the mind he developed. the lacul-
! ties improved, the intellect cultivated, and
! the heart aud feelings disciplined, and then,
having performed all our duties, having bGGu
true TO all our responsibilities, we may ut
last, " like one, WHO wraps tie drnpery of
his couch about him, lie down 10 pleasant
Dreams"
Mrs. Nichols, the Editor Of the Windham
Co. Democrat, ono of the ablcst and best papers
of It's class, We receive writes the following:
The New FAsuroN ron LADIES' DREss-
Es.-1'he gentlemen editors are, with one or
Two exceptions, exceedingly taken with the
Turkish costume which seems to hive Hp-
pearcd nearly simultaneously in the principal
inland cities and villages of the Eastern aud
Western States. The rxcepiions-onIy two
TO our knowledgc--will have il that the wo-
men, in assuming the new dress, are en-
cronclIing upon uau's prcrogatye--ussuIn-
ing "men's appnrclw Such an assertion is
particularly amusing, since the drcss-short
skiis and full pantnlets-hds been worn for
years by the misses of all nations in Christ
cudom, aud by all the women of the turkish
nation from time immemOrial. We never
saw or heard of amy man, or set of men,
wearing petiirOnrs aud pantalrts aud we |
reckon the gentlemen who call the dress n |
masculine habit, would be the last to he
caught in it, They would create II greater
sensation in olir streets IN such rig, than
The ladies have been able TO excite in their
fertile innginaiuus. As many inches cut
from the tops of ladies' dresses, under the
snnctlOn OF French milliuCrs has passed
muster with these sensitive gentlemen too
long, to make their extreme anxiety Tor fe-
male modesly anything but ridiculous.
The change in dress has resulted solely
from ilut general dissemination OF phySiulo-
sical information which has startled the sex
into consciousness that the present fashions
of dress ate II general aud fearful cause Oi
impaired physical energies, disease, and pre-.
mature death. Better that women have
courage to look like frighis--which, however,
is not n necessary nlternatye-and secure to
themselves and posterily the health that Sc
cures chcer.ulness, vigur and courage, tlinn
he the nervous, helpless, miserable climhGr-
ers Of the ground which many are, aud near
! ~ all nrc becoming by II sla,ish submission
TO scli-imposed restrictions IN dress, aud in-
| dulgence in diet.
! A minority of our very best exchanges
have nUbly spoken in encouragement of' II
reform in dress, looking to health aud com-
fort For ourSell, We would not cuI single
inch from our skirts simply for convenience
sake, while there is the least danger that by
so doing we might cut away nm iota of the
! influence which we have or may win, To car
! ~ forward reforms virnl to health aud nn i'm
! proved morality. As we would not eXpose
our gooi To be II stumbling block To the evil,
nor get 50 far in advance of the age, that we
can't lend helping lmnd 10 tow it ahead; so
while length OF skirts is identified with the
idea ot womnnly deliracy 10 any class of
persons we desire 10 influence, we shall sub
nit, as we have done, 10 the Inconvenience
of holding up our skirts from The mud, step
| ping on them when we 20 up stairs, and
having them stepped on by those behind
when we come down. We hope, however,
the ladies will go ahead in every improve
ment promising comfort aud health. We
shall fight Tor waists, short, loose, aud with
out points; ut all events, with large nla,e-
nent in the weight OF skirts. As for leading
in the fashion, we never did attempt il; and
hitherto have ,Joiio,ced only atar of, and with
great amount Of seeming.