The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-12

IN several OF papers appeared
der the caption Of The Short Dresses reGs the Long
Toys IL appears by the advertisement that student
Of nature ass NJ Hosmer had been preparing lecture
"upon the relation Of short dress to health. beauty
nodesty and grace In accordance with the students
nouucement, the lecture was delivered in Hope
Chapel last evening before audience of tyentythree
individuals All the arguments If the student Of ma
turei-pardon the expression 4" argument'-wcnt To
support the new Turkish costume and he den un, "a
those who persisted in wearing long toys semi
barbaTans. The lecture read in such an intistnct
manner 20 indicate the extreme low spirits Of the
lecturer but the receipt Of only twenty three quarter
dollars sufficient to crush the energy and amor ton %
any great lecturer particularly one that came forwardas
the dcttor 70 the female portion of the civilized world
10 what kind of dress they should wear and of what
material that dress should be composed In cndeayor
ing 10 comment on the style of dresses-the LONG
tcgs". in fashionable student said, The shor.
dress the Turkish costume was more beautiful more
modest, and more becoming, ia every respect, than
the ono now in II gave more freedom Of
whore she should be- This Is the age
of freedom and the women Of this democracy
ought TO themselves from their anti uated bar
barous customs, and from the thradom Of the lords Of
creation Woman should be under no restraint. She
should be free TO any style OF dress that her
convenience and comfort Dictated" After mu;tcrng In
an incohcTent and half audible manner number ~
phrases that put together to something and
swallowing at intervals. about quart jug Of COLI water,
the student raised bis voice and said" The long dress
was like small ship under heavy sail. IL encumbsred
the knees atg1cd woman in the discharge Of her house
Lold duties, and destroyed the figure and natural
graces oftbs sex" He then broke of after taking
another heavy draught Of cold water. by saying Let
man but try the BILE dress that the women now
wear ana how viii they fael Civilized men have every
where eipated themselves from the wearing olong
skirts and Why should not civilized women do the same
They free 10 the short dress the panta
Icons the are. A democracy
tablishcd this great continent the women should
hay. thrown Of the arbitrary customs Of antiquity The
suden # nature did not milne himself 10 rDend
ing the duse fthc female dress in vogue but laid
DOM form particuarizing every part cgpe-pis-
What portion Of the bodice should be paifed-what
part fhould flow loosely, &c. Sc lie then added In
old times government used to prescribe tho female dress
and many other things which they should have left 10
the in Individuals themselves But now In these days of
enlightened Z, mocrscy not freeen who do not
take advantage - the light that Is bcre them and set
tn elves free from ell eniquated customs. The long
dress Il not adapted to democratic institution because Il
confines within too limited sphere. How often,
while walking along Broadway has my heart sighed az
seeing the long skirts Of the lovely young that
we're before sweeping the sidewalks. aud how often
have wished that some nlagnanimous p,rsol would
start pate them from the barbarous custom
On IA there not among the fema3 portion Of this
community, who will forward the saviour and
tcneiac.or q her sex Il there t. redeem them
from the thraldom in which theyfare placed We will
give no % Mr. Hosmers lecture. The extracts
which have made will afford the reader tolsraby
accnrate idea 81 that Of characters the adv coates
Of the Turkish costume, and what description VI fciae
have adopted its use.