The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-26
TIE NEW STYLE OF DRESS.


As tar as the conspiracy has developed
ITSELF, the plan Of the beautiful Sex is ~
shorten their dresses al the lower ex,femi-
|ty. Ii is necessary, however, 10 no cau.i.
Gus. This may be only the old ruse Of di,
recling the attention one way, the better io
hide operations in another. The real seat
Ii disease is often al distance from the
external symptoms. An eruption on the
aasa prononiery mag Indicate poison
ii the centre. When the Cleopatra was
seized upon a, frs, in the Hudson river, u
was though, to be the heart Of the Cuban
expedition, till the breaking out a, Jackson
silsa undeceised US ALL Il is impossible sul,
y to comprehend oil that is covered up,
We opgh, perhaps to say uncovered, b.
these short dresses.
From some circumstances that have
iranspirea, such as the place where they are
said To have first appeared, which is in the
same latitude as the venue otthe celebrated
Worcester Convention, aud from the repn.
ted sympathy Of the innosating parties with
that body, and It's kindred ono OF Syracuse,
there are serious sppEehensions, that the
aaw schemes are revolutionary. not refor
ma;ary. To be plain. it is suspected that n
desperate attempt is making TO get rid &
the pe,ticoat entirely. But can this be con-
s,i,u,ionslly done? II it can, the mex,
thing that we shall hear Of, will be an inya-
sion OF The belongings OF thsir male neigh
bors. |, is no doubt seen, that when the
iisld Of politics is opened to both sexes, the
|intecamen, in question will be an impedi-
ment in running for office. When .hai
hamper shall be removed, no obstacle will
remain as far as can be seen. to prevent
| their taking as large strides Tor power in
the State. as the antagonist sex, unless the
length of limb may be Of Us much conse-
quence in the race, as the cut of the vest
ments. This las, consideration seems to
have much weight, and must incline the
prudent among the ladies TO limit their am,
bilion to shortening the obnoxious article,
but still to stop short Of laying it entirely
aside.
A moderate curtailment Of the length Of
The dress will be approved on several ac-
counts. A lady's dress has grown at one
extremity at the expense OF the other, So
tina, 10 her extraordinary anxiety to have
her ankles entirely concealed, unlike the
beautiful ostrich, she his been wholly una
ware Of the exposure of her head. The
bat has therefore suffered in its dimensions,
10 order that the dress might trail upon the
ground. When, therefore, our fair cousins
can get over their present passion for
sweeping of the sidewalks, though we are
sensible that the very liberal view we are
now afforded Of their faces ought to satisfy
Us, yet we shall have, on the change pro-
posed, better knowledge Of their under
standings. which the present style Of man
,ua-makins has somewhat tended to OBJ
scure.
Que more idea IS behind. /, il evident,
We cannot give our sanction to the practice,
said, to be obtaining in certain provincial
places, Of dressing Ia Turqac. Il is the
costume Of girls, not ladies, possessing no
one quality to recommend it, but conven
Iience; and If that is to be the standard, il
is inferior TO the genuine unadulterated
pant,loons. Thejump fro the superaoans,
but undeniably flowing and graceful skirt,
to froek and pan,alet is revolution. As
such, we fear it, as we have stated. Rev
olutions do not turn back; neither, we mny
add, do they turn down. Where then viii!
they rise to? There must he a limit TO in
noyation. Things are making progress
onward and upward; bat we protes, against
their going too high. We 60 for the low
or law. or leg, which, we all know. is only
an abbresiaiion Of the latin word for law.
And to make the matter clear, we would
have the skirt arranged so as to sweep
clear Of mud and wafer at high tides.
This line will be found to give twinking
glimpse ofihe rising beach ofmany charm
ing nstep, and sharpen, not sa.ia,e, the
appetite for beauty in woman.--Nerarl
Adr.
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