The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-08-02
MRS. Candle and the B,ssmers.

Mrs. Caudle and the Bio0mers.
One Of our Mrs. Caudles after returning
from shopping the other day, nervously an.
wrapped a big piece Of muslin, nicely done
up in an old copy Of the Evansville Journal.
and promptly and with much emphasis strad-
died pair OF big eyed speciacles over her
nose, glared at the texture Of the musin very
suspiciousIy, then smoothing ont the paper,
her vision was suddenly caught up and at
once enguphed in an article about the i'm
modcsty aud want of taste displayed in the
Bioomrr costume, in its adoption o: want
of adaptation to some feminines. Her nose
blazed so iurously as she read, that the specs
were in imminent danger Of becoming mol
ten hrass, and the animal heat excited made
il necessary TO take them of three times and
rub them iur,ously before she finished the ar
iicIe, and kicked the paper under the table.
Then she collapsed in the following solilo-
guy:
"A pretty pass indeed things are COM
ing to, when them editor felIers can hold up
ladies' dresses right before Pu''l'c eyesand ask
people to gaze at 'rm, the reciified monsters.
What do they know about skirts. un,ercloihrs.
and all that. would like 10 see that Jour-
nal rpigr~ss /. snua lt-ifiai IwUre such things.
What does he know about the Blooming
dress, or Turkish custom. as he calls il, Id
like &c know? II il is n Turkish custom, |
rrrkon that don't make il bad mannrrs. though
It ANT very polite iur them sr,dile-bngs
that sm"ke big pipes, TO sew the women folks
up in oags.ai,d drown 'em in the Phosphorus,
and to have fifty wives ut once, when my
husband. bless his dear gone SOUL never
could manage one, and 1.-The did say was q
Turk, no one dared say he was in his own
family, or out Of it either. But the Turks
must have some good customs to make up for
the bad ,and I'll warrant this Blooming dress Is
one Of 'em. My John says he saw gal rig
ged out in this dress. and declares she was
lone of EN-" They're immodest. hal All,
indeed! suppose we are to be snapped up
in everything editors don't like. and called
inmodest. When was girl wore short
dresses and hand'nt any Bloomers on at all
in the summer time, nor no shoes for that
matter, and nobody said wasn't modest
Dear me, recoIIect when my dear husband
first saw me in the country. and was dress
ed that way. he didn't think it immodest a
bit, but looked right at me, and rather seemed
TO like it, and he was member Of church,
and ought to have known what modesty lie,
guess. Immod,s! Why cousin William
writes from York city that his wife has been
wearing the brrechrs ever since they had
been vi ed in the holy bands. aud nobody
quite natural. Its all well enough Tor the
men to talk abou, inmodes y, yet III warrant
they will look harder than anybody else at
the first Blooming gal who comes out in
smiles and short pttiicoats, and pant,oons
hiIched up above the we'll BACKED shoes, and
raddiIny across the CUTTERS without dab
bling her new dress, and having TO pull up
her skirts just to show we'll deormed ANGLE.
They amt tasty for TALL ladies' That means
me. Yes. I've no douOt but il was to prom
enade the streets 'dorned in one of these shor,
gowns and pink trouserloons, he'd turn up
lis oudacous nose, even il wore my new
gingham bonnet, and then basely sl,nderize
my feet because on account Of corrs aItogcth-
er have I'd wear No l2's. Women are all
knock-kneed, hi! The mean, pugnacious
scamp-how does he knowl He never SAW
my knees, and how dare he say lam knock
kneed2 'spose he's 'pinted himself an in
quistIon committee. and the bless d SIX are
10 be exposed TO The voracious eyes oil the
public like so many Greek Slaves. Knock
kneed! The shameless wretch. Suppose
we have. or mean. suppose We had knock
knees. is that any reason he should tell every =
body about il, when hr knows too that Il good
many ladies haven't got any knees. or at
least its 10 he supposed so, for they WON'T
even say knees before folks2 But that's ius
like him. He knows there's no opposI ion
Uimocratic paper 20 conir.dic, HIM. and thai
the public Can't examine into the facts Of the
case. Now i's my opinion he'd bitter just
attend to his own business, aud talk OF some
thing hr knows about, instead Of mrddling
vi h ladies skirts aud undercloihes. He's an
obIrusi.e lite parsonIfcaiion Of impudence
Ii he don't like Blooming dresses. he needn't
wear 'rm. that 8 all. I've IA notion Just IN
come ou, ina BIooming in spite, aud sse il
he will say anything abou, me in his paper.
II he did, would"
! Here Mrs. Caudle became % agitated tina,
she commenced spanking u y"urg 'un who
unfortunately dropped in the room at that mo.
ment, and cries Of distress an1i's astouisi,-
ment brought her to instant recollection tina,
she hadn't US ac'oss her knees suffering in the
A...h CIR the .vicl edna.sos AZ thu hrain