Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-28
THE PROPOSED NEW DRESS FOR LADIES

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There could hardly be produced more csncIu.
Of the aftraetiseness of the proposed new costur
consisting OF svsst, tunic, trousers, &c. than i
'he two brief paragraphs which follow. No spec
new style has yet been exhibited in the streets Of
i TIE "BLOonras."-Two female, made tbei,
70 Dsiumose street Yesterday morning, dressed
put inc crowd OF curious gszers 90 much abashs
ney were compelled to take refuge in hack an,
80, uoci' smia the liant cheers Of the little b
"b'hoys = Baltimore Clipper Of yesterday.
BLooMERIsM.-Two figures passed IN W,s,;r
last evening dressed in the Boomer styie. follow,
BILE host Of two or three hundred men and bow. !.
rendering night hidsous with their cries. AZ w
90 great was the crowd, and noisy withaL that
creatures were obliged TO take carriage and csc.
that were in their train. -Bostop Transcript of s
TIE TomBor CosrUMx.-It Is singular coin
after having stated 10 yesterday Mirror that
pIoach TO the new Tomboy Costume we bad ever
MRS Venon's representation Of 'sOId Social r
we should meet the hidsous appsSition in Broad
day afternoon. We are not quitpSure but the g,
who wore Il confronted rs by {" Haalice aforethou
was Just the person to cap the climax Of our disg,
neltner youth, beauty, nor grace tesredeem her 3
rom the most vulgar and hoydenish effect. The
sort OF spotted yellow pea-jackei, with skimpy trou
cred round the ankles, and q hermspAsodts hat.
oifanf OF the ridiculous garment (for we don't In
II was male or female) came nearer incomplexion
ance to The ancient description of the " forked %
any thing we have ever scent MY Mirror o
The BLoexER CosruAE.-On Saturday af
we had the pleasure Of Witnessing 4he effect Of,
showers upon the new costume, and We much n
senior editor Of the Traveller, who advocates Il
upon Old established habits, was notpresent tos
The Turkish trousers lost their grass5ul contour
round the pedesials of the wearers MA ! wet
faf BI6S ~hle the tunic Wa deprived Of IL Il
us Of seriouMo- iEssPos~& ssshr .,a4isinn
way from her roost in a thunder storm. The
not answer for wet weather--and wesaoubt veI
will answer the wants Of the ladies eyen und
Of genial sun and dry walking. Gidies q
pulency, of short stature, and considerable PHI
entered protest against the style, for II y imp
to adopt Il; while those Of the lean kind are
PRODUCTION, inasmuch as it will expose 10 vi
flesh, which they are now enabled TO bids
robes. The costume will not answer, and evr-
is becoming verified and even those editor
cest in their praise Of il are beginning "a zee
BILE writers condemn it in toto. Boston Gaz
BLooMERIM.-A lady is soon to appear /,
the Bloomer costume Our fair friends nss> j
il is. for we are bound up in the tightest .
This, however, we will venture to com q
single, young, and beautiful. The riasi q,
house bell will announce the commencem -er
buation, and it is expected that the stores ~ vi
ing her progress. We have purcbasedssl lor
barrel opeIa-glsss, in order that we nss AZ
close as possible. Petersburg (Ka.) has ten
VERr SHocKIsa.--Another contemp orr,
Bloomer costume ID the "knee plus uis RAJ
ment. sda ra
FROM THE NEW FORK II PRES
It's recorded 10 the veracious and auths
Nieuw Amsterdam, by Diederich Kind /, ;erboc
time Of Governor Petrus Stuyvesant Il shor
male dresses. which, says the veneraf e chro
tinued ever since the days Of Williag Kieft
Tended the eye Of old " Hard-Koppig etc. '
tremely averse to rneddling with then pelticoal
saw fit to recommend that every one r hould bt
founce to the bottom. He is desci- ibed a.
ordered that the ladies, and indeed u gen,leu
no other step in dancing than shuttle a
"double trouble" and forbade, On der pain
pleasure, any young lady hencefor III to attic
termed g exhibiting the graces." md the q.
rich goes on to say
"These were the only restrictic ms be eve,
the sex, and these were considered by them a
pressions, and resisted with Una! socoming 81
by the gentier sex whenever tnen privileges ar
fact, Antony Van CorleaT, who, q. shas been ID
gscious man, OF perienced in the ways Of won
vate occasion to intimate to me Governor th
was forming among tho young VI ouws of Nieu
and that if the matter were pu shed any ar
danger Of their Having off Pettf ,oats sa,ore,Se
the good Peter shrugged his 81 ie0lders, dropr
and ever after suffered the won zen to wear thei
cut their capers ,is high as the pleased !; a d
they have jealously maintained Lin the Manha
present day" l,ss:
90 Il seems that 'hls questf on Of long or short
been mooied before, and that the excitement !
on the subject is but the revi val Of nm ola feud
may, an "e1citnment NJ ., and it is CROWN
warmer like this beautiful summer weather, ~
rivals here, and balls there and Fourth Of mi
dinners and ceie prahons 10 other places are moi
the day and NOT mail rriveshere but brings !
ty in the way OF develo' pmeusof the new idea
At Glen HAVEN, p easans little town on
Lake, the Hydr opathists held acold water festiy
ago, whereat be verisa ole MFR BLooxKR, wi
81. Johns pape says, sthe n,illiner who insrod
style Of female attire 10 TO theU United States. -
quaintance, MI .. STAN on, Mrs Burlegh, (th,
| well known Alb lsalom Of the Abolition meetings
nscle,) Miss B urleigb Miss,43sebe, Mrs. Full
Bennett, came out IN full Dfoemer rig. "a nu
present." says Mr.. Hathaway, in az sccoun,
published in th e 81 racuse y6dfnal, ssdecided
costume, and 9 pine Of them have already procu
rails, and only awsit the cotitenience Of The ma
The Bloome, . gave a bail (sbaIl in June
enjoyed, we irlagine, In the new costume) a
Massachusetts,, last "Wednesday evening, and Z
Of the Springf old Republican gives very amin
Of it. II seer rs that thefSlNSs . great crowd
Halp upon th,Is occasion, and That " ever and
intervas Of rel 'ose, one BicDmef was forced 70 Sc
place in anoth, 9's lap" CtWs thought the Bloc
change Of cost ume. had given up Laps.) In ord
with the Cam Has, our infdttAant says, that /" Of
men present, one, who attracted much attention,
in small cloth es; and though this PECULIARLY W
striking from it, being unexpected, The general o
ed to be that it formed no 1nft accompaniment to
Of the ladies. That is ;ddf opinion, decidedly
We grieve to say tharShother correspondent Of
can, whow Is present attKis bal, thought the BloO
ed like owls or kangaroos.n 2 The dresses. I" he
parii-colored two or thfss white, some grey, son
speckled, an d some dirt color" Il E,g
The Low. 81 girls are determined not 10 be ont
| by the Glen Havenites or the Greenfslders II
pairing to eel ebrsie the Fourth Of July in novel
have determ med to join the civic procession en- ,
Bloomer rig. A Boston editor thinks that 1. four
dred siPs in vvhat do ~ mn. rs IL ,av,. nil; d.