The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-09-09
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Mes. Swissurlu or BLoourrisN.-Fr
a very sensible article on tic suljcct Of he
late attempted innovation IN the style OF f..
male costume which We fnd in the last
visiter we gather the following character.
istic passages,
Speaking Of her own experience, She
SAYS she has made several attempts to wear
the Boomer dress, bp, has now giycnis
up, convinced il is Rmislake
"If ,hctrowsers arc loose at the ankle,
they go flip flap; Il gathered to band and
ialllng over in q pufl, they 90 slip slap, as
one walks. II there is a ufle y fall down
Oh the top OF the foot il gets IN the mud.
aud is as ugly as the longest skirt. II it's
drawn up TO he convenient, as mach of
the foot aud ankle is exposed as need be in
a skir, short enough for all convenience,
and long enough without rowsers. Then,
the trowsers, all Of them give a general
appearance Of deformi,y--of dropsical legs.
Next, with skirt that falls SIX inches be-
low the knee, Que cannot have the upper
part oi the Irowsers made like the drawers
worn by women aud children. They must
be like nous pantaloons, or al least those
worn by BOYS Of three or four years The
under garments must be worn inside Of
these, aud they supported hy straps over
the shoulders, or o body to which they are
fastened byhaIf q dozen buttons round he
waistband,
IS *t
"Trowsers worn without resting upon
the shoulders, arc much worse Than skirts,
because of the strain in sitting, aud this
strain IS much greater with womtn than
men, on aeconnt of the difference in their
form. In STOPPING far enough TO liz n
thimble from the carpet, or 10 pluck q dat
sy, in n skirt six inches below the knee, the
front part of tho dppery falls to the tcp OF
the foot and the back part rises some eight
or ten inches over the knee, thus exposing
,the front part Of the understands almost to
the waist. If one avoids the STOPPING po.
sition bv "squattng," there must be u con
stant care and use Of the hands to insure
that tic skirts do not lodge on the Snecs,
but fall over. If they do not, one may ex'
hlbit her trowsers to the waist, and when
woman exhibits her form with no other
covering than trowsers, we do not waat to
be there.
~ sd.a
"Skrts whlck reach quite down To the
ankle and touch the top OF the foot, arc no
! impediH,eW to walking, unless they are
worn with some kind o! bifurcated garment
underneath, and the two together do some
times stop locomoton altogether until they
can be pulled into place; but we "op!d
give the men folks the monopoly OF all man
Cer of cavcring for the neither limbs excef'
ekrts-oli YES, and boots in muddy wenth.
or. Soft, loose skirts, and warm stockings
are all the covering any woman's limbs re-
qmire, unless in case OF some emergency oil
travelling ina storm; but when one gets n-
side of quilted balloon, or grass cloth
tub. she wants clothing TO protect her from
her clothes. aul Wf
"Our experience teaches us that deccn.
cy requires three coverings for the person
| in the warmcst weather, two OF muslin and
one of lawn--tiie widest OF the undersklrts
three yards in circumference, the other two
aud a half; the lawn skirt outside may b.
four, Eve, six or seven yards wide, and the
three garments would weigh two pounds
scarreIy 50 much. When Ills rests upon
the shoulders, it Is not very grcvous bur
den, aud if it is not enough for tho tequlre
meuts OF decency, it is twenty years since
we were deGcDtly dressed on very waIn
day. II the wind likes to come and wral
your skirts close around your limbs, that Il
the winds business, and we do not see tha
any Que has right to interfere with oil
Boreas wh,n he is engaged III a ,Iawiu
calling but if you want to check his ad
vances, pat Iitte starch or gum in the twt
outside skirts, and if your lawn is very thin
he will whistle through without auy troubl'
10 bend it close around your form to reveh
your proportions When the weather vii
permit, add another skiIt for comfort bu
none are needed for show. 1t is a falls
idea, hustle relic that we must put on
mass of drapery 10 make form for out
selves. The Godfather made the ioru
and made it very nicely. All we have I
do is TO clothe it, aud leave its proportion
!, Just as we find them.
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