New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-22

do not Whether from facility OF weaving, OF
from whatever cause, Moorish and Arab cloaks,
and the South America poncho patterns consist
chiefly Of vertical stripes, and form graceful
dra peries.
Ofiate years great revolution has been gong
on against the absurdities OF dress, and the loose
trowser and the loose paetot are the chief results.
The paletot will gradually become tunlc, ana
the sash or grdle VIII be adopted an approx
nation to which appears In the revival OF the
betting of the body IN the Scottish PLAID ana
when this shall take place, the most graceiul
form Of upper garment Will be obtained, and peo-
pie may grid up their Ions as Of old, for warmth
or work, or slacken them for GOODNESS or relax
alton, a considerable improvement on the frocA
coat and double button For the lower Inos,
the large wide trowsers OF non-elastic material,
or the elastic material fitting close 10 the limos,
are your only wear" For the cloak, the South
American pOnchO, very Ike the Greek palluin,
with or without the collar Is the most graceful,
convenient and natural, and It may be made OF
almost any material, elastic or non-elastic, and
either waterproof by the elastic gums or by It's
textile fabric There Is still wanting material
for the hat other than straw, which is the pest
for summer: and there IS still wanting also
material for the boots that shall not require the
filthy backing, useless IN ram, and that shall
not retain the eXhalatlons OF the SKIN IKE the
patent leather commodity unwholesome Tor all
neople usinc their limbs wherewlth TO walk.
The women, in their desire for comfort, have
at last rebelled against the incOnvenlent shawl,
hanging in the most ungraceul form, with
trailing peak behind, constantly slipping unless
pinned. and have taken TO the paletot OF the
men. The result is rather droll A lady IN a
sailors rough pea-lacket, with outside pockets,
buttoned over large and long and voluminOus
silken and other dresses and pettlcoats, has at
first sight something the aspect OF a camp FOL
lower or some of the former race OF barrow-wo-
men. who were wont to add an old soldiers coat
or Jacket TO their other dress. We have often
watched this strange anomaly OF the paetot and
petticoats at railway station, and regarded II
as the first move towards national costume. 1t
cannot be that the dense mass OF pettlcoats
should long continue TO sweep up all the pollu
ton OF the streets as ladies walk along. There
is. TO u.s. something unpleasant IN 1t. And the
movement Is so mpeded, all the motion OF the
limbs so intcrfered with that we must regard II
in the same light as the Chinese invention OF
small feet, continuance to prevent ladies' from
walking, and to make them dependent on car
riages, or to hold up their robes as they walk
OF old, we believe, there was a cOntrvance 10
tuck the skirt of the dress through the pocket
hole to get over this difficulty but modern deli
cacy, seeking to preserve the purity Of the mag
nation, is content 10 suythe purity Of the dress
by sweeping the streets
On the whole, it appears by the newspapers
that the American women are taking the lead IN
this REFORM adopting the Turkish tunlc and
trOwsers. And to the men who object they say
very nalvely. "Trythe long petlicOats yourselves,
and see how YOU like them. We have tired
them, and do not like them" They are right
Were they mermaids the pettlcoats would be
mechanically right; but they have two lower
limbs. and these limbs require separate nteeu-
ments, lust as much as a glove requires to have
separate fingers We think the directors should
try gloves made stocking fashion But we are
not quite sure that Turkish trowsers, under all
circum stances, are the best dress. For many
months the Swiss costume of the close lifting
wooden covering is evidently best adapted We
can imagine the surprise that would be caused
TO see a lady walk III the Park IN such dress,
but why should this be Why should that which
is night in Switzerland he wrong IN England
And when our American cousins shall have
introduced their fashions, or rather natlonalltles,
as they have done crackers and rOcklng-chars,
and herry.cobblerS and mint tulips, and GIN
sings, and Wenham Lake ice, and other g no
tions," will it be they or ourselves who will set
the first example OF producing our garments
ready-made from the machines, without requlr
ing the dudgey of the tailor and the stltcher to
perfect them! We could wish the man who
shall first accomplish this a sound and valid
patent for all the world, come from what
part Of the world it may When hired stitch
ers shall cease from out of the land, the de-
sire for ugly elaboration of finger-work Will dis
appear also women Will not bestow labor upon
their own garments, unless from some morbid
motive, such as that which induces crotchet-
work.
A PUzzLE-The Trousers QueStiOn.-A
correspondent ofhe Bratlleboro Eagle tells us that he
has an English edition of the Bible-publiShed many
years before King James odiilon--n which 1t Is
stated of Adam and Eve that they sewed ig-leaves
Lot
| aprons, as IN later TRANSACTIONS Now we are
| todd aficrMarl. ihat God mAdn thcm McOaiS o.