The New York herald., 1851-10-30
THE EFFECT OF BLooMERIsM IN FRANCE.

Translated from the Courier de PEurope, Oct.
The power exercised by beautiful woman upon
what she herself conceives We can see that the
one is subject to the Illusion but we have not tho
will OF the strength to dissipate it, For woman
alone can break the charm.
1t is, perhaps, danger incurred by the women
Of our days in the attempts, which they bravely
making, to see how far that power goes. In this
they resemble tight rope dancer who throws away
his pole The greatest attraction Of q woman ia TO
be q woman; woman could not even be too much
OF q woman; all in her must be feminine. AS one
recognises the stamp OF her feet on the sand, |
think that when beautiful lady cuts her nails, the
clippings OF them are not similar to those Of man,
and that | would not make mistake between
them. Her hair Is not like the hair Of man; her
skin is of another material; her thoughts must be
feminine, as the tone of her voice.
Thus the least thing, which, in the features, in
the steps, in the idea, brings nearer woman towards
man, /, not only charm, but when lost is the
greatest charm she can lose. A woman with
cropped hair is not altogether woman; learned
woman Is yet less. There is in woman n beautiful
instinct, as are all her instincts for these dear
creatures, so literally endowed, commit errors only
when they reflect this instinct urges them to ex-
aggera.e their weakness and their timidity, while
at the same time we exsggerate cur force AID our
courage.
Sometimes their way Of dealing has been some
thing stiarge, in the women; the young girls
laugh and scream in the parlors, and play with the
youpg men, as the latter do between themselyes-
that Is to say, as comrades of a different sex the
women shake hands with men, as the latter used to
do This is different from the old French politcness,
which required man to never present his hand
without glove to lady, for ii would have shown
n want Of respect in touching the naked hand Of a
woman 1t Is very far from what great actor said
to young man, who wishei to give proof of his
passion by seizing with yehemence the hand OF an
Article or Bereniee, TO whom he was recitng amorous
verses on the stage. "Unfortuuate " said the tn
Tented man, "you 10 not love her; IL you did, you
would not dare to touch even her dress 1t would
burn you"
1t was lately related that England was entering
on conspiracy against the pet:icoats, conspiracy
the end OF which was, at least, to shorten them In
France the ladies try at this moment, to adopt the
wastcoats Of men, their cravats, their shoes, and
s.arched collars stiff under their ears. Add 10 this
new custom the shaking of hands. the short petit
coats, loud voice. political discus Mons, little
beard, and there will not be anything Of woman
in the women. i ask them for the creation Of
third sex, which may be hty loved in place Of that
degeperated and now masculine sex Truly many
centuries have elapsed since men and women COM
plain Of each other, and IL is mournful for both
to make love only between themselves. | never
found q woman who was too much Of her sex; see
some who are not women enough. a lady dressed
ss man inspires only disgust in me. abhor even
a masculine epithet addressed 10 n woman. When
lady says OF herself, :" am good boy" or al
an IN honest man" would like better, think, that
she said al ON hussy;" so much do fear to see a
woman change herself into anything, above all into
man: To be hussy Is Dot quality or charm,
but IL Is at least womans defect, It Is feminine
~
Of human face what would answer in ito place, the
most correct beak Of bird, or the most beautiful
trunk
vote, then, with my open ballot, against the
waistcoats, the cravats the collars, the shoes, the
manners OF men, and masculine ideas and preten-
sions bcseech the women, as IL Is their interest,
II IL ours in the name Of love-that Is to say, in
the Of the sole thing which Is serious and has
common sense in human afairs-to become again,
and to be always, women. 1 hope that this attempt
was only passing buster. IL has been said, per-
haps, often to the ladies, that they owed much to
their costune-that II was, thanks 10 this costume
more beautiful and graceful than ourselves They
have desired to show that they the beautiful SEX
even with our dress, and that We should be yet the
ugly, even with their costume.
III, however, l AN mistaken-ifi 1. was a serious
and permanent custom, must give advice to ladies'
Perhaps the majority Of pie are not Of my OPT
Mon. There are, first, great number Of men who
and who wait only q pretext for that But. You
will answer, that they are those who never loved
them; for, ss philosopher used to say {" the pun
to love them always"
My argument Is not yet complete; but keep my
best In reserve. Here IL h. The men, or better,
husbands-let us call them frankly by their true
name, the hnsbands-the husbands are hardly men
to the eyes Of their wives; the husbands are going
70 encourage this attempt Of the ladies 70 sppro,
pirate to themselves the masculine costume "How
pretty you are, how beautiful you appear, thus
dressed, they will say to their better halves.
This costume gives most attractive liveliness to
you" To you. then, the pink waiscoats, the collars
IN starched linen, the leather Shoes the overceats
CT common pilot cloth, with good and large bsttons
Of bone or horn; to you the beaver bats-you are
charming in this attire, all this becomes you; but
what oan We do with the cashmere shavls, silks,
feathers, iaces, jewels, and diamonds Well, we
will keep them for ourselves; We will invent some
oriental costume, which will permit us to use all
these ornaments. Till that costume can be found,
il will be found of an immense economy to u.s. You
give 10 Us nore really what never done till now
IN political matters, our government on very cheap
terme shorten the pettcoats, or, better, suppress
them. Now you put In them sixteen yards Of stuff,
while our mothers, under the empire, were enve-
loped in their dresses with six yards and no more.
II was better Down With the petticoats, Lsng
life to the uastcoats and shoes Of mem There are
husbands who will entce YOU inte the snare which