The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-07-17

LATEST BULLETINS FROM THE BORDER
WAR.--The campaign SO vigorously commenced
upon the borders AM outskirts Of fashionable So
cieiy has already given rise 10 many piqaant and
exciting skirmlshes; and although we have not
yet been furnished with an authentic list Of the
killed and woun ed, we understand from very
good authority that large number Of the advo.
Gates of the short frock reform must be cIassed
among the missing. The original idea involved,
or rather, we should say, wrapped mp, in this
controversy has been pretty much lost sight Of,
and II has now become mere arena for the glad
ia,orial display Of wit and intellectual prowess
among the knights Of the quill; and if may
judge by the general tone Of the newspapers the
higher The ladies' skirts go, the more completely
the matter in question is lost sight OF. However,
the whole editorial army, including. the phalanx
of sharp shooters and pioneers, and backed up by
pfetiy heavy display Of ordnance, having delib-
erately set down before the citadel, it is nearly
certain that the goddess Fashion with all her
tares will have to capiulate; and we expect
nothing less from the weIi-known gallantry of
our profession, than that the victors will permit
the vanquished to mar out with all the honors
of war, with colors flying and hearts beating, and
with irresistible display of legs-whaiever
may be the case with respect to arms.
The fact is, that this has been from the begin
ming, very unequal fight, in which the advan-
tjgcs nave dt OecO against Tic iduIeS-dS many
of the most trencbant and influential advocates
Of the short frock :orm have proceeded from
their own ranks. In various parts Of the country
we hear Of ladies Of sound and handsome under
standings boldly taking steps to carry out this re-
form, advancing the inevitable revolution with in
credible strides while even in the metropolis
one of the most distinguished ornaments Of her
sex, a lady irreaistibly fascinating in private
life as she is gifted and brilliant poet and an
author, has boldly taken the forum in behalf Of
the proposed innovation upon the feminine habil-
aments, and in lectures at Hope Cha pei, crowded
with The brilliant, the learned, the grave the dig
n6ed and the fashionable, clearly demonstrated
the cruel injustice woman has for so MANY Gen.
turies perpetrated upon her health her happiness,
her convenience and her posterty, by kicking
and scrambing about the world ia swaddng
clothes. At the same time, this bold and beau
tiful expounder Of the female constitution, the
very Webster Of constitutional and hygienic law,
deserves equal praise for her discretion for her
charming auducity. While denouncing in words
possessing double force from woman's lips the
hardships inflicted upon the sex by the barbarous
bandages and health destroying skirts of fashion
able costume; and while pointing out with that
exquisite clearness Of which a woman's intellect
alone is capsbe, the inconvenience aud the de-
formiy Of wading about the streets in long skirts,
she at the same time preserves intact the name
less charm Of rustling robe and siken envelope
ment in The boudor and drawing room. where
woman, The divinity, is in her temple, and appTo-
priateIy appears enveloped in all the mysterious
and graceful robes Of her own divine ministry.
We believe and hope, all bandinage on so deli
cate topic aside, that the result of the present
agilasion will be such graceful. heaIthfuI and
commodious modification Of the present out-of-
door enormities Of female costume as will result
in putting women more completely in love and
good humor with themselves and making them,
if that were indeed possible, still more charming,
seductive and irresistible to the lower stratum Of
humanity. of which at least in 6guraiive sense,
they form the upper and brighter surface.--[N.
Y. White Mans Newspaper. . .s,..