New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-14


Our FIRST Promenade WITH THE New
CosrurE-I hold that anything short Of the fate Of
John Rogers is worthy Of endurance to emanclpate
woman from the inconvenience Of the old mode Of
dress-from a fashion which restricts the freedom Of
motion without mparting benefit to the person. But
as all this has been ably set forth IN The Tribans
Vropose to give you concise account o. our first
nubI C advent IN the new node. IL was decidedly
rich. Opposite our house there lives a supernatural
Dmegist-a confirmed Old bachelOr-rhose greatest
trouble IS that the world mOteS too FAST" and rs
getting ,r kfdT and u1ckedcr stcry SGy' lie was SIT
ting m lie own door way muslng as usual on the de-
prayy OF mankind, Just as we crossed the street Ill
rectly IN front Of him As his eye caught the a5On-
Unable dress 50 different from that OF ms reyered
grandmother he started 30 his feet assumed an IN
terjectOnal attitude for one moment, then dlSap-
peared behind his pll-boIes with the AR OF one VINO
could by no means d" DO Il Justice don't think he
has yeutuTCd 10 ST IN that exposed situation since
] half made up my mind 10 90 IN under pretense Of
buying some tnfe, and tell hlIn (Which was really
the case that We were on our way to meeting with
the SPIRITS" but feared that two such signs Of the
worlds rapid motion bursting upon hun ali at once
would be too great a shOck-sO Ne passed on.
And curious enough was It 10 observe how every
emotion that could express itself IN the face. was Al
once called out Surprise mlrthhllneSS, Indignation,
iOig korTOr-eVeTy emotion that could twist muscle,
was called INTO action. trio OF ladies would be
ploddmg gTayely on but the mOmeat they cSplei the
dress they would halt as If paTayZed, hold up their
hands and burst INTO involuntary laughter Some
would pass IN dumb asOnIShment, and directly
they recovered from the shock, would turn back ald
repass us. as If 10 make sure they were awake and
really IN this world. One yITagO Of pugnaclOuS pro-
ponstles performed this feat two or three times and,
al the climax Of her indignation, wheeled round IA
front of us and reyeuged her usulted sex by hurting
IL our teeth. with all the intensity that gin could I'M
part to injured mocesty, the anathema Rs-dicn-
louSm Nhereupon che disappeared IA = dirty alley,
and wc saw her 10 more. In Broadway, a. We were
passing par OF harry bipeds we heard something
10 ~ q ~ = q
through which 1t had 10 pass and tie halo OF tODac-
60 smoke With which their mOdesty was invested,
that the keenness OF the rcbuke Was slightly IN
paired. ! may remark here. that We invariably
found the more decded the d,saprobafioa, the more
dCtbtfui the ckGTdct,r. Next sODer-lOOMng matrOn.
who had approached 10 within couple Of rods Of
US, suddenly TUNED and ran back al the top Of her
speed. At first supposed she had pre<entlment
that the baby had tumDled down stairs, and wa
running home 70 comfort It. But my wife, being
better judge Of female curiosity, explained 1t IN
moment BY saying. she has caught a sight
Of my dress, and j. running home 10 prepare
the family for 4 look" So, as We passed the
house as a matter Of course, It luminous
with eyes After this | was fully posted mp"
80 whenever We saw long skin getting oTer
the ground IL great speed, as We frequently dli du
rIg our walk, It Was presumptye evidence that the
first house On the next block was 70 give Ne stare
With al the eyes 70 could muster from basement 70
attic PTOyCenually our course led US of the great
thOrOughiaTeS, and this gave the juveniles chance
In Broadway young Miss and Master could not be-
come uprOanCus, iCr 1fQ WOrld ocject Out IN the
more retired streets, md among that class Of our IN
fduu.e citizens hose mothers did NJ know hey were
out. here was full scope for their merrmcnt We
were escorted " q whole regiment IS they ap-
preached ~ were amused 20 find public opinion
among them about equally divided 10 whether i
was rea, life Tux tncy were looking AZ or Jenay
LIND I cannot TANK y hat started The latter idea but
i had many and loud supporters The advocate Of
the Turkish theory called on their young converts 10
satisfy themselves Dy ocular demonstration. which u
course they "a By staring a. Us IL p.at0OIs. But
those who held 20 the Jenny LIND dogma were Of =
more metaphysical order u mnd-they had more
lively ial.h, ard wanted 10 clearer Demonstration
they kntu i; vas Jenny. and tina, was enough Who
they thought was dId not apresr. Cheerei Oh iu
tins manner We Tea, he'd our destination Aal I
really doubt whether The Queen Of the CaunibAl
Islands would have produced more luticrCIs te-
mtnt than did Mr.. - in her Turkish dress r.
NeI- YORK, June q, ls5l