Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-10-12
GpoprE'g 1 llrSgburg Regigtrr
Wri;.su for tina Fuirmons Republican.
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NJ. Editor - presume you are aware
that II Is now the prevailing fashion, es-
peciaiiy in little towns like ours, for men
and boys to dispense with suspenders. and
support their pantaloons by having them
Ei4Ie To bu,;on tightly around the person
above tie hips. Il is my settled convic-
u'a, t!.at this practice is decidedly iniu-
rrouS - the healsh Much has been just
lv sal aSairst tight lacing, as applied to
females OF suspending heavy skirts to
the hips. by fastening them tightly around
the waist or loins. where there are no ribs
or other bony frame work to resist the
compressive power. The changes have
been runy upon the heat caused by this
close bnnlaging of the abdomen, the
evils of this cramping that part or the vi
tai Apprenticeship digestive system
which nnture designs to be free and unre-
sricted as to room and action and would
that these tones could have been needed
in tIme TO prevent the frequent death knell
which such practices have rendered ne
ceSsary but who ever thought of SCUM
dim; The alarm to men and boys against
similar practices in respect to their own
dress
/ admit that half-dozen 4" linsey wool
scy'' skirt<, weighing many, pounds, are
worse for the constitution of the wearer
than the drawers and pantaloons of men
but worse only because of the greater
quantity, and the pressure necessary to
sustain them is more. The principle is
the same. Females should sustain their
petit (oh, that won't do, sustain
their skirts mainly by the shoulders.
The hips of men and boys are naturally
sn,,l1or e a0l
and therefore, the clothing thus worn
must be tighter, to prevent Slipping
down.
AS | walk the streets of our beautiful
little village, noted for pretty girls, see
scurss OF lille boys. from twelve to sixteen
years of age. with their pants 6uckled
around their dimiuutive hips. preventing
growth ut this rapidity growing age, and
what is the result ? Why, that our town
is filled with pack of skins hanked mar
row-hipped. gaunt- wasted, paIe-faced, pu-
ny apologies of men.
II is evident to every rejecting and SEN
sible man, that the process of digestion
cannot be properly performed when the
region of the stomach and intestines are
= cramped and Puckered up by tight dress
inT. This soft comprestible part of the
body should be left as nature has left it
--unrestrained untrammeled
Tie up the bowels of horse, and how
long could he work to say nothing about
covering him with barrel slaves instead
of whaIebone, and lacing him up with
cart ropes from shoulder to hips. What
respectable horse would not baIk at this
. manifest Infringement of liberty, and the
laws Of nature. And is a man an excep-
ton to physical law
- Blu, say the ladies', Cor g'hals, l
shouhI ~ay,) g our drcssGs do not feel
tight" Neither would airing on child's fin
geraud allowed to remain there until it was
grown up, but there would be groove
in that finger, and in the very bone with
in it, so that there would be no room be-
tween the ring and the bone, for the flesh,
and for the blood to circulate. A melon
or pumpkin will grow betw cen two rocks,
and not mar its riud. 1t approaches so
as to touch the stones and then extends
each way in growth to its full size. but it
is hattened in the middle, and half cut in
two like an hour-glass yet its contne-
rnent does not &C feel tight" because the
operation is slow.
But" says the b'hoys and men, 1--WE
suffer no announcement from wearing
our clothes tight around the hips To
this reply as above. They say. too, that
they feel more free in action without sus-
penders than with them" So they may,
about the shoulders, but let the panta-
looms be loose enough to move as the per-
son bends, and let them wear elastic
suSpeuders. and no specia! want of
freedom and action will be experienced at
all.
Around the waist and hips-the very
place where freedom and action and ex-
pansion should of all other parts of hu-
man frame, be enjoyed-there is tight
ness. compression aud a destructible lack
Of freedom. Ifit be not felt as very Sc
Iious physical Inconvenience. it is because
custom, like the taste of tobacco to its
user, has made it second nature It's
functional effects on growth. digestion and
health. however, are not the less real
In conclusion. Mr.. Editor, l plant N.Y.
self on this point, and Claim that nv po-
sirion couuot be disturbed, viz the ami
NAL economy from head to foot, should
never be dressed in such manner AS to
cramp the freedom of action of the body
and limbs in the least degree. Let this
be the rule of ulI, and one-half of our
doctors might be spared to cultivate the
soil.
JENNY O'RoURKE.
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