The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1854-08-31
OPEN ROSO1IS.

OPEN BOSOMS.
Fashion as the world knows, is and
always has been tickle and nexplicabIe
jade, whose extrayagances and inconsist.
encies goodly number, especially Of the
fair sex, have ever shown themselves anx.
ious to follow. Fashion, SO long as she
induces a departure from convenience
and good sense only, merely excites our
laughter or contemp; but when, with her
firm and long established prestige, she
inAences her gentle votaries to part com.
pany with meekeyed Modesty, she richly
deserves 10 be decried.
TO eschew useless homily, and come
at once to our point, why is it that ladies
Of fashion and position, as they are hap.
py TO be considered can so far forget what
belongs to proper decorum and delicay.
as to adopt style Of dress 10 which it
would seem no truly virtuous woman can
submit without bushing! Why is it that
they can expose TO the gaze of every
roue and idle lounger portion Of those
charms, which no condition of social
ethics, no regard for bienScance, no
jealous love OF honor should for mo.
ment tolerate!
Have the days when modeSty was re.
garded as the chiefest of woman's Jewels
passed away! Has purity of mind, and
much more purity OF sembance, ceased
to be held in estimation among the fair
daughters of our land! Weirust not in.
deed; though daily occuar experience
would point to another faith.
1t has long been mystery to us-and
its solution we have resolved in vain
how woman-not ladies, for that is
false, limsy ard unpoetical term-who
think rightly and would cause holy
thoughts in others, can so far forget what
selt.respeCt claims, and what modesty
demands, 10 expose in the most tempting
shape and attractive fashion, part Of the
human form with which only the dearest
and most tender ties should render
man familiar. Are their motives limo.
cent, or is their judgment deicientl
One or the other surely must be the case.
We are not suqeamsh nor prudish, we
think; and, perhaps in our ant!.journalis,
tic capacity, we might have no objection
10 the prevalence Of fashion that is so
generally admired by rakes and lovers Of
the mysterious beautiful in nature-well
it may be too, furthering as it does the
designs Of the former and the gratifca.
ton of the latter; but as supporters OF
proper delcacy and we'll wishers OF so
ciety, as admirers of genuine female love.
illness and conservators OF public morals,
we advocate the abandonment Of "open
bosom" in metaphorical sense
which are most arlstically arranged.
To double every charm they seek to hide,
Fielding we'll advises women who
would be always secure, to guard zeal
ouSly the most remote out works of their
virtue; for those conquered, the citadel
itself stands in imminent danger. His
thought has wonderful pertinence to
our present subject, we opine.
Men must indeed be Josephs nova.
days, since they are confronted hourly BY |
manifold temptations that would endanger
the most rigorous Carhusian'S peace.
Do our fashionable ladies 90 hali-clad |
for the purpose of having what is denun.
ded gazed at! Have they determined 10
expose their bosoms to the eye of curious
connoisseurship! Are they rivals of each
other to attract the warm and licentious
glauces that we have always been taught |
!rue chastity sought to shun!
We are not Of the daughters of Eve,
and hence cannot answer ourselves
Will some charitable lady Of fashion
enlighten us, and inform us if the days
of Charles the Merry, and Louis the Vo'
luptuous, have dawned again!
We ere earnest in our enquiries, and
if our laudable curiosity in this cannot
now be satisfied, we may make other in.
quiries to obtain a response; and in con.
cusion, we indulge the hope that some of
the fair daughters Of our Western Me.
,ropolis will CRAFTY our humble servant
without delay.-CiqcinnaH Daily Times.