New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-19

ing prayers 10 the exercise OF walking and sometimss
III order TO avoid being marked for tardiness al morn
ing prayers, to move with great speed, held as thsv
a o'clock throus the whole year. At the fra
signal bell the unwilling suggrd woke. This early
rising injured who did not toll to exhaustion IN
midnight study, or indulge themselves In midnight
animal pleasures excuses.
Riding for pleasure among the rare thinxs;
walking for recreation and companionship, together
with some Of the various pastmes that arc stll par
uetusted were then common. Blu, some Of the usrs
athletic exercises of that period are now little praccd
Wrestling, running and leaping were amo0g the Sc
yerer and not uncommon gymnastlc amuseIfents and
contests The contests TO excel sometimes, indeed
became too violent and consequently Injurious; but
otherwise they contributed to activity and muscular
srergth: and if mistake not the generation Of young
men who formed their habits OF bodily exercise a.
that time became more hardy race than the genera
tions that succeeded
Wrestling was reduced 10 an art, which hadits tech-
meal terms for the movement OF the limbs and the
manner of using them adroitly, with the skill acquired
by practice in applying muscular force at the nyh,
time and in the right degree Success III me aft there
fore depended partly on skill and violation Of the
rules Of the contest vlnaied any aPPpalen. Triumph
rsres ~ mere physical strength. Ihere were trs-
s,io, sry accounts q. of our predeocss who
were eommemorated as among .'c oo' pI'. VI WIGS
Tiers a rcnown that was not then looh- "P'l WIN
contempt. The art OF wrestling was DOT inca cV.""l
IN tIe literary gymnasium. II was pracced N every
rustic village There were migrating braves and
Hectors who in their wanderngs from Their places Of
abode to villages or less distant dened the chef
of this order of gymnass 20 enter the lMls In
country town Of Massachusetts, remote from the CAPT
tai one of these weuder,rs appeared about half Gen.
tury since and issued formal Challenge against the
foremost wresers. The clergyman Of the town, sur
of Harvard whose fame in tins narIcular had travelled
fro inc academic 10 the rustic green apprsed Of
! the challenge and complied with the solicitation OF
some of bis young parishioners TO accept II IN Their
| behalf. His triumph over the challenger was com.
peted without agony or delay and having Frustrated
! him often enough to convince HIM oil ms ioiy ne
| 81 tba Sfn
ished lin against repeating his Visit ana disturbing
the peace of his parish.
Fxcept on special occasions, which required more
than ordinary attention TO dress, tie students when
was an undergraduate generally very careless IN
| this particular. They obliged by the College
laws 20 wear coats of buegrayi but as substitute IN
| warm weather they allowed TO wear gowns ex-
cent on public occasous and on these occasions they
were permitted to wear black gowns. Seldom however
did any one avail hmselfof this permission. In Sum-
mer long gowns of calico bingham were the cover
ing IL at distinguished the coegan not only about the
College grounds but III all parts OF the village. sun
worse when the season no longer toe ated TINS tnn
| outer garment many adopted one much IN the same
share made of colorless wooden stuff called lambskn
These were worn by many without any undercoat In
temuerate weather and IN some cases tor iengtn Oh
time in which they had become sadly soed. In other
respects there was nothing peculiar IN the common
dress of the young and boys of College 10 dlsn-
puish il from that of Others of the same age Breeches
were generally butoned at the knees and tied or
buck led little below-nOt so convenient garment
for person dressing in haste as trousers or panta-
looms Often did see a fellow student huTyng 10
the chapel to escape hardness at morning prayers with
this garment unbuttoncd Mt the knees, the ribbons
dangling over his legs the hose refusing to keep their
elevation, and the calico or woollen gown wraPpeu
about him i-cono ealing his dishahie.
Not all at did pan'aloons gain The supremacy
az the neither garment About tie beginning OF me
uresent century they grew rapidly IN favor win the
Young; but men past middle age were more slow TO
adout the change. Then. last the aged very gradu-
ally were converted to the fashion by the plea OF CON
yonience and comiori so that about the close OF me
first quarter of the present century became almost
| universal. In another particular more than half
century ago the adopted custom OF Their wiser
fathers The young men had for several years worn
shoes and boots d aped in the toe part to point,
| called peaked toes while the aged adhered to The
shape similar 10 the present fashion, SO mat the shoe
maker, in doubtful ca c, would ask his customer
whether he would have square-toed or peaked-toed
The distinction between young and Old III ms tashon
was so general that sometimes graceess youth who
had been crossed by his father guardian in some OF
bis unreasonable humors would speak OF HIM WIN 'he
| title of old SqEoretoes
| Boots with yellow tops inverted and coming up TO
| tie knee band were commonly worn by men somewhat
advanced in years but the younger portion more gem
eray wore balf-boots, they were called, made Oh
| elastic l. aher cOrdovan. These when worn left q
space of two or three inches between the top Of the
| boot and the knee band The great beauty Of this
fashion, az it was deemed by many, consisted IN re-
| storing the boots which were stretched by drawing
| them on to shape and bringing them as nearly us
nossibe into contact with the legs and he who prded
himself most on the form of his lower limbs would
ork the hardest in pressure the leather from tho
ancle upward in order to do this most effectually.
! As the work approaches more ecentperiod,
| il deals more frequently with eminent cotempo-
rary names, as well as with many celebrated
scholars and public men who died in the first
| quarter of the present century. Apart from lts
| local interest to readers who are connected by
associations of birth or affinity with New-En-
gland, it contains rich fund of biographical
and antiquarian information, which gives 1t q
permanent and general value.
! WOMAN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, AND KIN
| DRFD PAPERS By MARGARET FULLER OssoLI. Ed
tied by her brother ARTHUR b. FULLER With an Intro
duction by HORACE GREELEY. limo, pp i13 Boston:
John p. Jeweu Go. New-York: Sheldon, Lsmport Go.
The editor of this volume has added to Mar
| garet Fullers original work entitled Woman
in the Nineteenth Century" several papers per-
tanning to the condition, sphere aud duties Of
Woman, some of which have already appeared
| in different journals, but most of them are now
| published for the first time. Although the adj
| ditiOnsl papers were not intended for pubica-
ton, they are here given without alteration, as
| prese nting a complete and harmonious view of
her thoughts on the subject. A few of her pri-
yate letters and papers not Immediately relating
to the principal theme of the volume have also
thinking and acting in various relations of life.