Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-10-24
Arctic Fashions.

Arctic Fashions.
One of the recently returned Artic
navigators gives the following account
of fashions up north
You must tax your fashions from the
Esquimaux. You find the fed in which
you may exercise your taste to be rath-
er limited /; you have seal skin, deer skin,
rarely a bear skin-from these you must
fashion yourself, if you cannot purchase
of some Esquimaux mod ste, seal-skin or
deer-skin p~antaloonS and seal. skin boots.
Ii the pantaloons do not cover your foot
neatly and have no straps, you mus. be
content, it is the fashion of the country,
and the Esquimaux-belles will not think
less of you on that ccoun They, too,
wear seal-skin pantaloons and boots.
Taken together these combinations cover
limbs corresponding TO those which youIs
cover. The division, however, is quite
different their boots come up half way
above the knee, and the p%antaloons come
down to meet them. The boots are dou-
BILE, consisting of what may be termed a
seal skin stocking, with the fur inside,
and a boot of the same material, with
the flesh side next TO the stocking. To-
ward their upper extremities the boots are
of very ample dimensions, and in spite
of this it is said they fit tightly. The
pan'aloons are frequently of a very beau
liful color, and are ~ornamented with
strips of red and white leather. elabo-
ra,ely embroidered in fine mosaic pat
terms. Asthe garment entirely. and de-
ponds solely upon the closeness of its fit
for its support, the manner of putting it
on becomes a problem of no little inter-
est. You ponder over it long and vain
ly. AT last you acquaint some fair con-
fdante with The subject of your specula-
tons, and without any affectation of pru-
derry she tells you sit is perfectly easy"
and straightway drawing an imaginary
pair over her feet, AID above her knees,
she crosses her legs, and 10 they slide
easily upward into their place. They
are held there by the projection of the
hips, which prevents them from falling
until the same position is again assum-
ed. Their boots are double, so thatthey
may by being taken apart be east.
ly dried. This is necessary, since the
skins intercept the preparation from the
foot. and when night m are always
very moist. The upper portion of the
body is covered, first, with the usual
garments, generally unadorned by laces.
Over this is a tightly fitting seal-skin
jacket, and the outer habiliment is a
loose jar0h of calico, with a loose ruff of
dogs fun around the throat. Under
meath, a white neckerchief is tied close
ly around the throat. This is put on in
bandage form, and suggests influenza or
bronchitis so forcibly as to be almost
painful to the sight. However, you soon
get over this feeling, and learn 10 dwell
with delight upon their Monaghan fea
lures and the pagoda of hair which
their low forheads. The con-
slant practice of combing the hairstraight
back renders the temples bald while they
are yet soung-a warning TO those who
have adopted the Chinese style of dress
ing the hal. Music is a great f%avorite
with the Esquimaux-lhe men being
most of them performers upon the violin,
and possessing a ready ear. a ~reten;ive
memory, and considerable natural taste
in the production of t1eir melodies. You
will not find them ayer~e to dancing, if
you distribute Two or three bottles of
whisky They are very apt at learning
new dances, and a waltz which was
them by one of the officers of
Lieut.. De Haven's expedition was found
by him. FIVE years after, TO be very COM
mon and remarkably well performed.
In The lowersettlements in Greenland you
W II be invited TO a ball almost every
The attempted Assassination Of Lewis
Napoleon.
a letter to the Il. Y. Courier, from
Paris, gives an important item of news,
relative 10 The late attempt 10 take The
life of Lewis Napoleon. 1t says:
A Cente Garde fired upon the Empe-
ror in one of the halls of the Palace of
St. Cloud, and wounded him slightly on
the point of shoulder. An inch lower
and the wound would have been mortal.
The assassin was Immediately arrested
and placed an secret. Nevertheless, |
m informed that Il is known That lac was
bribcd with 300, 900 francs (360,O00)
to commit The crime by the OrleanistS.
These particulars will not reach the pub
lie for IA long time, as The investigation
is carried on with the utmost Sc
The PEsTILENT REsERvE.-Before
election, The Slave Democracy branded
The Reserve as the tainted spot of our
whole coIntry. Chase vas 10 have a
majority nowhere but on the Reserve.
At worst nothing was in the way but the
Reserve. TIE Reserve haunted item in
dreams, and brought down imprrcalions
their dag time reveries.
The election is over, and ONO, with
1ut the Reserve, leaving The accursed
spot altogether out Of calculation.
has elected Chase by about 10000 MA
,oriiy.-TSEedo Blade.