Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-09-10
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raining betni And then ip soltty&eather
like the present, with the thermometer up 20
ninety and hundred degrees, the ferVid
sun striking bipeds dead, and qpadrupeds
mad, how awfully hot and intolerable
load Of these: quilts must BET '".Fhink of
that, Mr.. Brook" One Of them at night
would smother the maiden who had intrepid.
ly borne six or more in the heat of the day
A hooped skirt. on the other hand, deserves
patent as cooler. And then it sets So.
lightly on the frame-not hanging as dead
weight on the weakest part ofthe frail, flexi::
bic anatono of woman, injuring the organs
of respiration, weakening and curving the
spine, aud occasioning many of her special
debilities and troubles, SO that in the spring
time of her life, when she ought to bloom,
like a,young rose in the morning, from this
very cause she is pale, haggard and prema.
iturely old.
The subject may not be deemed in our
proper province, and rather than go deeper
into it we refer our readers to what Miss
Catharine Beecher, that true sister of her
sex, has so well and wisely written about it
giving the old skirts a terrible shaking and
pulling. But it is one thing to pull down an
ancient institution, which ought no longer.
to stand, nd-another thing to devise pro-
per substitute where one is needed. And
genius was never more lucky than in the
invention of hoops. that cover the form and
give it as much fullness as may be desired,
without being Objectionable on the score Of
expense and labor, heat and weight, like
load of old skirts. And might add, that
by giving an ample development to the hips,
u consumation deyoutly wished and prided
in by the ladies, the chief temptation Of
tight lacing is ren owed. And in this respect,
also, they promise TO inaugurate a new era
of health; doing more than all the rouge
and lily white could d. to beautify our sis.
ters and daughters, and bring back lost
bloom to the faded cheeks of our wives, and
even mothers. -.
We have said enough as to utility; and
now as to the more interesting considera.
ton of beauty, which, as we have just seen,
is connected with utility. -
The question at issue, if it be at issue,
reduces itself, then, to one merely of fact
whether hooped skirts do impart the proper
contour to the female form. A lady passed
my window the other day upon whom |
levelled the battery Of curious and observ.
ant eyes.
In her notions on this subject she was of
the former school. Tall she was and thin
even unto lanknees. As the day was ex-
cessiyely warm, though disearding or es-
chewing hoops she had too much sense to
make herself martyr to beauty by bear:
ing along the streets the heavy cross of a
half dozen skirts, or Of even one. Her
dresss therefore, of rich materials. might
add), hung straight down to her feet, cling.
ing closely about ber form. So Giles Scrog.
gins ghost must have looked in its winding
Sheet And as luck would have it, that
might enjoy the opportunity of instituting
comparison, young lady, admirably
hooped in the present style, came by mo-
ment after, so that both stars were in my
field of vision at the same time.
Il is well written, that one star:difereth
from another star in glory. The demunstra.
ton WAS complete. You might as we'll COM
pare the Austrian Maritorness to Romes
Juliet OF to Desdemopa. You might as
well compare .tallow candle to the '" Queen
OF Night" when she unveils her peerless
face, and "o'er the dark her silver mantle
throws" as to liken that collapsed maiden
to her Of the hoops. The one was like a
sbip.of.war on the bosom Of the deep, with
all its snowy4canvass spread, and its gallant
penno1s streaming in the wind. L voted
unanimously for the hoop, as in all other
instances, where they came into comparison
with different modes of fitting out that fear.
ful and wonderful creature, woman, to sail
the streets or grace the drawing room.