The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-12-24
Accident in High Life.
[From our Fal-lal Correspondent amongst the
Superior Classes

lrToW our fdf-fdt correspondent amongst The
Superior Classes
On Tuesday last, lady of Gle, whose
name has hitherto been kept profound re-.
cre,, whilst proceeding up the grand slaiI-
case of Sutherland House, 10 pay the ama-
BILE duchess a visit, neglected, we are sorry
10 state, to take The necessary precaulion OF
walking up sideways. The consequences OF
her recklsssness (Which, it is 10 be hoped,
will act as warning to other ladies) was,
that her dress, which, scion Ia mode, was
fully twice as broad as it was long, became
SO completely wedged in between the ban.
islers and the wall, that it was impossible
Tor her 10 move either one way or the other.
Her ladyship's position was not one of the
most agreeable in the world II was, in fact,
as alarming as it was awkward for il was
not pins point more practicable for her TO
advance than it was TO retreat. There she
remained for some considerable period, per-
fectly immoveatle in body, though not nm.
moved in temper; and every minute of .ha,
prolonged agony will probably be recollec,ed
by the lair prisoner CT CriHolire until The last
day of her life, when she throws off the
"morlal coil" of hoops and hen-cooped pei
ticoas. Finding, at last, her efforts TO re-
lease herself from her ridiculous immure-
ment perfectly Intellectual, the question nat
urally arose as TO what had best TO bc done.
Were the bapislers TO be saxn away ? or,
was hole to be excavated in the wall, of
sufficiently large circle, in which her lady.
ship could with safety turn round aud slide
OFFS No; ou, Of respec, 10 the duchess, il,
was resolved by q council of elderly ladies,
held on The landing, that il was better thai,
the dress should be cut away. Accordingly,
half dozen young milliners were fetched
from Madame de Jupon's establishment in
the neighborhood; and with the help of a
large scissors and garden.shears, they set TO
work in good earnest, in order 10 clear the
ihoroughfare. During the operation, which
was Witnessed in the most breathless silence
by crowd CT European nobility, that ow-
ing TO the passing impediment, had gathered
behind, her ladysbip was supported by burnt
feathers being applied under her aquiliue
nose, and Jumps of snsar dipped in eau.de-
cologne being dropped into her mouth. How.
ever, owing to the distance caused by the
circumference Of her dress, these had to be
inserted between pair Of tongs (of the
brightest steel,) and i, WAS only by extent.
ing the tongs al arms length that the res,o.
ratives could be inlrodnced near enough 10
reach her exhausted person. After severe
labor, and the sacrifice of many yards of the
most expensive more antique, Madame de
Jupon's assistants (who, If they had been ie-
male navigators, could not have worked
with greater zeal or hardihood,) succeeded
in extricating the unfortunate lady from her
distressing dilemma, of solitary confine-
ment. The difficulties they encountered in
cutting through The innumerabIe strata of
silk, whalebone, guimpure, foundation mus.
lin, cause sliffenins, calico, flannel, caoul.
cheuc, and crinoline, would, we are told, if
minulely related, send thrill through she
bosom of the s;oulest engineerl The lady,
considerably curtaiIed of her fair proportions,
was carried home, more dead than alive, in
a sedan chair. The ruins of the dress were
removed in cart. The staircase is, 20 be
enlarged.-Puneh.