Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-12-22
I From the London Punch ]
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On Tuesday last lady II title. whose name
has hitherto been kept profound secret. whilst
proceeding up the grand staircase at Sutherland
House, to pay the amabl- Duchess visit, neg
lecfed. We sorry Ia STATE. 10 take the custom
airy preeaution If walking up sideways TIL"
consequence If her reckles>pe>s (Which. II IL tn
be hoped. will act as n warning To other ladies.
was that her dress. which scion la mode, was full
~ twice broad as it Wa long. becnme 50 com
pleteIy wedged in between the bnni>ters and the
wall that il impossible for her TO move eth
or one way or the other.
Her LADY Il ip's position was not one of the most
agreeable in the world. 1t in fact. as alarm
ing rs il was awkward: for il was not n pin point
more practicable for her to advance. than 1t was
10 retreat There she remained for some cnn>id
ernhle periad perfectly immovable in body though
no. unmoved in temper: aud every minute OF
that prolonged agony will probably be recallect
ed by the fair prisoner of Crinuline until the last
day of her life, when she throws off the ''noriai
COLI of hoops and hencooped peticoat-. Find
ing at last her efforts to release herself from her
ridiculou, immurement perfectly Intellectual, the
question naturally arose AZ to what had best TO
be done. Were the hanisters To be -awn away
or u hole to be excavated in the wall. sufficiently
large 10 describe a circle in which her ladyshp
could with safety turn round and side OH No:
out Of respect to the Duchess. it was resolved by
II council nf elderly ladies. held on the landing.
that il was better that the dress should be cut
way. Accordingly half dozen young nilliners
were fetched from Madame de Jnp"hs establish
ment in The neighborhond, and, with The hello of
large scissors aud garden shear. they ret to
work in good earnest, in orderto clear th' thor
nugbtare. During the operation, which was wit
messed in GREATNESS sence by a large body of
European nobility, that owing to the passing i'm
pcdimont. had gathered behind. her ladysbip was
supported by burnt feathers being applied under
her aaniline nose. and Jumps of sugar dipped IN
eau.da cologne being dropped into her month.
However owing to the distance caused by the
circumference Of her dress, these had to be in
serted between ii pair Of tong, (of the brightest
steel) and Il WAS only by extending the tongs at
arms length that the lestora'ves could be IN
troducel near enough to reach her exhausted
person.
After severe labor, and the sacrifice of sever
al yards Of the most expensive MORE antique,
Madame DE- Jupons assistants (who, II they had
been female navigators. could not have worked
with greater zeal or hardhood) succeeded in ex
trcalin the unfortunate lady from her distress
ing dilemma of solitary confinement. TIE diff
cuties they encountered in cutting through the
innumerablc strata If six. whalebpne, guimpure,
foundation,muslin,g auze, stitching, calico, fan
nell caoutchouc. and crinone. would, we are
told, if infinitely rrlat send thrill through the
bosom of the stoutest engineer. The lady, con-
sderably curtailed of her fair proportions. was
carried holne more dad than alive, in Il sedan
chair. The ruins of the dress removed in a
cart. The staircase is to be enlarged.