The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-08-13
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IS sP ANI8tJIses Gs THURsDAYs AUGUST 49, 1851 8
A Word for Crineline.

A Word for Crineline.
In the merciless war waged by the press
Ion hoops, we are glad TO see that there are
one or two gallantly standing up for wo.
mans right to regulate tho fashion of their
costume as they please. For ourselves. we
would not reduce the latitude of the grace.
fui contour single thread, but we would
venture to hint wish that they would
curtsil the longitude just an inch or so. to
avoid the dirty Office Of street sweepcrs.
/ War on Hoops. The crinoiine. one of
the most beneficial Inventions Of this inven.
tive ago. Is the object Of ridicuIe with marv
persons who are continually barping upon.
the defe. ; and exaggerations Of the fashion,
Tor the reason that their mental faculties
cannot comprehend the subject in all its
length an breadth, or else for the reason
thai they ish 70 appear witty, and, as they
have no !" :. OF their own, retail the chance
shafts which brighter intelects carelessly
drop in their way. An exchange paper
says 1t is whispered about New York that
the railroad companies will shortly call a
convention to discuss the expediency Of
levying toll upon crinoline. The proposi.
ton is to charge ladies sporting hoops
double fare, in consequence Of the space
tthey hH." II this be meant for Joke, it
does as little credit 10 the mind as to the
heart OF the originator; IL it is the record
OF an actual intention, then it only shows
that there are few candidates for the asy.
lum Tor the idiotic and feeble minded vet
left uncared for. With certain New York
contemporary, NO are glad to see that tho
adoption OF this healthy and graceful arti.
Gle OF dress Is almost universal, and we
hope to witness the day when every Ame,i.
can lady will conform 70 tho custom.
The women Of the present gouerstiou
nave already immense advantages from the
general use Of the crinoline; aud, knowing
that, they have defed ridicuie and scorned
mower fashions. Even tho Empress Eupe
nie, who unwittingly blessed her sex bv
making II the mode, has yainly attempted
to Introduce fresher style. if the ladies
will stand by the light crinoline, and still
dispense with eight out Of the ten skirts
they were wont TO wear, the generation vel
70 come will be healthier and stronger. con-
sumption and kindred diseases of the cbasf
will be fewer, life be longer, and nature
better fitted for all tho duties which pertain
to the wife and the mother In civilized
community. The Now York News, in al.
luding 10 this subject pleasantly says: .We
arc decidedly Of opinion that the ladies
have . right 10 do as they please; VIC think
also, they can manage their own affairs al.
most as we'll as We can do it for them, and
IN the hoop business we are ready 70 nc.
knowledgo that they have shown q great
deal Of solid sense. Don't giye up your
hoops, ladiesl Let mon rare, and scold.
and stew TILL they arc tired--you have the
right Of the matter-don't concede a solita.
ry inch Of pavement room!n
Boston Traveller.
A MAN PRoposINa To MARRf ANOTHER
MAN--ANrE-M MoRrEM ExAMrN MrNArIos..-Some
time ago, it will he remembered, singular
case came up in the Richmond, Va, courts
In winch young man named Lipscomb
Sued another young man named Thomas
Linton for breach Of promise. Linton, il
seems, was OF such remarkably feminine ap.
pearauce that his friends easily persuaded
Llpscomb that he was a female in disouise.
and so enamored did he become of Linton
as 10 ask and receive n promise OF marriage
which, OF course, the latter was unable to
iuihl. But on attempting to explain why
he could not "come to time" the fond s.loy.
or" wouldn't believe word OF il, and full
IN tho belief that his inamorata was wo-
man, aud nothing shorter, he sued for breach
| OF promise. The case created no little OK.
element in Richmond.
An examination by five experienced phy.
sicians was ordered by the court. so that
there should DO no possibility of mistake,
and they reported that Linton was undoubt.
ed'y man; so LiPscomb lost both his lady.
love and his lawsuit. Linton has recently
arrived IN this city, and such was his wo,
manish appearance, that suspicion was Gre
ated as TO his sex, aud the Guards were
about to arrest him, and would have done
so, but for the interference Of person who
knew the young man. Last night Linton
again got into trouble, through filling into
the hands OF q party of young men who be-
Iieved him to be sailing under false colors,
and were about TO have an examination to
test the matter. a gentleman coguisant OF
the history Of Linton happened to be pres.
ent, and upon his representation Linton
was set free. Feminine beauty would seem
TO be anything but desirable cift for
man. Washington Star.
How MANY Mmgs PRINFER's HAND
TRAvELs.--Though printer may ho sit.
ting all day, yet in his own way he is a
great traveller, Tor at least his hand ISL as
we shall prove. a good printer will set
eight thousand ems day, or about twenty
ioar thousand letters. The distance travel.
led over by bis hand wtii average about
one foot per letter, going to the boxes in
which they are contained, aud of course re-
turning, making two feet every letter he
sets. This would make distance each
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