Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-03
NO. 2SS.
MISCELLANEOUS READING.
WfSC III Hn " H1OOS
HOOPS AND THEIR WEARERS.

HOUfS AMI u pbhC'
An Enelshm has lately written a pumph-
let entitled Dangers of Crinoline," in which
he ayows that this fashion is making lament
able iaroad- into the health, morals and hap-
piness Of bis fair couotrywomen. WecaDnot
agree with this Euglishman's g idea OF crinOline
A conductive to i'll health, for sssuredly the
fashion has essentially hghtened the load OF
skirts women were wont to wesr, and With
proper under garments the person can be a.
we'll protected as heretofore. The pamphlet
says:
TBg TALL WoMAy.--Now look in the Oppo-
site direction; and see that tell lady sailing
along in all the amplitude OF skirts. What
does she look like. A Jaok-in .tbe-greNn on
stits weeping willow grated on to poplar;
the monument stuck into the dome OF 81. PauFs
with the dome downwsrds, or any other
bizarre congiomeration you can Imagine
Coward she comes against violent gust OF
wind See how she rocks to and fro, ike n
vessel in storm, keeping ber perpendicular
position with the greatest difficulty, sod
grasping hold o! the ratings as she passes
along, to steady herself on her feet.
The FAT WcMAN.-Anon there comes very
short lady, to " hom nature has been extreme
ly kind in awarding 40 amplitude figure
seldom seen. One would think that this lady
would be satisfied with the amount oil bulk
that bad been appOr,ioned her. Bot no such
thing; with the waywardness and blindness
which the victims Of fashion are guilty Of,
she believes that adding to the extent OF cor
pOreal outline adds charm to the already
liberal possession b0asted cf
The THIN WOMAN. AID now there comes
the exact opposite OF her who has just passed;
thin, very thin lady. somewhat n.aliciousiy
called "scrsggy," without tho slightest pre-
tension to figure. and no development worth
speaking Of. Be good enough to observe that
the lady is for purposes best known TO her
self, holding her dress several inches from
The ground. and a. che does 30, displays
foot and something more Of pair OF slender
shapeless, legs, that contrast most oddly and
uupicturesqueiy with the surrounding tx
tent Of skirt"
We must make one more extract from this
pamphlet, begging him whohas had occasion
to pass upon The street a bevy Of fashionable
women, or has been hemmed in by hoops ata
lecture room, TO enjoy the portraiturc. for such
a one eau appreciate the drawing. The indig-
nant Enehshman--who evidently some day,
has been crowded into the gutter by sweep.
ing Crinoline, says:
1T we walk along the public highway, we
are frequently compelled to stand on each
side, or TO step into the road. to permit 1t TO
pass; if we enter church. We fnd it monop-
olzng the greater part Of the pew; ifws turn
round the corner Of the street, it rushes
against u-, and nearly knocks us of our equi'
librin,n; if We ascend flight Of stairs, It de-
sceuds ike an avalanche upon us--'o that
we are compelled either to retreat into the
landing, OF fell backwards on the mai; II We
visit the theatre, it surges before. behind, and
on either side of Us, 30 that weeanuot see or
hear anything of what is performing on tho
stage and are well nigh sufocated in tho
bargain.
Old women trembling on the verge OF the
grave ensbriue their decrepid bones within
II; young children, not long released from the
trammel- of swaddline clothes, jerk their lit
tie forms about in it; ugly women. pretty wo'
men, dark women, fair women, are ell under
the diaNoiical Influence oi Crinoline." ."--CIere'
l1nd HerdR