Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-07-17

Our readers are aware Of re deep H..
terest we feel 10 nH matters 81 socinl to-
form, and that when the slsiefs gol t0eelh.
er in convention our hesrt IS aIways with
them. We never permit ourselves to neg
lect any Of these conventions, and when,
as generally happens. cur home duties pfe.
vent our personal attendance, We do lha
best at q report we can. These Scrsonnl
explanation" are suggested bs the fast
that we have hitherto neglected 70. notify
our readers OF a National Dress Reform
Convention, which was held ia CortlandyilIe
this State Oh the 24th and 25th nlt., aud
which met, transacted business, and adj
journed SO very quietly that few knew any
thing about it. There were altoEethcr
about $50 women at the Convection b the
"reform" dress, ana 81 names we're added
to the roll Of membership. hrs. Lydia s.
Stowbridge, Of CortlandviIle is the Pfesi
dent of the Association, and the Rev. Sam
uel j. May, the FIRST Vice PRESIDENT.
The following are among the resolutions
adopted
Hhereds, II is a matter Of historical record
that man was originally created IN the image
OF God aud that s00maa iras creafcd after
much the same .fashien, apd that both have e.
sentisly degeneratcd from the original design
81 the Creator; therefore
Reseivrd, That VIC regard ihe Dress Kefofgn
as an important auxiliary IL the Regeneration Of
woman; that she can never arrive at The stan.
dard intended by her Creator until she casts
aside the letters which sezi-barbar0Hs ciylIi-
zation, and a seniheahcn Christianity have
imposed upon bec IN the present mode of dress.
Resotrcd, That for women to be denied fhas
measurable degree Of equality 10 which even aa
the wesker sex ahe is entitled. Is refinement
Of barbarism and contemplate meanness woF7
thy the darkest ages and rahkest despotism
that has ever been inflicted on humanity,
Resoirsd, That as all truths harmonize. 50
ali genuine reforms are co-relative that as hut
manity Is a unit, and the rights Of each are
homogeneous, so all unnatural and conventional
distinctions Of sex or color OF caste, are unir
versal wrongs; that as these wrongs, and fheif
results aFc greatest where those distinctions are
broadest, and humanity suffers most from the
wrongs restrictions and depressions Of woman.
inflicted 10 the name Of sex, reformcrs who
would meet She greatest human needs, and best
promote the vitality Nationality, and univer-
salty Of Dress Reform, should aid and eDcous-
age those kindred and auxiliary movements.
tending to enlarge the sphere Of Woman's
Civil Rights Social Freedom Educational Ad
Taatages. and industrial Activities
Certes, something cooler and lighter than
tightly-laced boddice would be desirable
in weather like this. Hoop skirts Gre said
to be cool, but rather hothersome Georgia
costume would not be bad during such
heated terms as the past three weeks-its
principal articles of dress being shirt col
lar and pair of spurs. A few years ago
Punch took this matter up and gave ,a
lively picture of fat old gentlemen going to
dinner ia long, flowing robe de nuit, and
looking cool as cobbler (claret, not Girls
pian.) Something Of this sort is impera-
lively demanded for our American sumlaer
dress wh ch would combine the comfort
Of night-gown With the elegance of Ro-
man toga. For winter costume cur present
styles will do very well. and could only be
made more comfortable By adopting the
dress Of the ancient Irish King, celebrated
In song
sBrian o'rian had nc brooches 70 wear.
80 he took him a sheep skin and made him rnlr
With the leather side out and the woody siee In,
They'll be nice and waf-r-zIn qnoth Briap 0lfnn.-
If the Cor iandyiiIe Dress. Reform Con-
vention can mike any good use Of the sug-
gcstions we offer, we shall be only too haIz
|py. If they End them impracticable, We
can only assure them Of our earnest sympa-
thy aud cooperation in any better plan
which they may devise --Baf Com. Adr