Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-01-26
Hoons and thair Waarar.

An Engitshman has lately written
J pamphlet entitled Changers Of Crinoline,' ,
in which be AYERS that this fashion ls ma
king lamentabls iBrosds ina the health
morals, ana happiness. oRhis fair eoautry,
women. The pamphlet says:
''TAs StHmPy WemaR --See there is a
/ short, stumpy woman, Of about forty iVe,
coming down the street. What does she
look like in the distanceg Why, her body
resembles pin cushion, and her head pin
stuck In ; or water butt, with the haa.
die sg q broom peaping out at the tep, Of
al aEauaated humming top, or lecoua0eiya;
codliu or an inflated sack tied In a knot at
/ the mouth, or anything, in fact, that can be
more lgdiCTOus than another. Mark the
! lady draws near; she evidently admires
herself, and looks downward with an air
/ Of supreme satisfaction. There goes the
/ precious criRoiiBe-swiHg, swing, swob,
/ swob, drst baekw ards, then forwards, then
+ round about, then up and dowa, ERaIiy ends
with JaTAble Of al the movements 4
/ Set Of boys see my lady coming, and begin
20 scent FUN. "Cr' r'ckey, ain't she a full
blown 'un, Tom ?" What time does the
balloon 60 up $'' "Who's your cooper ?''
and several other impertinent queries are
addressed by these wicked little boys to
ths isastes female. Onward she. goes.
somewhat crest fallen, it Is true, bat not
quite converted, and 6atl srs herself with
the contemplation Of the sensation she
will cause when she reaches the Purlleus
Of the West End.
The Tell WoHaaa.-Now look in the
opposite diTeetloR, aRd see that tall lady
saiEiag aieug in all the amplitude of akiEt
What does she look like? A Jack-in-the-
green on stills; a weeping willow grated
on to popular ; the monument stuck into
the dome Of St Paul's, with the dome
DOWN. ards; or any other bizarre cOH-
gIQEaeLatl9n- E2u--cAn- -iUagi9e-. ORuzr-4
See low she rocks TO and fro, like vessel
Ia 4 storm, Keeping her Perpendicular po
sition with the greatest dificulty, and
grasTing hold of the railIngs IS she passes
along TO steady herself on her feet.
.,YAc Fat IS omaa.- Anon there GENES a
very short lady. TO whom nature has been
extremely kind 10 awarding an amplitude
of hguEe seldom seen One wonid think
thai this lady w0uid be saE'Ehed with the
amount Of bulk that had bGfa aPPostIOhed
her. But 10 such thing with the way
wardness and blindness which the victims
Of fashion are guilty Of, she believes that
addtRg 10 the extent corporal outline adds
4 charm to the already liberal possession
boa sted Of.
aTas Tkta WgASR. bow thsge
comes the exact opposite Of her who has
lust passed = thin, very thin lady, some
what malictoasIy called "scFaggy," witt
out the aiiEhaasg PrSSen@leA % AguEe, aud
no development worth speaking of. Be
good enough to observe that the lady Is,
kas EnnrrB 10 hsraslf hal6tn
her dress several inches from the ground,
ana as she does 50, Displays f0Qt and
aonething more Of pair Of slender, shape
Iess legs, that eeatFass NEST eddy and pic
tuFasqssiy wuh the surrounding sxtens eE
skirt.H r..
We must make one more extract from
this pamphlet, begging him who has had
/ occasion to pass upon the street aeyy OF
fashionable women, or who has been hem
! med in by heops at iectuFs-Toom, TO en-
I ioy the p0rtEaiture, ( or such a one can ap~
preciate the draw <. The indignant
+ Englishmas-Eho identity, 80 me day,
! has been crowded into the gutter BY sweep
+ ing crinolIne says:
/ %Ifwe walk aloag the public highway
we are frequently compelled TO stand on
I each side, OF to assp into the road, to per
/ NIT it TO pass: If we enter q church, We
6ad 1t Eaonopoltzihg the greater part Of the
ne ~ IL we turn roand the corner Of the
street, iE ruahes against us and nearly
knocks us OF our equilibrium; IL we ascend
4 aight of stairs, il descsads like an avail
anc6e upon Us, SO that we are compel ed
either 10 retreat into the landing or fall
backwards upon tbs mat If we visit the
lheater, it sarges bstaTei behind, ana On
silher side Of Us, so that we eanAot see or
! hear anything Of what Is performing on
| lhe stage, aud are well nigh suaoeatsd in
to The bargain.
aOId women trembling on the verge OF
the grave enshrine their decrePit bones
within Il young el iIdren, not long Eeieas~
ed from the trammels Of sEaddling clothes
Jerk their ltaIs forms about ihti ugly
women, pretty women, dark women, fan
/ women, are all under the dIabolieai intiu-
| enct OF criuolIae '--ClEpelaHd Herald,