Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-02-27

pi1ly Hl-natured remarks have been made by 4
thoughtless people than that simple device for
womap's comfortable hoped skirts We al
ways thought favorably OF hoops from early as
ISOLATION with that glorious race of women, our
Revolutionary gFandmothers, when We listened |
TO the description Of of those stately mnuets
gwen IN honor of the Inauguration of General
washington rs President OF the Unied States. |
Hoops were invariably worn all occasions OF
ceremony. lis true, We then had no omnibus
or railroad cars in which women Of bad breed
ing, and often worse temper. could display these
accomplishments. BY mistaking The vehicle for
Their own private carriage. should anv hurried or
vearied pedestrian seek seat beside them; nor
was IL then customary to go TO market or shop
ping in an evening or ball dress
Even on grand occasions the train was looped
up on one or both sides, because the wearer had
the good sense 10 see that an apartment was of
limited space, and a man could not annihiate
himself Tor her convenience; but tho hoops were
ample, and grsndly did they become the wearers.
Tor they too were grand and ample women. We
have seen the costly brocades aud the high
heeled slippers. but the hoops long since went
into the oven, great Franklin ten plate
that warmed the parlor or cooked the dinner in
those primitive and anti-shoddy DAYS The
hoops were made OF substantial hickory; and
we have often trapped rabbits on the very spot
where some of them grew. The ladies were
usually content with three circles, so disposed
that they gave the most elegant and artistic
disposition of the rich and heavy fabrics which,
unlike most of the modern material, would
almost stand alone without either the wearer
or the hoops
In those days, when most Of the wearers were
no strangers 10 horses back and the broom or
bread tray, those cunningly devised little springy
circlets that now give such exquisite and
Venus Ike curve TO the tournure, as il sweeps
downward aud falls into the grand and loop-like
folds of the skirt were entirely unknown. You
may completely clOthe barrel With the stOutest
without impairing its excellence: but we should
be 10th to waltz with partner thus arraved even
II our ard0r in the dance would permit US to ig-
more the contact of the lower circles with
tiba and ibula. or breathe it soity) with our
shins.
Truth to speak, however dear ladies, the
smaller circles were quite unnecessary; for women
in those primitive days had fairer chance for
life and beauty. Muscle and slperb outline were
not considered vulgar, nor did she OF the accu-
minated elbows and anatomEed bust and hips
have coadjutor in the crochet needle aud the
vinegar bottle, in her malicious rdcule Of
young woman whom nature had formed AZ
woman ought to be formed. with the vital
organs, breasts and pelvis adapted to the grand
end and object OF her ereagion-the GROWING
glory of her sex-a family Of healthy children.
We consider the modern hoped skirt Of
the most admirably artistic and he nth giving
devices of our time; and no sensible person can
fail to appreciate the benefits TO the young girl
woman. We will give reasons for This
opinion; OF course they sill be entirely profess
sional. for -miner.
1t is conceded by all correct observers, and
fully recognized by an anatomiSts and gymnasiic
teachers that the muscles of the throax and its
appendi ees, the arms aud abdomen, not used
more than one fourth as much bv our modern
women AS they are compelled to use those of the
legs. Nearly all the movements which our IN
fortunate Young people permitted TO perlorm
by the memorable fiat o Japoncadom what
may be called passive; her hands must be rever
emily and lovingly foldel across her chest in or
der that their Wilderness nay not suffer by per-
hitting the least motidn; the lungs, OF course,
must be kept quiet, not only because she is not
allowed to walk fast enough to require much air,
but because the position of the arms, and the
weight of the forearm nd hand resting upon the
lower ribs will not allow their elevation so that
the air can enter the over part of the lungs at
all; at best, but sixth part of those life giving
organs are used, and oily their upper part being
fully inflated Now the hoped skirt be hung
to the jacket in four pieces, at least and not LETT
to rest upon the hips the reader will perceive
that the backbone AID all the muscles which in
close and steady both the great cavities of the
BODY aud keep th,m elegantly erect upon the
hips must carry joth the hoops and the skirt;
then these may he made both light aud elegant.
heavy and grand, as the seasons may require;
while drawers Of material adapted to our Sc
winters may be so artisticelly adj
justed and supported by suspenders as completely
To protect and clothe the limbs without the ne
cessty OF the skirts so girdng the body by drawn
cords To keep them and the drawers in place as
not only To ripple all the viscera, but to inter
rupt The hea thiul action of the muscles OF the
abdomen, AMI worse than this, to compress all
the veins that carry back the blood from the
lower limbs to the heart for purifcaton and
often, a wehave seen. To render the ntegument
below this grdle of many cords, very perceptibly
dropsical Every lady. if she will use her eyes,
can see thi for herself-.'the horrd marks that
tney causeshe often laments. Now, readers, il
the lungs ire only one-Sixth part. the muscles OF
the body scarcely at all and the venoms blood
from the bwer limbs prevented from returning at
the full rte of fve-sixth of the speed intended by
nature, when you walking even at the snail 8
pace youare allowed to, what must be the result
on the nutrition of the mu-cIes of these limbs 7
for you lnow they act and grow by blood alone
Depend upon it. though you may make them
dropsica and deceptive in size, they will not
help yot to dance so well. or TO go up and down
stairs.
And this brings US to another great egil if we
will sacrifice so much to brown stone fronts and
the fanced necessity OF fashionable streets; II we
must live i'm houses furnace warmed. and eighteen
feet BY FIVE stories high, for PHYS sake let US so
distribute the load of dress our climate requires
AS To allow every part of the body he used to
carry il up stairs; let the jacket the shoulder
straps give the chest its share of the work. in a
word let our wives and daughters shoulder their
loads, if they would have their days prolonged
in the land
Ii the ladies will pardon u.s. we will venture
hint on the dimensions Of the skirt It's most
excellent eud is to secure the unrestricted use of
the limbs in walking; IL must, therefore, be Of
sufficient diameter TO allow a full step and the
necessary space for the uuder-clothing. If it
restrict the step i'm the least degree, it is too
small; no woman should be ambitious of A short
step: the longer the step. the more breath re-
qured, and the greater development of the thorax
and lungs Quick and elegant walking. with the
shoulders thrown buck, will do much for the
growth OF the vital organs as singing Woman
must dress warmly. keep her feet dry walk more
and eat more, or she will never fulfill the great
object of her creation.
a ScRAF OF ENGLISH CoURT GossIP-An
American in London thus writes:
The young Princess of Wales is doing well
and the baby is to be christened on the 10Th of
March. the anniversary of the ROYAL wedding
by the way, learn that there was quite a rebel
lion nj Windsor Castle The Princess vehemently
opposed having wet nurse and the Prince took
her side, and could not see why she could not he