The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-01
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Mrs. Jones has two ideas for women's
dress, one being little else than 3 old
lsl9omer costume over again, "a he
other being thus described:
"shorten your skirts till they swing
free entirely from the floor, and let no
consideration of fashion ever again
tempt yOu into n trailing skirt. Have
all your clothing for warmth in the
form ofdrawers instead of SIX irts, wear
ing no skirt Mt all underneath your
hoops, and but one over them, either
summer or winter. There is as much
or more difference between skirts and
drawers for warmth, ms therei is between
q flowing sleeve and q close one; one
pair of close drawers more. efHectually
protecting the person from the cold
than three skirts can do, besides afford
ing the limbs so much greater freedom
of motion than where an undersllirt is
worn. Wear next your person the
same under-drawcrs; over these. two
pairs of close drawers. They should
be of Canton flannel, the outer pair
with muslin bottoms; the inner pair
cut n few inches shorter than the outer,
and worn tucked into the top of the
stockings" s- ;-a9
In answer to any COLLECTIONS" which
ladies or gentlemen may have to this
Reform" listen to Mrs. Jones.
ANSWER TO ANTI-BLoOMEnlrEs.
"Oh, but" I hear some good friend
saying, "the reform dress is so immOd-
est, so UHbecoMilI1 ~ Immodest, say
you? Go out upon Broadway, of n
rniny day, and stand upon any street
corner for one half hour, and / think
you will never dare bring upthat charge
against the dress again. Do YOU see
that elegantly dressed lady coming p
With her hundred-dOllnr silk trailing ut
least Il foot behind her, drabblinS
through pools of tobacco spit, sweeping
up cigar Stumps, accommodating all mani
ner oftilth and dirt upon its under sur
fncc; presently slle reaches u crossing.
Gathering up her tlowing garments will
both hands, her dainty foot passes the
curb=stone. Proceeding IL few steps,
somebody jostles her; down goes one
side of her drcsSinto the mud. Attempt
ing to regain it, down goes tho other
Desperately clutching her habiliments
agnin, she unconsciOusly catches tho
skirts underneath i'll tho operation, and
so what II skeleton is there, my coun-
trywomen An express wagon rapid
ly nearing II corner, startles her nc
Qunintnnce number three of her dress
with the mud! Frantically grasping
her skirts in front with one hand, With
the other she lifts hoops and all behind
IleEY anu lIlllOe uCTOSS1 Will IloT GlOInlnE
in the rear Mt an altitude of which she
has no conception, and revealing, not
only feet and ankles, but even limbs,
to al extent which a neatly-clnd BIoOln-
or would blush to think Of The latter
parsonage, her limbs completely and
perfectly protected, not only from cold
but from all this indecent exposure.
trips along obliviOus of mud or wet, and
with unsOiled garments, reaches her
destination full half hour before her
fashionable sister arrives with the en-
tire lower portion of her clothing soiled
and bedrabbled. Talk about the short
dress being immOdest! go Consisten-
cy, thou art n jewelp
And here are comparisons between
the comfort of Mans costume and the
HEALHFULNEss OF woMAN's DRESS.
"Man's dress is allowed to fit his
body; woman's body is compelled to
fit her dress. His chest and waist need
no compressing-they were created per-,
fact, and so are allowed to develop nat
urally, as God designed them; but she
her Makers last, best gift to mani
in fashions eye a sad mistake was
made in her creation. The beautifully
rounded waist, so full, so perfect, with
room within for all the vital organs 10
play their part in the great drama of
physical life, is so very ungenteel, so
v ulSuA AhA hO Llle 4llll6 RlE41 whose
form up to the age of thirteen or four
teen years has been left to grow as free
and as untrammelled US her brothers,
must now beginito pay attention to her
figure. The short dress is heightened
down TO sweep the floor: tho childish
waist, so comfortably loose, is laid
aside forever; and encased in whale
bones, If not in corsets, with dress so
tight that an attempt to take n free
breath would endAnger every hook and
eye upon it, but which fashion saws
fits so neatly, the process of impFOUffig
Gods hdndiiCOrk begins. The muscles
of the chest, denied 'dey elopment, be-
come cnfeebled by disnse, and grad
ily shrink away, causing the waist to
diminish in size; the heart labOrs
Intellectually to properly circulate the
blood through the arteries, capillarieS,
and veins; the ribs forced downwartis
and iHwards, press upon the vital or
g1Ins, often Crowding the abdominal
viscera out of position; while the poor
lungs, crowded, stifled, unable to more
than half expand, become the ready
seat of fatal disease. And as she grows
older, additional stays are deemed es-
sential, corset strings are tighter drawn,
the dress fits still more ''neatly,r and
by the time she has arrived at woman
hood, the goal is won! She has reached
the genuine wasp-waist standard; and
7 NAN~A>A--7 AANA AAkaAAS ~ gC CAS-
/ CANT"
An "eleSant figurel" Shade of TeMMs
de Medicis preserve us! Lhmented Hi
IRAN Powers, what sad mistake YOU
made when you fashioned the Greek
Slave! An elegant figure,'' aud what
else has she in addition? An aching
head, weak back, disordered liver, and
shattered lungs. And yet with effects
FOLLOWING rs surely in the wake of
their causes as the sunshine follows the
tshnde, she cannot see her dress has any
thing to do with her sickness. Not one
woman in a thousand will acknowledge
that her dress IS tight. See how.loose
| it fsli she tells you, as Sholding her
breath and taking up "a fold in front,
tshe deems you have convincing proof;
when, If her dress were but unfnstened,
and she were to breathe naturally, II
would barely reach together within
three inches, -
1 From the crown of her head to the
! sole of her foot there Is hardly one
"a ii to,