Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-12-05
ABOUT wATFaTALLs AND SO ON.

AROOG w MALEftFALAS AND 50 ON-
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We know that tie hoops of orr gr, ca
grandmothers have of late years come to b,
worn by their fair descendants, a.ser Il )nt
period in which lanky skirts held their WI
against all mechanical distending influen ces
we know that the hair powder worn by e I'm,
OF our modern ultra bellies at watering-pl act
hops, and at fancy dress-paltes, adorned al
most all heads about the period OF or
American revolution, having had an earl !iel
originin the days ofQueen Elizabeth;in she u {,
we constantly see ancient fashions rey.y ed
by both sexes, and we know how styles Of
dress seem to move in cycles. But who
would look to see flashy belle of our ,owa
time-waterfall, jockey hat, feathers, close
body coat, hoops and all l. described IN n
work published in London in 1872 We do
not wonder that the semi-masculine coat for
female wear should be revived a..er slum.
Der Of century and half, for it is both
comfortable and becoming: the ha., too, has
a Jaunty air, and the feather gives it grace
and finish; but the WATERFALL that ugIiest of
head gear-that IL should have been repro
duced excites our wonder.
But reUe1Oas a nos moutoas. In looking
over an old volume of Addison's Spectator.
bearing date 1712, We stumbled upon an ar.
ticle that in many respects fits the present
times so well that we canuot forbear copyinr
it almost entire, as its quaintness would make
it repay perusal without any regard to its
peculiar fitness in the present fashionable
emergency. The author introduces bis sub.
ject with motto in Latin, which, trans
lated into English, is as follows:
"A double form not two, nor maid nor YOUTH
Appear distinctly; neither and yet both"
He then proceeds to discourse upon this
text Aiier referring to the frequent mon.
strosities in dress which he had attempted to
reform, and indulging in speculation as to
what would be thought OF his utterances a
hundred years after they had been written,
he proceeds as follows:
Among the several Female ExIavagan.
cies have already taken Notice of, there is
one which still keeps its ground. I mean
that Of The Ladies soho dress nemselpes in a
Hat and Feather, Riding coat and PerriDig,
or at least Tie up their Hair in Bag or R,o-
band, IN Imitation Of the smart Part of the
opposite Sea. AS in my Yesterdays Paper 1
gave an Account of the Mixture of two
Sexes in one Commonwealth, shall here
take notice of the Mixture of two Sexes in
one Person. have already shown my Dis
like of this immodest Custom more than
once; but in contempt of everything have
hitherto said, am informed that the High
ways about this great city are still very much
infested with these female Cavaliers.
II remember when was at my Fliend
Sir Roger do Coverley's about this time
Twelvcmonth, an Equestrian Lady of this
Order appeared upon the Plains which Law
at distance from his House. was at this
time walking in the Fields with NV old
Friend; and as his Tenants ran out on every
side to sec so strange sight, Sir Roger ask
ed one of them who came by US what it was9
To which the Country Fellow reply'd, "Tis
Gentlewoman, saving your worship's
Presence in a Coat and Hat This pro.
duced a great deal of Mirth at the Knight'a
House, where we had a Story at the same
time of another of his tenants, who meeting
this Gentleman-like lady on the Highway
was asked by her sOhether that sOas Coyerly.
Hall; the honest Man seeing only tho Male
Part Of the Querist, replied, Yes SIR but up
on the second Question, sOhether Sir Roger
de Coverley tOas a married Nan, having
dropped his Eye upon the Petticoat, he
changed his Note into No, madam.
"Had one of these Hermaphrodites an.
peared in JuVsaGEs Days, with what indie.