The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-19
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b her long hair. The glory OF & fash
ionable woman now seems to l3c in the
quantity OF the hair. of other people
she can put on her head. The prevail
ence and the prlde of false hair Is u
striking illustration OF the power Of
fashion, Not long ago 1t was n last
resort, TO replace decay, and necessity
70 be concealed even from ones friends.
Nov women pride themselves npon the
magpItude of the structure which all
know to lAs false, and there Is as much
ostentatiou in costly hhir us in costly
Recently "A French woman OF rank.
riding in a secluded road; was assaulted
by her coachnInn, who struck her over
the head several times with an iron
wrench, but her false hair structure
broke the force of the blows and saved
her from being overcome. This Is the
only rational purpose We have heard OF
for this nPpendage, but this IS rather
too suggestive.
Besides the unwholes0me relations of
false hair, there Is something still more
suspicious in the materials of tho frame
work of the various structures now
worn, some of which nfe htly called by
unwholesome names. These composite
fabrics have run to an extreme that
must reset, one would think, and per-
haps the next extreme of fashion will
be q style of hair so diminished that
shall give to the world assurance of its
being Identical with the weurer.
The WATERFALL, which, from its name,
ought 70 be naturally flowing, has fex.
panded tosa stfH stretched eontFfVunce
like a pfn-oushlon or a SNUFF bladder,
without grace, and n mere eXcreseence,
NJ nj Ea I'll
these are going OUT. For that, II true,
We are thankful. %
This ts the only specially ungrateful
feature of the present style OF hair,
But we doubt II the puts, called by
some vef1niuOus name, worn high
above tho temples are artistic. They
narrow the appearance Of the head al
with intellectually. But many women
have an idea that hight instead Of
breadth of forehead is a sign Of intel.
leet. The ancient Greeks did not think
so, and the types OF female beauty they
have len viii still continue 70 be the
general model. The dressing Of the
hair Will continue to revert 70 the classic
style, which in us general features 4
graceful flowing from the central
parting to a coll behind. But the most
objectionable feature of the present
fashion is the prominence Il gives to the
foreign origin OF the hair.
It Is n grave question whether this
habit Of artificial substitutes Z or nAtu-
Tnl features DOES not diminish the re-
gard for the true and natural in every
Thing, and thus tends TO demoFnIlzat tho
female mind. VIII not the line between
the false and the true be fndistine4P ?
VIII not an air of falsehOod surround
mental as well MS physical develop
ments? We suggest this for the Eeri-
1FNs H. ~
eau be no question TINT in the minds Of
men the sanetity Of female mysteries Is
much broken down by the prevalence
Of artificial Substitutes, and by the
manner In which their anntOmicsiI fab
Iication Is laid bure in thGlRhop win
doEs. Sten cannot know but that the
object to be adOrszd Is a mere idol. Of
hdy, wood and stubble, like those mem
TONED in scripture.
We do not make an onslaught on the
fashions OF female dress by my means
for generally they are graceful and ele-
CANT; and we have exceeding scoTn for
those newspaper rHilers aL the female
fashions, who could not see the beauty
OF the style Of bOnnetB this year, and
their svnst Improvement S,over the sky
scfapeE fronts and stiff protesting capes
Of the previous fashion. We are con-
tent that the order Of nature, which in
all other animals makes the male the
sex Tor display and swell, should lie re-
VeTsed In the case OF women. Solomon,
in all his glory, did not behold women
aTTuyed like those which Eecnu see mp
on.Our Streets any Glfr day, without a
care foE, the expense. And the cloth Of
gold which used 70 Be laid down for
princes TO walk upon on occasions OF
unusual splendoE, was poor display
compared with the sidewalks contfuaf-
lY swept by silks Of fabul0us cost. on
which any man can walk IN this happy
age. -A
It Is sometimes remarked that women
are expensiVs5 but this e the business
Of those who enjoy them, and no man
is under eOmpulsfon. Luxuries would
cease 10 be luxuries Il they were cheap.
And as We value things in prOpoTti1n 70
their cost, Will moi the expensive habits
OF women make them more dear TO
their husbands2 What a blessed dis.
cOVeFy II In her very extFuVaRHnce
the woman finds \ charm like the cestus
Of Penus 70 secure her husbaIfl's love I
What II the more she loOsenS his purse
strings the tighter she binds his fidelffy.
and thus the fEiction Of his nose upon
the gTindsto1e keeps his heart uxoTi-
OuSiy warm