The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-06
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LaUSo Of Life, 80 called, 8 paper puolshed
somewhere in the western part of New
York State, there is published 8 call in the
May number, for q 'dress reform eOnven~
ton" to be held at Rochester some time in
June. Rochester is the city SO famous Tor
4knockin.s, table tiPpings," and floods.
1t is supposed thss Hannah Thurston, the
strong minded woman of whom Bsysrd
Taylor loves to write, will be present; also
Mrs. Bloomer, Mrs. JEFF Davis, and "Od
Buck of Pennsylvania. The object of
this tall womsn's-sbort clothes Indignation
meeting, TO express it in as few words as
possible, is 10 allow women to wear clothes
IS near ike those now worn by men SIS
public opinion will tolerate.
A lady was arrested in this city, notlong
since, for wearing the new short female
male dress. But it turns out that the po-
liceman didn't know what he wal about
wasn't posted as to the direction of the
tide in these matters, and SO he was dis
missed from the seryice. Thus you will
see that aver Gotham is rubbing its eyes
open to facts as they actually exist.
At the recent festival of the National
Unitarian Convention, held at the Acade-
my Of Music, in New York, Mr.. Peter
Cooper, as its President repeated some po-
etry, among other things, saying:
'Eys pature's WALTZ, shoot folly as it diss,
An catch tns name s livtu. a. they rice;
Laugh where we must, be candid whsrs ~ can
Following such notable advice, we must
laugh q little st the late sudden turn and
wonderful impetus given to the dress re-
form movement by the late President of
the TO called" (see Earl RusselTs speech)
Southern Confsderscy. a lady from
Washington writes: "Jef is already pic
ture1 in our streets with. Mrs. JEFF skirts
onln Barnum, who makes a picture gall
iery Of the outside of his museum, has al
ready hoistcd to the public gszs a large
CANVASS of "Mr." Dsvis IN his wife's skirts,
rushing through the WOO 8, holly pursued
by Urcle Sans boys in blueI And the
New York Times, in an editorial, very nat
urally concludes that Mrs. Davis is nov
the $50 called" President, since, if her hus
band wosrs the skirts, the brooches must be
left TO her. Can we wonder that the Laos
of Llfe is out with a call for q dress con-
ventiJn2
"Eye natures wslks," ssvs Mr.. Cooper.
We nave been securing the city pretty well
of late, and among other notsble persons,
we met, 81 DR.. Bellows church, the vener-
able P-ter Cooper himself, and his " wife
Sarah" Mr.. Cooper is a dried up, we'll
preserved old man of over seventy. His
hair is white and fowing he dresses in
ancient style, and altogether seems to be
the good hearted, benevolent man one would
take him to be after visiting the Cooper
Union buildings. Mrs. Sarah Cooper
lie a fat, Jolly locking old dame, the perfect
picture OF grandmother and good nature.
She hold her head high, stands perfectly
straight, wears her gray hair curled, and
dresses very neatly. che took hold Of the
arm of "Peter, her husband" and walked
down the sidewalk as briskly as any one.
Fanny Fern" of ths New York Ledger,
your correspondent cav the other day. Sne
is anything IN appearance but the sweet
fern she has. chosen for q nom de pLAme
She was seated in her carriage with ali the
importance # a quser, with a negroin
livery on the box, and two prsnciog steeds
in front. There was q naughty, lordly
air, tinged with a little sadness perbapl, IL
the expression of her face; there was re-
solution and ffmne-s-it would hardly be
well to step on Miss Fanny toes more
than once. She has q fne head Of waving
hair, a Ia Sterling's Ambrosis advertise
menti u full, heshy face, with very marked
features. gro.
Private Miles oRiley," whom the New
Y TX Herald has tried t. make out as 80
smart snO funny, | met in a professional
capacity" not .ong since. BE looks and
appears like any ordinary, well-formed,
heal ny man of about thirty-fYe. Unfo5-
tunAtsly TOR him his stomach Is bis weakest
spot and occasionally mis- appetite get the
better Of him, just as it did of Douglas
Webster, and other smart men.
1 had the satisfaction OF holding a long
chat with Robert Murrsy, The United
States Marshal, who was one of the prin-
cipal men who hunted out the place of
Booths concealment He is 8 very sgree-
able man to talk with, when not ON DUTY,
but woe to the poor wretch who falls into
his hands as United States Marshall He
seems fitted BY nature for just the position
he holds. His features are heavy and
roughly cut; he has a short, thick neck,
snd a hesvy-under lip, which hangs down
He is u broad chested, stout man, solid and
compact. As q gentleman he loves %jswelry,
and wears q profusion of diaRonds, 8
massive watch and chain, and seveNul pms
L took walk down the east side of Fifth
Avenue the other day, meeting ell the
seslth and fashion of this Paris Of the
N,w World. L saw nothing 50, terribly
out Of the way in The matter of dress, if
the people could sfoId 70 wear what they
had on, and everything seemed to Indicate
that they could. But some people will con-
tiDuslly Agitate b -question. AS the New
York AttGs s7ys IF MI. Phillips "Let
them sgitate" No hahn can eOme Of it.
ana the best way TO spike the guns of this
dress question, is-toud do rs "Jef. Davis"
dohel There IL no de~Dyingsthst there
is, and always has been, much, g folly to
shoot in this matter Of fashion and lis in.
6uence Over the health, morals and com
fort and convenience of Womsnkind. And
4 catching the manners living as they
it is equally true that some Of the
Rochester Doess RsfOrmers spent much
that should be shot at IS it flies
Qlite 3 psFty-of Cleveland ladies are
st the s.. Nicholas, shopping, in
Mrs, Hurlburti Ms. Perkins, Mis-
Lizzie Baldwin, and others. . o. W.
General sheridan's Great Speech