Smyrna times., 1866-01-24

FLEA FOR light LACISG.-A lady CORES
pondent writes as follows ON the subject of
wearing cOr>et>: " am one OF those ptiahlr
objects who occasionally draw forth the warn
ing remarks of doctors and elderly ladies'
am the envied po>ScS>or Of waist Of sixteen
inches. Now, please, Mr.. Editor, allow me,
As one OF your c0nSOlant readers, to say a very
tew words on the other side; for you know. no
! one can Judge property of question without
hearing both sides. In the first place, as re-
CARDS the beauty of small waist, the preNeat
style of dress makes "a natural-SlEc waist look
terribly clumsy. 1t is all very we'll for the
! Greeks and Romans aud the often rcicrrcd-tO
| Venus deMclicis but not for young lady Of
our own times Next. as 70 tho dreadful ef-
fccts Of tight-lacing. When stays were made
/ of buckram and iron the doctors might have
! had some cause 10 write against them but
look Ut the beautiful French corscts now uni
versally worn! They are quite different ar
ticle of dress. Besides, even in the last centu-
ry, when stays were made 81 stiff and cut so
straight ladies enjoyed good health aud were
even more robust than those of the present
day. Again, there are actually more women
in the kingdom than men, which would not be
the ease if during 80 many years | may say
ccntures) tight-hcinX had reilly been the
suicide it has been called. have often
thought it very hard that, ifa young lady fsints
or dies suddenly, she should immediately be
accused Of having brought il on by tight lac
ing. Do uHh never faint or die suddenly
and are they not subject 10 consumption, spinal
dcformites, and those other diseases which
have been aScribed to the corset? For my
own part, ! have never suffered any incOnve
nience from this fashion and my waist il small
er than the majority The great secret Is t.
begin early by this means the figure is nsO"t
) tted early to a slender shape, without the sc
we're compression necessary when the Inquire
has been neglected till an advanced age. II
the corset is carefully fitted, and plenty of room
; allowed round the upper part of the chest, NJ
Inconvenience need be caused Can We b'
D blamed for doing our best 20 pleaSe2 (fentle
men admire a slender figure; and can it be ex
pected that any one will voluntarily make
wall Hover of herself because those to whom
} fashion Is no longer an object of concern rak
S up Old-fashOned prejudiceS against the mos
attractive element of female beauty?"
!. A RECRUIT FROM THE GRAVE The wa
% has produced many strange stories, but FEY
! more singular than the following one, relate
= by Colonel Ellis, late Of the lst Mississippi
- Cavalry, i'll ST. Louis paper:
! A few days after = ficrccly contested battle
"a party of soldiers belonging to the lst Nilsson
= ri took jaunt over the battle, aud came up t
:. IA spot where the rebel dead were buried.
- one place the hair of q mans head was see
- sticking out of the ground like a tuft Of grass
a. and near by hand was seen prOtrudlng NJ
- |, ward, which evidently belonged TO the corp,
~ that owned the head Of hair. One of the cay
- alrymen remarked to his COMPANIONS, III Spl
70 it Of levity: See there's dead reb reachiH
~ out for something; let's Sec what he wants.
!. In the same spirit of wanton mischief almo
~ recklessness, the cavaryman took hold of II
Il, man s hand, and hauled the body out of ii
~. grave, the loose dirt falling back into the sha
pr low hole. Soon after the man began to stir al
ID manifest signs Of life, to the utter astOnlsl
N. ment aud horror of the reaurrectionlsts III
a man was taken by his rcscuerS To their ten
,rt and was rubbed down, washed off, and III tc
n days became "as good as new lie said til
nj in the battle he was stunned by the passage
cd a. SHE'LL which knocked him senseesS. lie "
picked up amongst the dead and buried n
the rest Not scratch was found on his bod
~ lie said that he had joined the rebel army al
ST. fought the Fcderals long and well, but as Il
tu, was his second appearance on earth, he woul
OF now join the Federals and fight for them.
az accordingly enlisted in the lst Missouri, dc
-ed good deal of tough marching and hard hgl
rs, ing, and last September was mustered out
Ils, the service and paid off at Benton barracks.