Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-24

Sktrts-The Cache Train, or New
| CrinOIine-The NeapoIItsIn Catalan
-"OnbIi, E6Rne Costumes
The TrRhsiti on "A ge IN n 0iIeIte
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IpAris GsHqFrsspOndenco Aug;; q Of the New York
1 am afraid your readers viii tlink am
taking a great liberty with their emotions
when l announcesthe coming fashions; but
wherever dir9eventis anticipated | have
ever thoIght IL more satisfactory 70 know
the worst than live ia suspense. MOREOVER
IT is universally true that ill-news travels
fast; so that any well-meant dellcacy OF
feeling on my part would be superabund-
| ant and fastidiousl Do - q % "a r5 - aE0G
Readers, therefore impress on you the
| hecfssity Of keeping caln7w while you learn
that we are all before autumn TO 90 about
in skirts asHarrow'and tight as we can con-
Yeneutlywalk in, and that next winter we
are TO lOoklike Mesdames Recauier, Tallien,
Abrantes, DC. A crowd Of historical ass0-
Citations and absurd-sOuHenirs somewhat
confuse my brain while theseDanes drop
from my pen on paper. A phantasmagoria
of female figures are in white satin7 skirts,
cut umbrella shape with the handle 0own5
wards) and not a fold to hide the anatomy
OF humanity! fancy | ste some in lcg-
| ot-mutton. sleeves !; Others with their waistsr
encircled by belts just uhder their arm
pits, and the heads of all surmouuted by
| turbans voluminons enough to content the
/ elevated ideas OF Mussulman, All these
ladies sidle up and down a wtll-lit draw
| lng-r0om; the thin ones all angles, as II
| their members were hung on wires the
fat ones intent on defeating spontahe us
combustionl Tney stand uprin a circle,
| each led to- the dance by a cavalier in yell
lowleggings, a sky blue coat and brass
buttons, with his head only just percepti-9
BILE under the two towering points Of an
incredible shirt collar. W. IN. .,0a... ,a
Both ladies' and gentlemen bow as low as
the "convenences" and the nature of thtirT
upper clothing allow, after witch prelimiii-
aries TWO guests advance alone and slide
through a minuet, the lady courtseyiag "a
great deal and performing the feat OF bend-
ing her Hrns gracefully over her head
without splitting her gloves at the elbows.
| The gentleman, meanwhile, has to do the
smiling part and a vast amount of panto-
| mime with a thrpe-cOrnered hat; his blue
coat tails do,not aip till the end when tile
accelerated motion of q e dance dHmands5
= certain display of energy. Wheu those
two have sufficiently ediNed the bystand-
ers, either seated or standing on ring 10
admire their evOlutiOns, others volunteer,
and gayot follows, each party dancing in,
cadence, turbans and all. u-'I
Bon bons then circulate, with glasses of
sugar and water. aud at this point, without
the help of any stronger refreshments, my
delirium increases. i see Robespierre and
Marat rush l1,s Roche and Charlotte Corday
follow; ali join in an anachrOnism which
rs nothing less than the widest can-can.
The absurdity of R1bsperre's action star-
Ties me; l awake 70 reality, and discover
that the future fashions have carried me so
far back that / am forgetting the present
/ thOuUn | have 0mnltI nlnttpr for o. a iii IL.
course IL ImilsthaFe an effort torecall my
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