The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-10-10

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5 them, she win assuredlv never lack ad-.
mirors to appreciate the p'iveloge There
Is nothing intrinsicaly more immedest
IN showing the lower limbs fhan in
showing the upper ones, ami as the lat
Ter are usually reveaed without cover
lng and the former are not, the distiucs
tion, ifany, Is on the safe sidp. Dacjd,
cdl' there is less suggestion ofiu1eIica-.
ry even In revelation extending 70 ihe
knee than IN the over liberal exposure of
lho bosom, too often seen II society, ard
) which fashion still appears 10 sanetion.
a nice foot ard ankle wen baoto3. and
a rounded continuance well hoaod how
ever attractive we have seen them ia he
10 not convey, save to very morbid and
unmanly imagnings, such significant as.
socallons as does the bra2en revaalment
ot those parts OF the fgare which decent
women, even of barbarous nations. have
ever .jealcnsly vailed as the sacred sym-
bols OF maternity, No! such develop
menls to healty mind are not entirely
shocking and demoraizirg. There is
only danger that, like all pleasant pi
quaint. or slightly equivocGl things. they
may be carried too tar-or, to be exact
that the skirts may be tilted too hlAh.
Excess in all fashions instantly implies
vnlgarity, In this one, the remark Is
polntedly applicable Tho mode at pres.
ent juslltios modest young women in q
display Of their pedal charms which five
years ago would have been voted outra,
geous Blu, they should be cautlous to
avoid being confounded with those whom
they blush to hear named, but with
whomthey are Of surety v@y sure to
he contounded, when they bow to Dame
Fashion too low aud lit Their petticoats
too high a crinoline was introduced
in London last year, called. if in our
masculine blnnder we mistake not,
patent adjustable jupon, which was in.
ended to afford the usual advantages Of
extension and conyenlent support Of
skirts, while by superior heXibillty aud
occult Ingenuity 1t 'clme in to the fig.
ure on emergency, so as to prevent tho
a'InrIng displays to which the gentlemen
seem 50 partial, But it did not appear
t. become pop | + there, and probably
would prove to he no more 50 here--;he
ladies can best tell why. Perhaps the
b ter way TO bride too lavish an abar.
donment to an cntcing shion will lie
IN JAal contraction Of crinolian ampli-
udeS tor which, we learn, the despotic
HAT has just gone forth, Still when the
-E'ria are narrowed they may vet be
drawn to a" nnsceml y height; and here
there seems no resource ilr those who
love and respect the precious sex but to
counsel then to good taste and modera-
uon. We should be utter hypocrites
were we to aver that we desire to do
away altogether with the charming
gllmpSes We have been accustomed to be-
r gated with aud the lalas themselves
would not for moment believe it were
we tosay so. We by means advise
Them to Yield too omuch 10 pulitanicalin
tolerance or to nitelly surcumb to maid
en- aHnt' invldious irony. Let enlipbt.
anoh reason and the ,ud,aious indulgence
80 ''''' ''t'''lN w lltlI GlliI N tV all
means Above everything let no temp
-ailon sednco them to exhibit an any oc.
'aS'on socyer dirty stockings or draool.
'd skirts, t,r there is bathos IN this
which oyci'es the fury OF every RIGHT
nindet man With these restrictive
'a!egaj'ds and suggestions, we will nj.
ow hereafter, any lady whose years aud
'hy..ical development render the process
drccnt one, the pIiveIcgc Of rai,ng her
kirtS to hight not exceeding one iith
VI that OF her entire person, from the
ground This We pronounce ycgula-
non which can give offtnse to none OF
htherseX Of fair liberal disposition While .
{ obvates the objection which aways
attaches to the sudden and arbitrary
'ntllng off Of any qualification to which
he public has become accustomed II
5, therefore, promulgated rs a celestial,
imperial and vermilIion edct; let oycry
tremhle and obey