The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-11-09
FOR the I.adies4The Fashions.

IfSatau finds some mischief still
for idle hands TO do, what is left over
lie probably gives to the busy bodies
Of fashion, '''i" '''
No sooner DO we get used to one
style of bonnet, one way of "fixing the
hair, one evil necessity in the way of
dress, than suddenly this capricious
despot pulls us by the Bit, and lol q
new promulgatory.
1t seems u shame that fashion should
not be controlled by any law whatev-
er. Every thing else to which we sub
NIT 10 seems to be amenable to some
thing beyond itself, or goyerncd by an
inherent principle upon which one may
depend. But with fashion there are
no high and low tides to be counted on
as one counts on the ocean; no armis.
tices, no intervals; but one grand con
fusion of change. Pray, how can n
woman help being iclsle2
We haye had hard yenr Of il. Just
as we had become accustomed to the
ingenious nature of the tilting hoop,
and were enjoying the exceeding com
fort of dresses loopcd up out Of the
mud, around goes King Fashions
wheell The fitting hoops drop into OBJ
security, and we are introduced to a
long, swooping Gabrielle" skirt, over
which our dresses are expected to float
literally, and thon go trailing through
the dust No more of that pleasant
seeuIity regarding cleanliness of hens;
no more Of the contentment that ac-
companies appropriateness Of dress
Nothing but q perpetual picking up
and dropping, with now and then a
sudden shock from being stepped upon
Pleasant isn't!
Two years ago or more bonncts with
scooping fronts so high that nobody
could sit behind n woman at public
place and see anything that was going
on in front Now we wear something
just as near to nothing as can be GOT
Every woman, too, is expected to fal
into the ranks and wear huge water
fall ut the very peak Of her head. /
| pulls horribly, and discloses what i
rarely pretty part ofa womans neck
and which has SO long been protecte,
by the style ofwearing the hair, tha
we can't help shivering thereabouts. =
But what of thatp 1t is the fashion
and, therefore, all you have to do is t,
shiver amiably. There are no coward
in fashions brigades. .. $50
And, whereas, we FUSED to walk lilS
, Christian martyrs, erect and undaun
ted, we, for a time, have fallen upo
evil ways. We began with certain al
titudes Then we gave angular crook
; to our arms, carried our parasols as
we were making perpetually presen
tation of them, and bctook ourselve
along the promenade horribly distor
ted, but quito en- regle We now yiel
this particular style; but you who woul,
be 'just the thing" are to practice tn
|, old Grecian curve. Try to look lik
} Psyche. Lean forward to any degre
that is difficult TO accomplish. Nov
take long strides, like a man in u sol
smn hurry, too melancholy to run, to,
hurried to take it easy, and you ar,
supposed to have an air diSt0lgue L
will be necessary TO practice this be
fore large mirror, but with patience
be assured that You will finally secur,
such carriage" that your very iden
tity may become question Vivacitl
of expression does not harmonize witt
this particular stylo of poise. 1t j
best, therefore, to assume the sympa
thetic. Nobody supposes you 10 b
comfortable; and even lift were not tn
newest style, your very angels are s.
many pointed appeals.-[N. Y. Times