The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-26

Cause Of Resors from the Ladies.


Cause Of Resort from the Ladies.
The odious man of the Comie,
seems to relish nothing better than a
crusade against fitting hoops, -
which cause, he asserts, has been
strangely mistaken. Commenting Oh
feminine plea for their grace and
utility, he remarks: cit is not be-
cause ladies show their legs, for it is
habitually done by the women of
many nations, and is not necessarily
indelicate. But the fitting hoop makes
n pretense of covering the legs, rs
though one should say, I am show
ing You what I ought not to- If the
ladies will wear short dresses, instead
of long cnes looped up and held out,
sensible men will find no fault We
are glad to learn Eastern ladies wear
pantalets; our ladies might very pro-
perly adopt the habit" Now, ladies,
isn't this pretty TRADE against us?
And, as our sex prevents us from
taking tangible satisfaction by giving
him Il pummeling, let lis seize and
hold him by every available button
hole, and pour into his ears such a
volley of anathemas as he never be-
fore heard, and give him the benefit
of that ''organ" Of speech which has
been proclaimed we possess to an un-
limited degree; let us give one unani-
nous shout of indignation; confuse,
deafen, madden him with the melli-
huous epithets, s'brute," monster,
''fend incarnate!' How dare you
insinuate that the ladies' of this city
wear no pantalets? How could you,
sir, thus boldly accuse us Of such an
unheard-of indelicacy? Shameful,
ridiculous; tits monstrous libel, an
Infamous misrepresentation, an I'M
pardonable non-appreciation of our
be.ruffied, be-futed under-gear. 1t
IS false and base, and we won't bear
it tamely-that we won't; and, if you
don't take it back, you will not soon
again have the pleasure of acknow-
Lodging beautiful bouquet from
lady friend. We prefer to send our
flowers whence come our compli-
ments. Your style Of returning COM
pliments don't seem to prevail among
intelligent people.
We advise you, the next windy day,
TO rub up your specs, sit down fair
and square at the window of your
sanctum, (where You are sure to be
seen on windy days and do not pre-
tend to ''ignore the fact of the ex-
istence of some of the finest handi-
work in the way of s'frills and edg-
ings." Any one but an obdurate,
captious editor, Of your species,
would pronounce them faultless; and
then, sensible men never find fault
with well-dressed lady at all, and
do not consider a subject to call
forth ugly criticisms. We will not
wear short dresses until it is decreed
by fashion or custom to do so. You
would be the first to open q battery
OF censure on our appearance in the
streets in that style, and "bloomer
costume" is not generally in favor.
We ariN persist in wearing our dresses
long in the drawing-room, for its
gracefulness, and looped up in the
street, for its neatness and conye-
nience, which latter style we think
great improvement on all the ''sweep-
lng-the-street system" which pre-
vailed formerly, and created ridicule
and rebuke to an alarming extent.
And rs for the ''tilters," they are
quite indispensable, and we will have
our skirts held out by them for all
the ''ikes O you
If it shocks your sense of propriety
to see our sspretty CATERS" and elsie
thread hose" don't look higher SO
pertinaciously, to let your optics de-
ceive yon and accuse us SO outrage
ously. Pull down your blue shades
and be sure you don't peep out when
high winds prevail. We did not dress
our pedal extremities with immacu-
late hose and high-heeled boots for
your dull eyes to squint at, nor for
the crowd of loafers who stare us out
Of countenance and |'out of gait at
the street corners. We dress to look
neatly and feel comfortably, with
regard to prevailing modes, as every
lady should. We dress to please, and
feel sure we receive the just appre-
citation of all well-bred gentlemen,
who make us feel our efforts are not
Labor lost" We have heard enough
about bonnets, waterfalls" and "tilt-
ing hoops" and we think it high
time to put it down; and Mr.. Editor
of the Courier will yet live to learn,
as many have before, that an attempt
to reform dress is futile, and We