The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-01-04

have hltn tnat u eNSu YET reUlulus 1
nnsullicd in many young hearts,
Notwithstanding the bad influences |
Of the days which it has fallen. -
1t is true that whatever can be done |
is done to make them false, lying !
and selfish they are enr' |
ly taught to devise modcsty and !
sincerity, ms cd a,hionrd virtues,
and that their business ia to get
up with all the ar's
and aids they can muster, for tile
market. They bury their hcsh
ness beneath II vile load Of paint,
powder, false hair, and dirty horse
hair, and lose their iuuoccnce in
the love % display, and unma'den
Is attempts to attract an secure
the attention they consider it their
business to win. Fashions ar,
followed without any reference t.
their modcs,y, any more than their
beauty, and are exaggerated, let the
cons ouoncos be what they may.
A wcll.known writer drew down
upon herself vials OF wrath some
ltinc ago by her structures upon the
revelations male by the hooprd
skirts of the younI lady visitors
during the commencement ot les
tivities at Harvard College A
that time the small hooped skirt
known us the Quaker" was il
vogue. What would she say now
to the bcll.shnpe, that cxpansc
of crinolinc which extends its area
ut its base, and VIII not allow In.
dis to move, st,r.p, cit do An, en-
ter q car or leave mn omnibus, with
out such exposure rs should crlm
son the;r checks with shame, bu'
which has become so common thai
it really cxtorts no more than
laugh or look of indifference -
Over thesc'imm nse hoops one thir
skirt is often worn, and above thi'
the dress is drawn in such q wa,
that the slightest disarrmgcmcn
of rapcry reveals the Skeleton
lin all it's naked dcformity. Th'
l.sLapc, in its most expansive
form. is the style OF tho new scar
let and " silver" hooped skirt
which are Intended e., add the
show aud glitter to the splendor Q
the coming winter evening toilets
Plainly, and, possibly, not nnwil
lngl visible they will be in tn
swiit,moving rcdowas and will
galop but we doubt if the sigh
would add to the pleasure will
which and man would SOC his wifi
or sister engage in these iascina
ting exercises.
The apalogists for modern NOR
ais and manners charge upon on
grandmothcrs, whom we are wah
to consider models of dccorum,
freedom ofspecch and action grea
ter even than that of their descend
ants but we must be excused to
doubtiny such u fact. Ccrlainl
n when hoop.skirts were worn by on
n great grand-mothcrs. they wer,
1 in man" respects, much less o'
! iectionablc than now (; they wei
# comparatively straight, not 50 W
/, ldenvd ont toward the bottom TIN
the least motion would leave Il
!, lower part of the person expose
Il The dances then in vogue were
}, slow. grave .dignitic1 characto
r entirely unlike the whi.king, wbir
= ing boydenish 4" fast dnnc's
ia ,,,,scfit dav, which were nevc
to be associ ted with til
/ modern stvle OF hoops, except
> circles OF the demi monde, a sp
cies with the characteristics
d which we aye becoming altoSeth'
t too well acquainted Moreover
/, those days, the young women,
h least. had chance to preserve the
$ innocence of soul. They did N
$ lead society thev were only orci
i sionallv admitted into it. The
were taught domestic duties
G home; they did norsprnd one-tllir
= of their time in the street, ono thil
: at the locking glass. and the re
: mainder in close and contidcntii
n relations with some one OF half
G dozen young men.
S How can the mothers OF Amer
+ ca hold their DAUGHTERS so chea
e AS to allow them to bestqw the
It vonth, their smiles, and the yonn
}. hearts on any creature bearing I'll
:, semblance of a man who happe'
3 TO come in their way and not or
G " allow, but encourage them
o display their fine points for his AZ
8 miration, as ii he were select'n
slaves for a market or horses for
@ stud 1t is .hcsr women who a
d prepared to sell their daughters
a the highest bidder, who will sacr
!, fee everything to their love Of sea
Q let and gold, that are resronsib
q for the low estimate placed upC
/. their sex, for its comparative us
\ lessness, and more than half
n crimes, Some day they will ha
d an account to settle. tiial a.