Smyrna times., 1866-01-24
The Proper Diume,er for Crinoline.

The question of the proper diameter Of q la
dy' skirt has recently received an anthOrlta-
tive deciSion-nOt decision by the laws OF
taste, nor in court Of fashion, by which these
matters have been usually determined, but
regular Judicial determination in Q court OF law
in England. It seems that while lady was
passing along the streets i'll London, her dress
caught upon uHil projecting from a packing.
box which had been lett nn the Sidewalk and
she result was :. hidcous rent, whrrru!on the
lady, lila righteous Indignation, made claim for
damages. The owner Of the puckinV-hoX, Ell
ther cOnrciuu. that he was wrong. or dr>jcou~
t0 save trouble, undertook to have tht dress re-
paired but the piece Of SIX which h. had put
in did not match the rest closely enough t. suit
the offended lady, whcrcupOn her husband
brought suit against him for wrongfully Oh
structng the public highway, whereby he had
suffered injury. The unfortunate packing-bOx
man undertook 60 defend hmSelftrom this claim
by proving that the sidewalk was ten feet wide,
| and that the offending packing-bOx occupied
only three feeC Oh one side of it, leaving the
lady an unObStructed passage seven feet wide.
He claimed that this was room enough, and
that it was negligence, therefore, on the lady's
part, to run against the nail.
But the court held otherwise, and gave
judgment in the plaintiff favor for all the in
jury which the dress had sustained, with costs.
SO that it may We suppose. be understood
hencefnrth that diameter Of seven feet Is
within the proper and legal limits Of u lady's
| skirt
There is one class of our laiic, whose cspc-
cial attention We desire t. call to this decision.
We mean that cla,S who spread out their skirts
upon the seats Of cars and ouinIbu>scS to the
extent of only five or six feet or -. They
should no longer allow themselves to be limited
in the cruel way that they have been. Hence
forth We advise them to spread out t. the tull
extent OF seven feet at least, Iumiudtul whcth-
er any unfortunate, Of the other >''X are >uS-
pendm, themselves by the strap From tn" ';'r
root or not Seven foot aero j. The local
iui,. ludl,.S. " Tn law allows / and ;h court
aWaui> Il.
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nave u ROOM dul spi a. :iIn-l.! Il, ,:r,
lord told him H. cov,d. INT tta.y 'cr. - =
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him. At n ar. !. ar 'iIl reverend gvn'lc-
man ~"E. l. his ro,ln. locked 1ho door, aud
soon retired to bei and sunk into comi4rta-
Die sleep Along toward midnight he was
. reused from his ,lumbers by = loud knocking
vt his door.
Halo you there, he exclaimed, what
: do you want nor particular stress on the
last word.
"You must take another loigcr, sir, with
) you, said the voice of the landlord
f "What, another yet
, Why. yc,-there is only one in here, is
there?'
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odist preacher and myself, already, and should
think that enough Tor one bed, even III Mich
igan.
f The landlord seemed to think 50 too, and
/ left the trio to their rrPoSe.