Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-05-28
THE PROPOSED REFORM.

THE PROPOSED REFORM.
Under this head, the Marysville Ap-
peal contains u lengthy communication
from u correspondent in San Francisco
approving the contemplated innovation
on the old style of ladies riding. The
writer is earnestly in favor ofthe change.
He says: sour eye has just fallen upon
a paragraph in the .Alta, taken from the
appeal, wherein il is asserted that the
ladies of Marysville have organized u
club for the purpose Of enforcing the
Turkish costume and the ordinary mans
saddle for ladies. The paragraph is
headed 4" Women'S Rights we should
have labeled it " Sensible Women" If
they succeed in inaugurating the new
style-and they cannot fail il they go
determinedly to work for it-they will
confer a blessing on the sex and on nan
kind in general beyond that contemplate
ed by any reform yet attempted for their
benefit. Nothing, in u opinion. is
more absurd than the awkward, con-
strained, cramped and dangerous style
of horseback riding practiced by females
Of civilized society at the present day.
As it is now prscticed We sincerely be-
lieve it is a positive injury to them, and
in this opinion VT are sustained bymsny
thoughtful, scientific men. All honor,
say we, to the ladies Of Marysville for
the bold and sensible step they have
taken. They have only to persist in
their determination and they are sure
TO succeed. Women, in all ages, have
been enabled by their influence to in
sugurate wars and to make peace, to
establish thrones and to topple them
over, to send men spinning to the utter
most corners of the earth, or 10 chain
them spell-bound a, their feet. Why,
then, have they not the power to cut
loose from the trammels Of an absurd
| fashion, and adopt 4 measure calculated
in so great Il degree to improve their
| physical developments and promote their
social enjoyment. God speed them,
say we; and when our daughter, now in
~swsddling clothes, arrives at woman's
estate, we shall teach her to follow their
example,
We believe that the dress reform is to
be thoroughly inaugurated on this coast,
by the new style for horseback riding
and that the truly " sensible ladies OF
Msrysville are emitting themselves to
the credit of commencing the move
ment. A lady will not be the subject OF
ridicule and insult on account OF her
proper dress on horseback and SO il
will happen, that gradually the Amer
lean mot Turkish) costume, will be gen.
orally worn. As we hope for a vastly
improved average of health among
women, in this country, observable dur
ing the next ten years, even by such
wish do we trust that the present fool
ish, ricked style of womau's dress is GO
ing out of date for all time.
The netc /" American" style Of stree,
dress is not a d" Bloomer or II Turk
ish," but is thoroughly " American in
I invention and fashion. The skirts are
not of tunic shortness, but are Of such
length as to reach down even with the
ankle. So the remarkable character Of
the Bloomer style is done away with,
and a lady may walk the streets SO
dressed without being noticed AS oW're in
her dress, except by the most scrutiniz'
ing of her own sex. The /" American y
style, depends upon patent suspender'
and loops, which entirely relieve the
hips from the pressure and burden OF
heavy underclothing. A full and Illus
trated description, with patterns, can
be obtained at Bpgle's Pos,oaice Depot,
Virginia city.