The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-08


The clock of revolution, it is said,
never goes backyard. Wooden clocks
do. They went back on Barnn an scan
daloasly. HereafterlI am iu favor OF
wooden clocks. like theirtick. They
ARE disposed to tick it Democratic. no,
What sublime chronometry was theirs
on that merry Monday Glad holiday
for the true-hearted and freeic Mourn.
full HAwLEY-day for the fanatic and the
crayenl Memorable ,wiH beths mntar
tions it has just been their lot to mark
History knows few granderevents than
We're ehronicled by these same old time.
Keepers, as on that glorious occasion
they told Oft the qniek seconds of
mighty tevSlufioh, recorded the auttsr-
ing pulse-beats of doomed and dying
error, numbered the final moments iof
organized hypocrisy and wrong, and
then pealediout upon the ear of the lis
tening nation the triumphant notes OF
freedoms Joyous jubilee. N = ta a.. l.lJ6T
1 promised You, in my last, 10 speak
of the new fashioned skirt and its cur
tailment. 81 You will understand that
neither the skirt noroathe skirt tail
meant, is by any means novelty. Eve
wore a similar one, and even to this
day. YOU can see ar eyep-tide many
limitations Of the great model which
Eve united and and threw off for the
long trailing garments which the shift
ing fashions introduced. 1t was to
these last that the poet referred,
when lie remarked "The trail of the
serpent is over chem ALL" As Eve
had a man To make her work,
she was the first woman to
become famous for mautua-maker
work. Some men wish she had been
the last. The gentleman to whom re-
fer was relation of hers by marriage.
So much was Eve attached 70 him that
she wouldn't give ,1+idm for any other
man; in which respect. as some one has
observed, she was much '.fairer than
any of her daughters Besides doing
something in the clothes line, they
branched Of considerably in the vine
dressing business. This to Adam was
rare sport-quitc as rare as Port is Mt
this date.
BY constant practice, Eve soon be-
came quite an artist; | might say
model artist in her way. So much was
she admired that many of her female
descendants have gone good deal out
of their way to copy her style. us any
one can tell by comparing the fashion
plates of her time with those of the
present day. q .- ,.,
To this desire to adopt the primitive
costume and customs of Eden, attrib-
ute the new tangled skirt. Git shonld
be called petit coat; the name suits the
garment to O t.
l have lately visited one. The
institution was unoccupied ut the
time, and for this reason my exam
ination was, in some respects, unsatis--
factory, The walking dressis sort of
telescope arrangement of dry goods-a
regular patent fisinng-rod, affair, the
outer compartment. of which, being
too small for the Interior, bursts open
and permits the shut up joints to pro-
trude. 1t is adapted to oil ages; tho ex-
ternal casing, like the burr of a chest
nut, splitting and spreading according
to maturity and frost. u na
Singletwist. with touch of senti-
ment that does honor to his humanity,
says his darling FIorabel has sweet
promenade costume which reminds him
of an exaggerated rosebud just opening
and affordihg its imprisoned beauty
faint and delicate glimpses of the
worlds light and life. He thinks the
flower in full bloom would be an in
tensely interesting sight to au amateur
in Horticulture.
Miss Phoebe thinks the effect of the
fashion on the skirts, is like that of
yeast on biscuit, the more shortening,
the higher they rise. Whenever the
short dresses are brought on the con-
versationalccar she els inclined to
carp at them. ''Down with themp is
her sentiment. ooh! the horrid fash
iOn!' She doesn't ''see how the ladies |
bear it all; nevertheless they do bare q
great deal" Which is very true, 1t |
may be proper to say i'll expla-
nation of Miss PhGbe's position, that !
being built very mnch on the model of
the katydid, the hated style would be
much to her disadvantage She would |
have very little show where others
would have much. View the new skirt /
quessionas We will, there is much to be !
said on both sides. have not time to !
consider the subject in creator detail,
but j must acknowledge the obligation
Of science to fashion, by reason of the
fine anatomical illustrations which the
latter is now furnishing to the
public. In this respect they are the ne
plus attire Of excellence. / trust the |
humble male diction I,have used may
not incur the. maledictiop of the other
sex. Ifmy manner be masculine, it is
because I cannot mask a line Of Ian
guage in the gentle phrase of fash
ionable gossip. If Ihsye wronged FASH
ion in my efforts as letter writer, lean
only say, let her right herself.
Occasionally, saNprE sEIxIRx.