Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-27
UNION AND AMERICAN
OAlON hlND ANG1llOI11Ns
THE GRECIAN BEND.
What il is, Where ii Came From,
9 and How it is Done.
dts Causes, Prevention, And
Cure.
"GFecian, Bend" Poets ana
SOng-WriterS.
THE GRECIAN BEND.
From tho New York world, Oct. o.

From the New York World, Oct. %.
lis now comparatively but a short time
since what is known as the "Grecian
BendD was first introduced to a charitable
but long-sufering public. And yet, within
that short space of time, there has proba-
JSv been as much written and said about
n as there has been written and said about
the respective candidates fer the highest
Office in the gift of the American people"
Politics, literature, the last new novel, the
races. the sensation drama, even religion
itself, none Of these things can produce the
excitement, the gossip and the general
firrore that this "GrEiau Bend" has pro-
duced. Newspaper writers accuse the most
distinguished ladies as practising IT. 1t Is
stated that Miss Susan B. Anthony has
got IT," so has Miss Ann Dickinson ;
md that Fanny Fern is on the road. From
Paris we hear that it has not been intro
duced, while in our country the distemper
has spread from Maine TO California, and
the intellectual Bostonian girls are not
proof against lie charms. The fashion re-
porter tells us that the ladies' shop windows
are filled with panniers (the production OF
etbis fearful and wonderful "bend, ~ while
one ''fsshionist," better informed than the
rest talks about Ballast for Grecian Bend"
being advertised in New York store win
@rrows. An editor remarking on the great
y Increase of this malady, writes: "The Gre
clan Bend, or Cofinthian Curve, or by
whatever name il may be known, is crea-
ting great havoc among our gushing young
beauties, while even staid matrons are not
nroof against its insidiOus wiles. We
pIavfullv asked young actress who called
upcp rs the other day, whether she could
Grecian Bend. OF Corsicanp said she,
Can't you seeY Ole glance az she circled
round the ciTcumscribed sanctum convinced
AS that she had it bad. This thing must
be stopped. For more Than year we suf'
f-red all the terrible infections Of the
Biloxi Crook = For mercy's sake DO not
compel rs 70 endure such a long season OF
The PycE Crook4
WHERE TIE BEND CAME FROM.
MANY people suppose that, as We gel
mort OF our ridiculous fashions from Paris
That the "Grecian Bend came from there
also. But this is not So, as We have al
ready minated. The GrecIaa Bend Is
not known in Paris even at the present
lime. l. originated It Saratoga.
From the spring OF Saratoga,
Where they 90 10 quad the water,
Where the matron shows her laughter
Tothc b0bbing pOpinJays,
There the monster first bulged cut.
A correspondent from that resort fur.
pi-bes "a this information On the subject
"Amoag the new things here the past
eeason. W6ythy OF notice, was the celebrated
S3recisn Bend kuown from the enter
prisp Of 81 artist WIG illustrated 4 a. the
!.Sarator7 Grccian Bend" j was intro
duced here hv few ladies, and was be-
ginning to allract little notice, when thlr
cutter-out cf black paper pEotiles on tbs
niazz7 AZ the Congress Hall was advised 10y
a Young gentleman 10 show it mp. He
to1k the advice and made j hit al once
Tgo youug ladies at the hotel chose TO fancy
that The figures meant them, and began {
course OF persecution of the artist, which
Increased his sales very much. Those who
knoR, place lie profits IN few weeks a.
over thousand dollars, solely from The
Grecian Bend pictures. Photographed
took it up, and all places were Hooded with
limitations; bat Schmidt, the original, had
the market ahead Of all competitors
Slany amusing stories might be told IL
connection with the Bend, as Practlsed Al
Saratoga. One viii suffice:
"One evening motherly sort Of an old
lady, evidently unused 10 the best sOclety
appeared in the saloon at the Congress:
Hall, and was quite loud in her inquiries
0,r the GreCiau Bend. i want TO see tht
Grenian Bend, was the burden OF her talk
All AT once, as she was looking about, shl
saw young lady enter with The Bend,
and overcome by joyful surprise, she spok
ND in fqueaky voice, loud enough TO at
tract general attention, oh there It Is
and suhzld5d. The feeling Of the LADY c
The BEND at being noticed 90 pointedly
can be imagined
HOW TO DO IT.
There nav possibly be some young la
dies. OF Old ones for that matter, perusin
this article, who are anxious TO becom
'Grecian Bsndists," bat desire some intOr
'mation as 10 how that contamination Ia
be reached. Let US try and enlighte
chem. One professor Of the Grecian Ben
nas given us pCctical directions AZ TO no
iLe thing is done His lines run as iO
lows:
Hold your horses and III tell you,
Tell you simply, tell YOU truly,
H0w they did il, how they do 1t;
And should YOU ask me how ! know II,
1 will tell you, have done 1t.
First make up toilet hideous,
Put Ga q hoop Of small dimensions.
Pat on a dress ofclusest tension,
Kat pccksf sour green apples.
AUpies pucEed in early summer:
Put a strap around your waist,
Then two others down your Launches;
When the apples bend you over,
Draw them tightly, draw them closely.
Underneath the rear Of said hoop.
surt below the tapering waist.
Bind q coil Of thTce-InCh WIRE
And lea 10 stick out, boldly stick out;
t}ycrthis the panuler hang,
And when IL wohblcs 10 and fro
GLANCE behind you and observe
What a splendid thing for Ey-tlm
you have got behindyou curve;
Let your hands then bangle IDLY,
And lOp about loose rs may be;
In your walk step Just three inches;
Never mind your shoe that pinCheS.
Nur bard thsn directs attention to a {
with hes "blCk up,' on the wall, and Civ
it a. his opinion when the feBale and
cat are put together,
With their backs 80 nearly cUrving,
With their panners E8yly streaming,
70 cur mind this thought they bring,
The gTaCIau Bend Is no new thing.
soMETEIAG ABOUT THE PANNIER.
HuttEe G5ecian Bend" is not enoue
in order TO be iu tha fashion. The Fps
nier" must 20 with it. They are both,
sfac:, necessary 10 each other. As fun
writer remarks.
"The Grocian Bend is not eompl
without the pannier, which il a kind
fpishing touch TO top off with. While
GrCciaa Bend alone gives the female 70
divine the atuhlarce Of that grace
animal she kangaroo, the pannier, sup
= added, presents a combination of
Kangaroo aud dromedary.'
The iaunirr is, Of course, n new thing.
Is. we bcil,ye, "TumP' invention, got
up expressly EEl for no other purpose Il
70 assist ladies in getting their back Il
We had curiosity enough 10 examine
ofthsse internal machines 1t is made
linen. alA stuffed with moss, cotton
hair, and padded SO as 20 rest easy, lik
sadHle blanket on . sore backed horse.
- abont sixteen inches long one way,
ghout eight or ten inches the ether,
come are thicker than others, with
tspes attacked 10 lie them abou; the b.
as 7Cu wouid saddle on q horse.
Of iht-e laIni,la attached 20 young i
;.cr,Ler with the rev style of drew
.AAst gives Them the appearance of ha'
he "Irccian Ecrd.' These pam
make SOME young ladies look rather