Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-05
THE GREOIAN BEND.
what IL Is, where It Came from, ant
How IL Is Done.

What Id Is, where IL came from, ana
How IL is Done.
From the New York World. Oct. 23l
1t is now comparatively but q short
time since what is known as the "Grecian
bend was first introduced to charita-
BILE but long-suffering public. And yet,
within that short space of time, there has
probably been as much written and said
about it, as there has been written and
said about the respective candidates "for
the highest office in the gift of the Amer
lean 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 .furore that this
!" Grecian bend" has produced. News
paper writer's accuse the most distin-
guisbed ladies of practicing it. 1t is
stated that Miss Susan B. Anthony has
"got it." so has Miss Anna Dickinson;
aud that Fannie Fern is on the road.
From Paris we hear that it has not been
introduced, while in our country the dis
temper has spread from Maine to Cali
fornia. and the intellectual Boston girls
are not proof against it's charms. The
fashion reporter tells us that the ladies'
shop windows are filled with panniers
(the production of this fearful and won.
derful "bend ~, while one fashionist,"
better informed than the rest, talks about
"ballast for Grecian bend " being adver-
tised in New York store windows. An
editor remarking on the great increase of
this mslady, writes: "The Grecian bend,
or Corinthian curve, or by whatever name
it may be known, is creating great havoc
among our gushing young beauties, while
syen staid matrons are not proof against
its insidious wiles. We plsyfully asked
a young actress, who called upon ua the
other day, whether she could Grecian
bend. of Corsican / said she can t
YOU see 2" One glance, as she circled
round the circumscribed sanctum, con-
vinced US that she had it bad. This
thing must be stopped. For more than
a wear we suffered all the terrible infiic-
tions of the Black Crook / For mercy s
sake do not compel US to endure such
long season of the 'Grecian Crook /
WHERE THE BEND CANE FROM.
Many people suppose that, as we get
the most of our ridiculous fashions from
Paris, the "Grecian band " came
from there also. But this is not so. as
we have already iutimated. The Gre
clan bend is not known in Paris even at
the present time. 1t originated at Sara
toga.
From the spring of Saratoga.
where they 90 10 Quaf the water,
Where the motron shows" her daughter
To the bobbing poppinjays,
There the monster first bulged out.
A correspondent from that resort fur-
nishes US this information on the sub
jsct:
Among the new things here the past
season, worthy of notice, was the cele-
brated 'Grecian bend known from the
enterprise of an artist who illustrated it
as the Saratoga Grecian bend Ii was
introduced here by a few ladies, aud was
beginning to attract little notice, when
This cutter out Of black paper prsfles on
the piazza at the Congress Hall was ad-
vised by a young gentleman to show Il
on. BE took the advice and made a bit
AT once. Two young ladies at the hotel
chose to fancy that the figures meant
them, and began q course OF persecution
Of the artist, which increased bis sales
very much. Those who know place his
profits ia a few weeks at over Thousand
dollars, solely from the Grecian bend
pictures Photographers took Il up, and
all places we're flooded with limitations :
but Schmidt, the original, bad the mar
ket ahead Of all competitors-
Many amusing stories might be told n
connection with the Bend, ss practieed
Al Saratoga. One will suffice:
zone evening a motherly sort OF an
old lady evidently unused 20 the best 50
ciefy, appeared in the saloon a. the Con
rress Hall, and was quite loud in her in