Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-08-26
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Boots, Hair Dyes. N"i.ed Ncc'>s, &c.

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Boots, Hair Dyes, N"iAtu Nct~S' ~c'
From tn, lirr1wa> Magazine.
A,,t,,cr lurt,u, and ridiculous fashion is
in thc hi.h-hr,r.i boots. which have again
,lkcI round from ourt:r,lt -nrlntmotll'rs
4 SLIGHT heel Is IN advantage III Walking,
but those high hvcls. With the excessively
small surface and the sharply hrvrlrd sides,
make walking; y service OF pain ; ':I dili-
Guilty. BESIDES, they destroy the shape of
the leg. which is Srnl,ti>n q: to I've rnnsl'l' r.
ed. They throw the weight forward and
The strain on the shin. and consequently
they diminish the back muscle, the calf
and convert tho iorr part into an ugly bow.
The shape of our hoe and boots ~ IN ,trlt
M outrage a't,n&t common sense; bat We
women are not alone in this absursity, nor
arc We t. blame, SO That rs tho papers deal
with our own tollies specially, We may be
let II without any personal and peculiar
T. proof therefor.
But what can We say Ofthc fashion which
dyes the hair, paints the Cheeks blackcns
the cyelids with anthony 10 make the or
bit look larger and the lash"s longer or
that expands the pupils with belt',lonna,
no matter mt what cost OF complexion "r
future eycsight? What. too, can We say of
| the fashion which uncovrrs the arms and
neck in the evening, after having clothed
them during the day III flannel or velvet
or in warm wattled stuils? Women threat
cncd with bronchitis or rheumatism sit all
day III warm room mulllcdllp to the throat
in thick material; at night they uncover be-
low their shoulders and G" ont in the cold
winter air with Just an opera cloak thrown
over their shiverins skins. Int this IS lash
ion, and mono Of us dare uiSobry it; none
of MS dare 80 out in the evening, with dress
cS made after the pattern ct oar n'"rnlnG
ones. or wear III the morning low bodiccs
and short sleeves, to ut least erl'lallzr the
risk and inurc us to the evening attire with
out damage.
There is no intrinsic reason why wo
should not be sitting; in low bodlrts and
short sleeves at this very moment, though
we will make it ten O'clock: but il we were,
we should be thought mad or bad. or both,
and not even our staunchost friends would
stand by us. But wholly ouo. thing or the
other would be wiser system than the
present, and would be productive Of fewer
catarrhs bronchial affections and consnmp.
tons. All! it is sad thought which
springs up from that last word II we
could only see, rs those removed from or
own sphere would see, tho criminal folly
of sacrificing beautiful and valuable lives
to the fashion Which imposed naked nccss
as rule for evening costumes Many n
sweet young creature, who would have liv-
ed into happy ola ago Us II beloved wife
and happy mother. has gone to an early
grave because OF that ball or party at which
she caught cold from exposure. But FASH
ion so willeu it; AID neither mother nor
daughter had strength to resist her impal-
pable but absolute decree.
We NIL obey her, young and Old alike,
those who should keep their beauties sa
cred, and those who have none to show
the delicate who have to be kept alive 10y
nrt hnl care--tho lean who are too ugly for
any one to find pleasure in the contcmrla-
ton of their nnkles-the wrinkl"l and tho
gross; We all parade ourselves i'll evening
society without more disguise than bit of
gauze or lace can give, md only a very few
of us that, even when well Oh into the fiji
ties, consider it quite Supcrfluous for any
thing to be gained by concealMcrt. As to
the extent to which we cut down our bod
ices, that is a matter too patent and too
painful to DO discussed. 1t il al race among
l,s who shall wear tho dress lowest and
show the largest cxpnnsc of shoulders. And
yet we mean no harm Tc mean only to be
fashionable. That is the worst Of it.
The incest women among us pure, high
minded women, who would rather die than
be guilty ofimpropricty, it appeared like
an improperly to them, and whose very III
nocence makes them unsuSpicious Of evil,
yet become ncc,1stomed,as every one must,
moro or less, to an Objectionable fashion,
and follow it in pure simplicity of nature,
us II thing without meaning or cIlcct.
Also, the incest women among MS arc Just
those who always tollow-who have not
sufficient bollness of mind or manner to
make a public protest against anything in
dorsel by the majority WHO arc
not touched by tho evil Of abalctul custom,
and 10y whose own purity is eliminated
the poison Of miscellaneous fashion. They
follow, and their moral support holsters
mp the bad habit, and gives countcnance
to the bad followers thereof. l'nt What
can we say when originality is still COLI
sured as unwomanly, and q public protest,
be it even against evil, is SGT down rs
'',trong minded and uufcminiue?"