The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-21
Severe Structures upon Hig h-heeied
Roots Hair Dyes, Naked Necks.

Another hurtful and ridiculous fashion
is in the high hseled boots, which have
again worked round from our great
granamothers. A slight heel is an ad-
vantage in walking. but these hlgh
heels. with the excessively small surface
and the sharply beveled sides, make
walking s. service of pain and dltlcrlty.
Besides, they destroy the shape OF the
leg, which is something to be consider
ed. They throw the weight forward,
ard they strain on the shin; and, conse'
ouently, they diminish the back mus
Gle. the calf of the forepart into an
ugiy bow. The shape of our shoes and
boots is in itself an outrage against COM
mon sense, but we women are not alone
in this absurdity, nor are we to blame;
40 that, as the papers deal with our own
follies specially, we may be let of any
personal and peculiar reproot thefe-
for.
But what can we say OF the fashion
which dyes the hair. paints the cheeks,
blackens the eyelids with anthony to
make the orbit look larger and the lasnes
longer, or that expands the pupils Win
belladouna, no matter at what cost OF
complexion or furture eyesight? What,
too. can we gay of the fashion which I'M
covers the arms and neck in the even
ing, after having clothed them through
49, I-y IN Aopnsl, or velvet or IN warm
wadded stnffs Women threatened
with bronchitis or rheumatism sit all
day long in O warm room mutlied up to
the throat in thick material; at night
they uncover below their shouiders,and
60 out in the cold winter air with just
an opera cloak thrown over their SILVER
ing skins. But this Is fashion, and mono
of us dare disobey it; none OF us dare 90
go out in the evening with dresses made
after the pattern eff our morning ones,
or wear in the morning low bOdices and
short sleeves to at least equalize the risk
and iniure us t. the evening attire T!gh-
ont damage.
There is no intrinsic reason Why wo
should not ell be sitting in low bodice6
and sh orc sleeves ut this very moment,
though We will make il ~ o'clock; but
but If we ere, we should be thought
mad OF bad, or both, and not even oar
stauuchest friends would stand by us.
But wholly one thing or the other would
be q wiser system than the present, and
would be productive of fewer Catarrhs,
bronchial affections and CousumptiOns.
All. it is sad thought which springs
from that last word! If we could only
see, as those removed from our own
sphere would see, the criminal folly Of
sacrificing beautiful and valuable lives
to the fashion which imposes naked
necks as rule Tor evening costume!
Many sweet young creature VINO would
have lived into happy old age as q be-
loved wife and honOred mother has gone
to an early grave because Of that ball or
that party at which she caught cold
from exposure. Bat fashion so willed
it; aud neither mother nor daughter had
strength TO resist her impaipa6ie but
absolute DEGREES.
We all obey her, young and old alike;
those who should keep their beauties
sacred, and those who have none to
show, the delicate who have 10 be kept
alive by art and care, the lean who are
too ugly for any one 10 find pleasure in
the contemplation of their ankles, the
wrinkled aud the gross; we al parade
ourselves in evening society without
more disguise than bit of gauze or lace
can give, and only very few OF Us use
that, which, even when we'll on into the
fifties, we consider quite superduous for
anything to be gained by cencealment.
AS TO the extent to which we cut down
our bodices, that is matter too Datent
and too painful to be discussed. 1t is a
race among us who shall wear the dress
lowest and show the largest expanse of
shoulder. And yet we mean no harm;
We mean only to be fashionable. That
is the worst of 1t.
The incest woman among us pure,
highminded women, who would die
rather than he guilty of impropriety. if
it appeared like an improperly to them.
and whose very innocence makes them
unsuspicicus of evil, yet accustomed, as
every one must be more or less, to an
Objectionable fashion, follow it in pure
simplicity of nature, rs thing without
meaning of effect. Also, the incest wo-
men among us are just those who always
follow-who have not sufficient bold
ness Of mind or manner to make a pub
lie protest against anything endorsed by
the evil of baleiul custom, and by
whose own purity is eliminated the poi
son Of miscellaneous fashion. They
follow, aud their moral support holsters
up the band habit, aud gives contenance
to the bad followers thereof. But what
can we say when originality is still CEN
sured as unwomauly, and public pro-
TEST, be IL even against evil, is set down
as strong minded and uufeminiue ~
Brodd'rdy Mdgasinc.