Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-26
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Severe Sfrfcture ON High IIeelef
Boots, EIatr Dyes, Naked Neeks, &c.

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Boots, HIatr Dyes, Naked Necks, &C.
- - Prom the Broadway Magazine
| Another hurtful and ridiculous fashion il
in the high-heeled boots, which have agaif
workedround from our great-grandnoth
A slight heel is an advantage in walking
but those high heels, with the excessively
small surface and the sharply y-beyeled sides
make walking a service of pain andi diff
euky. 3 BesidsE; they desIfoy the S hape OF
the leg, which is something to be consider.
ed. Thev-throw the weights forward and
! the strain on the shin and subsequently,
they diminish the back muscle, tina cali,
and convert the fore part into IN ugly bow.
The shape OF our shoes and boots is in itseli
an outrage AGAINST common sense; but VIC
twpnienare nd$ alone insthis absardity, -aes
TIRE We 10 blame, so that rs The papers deal
with our own follies specially, we may be
let of without any personal and peculiar
r5proof therefor.
But what can we say of the fashion which
dyes the hair, paints the cheeks, blackens
the eyelids with antimony to make the or
Bit look larger and the lashes longer, or
that expands the pupils with belladonna,
no matter at what cost OF complexion or
future eyesightt What, too, can We say OF
the fashion which rtncovors the arms and
neck ip the evening, after having clothed
them during the day in flannel or. velvet,
or in warm vadded sttffs? Women threat
ened with bronchitis or rheumatism sit all
day In warm room mufiedup to thethroat
ia uprk materhE atnight they uncover be-
low their shoulders, and 60 out in the cold
winter air with Just an opera clohk thrown
f.~1~ G.-r
ion, md none of as dare disobey IT,; none
of us dare go out in the evening with dress.
es made after the pattern of our morning
ones, or wear in the morning low, bodices
and short sleeves to at least equalize the
risk and inure us to the evening attire with
out damage. ''''".1 -es fsi'9a
There is no intrinsic reason why we
shouid not be sitting in low bodices and
short sleeves at this very moment, though
we will make it ten o'clock; but ii we were,
we should be'thought mad or bnsi, or both,
and not even our Btfinchest friends would
stand by us. But wholly one thing or the
other would be a wiser system than the
present, md woule be. productive Of fewer
catarrhs, bronchial affections and consump-
tions. .Ahl it5- is a sal thought which
springs up from that last word LII we
could only see. as those removed FROM our
own sphere would see, the criminal folly
Of sacrificing btautiful and valuable lives
to the fashion which imposed naked necks
as a rule for evening Costumes Many a
sweet young creature, who would hate liv-
ed into happy old age as q beloved wife
and happy mother. has gone to AM early
grave because Of that ball or party. at which
she caught cold nom exposure. But fash
ion so wille6 ii; ard neither mother nor
daughter had strength to resist her impal-
pable but absolute decree. 9, -. -
We all 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 by
art and csreiAthe lean who are toe rsly for
any one to find pleasure in the contempla-
tion of theirankles-th wrinkled and the
gross; We all parade ourselves in evening
society without more disguise thap bit OF
gauzeAof lace can give, and only 4 very few !
of us that, even when well on into the. ff-E
ties, consider it quite superfiuous for any,
thing to be gained by concealment. AS to-
the extent tp which, We cut down our bod, |
ices, that is matter too patent and too
PaAnfpl,to beaiiscuSsed. Itis racs-amons
as who lslrh wrae-the afss lowest and
show the largest expanse Of shoulders And |
lNtF>.AH>1fA ~ FoRuRs y SsiA(fA ptiiN 70 oc
That isthe worstM it.
The incest wcmen among us-pure, high
minded women,S who would rather die than
be guilty ofimpropriety, If it appeared like
an impropriety 10 them, and whose very in
nocence makes them unsuspicious of evil,
yet become accustomed, as every one must
more or less. to an Objectionable fashion,
ND follow in pure, simplicity of nature,
IS a thing without meaning or effect
Also, the incest women among us are Just
hose who aiways follow,-who have mot
sufficient boldness of mind or manner to
nakea public protest against anything in
lorsed by the majority who are
pot touched by the evil Of baleful custom,
md by whose own purity i, eliminated
.he poison of q mischieyous fashion. They
iollow, and their moral support bolsters1
up the bad habit, and gives countenarce1
% the bad followers thereof But what
,an We say when originality is still CEN
'ured as unwornanly, and public protest,
be it even against evil, is set down as
strong minded and unfeminine p r-