, 1869-10-10
Tho Wasp WnBat.
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Men are not disposed, for a variety Of scasons,
!o interfere raanly With the notions q women N
lowed IN shape, and color and as.aeftal: aad Ii Is
only when the u.ie aesthetic sense Ia too openly
the current fashion. This tolerance = extremity
wise. In the mt place, women could not alter
their vsJs even 4 We dld complain; Tnso, l., again,
men who set fasnlon spend BY far the larger por-
non OF thetr lives IN ssud.tnR nowto dress them
ssves sey onKst TO n..I 91s
. g a,assr nass ;s:S sse'nsss' nsss!. se
Sic Of dispas.,onateiy ,udetoK wonena dresa
'rnerc are men who !oox upon cSery totefaolJ
Ro<s.! looking woman - az angel: aoa snen msn,
nnces dressing In paFticu!at fash1ou+ must needa
CONSIDER the fashion remarkably Hrasefn, @ .vn1 an1
s1as sen anssea sha as! zen entrrs'ed s. The .re az
posed to rrsard women with dlstfosi, y nos VIII
rome sague notion Of unlSefsM feseoEe. ana
thete bpd each ne fashion oulJ another ph1se Of
fen,p:ue ahsurd!sy and vanity. Is highly .les'f.
able, therefore, tnat women SHOULD be n!lo~ed
THE phrsee sugKeTs u possible restttcti0a WHICH,
We fear, dors not exist, to tress pretty mnca a. ~
they srlease, and to stlorn themselves win sacn
ntons Of color. md such forns OF co.tutne,
ns they think noet suited 70 their various require
In one direction, however. every man who has
any fort Of innuence over The 3omauElnd Of
ns family 1r nrs, mnefatsfy ~ ynyng runn 70 ma, a.;
Dot be allowed 10 spread aMonz ~ We are net
quite euse ,aat fashion contemp!aiea any imncdi-
mors abros,i Whicn render It Necessary thai
every psecausion should be n*ed. It may
be ibat the uin9tns open o. the correspond,
! season has had something 70 DO With The reap
| pea,snce OF this hughear, oat i = not the iesa
NECESSARY That such tncipient srntstves should oe
] ago magazine. which is ch!edy. addressed q
girls etaysed> for ~ own purposes doup'lesa tols
subject, md endeaFosed 70 Combat tno notion t1A.
suspected al the time thAs this periodical waa
nothing more nor lees than the oFRan OF the say.
rnAktvS, who hAl been deprived Of she'5 means o.
upderhand EFFORT TO resnscisA.e = reInielous
custom, proToand eood desl OF ina'Gns.
1a ,sssope ssS uo.sy.er tsasy s1st oar o,a 10
sppe..s sye IN = new PLACE: md il rhe eaeted co!
unss OF the Tm<s, the spectre OF tightiaciuE y
dents, whose method Of logic 1ucllnes us % Be
| iie1e that :nry leiong ~ the se1 which y pEnc1
palir tt,esetted IL the matter: Ihs nsst potn
~ smMi 'a Wa,.s us ts riessipe 10 The eye, snd III
| .econ.. u thas = wouan may "euitsrste he
| nzuse.-such is sac gentle euphenism wslct %
rne .nnsn 1@sn0y ,G.s sasl sass Is - adaons
70 1suss ,a,. M = ss aea. 81. Be-
there Ia no greater nlunder Than tot the "ea!u
| vatGr to l1uas,ue THAT Rms1l waist, wheeh he
enn Mt. .ns.nsns ~ ei,e snsn aer7.'ou = compas*lou
il ii xoaAer, or pity, or contempt that tue pre-.
som,?sn, sy ,sas ,.peIsa asn 70 N IS
uor1pai!y synsu Wait. the wa,ss unna'
gta!iJ found. the artss OBVIOUSLY strained.
xsolt k.'y appa,sns ,aneT r rsee, e ~ n n W. W.
| rniyts. 4 Eurr aesur. spectacle II II tnpoknn ~
| to ropceiye: kua It Is nae which susxrsts snn
otner tenec.ons Dot yeEJ ne.'n& ,.t - rirI. ~, MAJ
too:s OF themselves III This way IN o1.iet 70 eonss
70 o'bere the no:'on that they sre pecnMss ssps