National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-02-25
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TIGHT LACING.--The Chester cor
respondent of the Middlebury Reg
lister gives the following account OF
the death of IA yolng lady in that |
town from the effects of tight lac
ing:
The cause of the death proves the
terrible hold accursed fashion has Oh
the ladies of our day, and among
its victims are the pure and the good.
Tight lacing killed the poor foolish
girl. To such fearful extent had !
this practice been INDUCED in, that
the ribs were found Tapped over one
another, and the breast bone was
pressed over one lung so that she
had entirely lost its use. For sever
al months previous to her death,
this one victim has been obliged 10
sleep with cOrsets on and frightened
to the last notch, for the lOosening
gave such pain in the internal eX
pansion that she could not bear it.
This is but one instance; we have
heart, of similar cases within a short
time. There is a child not ont of
Windsor county whose head is fiat.
tened Oh either side as though a
pair Of squeczers had been applied
to it. and there has. The mother
has laced her child into that inhu
man shane. Who can tell what mis-.
cry is caused, not to this generation
alone, but on, on, by the unwoman-
~ passion for a small waist
One of the strongest claims made
by the leaders of the Woman Suf,
frage movement, says the n. Y. Tri5-
npe, has always been that our leglS
la.ive bodies needed the presence
OF woman to purify, and intuse into
them that decornm, gravity, and
sense OF dignity Of their work which
is now SO sadly lacking. Their Con.
vention at Washington has been
pointed to as a model in manner
and matter for some leading men.
1t certainly did represent the strong.
est and best effort of the leading
women Of the suffrage movement.
They had it all their own way; they
were totally unimpeded the meet
ings were presided over addressed,
even reported, 10y women. Was it
then, when compared with similar
asSemblagcS of men. that new devel.
opment of force and sound sense in
argument, OF nozzle bearing in mans
ner, which we are in future to imi-
tate 9.Or was it, in spite OF the I'M.
doubted earneStneSS IT It's members,
incOn>cquent and womanIsh, mark
ed in every ponit by tie features
and foiblcs that weak minded men
say separate the sex from ours To
decide this, imagine for moment
the Convention to have been one OF
representative men, political, Scicn
tiiic, and literary
Mr. Longtellov s benign face
formed dark background for the
picture, fifty set off by a brown
chevolt coat, }dppeis en- reloWs, aud
IL low bever hat of the very latest
style. lie introduced the subject as
the most in. rtant now before the
leOple--tnp rradmiSSiOn of Virginia
Gen. Grant WAS the first speaker
lie wore an exquisite walking suit
with diamond studs, and the tintS o.
autumn were in his cravat. HI
told a story proving the eagcrneS.
Of the iabolng classes in Nirginii
to return to the Union, the whol,
population of one village having re
manned up till II o'clock ut nigh
To sign and transmit a petition. lit
said, in conclusion, that he had M
doubt the Nlrgiuans would vot,
the Republican ticket, as Governo
Walker had paid the car fare of ;
dozen Radical Senators coming III
to the Convention.
l Gen. Butler Gn full evening dres
} and lilac kid glovcS)next arose. Al
ter Il few remarks in his liquid an,
; musical voice, he emphaticaIly pro
= nounced the Rebellion as quelched
D He then stamped his foot. There
! stamped my foot = lie said, an,
r sat down amid great enthusiasm.
+ Gen. Grant, finding that the pro.
cecdin2S had stopped, called upon diff
tcrcnt persons in the audience, iu hi
\ uSua! INNING manner, to come II,
a and speak, . they knew anything
5 to say about virginia; but the
:. begged to be excused, and the Gen
e eral excused them. An unknow
II gentleman was then introduced a
II having once written a panphlc
}. proving that Nirginian invented
}. t'feshihg machine, aud was warml
\ welcomed. He made Il few remark
It about threshing.
II Gen. Grant arose again, and tOi
t, the story Of how he had once bee
T. appointed to speak in conlunc.io
Il with Mr.. Beecher, aud while putin
c on his winter clothes the day beii
# chilly, he received a telegram tia
'e the tickle Beecher had failed hin
II He then put on his hat and went
Is The meeting. lie was 80 chagrinc
* that it was as if buckets OF ice W;
ID ter had been poured directly on h
p. spine. Let me See continued Il
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