The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-12

W u
Lou Livermore, was brought in | am
very fond Of Lou, AS. indeed, All her
friends are; though she still remains like
Holmes aunt
1.-The sole ungathered rose,
On her ancestral ire"
She lives far up 10 the country, out &C.
easionaiy comes To stou IN visit.
| Her note was as fnllows: TEe
DEAR HEPsEY Here am in the Hub,
at the west end of 1t; is that the hubbirst
part, wonder? am coming over TO
see you On Thursday. I meant to 90 over
| to-day; but can't; am all used up
"clear tuckered OUT AS Aunt Polly used
to say. wv nat has done il p Why, my
new dress, and such dress! Il Will give
you hts TO see how my back i hutched
up and pulled out. I'm regular balloon;
fashion-plate. a anything that is huge
and hideous- camel or drnmedary, for
example; only they, poor things! were
born with humps on their backs, and
wasn't. How came so deformrdl" La
an evil hour listened to the voice OF the
tempter, and put myself into the hands
of city dressm 4ker.
She's very stylish" quoth the tempter.
Little rocked ! in my Ignorance wha, that
meant; and went TO her ro"ms in sees,
cnnfidlng simplcity, bearing an Innocent
| looking dress pattern under my arm.
had three ssancss with Mrs Clttit, most
Important persnuage, of whom | stood IN
mortal terror; and at length emerged,
TRANSFORMED. | went in slim, came ou,
stout; | went In erect, Game ou1 hump
backed; | went in plain, came out be
dlzened; [ went In with forty dollars In
my purse, | came out with just enough 10
pay my fare home on the street-ctr-the
collapse having been transformer from
my person to my purse with incrsdiDln
CELEBRITY and ease.
| Verify. fashion "drth make towards of
US all" yea, and puff balls also l wish
had the courage to go through the world
IN gored gown without pinch or puff
or pucker n 1t; but haven't 80 I am a
balloon, that by some incompreheusible
machinery is raised into mountainous
ridges. Surrounding these. ridges at
fright angles to my bndy-if there be IA
body inside this corruga cd globe, of
which an in serious doubt, tn say moth
ing of an immortal soul-projects a fan
shaped, he-fringed, be-puckered basque,
looking, for all the world, like q sprean
turkey-tail. On top of this projection n
good-sized trunk could De com fortably
seated; on it night fail in! wonder il
a papo0S couldn't be inserted some here;
| do ST. want to blend the useful with the
Ornamental
Now. Hepslbah, you are sensible mar
RED woman, competent to sive gord ad :
vice; ask you, what am | to do! g.
round the world in this harlequin guise.
or give the Who'll thing great sma IN
should be glad to preserve uodicum of
self respect; but how can inside Of a
balloon?
l shall appear in full spread on Thurs
day to spend the day. can't sit dow
but should like the loan of bed post
and cord l ..light 60 up you know. Till
then' IN every fibre OF my stiffenIng,
Yours truly.
The GREAT EXPANDED.
sat laughing over this when in wal kpd
Hester Graywood, another old friend.
After the first saiutatl0n, she slowly twiri
ed herself round nd sank into Oh air,
exclaiming. behold the woman who
dares!"
All! l saw; she, too, had on a new dress
1t was of silvery-gray silk, made with one
skirt, without particle Of trimming on
1t, and saque just bound with bias fold
of the same. Yes. she had dared. 1t wa
really refreshing sigh; aud she looked
perfectly bewltchng a the QuAker-like
costume. But then Hester Grayw0od is
SUCH prettO little creature, she can't help
LOOKING lovely in anything, and she kno VS.
IL; so IL does not require 50 great courage
IN her to dare. Yes, she looked charming
Yet, on second glance, there seemed y
KIND OF baroness about her, az if some
thug were wanting. Was this because I
had looked so long on tho mountains of
frlppery that nv eye and taste had both
become corrupted Ten years ago we all
wore such plain. single skirts, and con
sldered ourselves elegantly dressed: why
should they look mean and skinny now !
read Louis note TO Hester, and she
promised to JOIN us at dinner on Thursday.
Extremes should meet" she said.
She stayed on awhile, and we had q
little talk on dress, and the bondage
fashion imposes; On how the taste of the
community is corrupted by the overloaded,
ungraceful styles ia vogue now aud on
many other things, such as sensible wo
men do talk about when they get together.
zone of the greatest evils of this absurd
Overlooking, said Hester" 81 that it so
teartully overworks women. We hear n
great deal about the h~rdships of the poor
shIrt-makers In our cities; AMI they are to
DE pitied TOO. Look, for example, at my
neighbor, Mrs. T. Sue is a fair represen
tatIve of large class,and not an exagger-
ated case. Her husband is hard. work
ing mechanic, who earns good living,
and ought to lay up something tor wet
day; but ne can't support wife and six
children In luxury. especially "A four of