The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-10-02
Tho Modern LnquisltIOn

No one r'a1s without q becom 'ng
brill Of horror Of the torture indicted
n the Inluisitions of the past. H.
nan ingenuity was stretched TO ths
utmost to devise means Of iahittn~
he most exquisite panss inl still
preserve life But villa. we blush most
1t vas ,hst the system was justified !;
lni society, even religion, brous sbs
70 look upon it as necessity.
Inithesc moiern days We fni that
an lnquisiton has also been erected.
u victims are moving 10 our midst,
and the chief Inquisitor al houored
2crson. The old Inquisitiou was a
,u,tom Of the time. 50 is the modern.
Fashion is the name given TO the pre-
sent temple or torture. and women
are the chiet victims. The boot was
~ Ingenious instrument Of pain, in
which the foot was squeezed by tor-
turing wed e and band; but it had
1ne merritt was rarely applied. ani
be pangs we're comparatively ten.
Dorary in their duration but n0w-a-
lays we ind few Of our sisters who
)re not undergoing the same punish
ment, not occasionally, but permanent
ly, commenced when the victim is
yet q child. and continued int old
g. Fashion insists that our wom-
IN shall weIr their boots two sizes
too small for them. so the foot IS
ianmel into the leather torture. and
the sufferer compelled T. walk. n
perform the usual household duties,
and eyel take her pleasure with this
instrument Of torture, iutlctiug A.
youiss upon the nerves Of the ped |
'ytren'iis ; Tho heel Of tie boot
10 ailto the pain. is male high. and
pllcei nc Tly UNI r the centre OF the
DOT, 80 tn .- tn weight Of tle body
: tht.wa uD)a the toes, which are
forced to ;oth r, while the ankles be-
come weakened, AMI the muscles of
the calves OF the legs ache with tia
unnatural strain. There is 40 relief
FOm eight years Of ace - eighty,
this cruel vice is applied. aai the
victim is r,qgired 70 smile and de-
,llrs that she experiences no pain
Another dsvice for producing pain
: placing upon the heal quantity
If pads AMI IN Sc hair. which. 6y their
weight and tha heAt they ptoduce,
cause continual heliIchss. The svs-
teu Of hInging the heavy Of petti-
coats, crinlllRs and dress from the
waist, causing 4 pressure upol tbs
leic-te organs Of the stomach aud
unwh nlss)me heat, while
the extrenities are lightly cad in
thin stockings and exposed TO
lgauyhts, : not without It's value As
\ means OF destroying health and
pro duciug PAIN; AMI even the sim
pie plan ", tying hsatures round the
legs until the veins sSeA and become
varcose Is not - hs passed without
some notica But tue most RaElhsh
torture which the High Inqaisitor
Fashion reserves for his victim is the
corset
Imagine an iagenioasly construct-
Ell machine II silk, cotton or othe-
strong material stiffsned and
strengthened with ribs OF whalebone
and tat hlales Of steel in Which tho
body is crushed by dsgreeS ey which
the RIBS are iispltcSi. by which ths
organs of the chest iSmmsd up int,
the thcoAt, by which the breathing.
capacity of the lungs islssssaed sna
the digestive powers of tho organs
Of the stomach are impaired and BY
which the ssaer,l vi;slity " the sss-
eem Is lowered, lmasi all thess,
sna yoa have some Aea " the tern
bic instrument called a eogsek ID is
applied early and the httls girs> ee-
fore she has LEFT ths nursery. Is hss-
eas.l ia this fashionable vice. which
sae Is conSleSaaed towsar. dhAy ey
day. uata tho htsst h>sg u hsr sx,>
isssaee As she srvss older. sasses1
OF recelSiaS grsNaes hesasaA khs
lastrumeat Is Astsesi s;Sass< and
the WAIST Hlsde sa1ler, Does sAs
dssirs exsxcissA this figure scc,s~ pro-
daeiaS hssitsst> and she vs.axsss |,
dese she ~ ~ = po<tN "a sxoA -
gws ~ tlSa>n~s han ~ ~ sahn>lnr
tel n - sAaA sesx sssA kseA N
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