Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-26
THE GRACEFUL OHEMILOON.
''pre.,y woman." Plea for Its Adoption.

"a Pretty Woman in the New York Graphic
i, Tor one, resent the assertions OF
the ''Indlgnant W oman" who scoId-
about her mode>ty IN Mondays Daty
Graphic. She first makes wild state.
nent that the world does not care "a
button about chemises anyhow.
| could, however, forgive the un-
meaning libel on the world, but when
This rash female makes an outrageous
deduction from the illogical depths OF
her own incoherent lmbecIlIty (take
that, you mean thlngD and prints 1t as
Il tact, fling the accusation back and
deny 1t with scorn.
NO pretty woman ever wants 20
make herself hIdeous by putting OF
chemiIoons," She says. Aye, madame,
there's the rub. /. is just the pretty
women who can wear them, or any
thing else they have mind to; it is
just the pretty woman who cannot be
made hldeous" by any garment
| axe this to heart, q Indignant te-
male, and howl against the lnnovation
if goa are not pretty enough to stand
the test Of Its severe and classic lines
The women who adopt the chemiloons
Will undoubtedly be the women who
are not dependent on the curve of a
chemlse band or yard Of ValeA
clenDes around the bust for the beauty
Of their contours or the grace of their
moyements-the women who adorn
their clothes instead Of borrowing
beauty from them.
To my mind the chemiloon is the
true and only test of beauty. How
many pretty-looking girls can you not
see any afternoon on Broadway whom
a superficial judge would pronounce
beautiful Ill the extreme, but whose
real claim to beauty would If analysed
resolve itself into nucleus of less
than nothing. The jaunty arrange,
ment of the tringed hair on the fore
head, the djSthgue hat, quaint ear
rings, ruff, ribbon, and all the other
dainty adiuncts, not to mention the
assistance Of a dash of 'Oriental
Cream" soupcon of rouge, and just
the least pencil ing OF the brows.
These are the details which 90 to
make up many belle and pass cur
rent for beauty. Take one thus made
up, and, after washing her face can,
make her let down her back hair, if
she has any, and clothe her in a ten
cent calico, and note the result. Put
her beside the genuine article, aud
then pronounce judgment! SO 1t is
with the GowIers for the continuance
of the barbarous bondage of the
braided and bust-bordei ed chemise OF
benightcd bygone days No doubt
their contort"d spines and grasshop-
pe:-bended shoulders need the friend
iy softenng of the lace edged and
ruffied chemisc band to give them a
shadow of comeljness, while their n G
gard waists and shapeess. PUPPY limbs
cry out Tor the flowing oatlnes of the
wasteful skirted enormity To lend de-
ceptive grace to their unlovely pro
portions Put them all in chemIloons,
and YOU Il soon puck out the sham
Vcnuses. Grace will tell in cheni-
loon Away with useless drapery!
Give Us the chemiloon or give Us
death! 1t is the only test Of female
beauty left in this day Of tlounces and
painters and paint aud padding, and
The non-progressive howlers, corseted
and girded and twisted and welded
BY false art and unholy fashion, must
give way to the righteous reformers
who, confident in their strength and
beauty, are not ashamed to court the
test, aud who bravely encase their
plump loneliness in the comfortable
embrace OF the graceful chemiloon.