The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-07-23
BLACK CROOK o. THEsTREETs.

As IA general rule we do not think
much Of male criticisms on feminine
fashions for the simple reason that they
are MT criticisms bat chronic fault find
ing. 1t is considered quite the thing
among would-be wits of the press to re-
dieul- aud sneer at everything lady
puts on. The opinions of these author
tiles are not only not appreciative, but
| if they are intended to correct foibles
and folIieS of fashion they are partial
and one sided. There are Just as many
foolish, uncomfortable and untidy feat
ures of gentlemen's attire as Of ladies.
A lady's costume, and the rules of good
taste therein, may be set down as
thing that gentleman knows the least
about, because he cares the least to
form an unpreiudiced opinion thereof.
So far as We are concerned, we are usu-
ally inclined to go To the other extreme,
and to think that lovely woman looks
well in anything she is pleased to put on;
we never yet saw the fashion that could
not make a handsome woman look love
ly.
But we regret now to have discovered
a fashion that, if it is not ungraeeful, is
indecent The present fashion of draw
back skirts, tight waists and enormous
bustIes is too suggestive. No, it is not
even suggestive. 1t leaves too little
room for the imagination to make it, in
any degree, artistic. \ fashion that
sharply defines the outline of the lower |
limbs and bust, and cxaggerates poste-
rior protuberenees; which SO nearly imi- |
tates the stage costume Of tights that |
one can almost see the play of the mus |
cles as she walks - such n costume |
might do well enough for the nude dra-
INA, or possibly might be tolerated il |
worn exclusively indoors at her home.
But to parade upon the streets in broad |
daylight, with IL costume expressly de- |
signed to throw into prominence those
parts of the form which skirts were orig |
inally designed to modestly conceal,
ee ms to Us to call for but one term--in-
decent
We shall probably receive no thanks
from our own sex for this protest against
a too public array of female charms,
Judging by the eagerncss with which they
sean every fresh development Of the
prevalent fashion. SOoth to say, the
rraSant StvI, caatnS IN eoma tba nearest |
to meeting with the general appreciation
of the men, especially those of the
street corners, Of any Of late years. They
will protest, as George ID. Prentice did,
when reproved for going 30 see Fanny
ElIsler dance. cit is not often" said
the Louisville wag, ''that ] get ont in
female society, but when do I want to
see as much as possible" The univer-
sal verdict of the corner gentry Is that
they like women i'll the present fashion
first rate as far as they can see. We
plead guilty ourselves to special admi
ration for the modulating outlines OF the
human form divine, bat there is = fit
time and place for all things, including /
anatomical exhibitions and art stud
les.
Therefore, at the risk Of offending
both ladies and gentlemen, we imdite
this protest against the prevailing fash
ion-and we suppose that : ,,il ii,e good
it will DO. All VIC have to say is, that
we can stand it if the ialies and their
husbands and fathers can. .-RHgal0 Err
press,