The daily gazette., 1875-04-14

The New York World does not regard
Paul Boynton's invention complete by
any means. That it is very great ad-
dition to the safeguards thrown about
the male portion of the human family it |
grants; but to the women Boynton's
suit holds out no such tempting induce
ments to try its efficacy. OF the curious |
make up" of rubber that paper says:
"The dress is curiously complex one, |
consisting of boots, trousers and jacket |
in one. For u man to properly array
himself in this garment must be work
of time and difficulty, while it is safe to
say that no woman, unless she has had
much preliminary practice with that
wonderful garment, the "cheniloon,"
can possibly put herself in seaworthy
condition by aid of Captain Boynton's
invention in a briefer space than half an
hour. Indeed, it is not certain that the
most experienced stevsdorc could prop
erly stow woman in II Boynton life
dress. OF course the whole fabric of
skirts and whalebones which are report
ed by experts az forming SO large part
of the modern woman would have been
discarded, and even should the steve
dore's task be found practicable, the
chances are that in the hurry of the op-
Grafton hair-pins and other sharp OBJ
jects would be overlooked and left in
places where, during heavy weather,
they would gradually work themselves
through the india rubber and send the
wearer suddenly to the bottom, or leave
her waterlogged and helpless hulk to
drift at the mercy of the winds and
waves.
1t Id evident that Jhe only way in
which passengers crossing the ocean car
use the new invention with any genera
success is for the women to array them
selves in the ife-drcss before going OIL
board the steamer, and to wear it con.
stantly, night and day, until the voyage
IS over. The sex can never grapple with
the garment with any hope of success
when their nerves are disordered by the
presence of sudden danger; and that
the male passengers should avail them
selves of their familiarity with trousers
and, putting on their hfe-dress, shoulc
abandon the women to certain aeath, il
OF course impossible. Only the mos
selfish Of towards could calmly paddl,
away from sinking ship with its decl
filled with shrieking women wildly stri
wing to thrust their arms into the unfa
mlllar legs of india-rubber trousers O
to force their feet into the sleeves of tn
Boynton jacket, and thus preparing t
float head downwards when the sinkin
deck vanishes from beneath them. Blu
on the other hand, it would tie an impoi
siblllty TO induce women tc put on intli
rubber trousers and jackets and to el
hlblt themselves in a grossly initiate
state to the gaze of masculine eyes,
The World might have gone furtht
and raised many other objections to th
dress for women. What numerous cd
shapes the "unmentionables" would |
required to take to fit the various DR.
portions; and then the exact weigl
which each pair is calculated to sustain
are queries not unworthy of looking a
ter. For instance Roses measuremei
cannot be calculated with certainty
any known rule. If it was undertake
to find her circumference by her dian.
ter, with proper care n proximity nia]
b, had, but in the limb, as to rotundi
aid length; size of the pedal appen
ag ;, or height from heel to head, no ca
oulation could be made at all. IT, no,
ever, she were once fully equipped a,
"blowed up" to the extent her dime
sions wo lid permit, if there was al
breeze at all, no sail would be needed
help the bulk along over the roli
swells-the only difficulty being to ha
some one hitched on WHO would give ;
tention and keep her right side
with care