The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-03-11
Two Sides to a Question.


Will our readers peruse the following
contrast between the practices of Savage
and Civilized Nations, in respect to dress
and physical training, and render YER
dict according to the facts p?
THE SAVAGE p ~ 80
In the Valley of the Nile, the idea of
beauty is immoderate fatness; and the
common practice of fattening princesses,
is whipping themiinto drinking great
quantities of milk Captain Grant
saw daughter of the king sucking
at milk-pot, while her father kept her
at work by holding rod in his hand
SPeke. -
= Throughout the interior of Africa, and,
indeed in some parts of Asia, woman is
priced for fatness When young wo-
man is betrothed, she is cooped up in a
small room with gold shackles on her
ankles If her proprietor has lost wife
by death, or divorced one, their anklets
are sent forward for the new matrimonial
candidate When she has attained de
sired size, indicated by filling the pattern
rings, she is carried in triumph to her
new home The preparation of food that
actually produces that coveted dimension
"a mountain of fatness-is called drough,
made of the seeds of vegetable peculiar
! to the country. Some positively die from
an excessive fatness, in an effort to sur
pass in that bewitching accomplishment.
rival candidates for matrimonial posi-
tiohs. These famous nlortals are not the
poor girls; they are the higher orders in
society, and, therefore, are ambitious of
securing an elevated position with a rich
husband.-Co ColsnsI Keating s Travels.
CIVILIZED.
In civilized nations, slimness of fig
ure is considered desirable, and accord
ingly, we find that the aims of the young
women are directed in that direction.
A very sparing diet has always been one
great aid to the operations of the corset.
The Corset and the Crinoline.
In my case, Lean only say, / suffered
perfect tortures from my stays, ESPECIALLY
after dinner not that l ate heartily, for
that foand impossible seven if we had
been allowed to do SO by our school-mis-
tress.-" Young Lady" in EngLish,0onlan S
Magazine, for March, 1867. ~.w -
Several instances of growing girls be-
ing made to wear their corsets, by night,
as well as day, have lately come to my
knowledge, and i am acquainted with
more than one fash ionable school in
- Lendon, where the practice is made a
rule of the ablishment.-Madamss La
iSante.
l was placed, at the age of fifteen, at a
fashionable school in London;. and there
it was the custom for the waists of the
pupils to be reduced one inch per month,
3, until they were what the lady principal
considered small enough. When left
school at seventeen, my waist measured
only thirteen inches, it having been for
meriy twenty-three inches in circumfer-
ence. Every morning one of the maids
used to come to assist us to dress, and a
int dad tn hot p
scorsets were drawn as tight as possible.
One girf~in the school was stout and
largely built, and two strong maids were
obliged to use their utmost force to make
her waistthe size ordered by the princi
pal-viz, seventeen inches-and she
tainted twice while the stays are being
made to meet-"Nora," in the English
,Ooman's Magazine, for May, 1867
ED SAVAGE.
The red clay, called ampo, is eaten by
the women of Java, in order that they
may become slim; want of plumpnes:
being considered kind of beauty in thai
country-Hum6oLdt = 81 -
CIVILIZED
Vinegar is consumed in large quaint
ties by many of our young ladies, to re
duce- their flesh and produce fashiona
BILE paleness, and this practice is attend
ed with the worst results TO the health
the liver being the organ that suffers
most.
The shoe of Chinese lady measure.
about 81 inches in length, from the hee
to the toe. Among the Chinese, al
young girls of the better classes are Grip
pied by tyrant custom. In early in
=. fancy the feet are tightly bound, the foul
small toes being tucked under the sole
of which, after time, they become 6
part, and the heel is brought forward
The process is at length complete
stumps have been substituted for the
ordinary pedal extremities, and the Chi
nese lady totters on her goats feet
China, in the Encyclopedia Britannica.
CIVILIZED.
The fashionable young lady appears tc
have taken the hoof of Pan, as a pattern
to VIII ich her feet are to be made to con
form.-Sat1rday Reviea0.
The high-heeled boot, of the modern
fashionable dame brings its own punish
mentwith it. The weight of the body is
thrown upon the toes, which are forced
together in part of the boot all together
too small for their accommodation, and
the chiropodist reaps fortune in minis
tering to the corn-covered, distorted feet
of the lady of fashion.-Diseases Of The
Feet
SAVAGE.
The Feeiees bore the lobe of the ear
and distend the hole.-4merican Cyclo
pedia.
CIVILIZED.
Earrings are at present worn very long
jet being very fashionable, lie -FoIlet.
q Note By the GompileT.-In the words oi
Bret Harte, is civilization played out"
Or, has the Caucasian any right to brag
about his (and her) customs being super
ior to those of savage nations2
From the Scientific Americana