The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
MARTYRS OF FASHION.
The Troubles Of Some English Gifts Who
Wenr Tight Dresses.

Wear Tight Dresses.
lLondon Cor San Francisco Chronicel
No likelihood, seemingly, of tight
dresses going out Of fashion yet. This
IL the spectacle which was beheld quite
recently in one Of the private boxes Of
a first class London theatre. Three
yollnge and beautiful ladieso evidently
sisters, were seen to enter the box with
that imbecile totter or waddle 30 dread
or sea lion, which has-temporariIy
only. / superseded the firm tread
of Years ago. Our girls positively can
not walk now.a-days-they ore tied In
too tight about the knees. Well, this
trio OF fair ones got into the theatre
In what fashion they assembled the
stairs ] cannot really imagine, but
when they arrived In the box
they positively could not sit
down on tho chairs Happily, two
young men. presumably their brothers,
had accompanied them, and were equal
to the occasion, having doubtless served
an apprenticeship to this sort OF thing.
First, they took up one OF the least
tightly tied.in sisters and deposited
them, hall sitting on, half reclining
against the chairs; and then both
took up the most tightly tied-in one,
and deposited her on her seat. The task
was not easy to accomplish. and, Of
course, the rest Of the audience, staring
with all it's eyes and glasses. feryentiy
hoped sundry strings would break and
the lovely toilets come to grief; but
they did not; The bonds were too strong,
and the two brothers understood too
we'll their business. Once upon their
for their lives get up again, and could
hardly even stir. There they sat all
evening, each looking like stiff sack
Of corn, or q bolster, and not much more
animated or intellectual. At the end OF
the performance the attentive brothers
lifted them up again and superintendent
once moro. The inmates OF the OPP
posite tiers Of boxes turned their eyes
and glasses afresh in that direction,
and devoutly hoped the tied-in damsels
would tumble down fiat, Ike the racers
In sacks, before they got out of sight |,
but the devoted brothers again were to
the fore and no casualty happened,
was told, a day or two ago, OF another
young lady, who, while walking along
the road, WAS overtaken by her father
driving dog cart, one Of those vehicles
SC. called, according to the well
conundrum, II you recollect 1t. because
puppies ride In them, not that the rule
at all applies Ia the case of this gentle
man. The latter, recognizing his
daughter, pulled up and invited her to
get in beside him. The invitation
was accepted, as the sequel shows,
too thoughtlessly. The girl attempted
to chamber into the dog cart, failed ut
terly, burst one pair OF tapes, collapsed
and sank ignominiously. tried again.
failed again, burst pair Of tapes No. .,
collapsed and sank for the second time.
Not even then did that unmentionable
pair Of limbs, which, by court etiquette,
no Queen ooSpaln ever possesses, but
which are 30 indispensable to other
folk, get 80. Finally, therefore, papa
himself, Ike the well-trainet brothers
at the theatre, to come to the rescue, to
lean over, draw up the limp form Of bis
daughter by the shoulders and waist
and seat her beside him, somewhat in
jured In her garments as to fashionable
tightness Of fit, but let us hope, II only
by way Of compensation for that terri
BILE misfortune, freer and more COM
Portable In BODY