Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-01-09
The Six-Hutton Principle.
IN. Y. riIues1

erS always demonstrate at their au.
nual convention that the practice Of
supporting stockings by what are
ielicat-ly termed ligatures insures
the moral and physical rum of the
AK. no successful substitute for the
| ,lcHoHhcti article. of dress has yet
been Invented. Certain dress rrfor.
mrrs have. il is true, devised II s,s.
TEN OF hallarls, brails, and down
hauls, which they assert are far SUI
peIior To the deadly figaturp, bu ;he
intricacy ofall This running rigging,
and the difficulty which mex periene.
ed persons fluid in it's management,
have prevented it from coming into
use. The inexperienced woman
when thus rugged liz very apt to make
mistakes, and to tind herself send
ding under bare poles, in conse.
quence of having hauled away OF
the dowuhaul when she had merely
Intended tn take a small pull at thu.
halAards. Thus, few persons except
dress rriormers are rugged with the
improved stocking gear, AMI even
these confess that, for the purpose of
catching IN early morning train, the
deSpSrd ligature has it's manifest
/ advantages.
| About two months ago the ladies
OF three contiguous counties in Penn.
sylrania were successfully visited
hy II slight, graceful alld uuassuning
,yonng woman, who announced that
she was the agent Of a "Womcn's
Dress. Reform Benevolent Assu:ia-
/ .ion,' and that she desired TO call
their attention tOa new Invention of
immense hyelrnic value. The new
invention consists of the application
Of the six button glove principle to
hosiery. OF course this is II delicate
subject, but, in the interest of reform
and public morality, 1t must be dis
cussel. Ii is idle tor us TO ignore the
existence of stockings, and il is COW.
ardiy to shrink from performing u
public duty because it involves an
ailusion to a delicate topic. Let us,
then, go boldly forward and relate
the strange conduct OF the unassum.
ing young woman as reported among
the police news of Pennsylvania
paper.
While the substitution Of buttons
for ligatures or running rigging
struck the ladies of the three coun.
ties rs an admirable invention, the
amazing cheapness with which the
agent of the alleged association of.
frreG to sell the improved garments
created immense enthusiasm. She
said that the only object OF the us.
sOciation WAS to do good, and that it
wis therefore prepared to sell the
best quality Of ixbutt Oned goods at
one. half OF their OF ginal cost. In
confirmation %: this statement she
submitted photographic copies OF ler.
tiers from President Hayes, Mr.. Til.
den, Peter Cooper, Stanley Mat.
thrwS, and other eminent states.
men, all at whom asserted that they
felt that the introduction OF six.but
toned hosiery WAS the greatest boon
wli"h could hc conferred upon the
: Wnner ~ h:ncctcn. Jni sill ti.iuc.
r''-iN "lt'"l".i S,N dozen pairs Of as.
SIri, I sizes - hr sent tO 'Lcir re
! spcctIvr addresses. In addition TO
! these letters the agent exhibited "a
sample of the garment in question,
winch appeared to be of the very
! best quality. The Oppori unity WAS
one which no prudent lady could
] permit 10 pass un!lnproved, and
nearly every one 10 whom the agent
applied ordered II least half dozen
pairs, 10 hr paid for upon delivery.
There VAS, however, one little pre-.
, iininary which the agent insisted
WAS Indispensable, if she was To exc.
cute her orders to the satisfaction
OF her customers. The human mind
Shrlnks from mentioning this pre-.
llninary, Int it cannot br ignored.
Ii the buttons were To be of any nsc
they must bc so placed in relation
Ia the bntiOn-lulcs that the garment
would be neither too tight nor too
loose. Hence, when the agent pro.
ducrd tape measure and note
hook, her view of the matter was at
once conceded to he correct. an,l the
agents note book MAS furnished
with the required data. Thus, that
unassumlng agent went front house
To house. throughout almost the
whole Of three counties, cheering
the ttnair population with the hopr
OF miraculonslH cheap and beautiful
hosiery, and filling her note book