The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-05
BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, April I, 1878.
There Is positive disposition manifest
in the spring costumes for ladies dress, TO
force the adoption of the short skirt.
There Is good taste, good sense Sni
economy in the movement. II the ladies
would agree 10 lOp Of the two feet OF SUI
perduous material that they sre NJ 50
much trouble and inconvenience in TAX
iag care of As an spPendsge TO their
dresses, and devote the amount saved 10
charitable purposes, there would
be sufficient 70 build sn in
stitution for the poor IN
every community in the country. Il
/ would be sheer folIoy 10 advocate this, or
sny other change T ? merely economical
| considerations, tor the ladies' do not allow
/ such sn element to enter very largely
into questions Of dress; yet the additional
] considerations of good sense and good
/ taste are certainly in favor Of this change
/ "a ought TO prevail.
/ There is certainly nothing very grace
/ full or sensible IN carrying about the
/ streets s train that Is neither intended tor
use snd very properly is never allowed
/ to perform the.only junction Tor which II
/ seems ft-tO sweep 10 the dust and dirt
/ OF the side walks. IL used 10 be u laugh
/ able .pectsble, but now it is mstter OF
course, to see a lady IN coming out on the
| street, reach down and clutch trantlcsIly
/ at this sppendage, wrapping It around
/ her limbs IN "A manner 90 disturb the har-
monv Of her whole toilet, and then walk
! ing of with an armful of skirt that she
seems totally at loss 10 know what 10
| do with.
/ Surely the short skirt Is sn improve
ment on this, and if it be true that II Is
/ being pushed forward by the great Par
issn modiste Worth, it is sure to prevail.
No storm OF opposition, or combination
| of malcOntents can discourage the sdop-
/ ton OF any costume that Worth may
sanction, however unwelc0me the Inno-
/ walton NJ first sight. No statesman has
| ever been more supreme in the councils
of q nation than Worth has been in tho
emporiums of fashion throughout the
world. He is reported also to have gone
| a step further IN this direction, and pro-
nOuuced the Persian costume, which con-
| sists Of loose waist and skirt falling
I OILY llkLlb DGAbN NAb hhNNst WIN lAAsS
not too loose, to be the prettiest costume
of any nation, rs well as most suit
able for women.
1t is little difficult for US TO realize
lha. such style would be either be-
coming or the most proper for lady, vet
let Us not forget that it's the prince Of
artists IN the fashionable world that
speaks, and We may yet be the most en-.
thusiastc admirers OF his suggestion. We
arc accustomed 10 appreciate sublime
degree olsidesiily with the long flowing
skirt, There is poetry in It's ample folds
They defeat the idea of ocular invasion.
They envelope her charms, rs It were IN
more complete security and thus reinforce
attraction. The appeal to the magma
ton is more direct and absolute, and this
meets the essential conditions of beauty
something in which the revelation Is
not complete but suggestive OF what |
may be beyond.
Still | am not prepared 10 take issue !
with Worth, nor to deny before seeing il |
that the trim little skirt, without u single |
fold and falling smoothly and neatly /
over the hips, gradually widening down .
to the knees 10 allow OF locomOtion, may .
not be very jauniy and commcndsb!e .
costume alter all. The ladies have really |
been initiating il in part for two years or
more. They have had the tight skirt 10
perfection, and row # they will cut OIL
the train, At least, they will have ad. .
vanced tho style already in taste, econ
omy and good sense.
Bob. Ingersol will deliver his frs,
| lecture in Baltimore tonight. Tho sub
! iecI OF this lecture is "PuHc Principles
which is Introductory 10 Il second lecture
to be delivered next week, in which be
will ventiate his ideas OF theocrscy and
that ugly place called he'll. Bobs repu
tatlon is made up Of more
singular variety OF elements than that of
any other man known 10 the public. He
| came suddenly into national notCriety by
his pungent little speech presenting Mr.
| Blaine 20 the Cincinnati Convention for
the Presidency, and be got more glory
/ out Of that convention than did Mr..
/ Blaine. His fame As political speaker
/ spread from one end of the country to
the other. Following this was his fame
as a lecturer; then u great lawyer, so
| much in demand that he had to leave has
/ home IN the West and locate at the Cap
ital; and now he is the groat high priest
OF skepticism aid most all the catalogue
/ of isms. But be is a man OF undOubted
ability, plausible and eloquent, and will
make himself felt in any position be may
| choose 10 take.
Hon. Montgomery Blair has succeeded
| in producing 3 political sensation, II in
| deed his move shall have no other merit
He belongs 10 family whose destiny II
has been TO mould, in large measure,
/ many Of the most important political
events in our country's history. They
| (the Blairs) ueldOm strike without effect
They never lose their heads. The re-
msrksble ssgscIty ard tact Of the Blair
in question is seen in his engineering
Measure Of 80 much significance through
both houses Of the Maryland Legisla.
turc, without aid and against
/ the combined opposition of both
| parties. He proposes 10 unseAL MIR.
/ Hayes IN sixty days, and, however much
| ike Boosting this may sound, il will not
do 10 listen TO him. he says that "the
common idea that il would be revolution
20 put Hayes out is the greatest mistake
| that has ever been made. II would Gre
ate no more commOtiOn than change IN
any petty office. When Mr. Tilden il de.
csred the rightful President and sworn
in by the Chief Justice OF the United
States, be will walk up IN the White
House, ard all Mr. Hayes ca7 do will be
70 take up his bat and walk out. The
Southern question is now dead and buried
out Of sight, and it Is nonsense 70
talk any more Of Hsyes' South
ern policy. he hss no policy.
He has no following. he has done moth
ing and could do nothing 70 lift the
financial distress which sits upon the
country, and no matter what the polti-
cisns may say, the people DO not want
hin in the White House, but wan. the
fraud by which he was put there, re-
dressed. AS soon a. Mr.. Tilden goes in