The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-04-08
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I Noted Doctor On On wenainh's Dress.

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A Noted Doctor on Wemni's = Dress Dress.
DR.. sRichardson, delivered, "a lecture
yesterday at the London Institution on
Health and Dress. Tie lecturer said
the character of dress stands SO closely
to the character of the person who
wears,it that it, is hard tOstouch the
one without introducing the other. All
kinds of sEanpathies are evoked by
dress; political sympathies are on tho
most ifItimateq relationship with dress;
social sympethies, are. .indexed BY it;
artistic sympathies are q part OF it.
Proceeding then to lay out the plan Of
the lecture he begged It TO be unders
stood that it-was altogether apart from
his, purpose. to, deprecate good fashion
in dress. He thought it was the duty
of every one TO cultivate good fashion,
and that every woman ought TO make
herself as. becomingly beautiful IS she
pOssibly could.f,,.s i,...r ssys A. ..ss,,.-. -.
ICorsets, wristbands, garters and tight
shoes were specially denounced. Tho
dress should be loose, and the wsight nf
it should berbo1ne by=the- shoulaers.
In mems modern dress this was fairly
Accomplished; but IN WUmen's dress,
dragging from the waistJ there was pro-
duced such WASTE. 7of physical: power
that II women were in all respects free
as men they could never approach to
the position of men AZ active workers
until they hsd emencipatsd themselves
from this physical bondage sroa- s3ss
The reform he suggested in the dress
of women was that it should in all prac-
tical details haye the same advantage,
and Should be IN fact the same, with
the exception Of the exterior robe or
gown. The. long, ,Adress for women.s
which, even trespassed- slightly on the
ground, was the most becoming for
them This should play the same part
as the outer cost Of the mAn, the rest OF
the dress being thessame except that it
might be made of rather lighter mate
Hals. The great surgeon Cline, when
once consulted by an anxious mother
what she should do to prevent Aegin
from ;becomilg deformed answered,
!" Let her have no stays, and let her
run about like the boys: He would
!" Let the mo3hen of England caothe
the girls precisely as they ,clothes the
like, and let them add the one distin-
gushing mark olf light, loose flowing
gown,a and : the girls win grow into
and as well formed in body
as their companions of the
sterner SEX" In the next part of the
lecture the quality of clothing was con-
sidered, and the. amount at various
seasons. The necessity of special care
in adapting clothing to season was Illus
trated from the physiological rule, first
discovered by the late Mr.. Nilners that
the body, independently of any will OF
| its own, underwent two pounds OF
waste and Of Increase Of weight, the
waste commencing toward th5 close OF
September, and the increase in the first
weeks of ApriL, Warm clothing ought
to begin IN September or early in Octo-
ber, and ought not TO be left on until
the close ol April. For unlier.clothing
next the skin, he strongly recommended
silk and with that light, heecy flannel
Thick, heavy flannel, and every ma
teriaf that absorbed and held the watery
excrsti0m from sthe sskin, were at ell
times bad Heavy clothes, were, bad,
and had really no necessary connection
with warmth. For outer garments In
cold wexther those that were hight and
feecy were best, and furs were excel-
lent. astse; 81 s,.@..s.aa,ss al sl.-,,.s5
After describing the dangers that oc.
cur in cold seasons from sudden changes
! of Dress and the flimsy dresses in which
young ladies 60 insand ont the heated
ball-r room during .inclement weather.
the lecturer touched on the ventilation
Of dress He criticized severely the per
manent waterproof which, shuts up the
rain that distifs from the bodys at the
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