Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-09-15
FAT WOMEN.

Contemplate the Latest udict of Fash.
lon. e.. 'lAt lti.lit
Doomsday is rapidly overtakins
stout ladies who have calmly witnessed
the coming of all fashions and tho go
ing of the same placid. invoked aud
undisturbod
Growing more fat from state 81
contentment, and moro content froin a
state of fairness. True, they have hat
to hunt out special stay makers and
shoemakers and trock makers, and.
hailed the elastic stretchable Jerseys
with a delight which has threatened a
collapse at the rumor of them being
removed. because seraggy people have
grown tired of stutling arms and necks
for this skin-tight garment, which
sticketh closer than poor relation.
There always came in, in each sea
son, such distingue lot OF dolmnns
for fat ladies, and fat people move
with such squeaky-shoed majesty
through crowd as to command atten-
bon where slim, wiry females would
remain comparatively unnoticed. Fat
women look better lying back on the
cushions of coupe than the clapboar'l
sisters, who spoil all by their nervous
clutches Mt the blinds and their crnning
Of necks to be seen.
Fashion had always pleasant little
= donation for her three hundred pound
0 slaves. who grabbed at it eagerly, and
J. were as pleased Us a child with q new
9 head for its dislocated doll. ~
= Fat women smile good deal because
! they have lost sight of their large feet,
y and arc not as nervous over ill-fittinc
{ shoes as big as the fan to thrcshing
y machine
= But. alas, content is fleeing far away
u and the new state of things will newt
Is ably bring on nerves again and thin
&C ness, the result always Of much worri
|! ment
' Fashion, for once, has completely
C ignored handsome, fleshy ladies, VIII,
&c look handsome because OF their spldn
&c did proportions, although you nevc
n. met one who did not tell You she sat "
re nights reading exhaustive treatiscs OF
y how to become thin. VL
c Like the artificial Saxon-the stOu
lady. in spite Of her girth and ponder
a' GUS walk, Will soon be lost to sight 4
rs make room for the ew creature Of th
hour.
le The raw-boned, shinglo-made, maga
~ Ekae-plate article is rising in the hor.1o
II fast, and long necks. long. shapelcs
- waists, suppressed hips. angular '.rnl
~ and general stick-in-the-back kind c
81 woman is to 'rule the covert. the cam
re the grove" ......
There are very few fleshy Obj maid
Z They say worry kee;.L them fin
~ chested and thin as hornets. low
" the time for this sisterhoOd to com
10 from their seclusiOn and male on
more grab at unwary man-man. TIT
arch deceiveT. who has thus far hi
under a rainwater barrel. or his ow
n. conceit, and eluded the catcher.
There never lived a little girl VIII
IA. upon meditating on the future and hi
mothers borrowed fashion books, d.
~ not long from her inmost soul to loo
IN some day just like the impossible. higI
W, shouldered, small-waisted, pinc-bo,.I
ist sort OF lady dressed up rs fine as
ira fiddle in the books. Now. little maid
90 your wishes may DO gratiiicd to yo'
70 hearts content. iJl
The corsetmakers are insane wi
AIN glee, as no ready-made machine CT
at crush. compress and flatten the fcma
rst works as car she whose business il
he to concoct vices, not eradicate them.
lis Somebody is bound to he killed wi
Law all this foolishness, of courso
ra, Doctors have labored for years to I
MS away with even the looseSt stays. III
ID, necessary adjustment before race
CHI stout. sturdy, great-lungcd women q
nd be born.
on Where are the lungs going for I
sly SUMMER Somewhere to incommO
livers, spleens or other stay-at-hol
der organs. who arc not situated to take
nd boarders for any tlmo. Next whit
consumption will write his spidery a
We tograph on many q now bloom
n.y. cheek, and ulcers on the liver will |
or, come the rage. They will come hig
I'd but, in tho language of the day, won
lot must have them. s.
nth No sooner did common sense n
spinal diseases ostracise high he
adj than fashion bethOught her Of anoth
mt ,uoro railroad-sort- offend for won,
and 10! the small waist and long, TIC
Who corsets are here.-St. Louis Rep
49, Econ