Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-22


ea ehe ssar-spaaxsea Ran.er.
10 = neg ens handrsd and seven yssrz
1nss Psal ]onaa. then Lisussnans q
te@ ADaF1ean navy, nxz7ed 30 the mas
nead OF ne Alfred the ers1 ensign evss
Displayed by the eolenisss upon . u,an-
etvak. Two ysars later, ID i777, tha
Cena1ensAl Congress adopted our psss-
Il 3 sortAy of nosiss, whils rsssrrsne
70 the mighty changes wrought Within
that one hundred and seven years, thai
the htsis neet which On that Dscsnibez
morning salatsd the ns1 ensign Of
Lteussnant Jones has grown % be o1e
of The sast pieturssqus and fsFmidaois
ruins h the world From the litlle 8
sotlee1iun II OontinentAi rata sAsrs
has gfo@n upon cur Rsas Q mosa covered
navy that denss the world and whips
nobody.
Our national snsisa today In ever
latitude and under every sky, and %
every 80, waves over more blow and
more noble Decay than al the cOuhinsd
banners Of the civiiixea world
Within thai ene hundred and seven
years the little band Of patriots sho,
nllsa with lofty suhition and Ess
Enelsn1 rum. hailed the frAsrmsnt ez
striped bunting. has grown 10 be q
mighty AEsion, whose infineace b feii
In eveey quarter Of ths Riehe, and ths
breath Of whose Congreasmen ridea
upoR the bTsezss Of heaven liks the fra
RFanos Of burning distillery.
In that time, from the listle handful
of sore-eyed patri0fs has spruna up q
racs of Americans vhs wear tight pant
AioosIs and dsfy the wsrld.
From the starvina repuhlie has arewn
Q Natisn whoes wealth 10 beyand com
putation, and whose Standing army,
nobis ID his solitnds, offers, single
handed. 10 thump the united armies o1
Ons hundred ysars In the history az a
ssiion is franRht wish joy and sorrow.
P,Daee and gar, prosperity and advsrzi-
81, starvation and pie three tinss Q day,
hllye followed eeoh other In rapid sac
abssion dosn throaeh al these relsnt.
ians ysafs, shils the old dag has alter.
nately sh0ns resplendsnt In the beams
of}peace or besn covered By the clouds u
war. Il has aiisrnatsiy waved above q
rDeaceful happy peeple % huttsred over
d nAtion Of patriots Who we're Rnawina
i,aeh others ear In the nane Of the god,
iiess of liberty.
We love the old fiae. because 10 to on,
Gaa. We have all Of us fought for % o.
stayed as home and given Il our msraI
aid and encouragement.
HEw EszAx OF THE RksanoRa.
OWING 10 politics and the incismsney
Of the weaahsF. have rather neGleceed
the naktsr of faahi0ns recently, bat nov
that thsre u 3 Temporary luli - vri4e
few words relative = ths great world
Of fnshion may not be amies.
when ths subject Of forked socks and
stockings hrst began 10 aGitate the pub.
10 mind. rose and spoks In olsrion
tones against their nse. ] saw that oul
homes were thrsstened, and regarded
the invasion Of the family cirute By The
fnl IN the sxtre1ae.
I nsw read with sorrow and grave ap
peehension. that q custosa, originatine
IN England, and indoessd By France d
beginning % sttraat aktantion in Amer.
ios. This item Of nsss / fnd in : Pari-
eian Journal Of faahien. - which ] IN
. rsgalar sobscrioef and On esassoeal
ecntEibutar, writing faahinnable RosaiE
n ths garsss FFsncA. French 10 my
Ths journal alluasd 10 announces thai
sxpexienoe has shown hat the feepala
/ lnteiy tDjarious 10 The health and con.
fort OF shs wesrel. AZ rssult. stock.
ines ass 70 Be omitted from The female
wardrobe.
Pirss ocnnss ths fssksd sssekines
then ths bifnroafed skirt, snd thsn thl
abolition Of ktoekines altogether. Il
| f0f mysslf, I Am nos sn abolisionist il
| th!s csse. / do not Wish 10 ssen ovsl
conservative ON Important nationai af
fnisa, bot / do not think we zrs ye1 pro
pared 70 ding away eur time. honcfef
traditions and our stnckinos. | an frel
70 say shas spproaeh this suhieot viii
3 GOOD deal of tiuidity. ft b not I
matter thst ! Iiks - discuss. ! hsts q
oaii the aftentien 70 the reaults Of suc1
q revslnties IN The great werid q
fashion.
ehonid sneh Q custom prevail, and
Should / b ons Of gay and fsstiv'
party at q worant uhsa The comnaon
lpw Amexioau mouse entafB the rosm
eoettsfinc Alaxm and apprshensioz
evsrywhere. feel nox e. though
uouid scarcely care 10 live. II ~
abolish etoskineA we n1st aboiisz
mice aud dewy lawns.
II I felt perfectly frss, woaId spsah
more fRiiy and mare daenitely On thiI
subject, which I may truly cay iies q
nsAr shs hsart Of every true American
lknow shet The man Who has been
c1aaped aronnd the nsck - washday, q
he passed undef the eiothes line, b |
icno. cold, wei pair Of tintnd skoe&inEa
may have said In his wrath that b
wished thay we're ahlliBhed. but whel
hs got calmer he woaid not feel %.
u may Be urged By The es-calisd -
foFusrs vho axe e kha head Of th,
movement, that Il Is fer the comfos
npd opnvsuienoo Of kha temsle %,
| aInns, and tha1 90 far 40 tho great, hof
| rid mAnis eoncerneds Il i none 81 nj
buainees. Mayhap.
Il And yse us eannat help feeling "a 10
tereet IN this matter. hate 20 need
iessiy create txcitement and alarm. bu
thin great social upheavni 10 eominl
upon M 90 inaidiouslY stealthily, q
| ID weEe--that seel as though every tn
Amerfcnn eItfxen Ehous3 - o0 hi
gard. On behalf Of ny sex ask ths
shis forsiRn sastcm mag not prevail
II shis habit bscsmss hxsd IN tAs q
eiAi sisoia. shu&der when think q
she sta&e. "a will BE- neRiseted. vi
ell NJ sest near ths large barissns hd
de. and minz{s mere In soois<y.
Al, mol Il esnnoI. rnus1 nst -. Ia
fnshion uill certainly net obtain Q foo'
bold II this eountFy.
/ Tha arsea may be moderately decolsss
one wsy, bot u mus nos 30 run into q
sround-
have nss fslly szprsssss mysslf. b
| / Tel thai ! have said enouEa y %
eass may b. xes ns beware of q
approack Of shis evil. We can rea<il
50 uhi1hes thia ocetanse, eoupjed wi3
the MethoF Hubbard dreas, = ts1dinf
Il WI sozs day msts q necessaEy q
the ylszlm - drsas hersslf When ~ =
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