Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-10-08
FASHIONS FREAKS.
A Calm View of the Exaggerations Created
by Old Dame Fashion.

A Calm View of the Exaggerations Created
by Old Dame Fashion.
Dame fashion is a funny old girl.
She is so changeable in her notions
and SO freaky, that it is positively
laughable. She generally commences
upon the New York lassies first, and
gradually creeps westward, till she has
succeeded in introducing her latest
freak in every large town, and then she
flies back to New York again, with
some new agony, only to bring it west
after it is thoroughly introduced there,
and SO it goes, month after month and
year after year.
She works upon the laddies in the
same way, changing the cut of their
clothes and the style of their hats, and,
in fact, she rules everybody and every
thing with an iron hand. A few years
ago it was the fashion for men to wear
very flat derbies; so fiat did they get as
the agony increased, that no matter
how large and we'll developed was a
mans dome of thought, he positively
looked like an idiot, but he, vain
creature, imagined that he looked
pretty and felt perfectly satisfied 1t
was then that the old dame sat back in
her chair and shook her fat sides with
laughter; it was then that she nodded
her head in a knowing way and said tc
When can cause intelligent men to
dress up like clowns, with pancake
shaped hats, tight pants and pointed
shoes two sizes too small for them. L
am indeed powerful" When she had
her 81 of enjoyment at the expense of
a crazy public, she once more began to
feel restless, and in a short time again
changed the fashions.
Sometimes man will stumble on to
photograph or tin-type taken at that
time, and he invariably makes the re-
mark: "Well, 1 wonder if l was ever
such blamed fool as to wear such a
looking hat" As time went on the old
girl took it into her head to have some
sport with the ladies, and so in An evil
moment she sprung the pug-dog mania
upon them. All, what a rage it has
had! Thousands of great, big, elegant
dollars have been expended for those
miserable little no account dogs, while
fine. intelligent hunting dogs have
been totally ignored. Women, will
every appearance of refinement anC
culture. after catching this craze, will
take nasty little pug-dog up in hel
arms, and lalligag over it, kiss its dirty
black nose and call it her own little
darling, while probably her own little
baby is lying neglected and alone ir
another apartment. Such acts ar,
- 70, he S<f 1,
people. How the girls did turn out OF
Fifth avenue, in New York City, will
their pug dogs blanketed, and attached
l to dainty little silken strings But thu
end is soon to come. Old dame Fash
ion has probably got something new
/, and startling in view, and so she il
going to carry the pug-dog Graz
to its very extreme and thel
let it sink. as did the flat derbies, for
.. ever in oblivion. The new fad is t.
allow the animal to range about a
will, without being led by a string, an
> when the brainless apology for do!
!, attempts to follow off a street, car o
= news boy, the girl throws back he
i shoulders, sticks her gum up in tn
!, roof of her mouth, Fuckers up her lip
:, till they resemble little rosebud, AM
;. emits whistle which attracts the pup
. attention and he comes back. Th
> way-up girls are bound to make sue
: cess of this latest fad if possible, an
;, many of them are paying news-boy
=, fifty cents and dollar an hour to teac
!, them to whistle with their fingers. !
few of them have succeeded in master
ing the art, and when their dog
wander off in company with comma
plebeian dogs, or run across the stree
il to shake hands with an old acquaint
ance. the girls unfurl their mouths
: stick their four largest fingers in an
:, emit whistle so loud and shrill tina
u for moment it completely takes tn
l. curl out of the poor dogs tail an
1t makes him dizzy. 1t is to be hope
that this latest freak will satisfy the oil
@ girl, and that the next craze to be il
4 troduced will have a tendency to sho
:. how much brain the modern fema
:. possesses instead of going to the oth'
" " extreme. and showing how little 81
. has.-PecE's Sun.
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