The Indianapolis journal., 1888-07-22
THE WAR OVER THE BUsTLE.
1t Is Not to BE Banished without q Struggle
"A Chat About All Sorts of Bustles.

"A Chat About All Sorts OF Bustles.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The recent innovation of Mrs. Frances Folsom
Cleveland, In which that lady. iE spite of all
lished principles, discards hustle entirely, is
meeting with but few followers IN this western
part OF Pennsylvania. At least that Is the net
result OF several interviews last evening with
leaders who ought to have known what they
were talking about. especially as they were each
attached to one themselves.
The fashion Mrs. Cleveland is trying to in
augurate," said q vivacious young lady who was
almost buried behind stack of bustles Of every
style. color, and decreptude, "will never be
success and hear that even the few darling
ladies who attempted to follow her lead have de-
serted her entirely; and no wonder, for it cor
tainly won't do.'
why can't the ladies 60 back to the old style
of dress before bustles came into usef
"For the same reason that men won't 60 back
to knee breeches-becase the average form OF
the man of the present day wouldn't look well
in knee breeches."
Then you mean that"
81 simply mean that Mrs. Cleveland is blessed
with plumper form than the average woman,
and she can 60 without hustle and look well.
where ninety-nine handsome women would look
fat. That's what / mean.
There was lady in here from the East, yes
terday, and she was telling me what great fiut-
ter WAS created by the quiet circulation by Mrs.
c. g girl friends that the first lady had discarded
the hustle, Her admirers really tried to follow
her. and for month there was great reftting
and steels run in, and still the dresses hung
limp and awkward"
And they gave IL upl'
Certainly they gave up, IL for no other rea-
son than that q lady hates. above all things, to
have the fold OF limp soft dress fail about her
heels. Mrs. Whitney and the Cabinet ladies are
still getting their dresses made with a small
hustle attached under the folds Of the lining.
''Now, / will tell you little feminine secret
lady pays far more attention and worries more
about the fit and hang of her dress behind than
she does in front She is also more particular
about the snug ft OF her waist in the back than
she is in front r Above all things. a nicely
dressed lady desires TO present good appear
ance where others will see 1t il she can't, and
this intended onslaught on the hustle will be
fought to the bitter end, especially By your thin,
graceful girls"
what sort of bustles are the favoritesls
''Small ones. by all means. The large eized
Paragons apd Acmes have almost entirely dis
appeared. They looked like a bird-cage stretched
out. and some OF them actually fopped from one
side to the other in the ugiest fashion imaein-
able This motion. however was gwen TO them
by the wearer, who swung herself purposey.
The Lsnetry' is quite favorite. With it on, a
girl can sit deliberately ana squsrely down Just
like a man, when the Langtry' shuts up like q
jsck-knife.
"The Potter gossamer is the favorite OF all.
You fasten it this way" said the girl, clev-
erly putting it where it belonged without ever
glancng at the mirror "Now, you see when
sit down. il / sit on it squarely, it doubles all up
like telescope, and if / sit down with it on
either one side or the other. il is 80 flexible it
gives way perfectly, and then reeovers Its usual
shape at once
"Then there is the frankie Cleveland l. is
made of grass cloth; but L think i.s both ugly
and uncomfortable. OF course, beauty in bus
ties doesn't count; but if young husband were
to see one hung over chair for the first time,
he would think he had the nightmare.
''The Empress hustle is very nice for stout
people. They only need small arrangement
back there in order TO keep their skirts in ORDER
and they would probably be willing to discard it
entirely; but the thin girls will never give them
up. They have been wearing them seven years
now, and all the the steels and
reeds and ribs. that be
put into dress will never replace them. Be-
sides being extremely graceful. they in q great
measure take the heavy load of skirts off the
hips. and / believe them to be really beneficial
in that way You will have to excuse me, please
see / am wanted at the counter bv that thin
young lady, and they are the hardest to suit
She is too tashful to try one on while there is a
gentleman present, but you will hardly be out of
the room before she will have on the biggest
One we have in stockr