Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-11
REFORMING TIE BUBTLg.
1t iEt to Bsc7ms Gsunt and Lea1 IUsh
ION This FsD.
Boston Record.

Boston Record.
The DAYS Of She hustle are numbered.
So!icltcus friends have been watching it
il deep srx!ety for some time, ard even
the most sapguine are beginning to see
that it IS already IN dec.iIe. lis portlY
form has shruyk the cotton batting fl 50
hiss grown less and less Till nov its thin
ribs sre become painfully prominent It
hiss lost isI early sp2iag sad elasticity,
end 10 no longer prominent Il ;uTe On
b street.
a psle Thin BEstle, with R19!Y Clat
sHd Vacxpt S.sre, recently met r pr17-
porous Iot king pair OF Ladies Cutters
Excuse NE, sir," said the Bust!e, "hQt
who has been unfortunate? l have seep
better days My position was cree high.
YVES sc inmSte OF the White 83ua9 ecd
adorned the hack eto0p. Ia 81 Evil hnur
His Exceliercy attended s crowded reCap.
lion 8hs-ein certsir members Of my family
aroused his singer b7 cr0Wdilg and i3st-
ling him. When he returned he told my
mistress thst [ must go. Dan hs ! eei /
'ha: ny family Tas laughed at ~ he
ne?, md that Il wcu be great p ,liii-
csl Csrd it l ware publicly denounced oy
the First L sdY. Thus I became 81 ont.
csst" Tne Pair Of Caters, having TO
soul, SD Deiug strapped, paid NO stem
len 20 this touching appeal.
Ever slpca the lrR, lady sent form her
mandate !" The effect ihat the hustle
mus: &C, b re baen e ateady decrease
in the sale AID z9.f thst hitherto in
GifpaUs&ble Srlicie cf feminine wearing
spp2Iei. and the present indicGiiols are
! thai II will IN turnlsh 4 dainty meal to
he metropolitan GallIaume goat.
"Ehe hustle IS 10 l@nger precisely tie
thing" said the chief m0diste IN = iBrEa
ao!ishmeut. "thougl they are still
worn by many women, who DISREGARD the
tic.atets of fashion. Something had 10
be Gone a5ou: the hustle, q il: MAS being
carried 10 the greatest extremes. Thanks
are due t. Mrs Cleveland for stertIug the
reformation. II you will look st the
dresses Of the best class OF ladies, you
will see thai sllhcugh large snd SNAIL
I ouetles are both worn, the latter are
rapidly tskirg precedence, cDd by the
time the fall fashions have been fully in
troduced o2!y few large ones Will be
seen. The big bustles are yerY ungrtce-
ful, especially on thin women, by whom
they are most frequently worn.
1.-THE hustle Itself will be replaced by
reeds in short time, many dresses hav
ing been mad with them already.
1.-THE reeds vary IN size, about four OF
them being pu5 10 The bsck draperJ Of
The dress. TIE largest ores sTe placed
st the bottom, and these above gradually
decrease in size. The up2ermost one is
plscet about Elk inches below the wals:
lire, and In this way the dress matertzi
slapts Of gradually from the waist, pre-
sen.irg smooth, s!opiDg surface. II is
very graceful. much more comfortable
han the hustle, waich is sometimes quite
heavy, end, above sll, IL is ultra fashion
able.
Then the observer OF human rature
stood with wary eve OF street corner
Lot fkr ikom the C0ggweil fountain and
gszed upon the dry goods landscape IS i.
passed him in 0ewichirg panorama.
He kept score, TOO, as the great hill, the
undulsting plsinE, the gradual slopes snd
the ripplirg ssndhills passed him by, &nd
thus cid he It up his score for one hour:
Bu'hel basket bustIes. 2lC
IL ali and-half bustles ............. ...-. AIS
Sim and re irtr Ouslles ............. lSG
Coy and slender untes.........--......-... -l6l
Siae spring bustles. .....,......... l.
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