The Washington critic., 1888-07-17
SHALL THE BUsTLE GO?
II VIII Not he Banished without -
ST. uggle.


Struggle.
Pittsburg Dispatch! The recent innova-
tion of Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland in
which that lady, in spite of all rules of
etiquette and in defiance of all established
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 inter
views last evening with leaders who
ought to have known what they were
talking about, especially as they were
each attached to one themselves.
1.-THE fashion Mrs. Cleveland is trying
10 inaugurate," said n vivacious young
lady who was almost buried behind a
stack of bustles Of every style, color and
deorepltude, twill never be success
and | hear that even the few daring la
dies who attempted to follow her lead
have. deserted her entirely; and no Won
der, for 1t certainly won't do"
why can't the ladies go back to the
old style Of dress before bustles came into
use Yn
"ltor the same reason that men won't
go back TO knee breeChes; because the
average form of the man of the present
day wouldn't look well in knee
bleeChes.'
"Then you mean that"
SAiiHlN ihNuAl Allib hIHs NltNtluilu Is
blessed with a plumper form than the
average woman, and she can go without
a hustle and look well where ninety-nine
handsome women would look fiat.
That's what l mean.
There was lady in here from the
Fast yesterday, and she was telling me
what great flutter was created by the
that the first lady had discarded the
hustle. Her admirers really tried to fol-
low her, and for month there was n
great reiitting of magnificent dresses, and
they were ribbed and steols were run in, ,
and still the dresses hung limp and awk-
ward
And they gave it up2n
Certainly, they gave it up, if for no
other reason than that lady hates, above
all things to have the fold of limp, soft
dress fall about her heels. Mrs. Whitney
and the Cabinet ladies are still getting
their dresses made with n small hustle at
tached under the folds of the lining.
Now, / will tell you little feminine
secret A 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 lit OF her waist in the back than she
IS in front. Above all things, q nicely
dressed lady desires to present good APP
pearance where others will see Ii if 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 favor
ites?'
Small ones, by all means. The large.
sized Paragons and Acmes have almost
entirely disappeared. They looked like
bird cage stretched out, and some of them
actually Topped from one side to the
other in the ugliest fashion imaginable.
This motion, however, was given to them
by the wearer, who swung herself pur.
Posely, The 'Langtry' is quite fayorite.
With IT on, girl can sit deliberately and
squarely down just like man, when the
'Langtry' shuts up like q iack-knife.
The Potter gossamer is the favorite of
all. You can fasten it this way" said the
eirl, cleverly putting it where it belonged
without ever glancing at the mirror.
Now, you see, when l sit down, If | sit
on it squarely,. it doubles all up like
telescope, and If l sit down with it on
either one side or the other, it is so flexi-
bic it gives way perfectly, and then re-
covers its usual shape at once.
Then here is the frankie Cleveland
IL is made OF grass cloth; but ] think it's
both ugly and uncomfortable. Ofcourse,
beauty in bustles 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 steels and ribs and
reeds that can be put into dress will
never replace them. Besides being ex-
tremely graceful, they, in great meas
ure, take the heavy load of skirts off the
ei9faf1a thRli"Na them "a he Eaa llg ,eop,
excuse me, please. see am wanted at
the counter by that thin young lady,
and they are the hardest to suit. She is
too bashful to try one on while there is
gentleman present; but you will hardly
be out of the room before she will have
on the biggest one we have in stock"