The sun., 1889-12-22

as the pretty Countess do NJ. The gown is
i is in amethyst velvet trim med with gold.
| tho hem. u wide renaissance embroidery, and
| faIls heavy and straight. broken by the curves
the body In 1es the C.
over satin s9ielL Tho corslet belt and the eIa;;
| tredettr with heavy iuffy rUohing Of gold
6roidered. The sleeves, hali-lepGth and pufIed.
tiaht above the elbow by bracelet Of EN-.
| broidery.
Ones faith in the authenticity OF all records
Is shaken by modern Investigation. The Pill
grim fathers didn't come over in the Mayhower.
Millets picturesque and touching poverty is a
myth. Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare.
and now Boomers are not Boomers at
all. 80 Mrs. BIoomer herself says. and
that she neither invented nor intro
duced them. Probably proof positive
will soon be obtained that tho four gospels
were written by BeeiZebub, and that the United
Kingdom OF Great Britain and ireland was
discovered by North American Indians at the
time Of the Chicago fire. II was in that ambi-
tious city that the late revelation concerning
the historical costume was made all through the
publication by the editor Of the Tribune Of cer-
tain illusions to Mrs. Boomers costume of
forty years ago in comparison with the divided
skirt now under discussion. The article didn't
meet with the worthy lady's entire approval.
and In d letter couched in that delicate. SYM
pathetic courteous, and half apo!Ogetical
dividuals exp their acerblty to the much
abused edi or, whether name is nlisspe led
or an International treaty 10 misnterpreted.
she denies that she invented the costume that
has given her world wide notoriety, or that
she was ever one, Of the Oueida Community
Elder Noyes's pruning knife and learned there
the art Of creating the essentially graceful ana
Boomsr WS6 cha n
mindsdns,s to be guilty Of that which she 20
age to be past three-scoEe years and ton, was
an editor herself about forty years ago oil IL
aHGs aHd 1nS Ess
theories Of the Liyiy.. wrote an article setting
though tho question MAJ urallg arises as to how
he knew. aud advocated change to Turkish
seeing an opportunity to score him ono on
having zone SO far ahead OF his opponents MS
10 advocate the wearing Of trousers by tho
rulo the nation, answered him in humorous
article which appeared ,editorially; Ile took up
ing SO grave q theme with levty, and she Rn-
swered again indorsing in all seriousness his
views on the question. A man. therefore WHO
may sleep IN aE unknown grave, since we can-
honor Of this cfeat inveniion, which With with lie lie
observing woman who refuses 10 accept il.
Right at this time. when tho subject, was con-
editors in discussion. Elizabeth Smith Miller,
daughter OF Gerrit Smith Of Peterboro. y, Y,
anpearod before the startled community in the
costume suggested by the inventive editor SO
that Mre. Bloomer WAS not even ho first wearer
Of The dress; WHICH Is nNmed ior her,wlth Tho
same Injustice that America il called after
Amerigo Vespuccius iustead OF the dn ing
Genoehe navigator and Mrs. Nillers head iacNs
the fa apnroTai of her Tn md and ateT All
through the lGtter,s TORN in Congress- in de-
nnnce Pi the riticuIe hehleh uF4h Ter by neo-
Stanton, her cousin and hOste-s. 10 don II ms
we'll. The dress .was o. black satin. with skirt
trousers REACHING to the ankle.
Nine BloomOr switched on hor psttic,ats and
regalla, aud appeared In it on all occasions, at
home and abronl. at church, fashionable par
exceedingly comfortanie. convenient, AID well
adapted 10 the needs Of business lie. Tie
ssabscrtution list Of her paper ran amazingly
INTO the thousnndS AR soon ms she wore tho |
dress abroad. wherever sho lectured crowded
houses gathered to listen and letters came
H. f%sr fssss s;sSs Pq$ ID iasSSne pat's1ssS
tho outfit. and though all these women cung 10 |
IL in spite OF rdIcnle and censuro for seven or
SlEbt yeufS II was ailer all only DasSinG lad, |
Tor every one OF them has returned 10 her |
pctticoats now.
No sooner had Mrs. Bloomer. identified her.
sell WIN the movement than did the costume |
identity itself with hgr personality, so thor |
0uRhy that in 81 ite of her rel eare1ly discain-
ing all right TO tho discovery the Bloomer cos |
/ tnme has been rerpetuated under her name. |
The inventive editor who designed and he |
daring apostle who frat adopted the reform |
VIII do unhOnOred and unsuDg while, as |
Usual, The womun who did not achieve great |
ness Will have greatness thrust upon her.
An English writer gives the Objectionable |
features OF the great athletic craze among |
fashionable American ladies'. and warns the |
ambitious damsels with dollars who would |
marry English lords. dukes, earls. honorables, |
and sirs to veil their faces and glove their deli
cate white fingers, to eschew tan and ireckles |
as they would smallpox, and carefully TO guard |
slender figures. Even their very weakness and |
dainty eiIeminate helplsssness have q subtle |
charm 10 the beef eating briions, who have
enough big-boned. brawny, larRe-footed, leath-
girls 10 choose from al home
Tho English idea OF beauty as embodied In |
tho alntod types cherished among the Ances- |
tral relies OF eNely old faulty 10 Of the delicate
tprltuOlle pink checked. white skinned order, |
and this slenderness aHd symmetryot outline |
eEl ulsttensss and dslicaey OF eolorinR seem to
haye been banded down from those noble old |
lheir American grnnddGugh;og5 and great
nleeeS- Fashionable English girls do not culti- |
Vate treeklSs, red faces, and coarse skins. They