The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-23
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are much disturbed by what has been called
''the decadence of the bustlen They de-
clare that this once fashionable dorsaI pro-
tuberancs was a health promoter as well as
a most graceful addition to the toilet. 1t
kept the skirts from dragging upon the
| hips, aud protected the spinal QUINN from
undue weight. One correspondent declares
that since conforming to the prevailing
style in this matter of bustIes she has not
been able to take one half the out door ex-
ercise that she formally could, and that the
weight of her skirts is simply unendur-
able. My dresses all cave in and
stick to the hollow OF my back" she adds,
land this slinkiness communicates itself to
the bottom Of my skirts, and instead of
swinging gracefully off as they we're wont
to do when | wore a medium sized hustle,
they wind around my feet and aggravate
me beyond expression There is really no
| exaggeration in my correspondents descrip-
| ton of the hanging of skirts once worn with
a hustle. They certainly will not Saving
of" aud they assuredly will stink
in at the feet. This cannot oe helped,
| and therefore no fault can be found
with the deductions of this advocate of the
hustle. 1t will probably he very hard job
to convince these deplorers of the present
fashion, that while logical enough in one
way, they are very foolish in another, as
we'll as very far behind the times. AS de-
| testable as the hustle certainly was in ap-
pearance, and in its general effect upon the
| system, it did, after all, perform a sort of
missionary work in preventing the shroud-
| ing of the ankles by the skirts. But this
| was all the good it did. Instead of relieving
the weight upon the hips it added more, be-
sides importing to the spine steady friction
and heat most destructive to the nervous
system. The trouble is not that the hustle
has gone out of fashion, but that its votaries
| will not understand the art Of dressing. A
New York society woman who, because of
natural weaknesses that threatened to be
chronic, was sent abroad by her physician,
met on her trip across the Atlantic an
elderly Z glish lady who took the pains Of
telling her some plain truths.
There is nothing under the heavens the
matter with you,n she said after listening
patiently to an account of her companions
sutReriugs.
"What do you meanT' the young Ameri-
can matron Inquired with some resentment.
"Just what | say" was the direct re-
Spouse. "You are all right. 1t is only your
clothes that ache and press and drag and
cause their wearer TO ray heavy doctors
bills and finally to flee from her country"
"What is the matter with my clothesg'
was the next question. ~ wear Only such
garments as other well-dressed women
wear.n
eff you will kindly come to my room l
will show you few Of my clothes ald then
you will know what | mean"
Then followed an examination of under
drawers and vests woven together THAT
there might not be band Of compression
about the waist, easy-titting, boneless, steel
less waists, supplied with buttons upon
which the necessary skirts were fastened
and last, but not least, light weight taste
| fully draped dresses with a gown-form or
princess foundation. There was not a gar
ment in the collection that did not hang
from the shoulders, add not one the weight
of which was not carefully studied
80, yes, but you English ladies always
| have more advanced ideas on such subjects
than we Americans" said the interes ed ex-
aminer Of the pretty and sensible clothes. ~
| will ask you to introduce me to your dress
maker when we get to London"
"These all come from New York" the
Englishwoman replied with hearty laugh.
| II do not know of a single place in Loadon
where such garments can be purchased, but
my seamstress and my dressma&er will
know how to make them Iassure you, after
tins. | have been supplied with these goods
for two years. L realized that the terrible
strein of heavy clothes upon my hips was
sapping my life, and SO ten years ago |
| ord cred all NV garments made to hang
| from my shoulders. The sooner you adopt
this manner Of dressing the sooner you win
recover your health. 1t is utterly impossi-
bic fer any woman to be well who walks
the earth weighed down with heavy
clothes"
This Englishwoman was right. | know
of women who have suffered for years from
periodical nervous headaches cured entirely
by the adoption of common sense clothes.
"You can never talk reform garments to
me-" said pretty and pert young girl the
other day. "They belong to reform Schools
waist made more slender by cruel
corsets, her poor little undeveloped
hips and tender spine borne down by
heavy petticoats and deliberately draped
skirts, did not know what she was talking
about She did MOI know that a light
weight dress with a gown-form foundation
can be Just as elegant, and more artistic
than any other dress that was ever made,
because ready for any sort Of drapery that
the designer cares TO put upon it. If she
had known that the choicest of the -Four
7 Hundred" have all their garments made
with the view to the weight fall
ing upon the shoulders, and could
see some of these really beautiful
creations she would alter her opinion about
reform garments for reform schools" |
am glad to see that our best physicians are
alive 10 this subject, aud | have III my mind
now three popular practitioners, two men
| and one woman, who refuse to treat pa
tients suffering from the diseases SO commoa
among my own Sax, until they have adopted
the light weight g rments that hang from
the shoulders Corsets are forbidden aud
not string or band is allowed about the
waist
To the correspondent who informs me
that she always dresses 'fashionably," and
never suffered from anything harder than
a nervous headache. would say that the
probabilities in her case are ten to one that
She would have 20 headache if she dressed
sensiby.
Exceptional instances of strength prove
nothing In this matter, as in every other,
we are compelled to regard the law Of av-
erage A few women may defy tight-laced
corsets and weighty skirts. but the majority
cannot. ELEANOR KIRK.
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