Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-29

semi-nude, arms and shoulder Dad,
and breasts bare to all beholder
paraging the modest woman who cy
displays, to the extent Of q few -a.
the shape of a pair of well covered lg
Ladies of position have long been b.
custOmed to accompany their r,s
friends TO cover and moor sl0Ja,,
habited in knickers and leggilcs. sri
little notice has been taken. ba. Ii.
adoption Of similar garments by
Gle commOnalty is quite another tl-,
and requires police interference.
Mankind have been trying an H.
of clothing, possibly to discover q "a.
tional dress, and have not fourl ii
suitable one yet. We may still say i
Chaucer in the Parsons Tale" "AasI
May not a man see as is our daies. o :.
sinneful costlewe array OF clothing. anal
name in TO moch super1ueitte, or e. i
in to disordinate scantness?" Amr,
the superhuities was the length OF !
foresaide gOunes, trailed in the don
and in the myre, on hors and eke :,
fot, as we'll of man as OF woman. -h.
all thilke trailing is veraily va
consumed, threadbare and rotten v-
dong, rather than that it is given II
the poure. 49,. To speak Of the h0r \
disordinate stantnesse Of clothing
Alasi some of them shewen the i al
and the shape of the horrible swor,
membres. that semen like to the /.
adie of Hernia, in the wrappin of -t,
hosen, and exc to buttokkes of hem b..
hinde, that faren as it were the ?.
part Of the she ape in the FIJI 0.
none The disgusting fashion i
short and tight breeches, (which !
exposed the wearer's nakedness
hid it, was banished from Franc II
an edict of Charles V. The beary i
Elizabeth's reign, however. dia
from those Of Chaucer's and Cha.
times. They stuffed their breoh
with feathers, rags and other lighl ul
terials, until they were swollen 0 i
huge circumference, and at the
time the ladies wore large hOopeI trl.
ingales, something like modern ,rneI
lines, SD that two lovers aside coriI
surely never have taken one noi 4.
by the hand" In a print by [o-r|
Lady Hunsden, a leader of fas
heads Elizabeth's procession 10 I0I
Hudson's. Her standing up wire
rises above her head, and STAYS p
TO her knees, and her farthingale
closes her 'as in a spacious tub" D.
raeli says: THE amarous Sir W
Raleigh must have found some 0
Maids of Honor the most imprc~
fortfication his gallant spirit oyer
sailed; a coup de main was imposs.
Old Stowe says Of this reign. "r
time he was held the greatest gan
that had the deepest ruff and lo i
rapier."
we have seen an old French prr
Adam and Eve in elaborate j.
costumes, robed, jewelled and tur
ned, although we are told our B.l
ancestors commenced with fg lD
and did not advance beyond geo
skins" The graceful and Greel-
dresses of Anglo-Saxon times coan.
ued 10 linger long after the ConGm
The conquest of France by the En-
introduced French fashions. am
and other refnements continue !
come to us at intervals from Ialv
also. The English dress o
thirteenth and fourteenth cen
was the most varied, the most h.
and the most ridiculous. In iii. i
OF Charles III. the Puritans e Il
watchful and bilious eye upon
change OF fashion. when con-
wore monstrous wigs. they GU
hair short; when they adopted
with broad plumes, they clappra -
round black caps, and screwed uD
pale religious faces; and when -
buckles were revived. they vr
strings" SO oantankerous is SOL
human nature.
We must not suppose that we have
arrived at the Ultima Thule of dro
yet. Possibly, Judging from The trt
Of fashion, in Course OF time things w.
veer around and each sex adopt the 60
tune of The other, the men wearir
DetticOats or kilts-which would be ?
more becoming than the present So .
ty jackets and tight trouaers-and
women wearing long coats or blou
and breecnes or Turkish trousers
rational dress must be one which 81
the largest freedom TO the BODY
healthiest, lightest. most comlor
and best adapted 10 climate and 81
For picturesqueness, perhaps the
ern native Greek dress surpa
others. For purposes OF coqur
would seem that concealment
effective. Tacitus tells US Tia
beautiful Poppea exposed only
Of her face "to irritate curiOsitE
to heighten by imagination the
ton of the remainder. But W.
we wear or however we dress, tha
be most rational which best su
comfort and our circumErance
whether Knickerbockers or SKI.
Of no lawful concern to any OF 30
ing Toms, Paul Prys, and lip
Prudes who howl at any chang
creation in which they do no-
pate. They who make the LOUD
cry are probably those whose ~
ly ankles and legs will not bear
ton, but as the race improves ~
metry. and well-formed limbs
general, it is likely that verr
dresses for the women, at
breeches, as in the graceful
times, for the men, will be the
sal fashion.