Iron County register., 1897-06-10
SAVED BY The EAsHlon.
How Life and Limb Have Been Pro
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| tected by the Fads of Style.
Our dress has often been ridicuIed for
its want of beauty. We are told there
little pertaining to comfort in nine
teenth century garments.
The habiliment of some of our conti-
mental neighbors is far superior, both
in elegance and usefulness, to our own,
so it is said, but we do not question this
statement, as it is not our present duty
to pick out the drawbacks of a dress
that has satisfied US so long.
| Ugly as is our customary mode, it has
more than once been the means of saw
| ing the life of the wearer or been in
! strumental in preventing accidents
which might have proved serious or
fatal.
A gentleman wearing a collar of ex-
treme height and rigidity while repos-
| ing idly on heathery moorland fell
| into doze, but reused himself to find
something moving about his neck, and
| was just prevented putting his hand on
| the place by companion, who at that
moment glanced up from his paper.
| The troublesome visitor was a large
| round the gentleman's throat, would
| probably have bitten him severely but
| for the unusual height of the linen
| band that has been favorite point OF
| attack of the dress reformers for an in
| conceivable period.
By an adroit movement the friend
caught the reptile behind the head.
thus preventing injury to his hand.
The collar, however, was impaired in
the momentary struggle, and an ugly
stain was pointed out as the deadly ejec-
ton of the poisonous fangs.
High heels-those peglike elevations
which we are induced to believe have
| caused untold misery to the feet OF
women of fashion-have at least one
good service to their credit-in saving
the life of fair mountaineer.
This foolish person essayed the climb
ing of precipitous cliffs in French kid
boots, with heels of the peculiar bell
shape once so fashionable, and on the
present occasion it was we'll that she
did not wander far from her compan-
ions.
Her activity, despite the unsuitability
of her leathern elevations for noun
taineering, was irrepressible. and ven-
turing too near the edge of jutting
rock she slipped, and her frightened
companions expected to see her dashed
to atoms on the lodges below.
But, no! The high heel which had
occasioned her fall became entangled
in the thick brier branches and was
sufficiently strong to support the VEN
turesome woman for the few moments
until her friends could obtain a firm
grip of her limbs and restore her safely
to the mountain path.
When examined. the shoe was found
to be nearly dismembered-the heel
hanging by few rivets only. An or
binary mountain boot, with a fat
square heel, would have offered no angle
of support for the briers, and under
other than the present circumstances
the climber would certainly have met
with a terrible death
An incident somewhat similar, but
of not SO dangerous a character, has
been reported of a young fashionable,
who had occasion to ride on the outside
of an omnibus through a crowded thor
oughfare.
Leaning over the rails, he overbal-
anced himself and would have been
thrown in the midst of the traffic but
for the reason that the bottoms of his
trousers were turned up in that unrea-
sonable style once more prevalent than
at present with the exquisites of fash
ion.
The turned-up hem was slung on the
edge of the rail, while the scared youth
dangled, with frantic arms sprawling,
over the windows, with face as red as
a beet root
A fellow-passenger released him
from above and he was permitted to
drop into the arms of the conductor
A fall from such an elevation would
have meant dislocated shoulder or a
broken leg at least.
What romance or history can be con-
nected with the ugly chimney-pot hat?
Yet quite lately one of these inartistic |
creations saved the life of a venture
some gentleman. Strolling beyond |
high-water mark, he suddenly discov. |
creed himself caught by the tide, and |
being hemmed in by beetling. inacces- |
sible rocks, all means of escape seemed |
cut off.
The water rushed in and the terrified |
gentleman was taken off his feet, with |
not boat in sight to render him deliv- |
erance nor a person to hear his dis |
tressed cries. Unable to swim, he |
would soon have been drowned but for |
a little occurrence which proved his
salvation.
During his struggle the silk hat he |
wore was dashed off his head and the
man clutching at it as the only attain
able object was surprised to find that
it buoyed him up.
His arms were clasped. encircling the
brim. while the top of the hat, partly
submerged, resisted the water. By
maintaining this position he was en-
abled to keep himself afoat for nearly
Is minutes, at the end of which time a
boat rounded the cliffs. The boatman.
observing him, quickly rescued him
from an inevitable fate-London Tit.
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Big Reservoir.
The largest water storage reservoir
In the world is now in process of con-
struction in the city of Boston, its in
tended capacity reaching the enormous
figure of 65,OO0, ,0OO,O 900 of gallons, or
enough to supply that city for 3 Z years,
end four times as much as the capacity
of all its existing waterworks reser-
ypirs The vast caTacitv is twice that of