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358 PASSING EVENTS.
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so fatally in the case of tlie Ladies Bridgeman ; while a Mrs . Eekett , of lin Derby , was burnt in the to death on the fashion 12 th of ultimo the , " her dress , which was mus This
lady expanded , a widow , aged twenty dangerous -eight , leaves five young day , children having behin ignited d . her " ! A the gentleman fatal accident in a letter at We to ston the " Hall Times , writes " of thus Decemb : — er 7 th , having alluded to
calamity 61 This . morning Standing my b wife y the was parlor in imminent fire the bottom danger of of her perishing dress i b gnited y a similar , and th before e room it was and perceived instantl it laid had her reached on the her floor waist and . ( Providentiall I hardlknow y , how I was ) suc in
ceeded in , smothering the y flames , but not before , her hands y and one arm were adj burnt oining , and room this , was the calamity the act of would a few have seconds been onl fearful y . Had , if not I been fatal even . * in * * the *
since " I the confess concoction I have of never the present seen a fashion lady in without full dress feeling ( morning very or uncomfort evening - ) invite able whenever ignitionand she approached with the distending a fire ; the steel extensive beneath proportions the funeral seem ile to
is complete . , Pray , , sir , in the interests of cage the fair sex , , do raise your p winter powerful before voice us against , and blazing this dangerous hearths will tyranny he the of order fashion of . the We day have for a month whole s to comewe be able to enjoy them in comfort and without fear !"
. May good leaders The sense , " have Time and , added s , good " " their Dail feeling y protest [ N versus ews ; , " in crinoline and short " , it Saturday and has come foll Heview to and be a , it " contest remains in admirable between to be
seen which will carry the day . The - "'Medical- Times y , " suggests that all li il g The ht fabrics most delicate manufactured white cambric for ladies handkerchief ' dresses must or be fle made e blaze e - or proof the . cy gauz
so finest duced protecte lace to tinder , d may from , without b blaze y simp that blazing le soaking if held Dresses in in a the weak flame so solution prepared of a candle of mi chloride they ht be may of burnt , zinc be , re b
accident without the other garments . worn by the lady being g injured . When y poor dresses Clar of a stage Webster dancers was burnt are prepare we inculcated d in the the way same we recommended moral ; and now . The the
hint We may close be this put s to ubject a profitable by an e use xtract by from some the enterprising leader in the manufacturer " Daily News . " , " already referred to : —
something " We think towards we are diminishin quite entitled g these to ter ask rible those risks who . It have is hig the h power time , , on to all do grounds safety is , the that most some pressing alteration at this should moment be made when . But the the cold question weather of is public about
to set in . We have been already warned , of the danger in the most painful ladies and melanchol of position y way and , influence and the warning would lead oug the ht not way to , others be neg would lected . soon If follow a few , and a wholesome general reform of the obnoxious fashion would be the
would result . be We an immense need scarcel gain y _^ in say national what a taste gai — n at this least would in national be in all enj ways oyment . It ,
grace for our of drive outline s , walks and motion , and which drawing has -rooms been so would long denied again them be filled . Nor with would the the advantages be less in the direction of domestic economy and social
comfort . " parties The Divorce concerned Court , that has it is recentl matter y had for congratulation before it cases that so disgraceful they are finall to all y
stretched disposed the of . law In to the separat case e two of persons Marchmont whose versus continued Marchmont cohabitation , the would jury by have the been liberal a public and conservative scandal and press disgrace . The , and current were of upheld public in op so inion doing is both so
advocate manifestl Act , that y and it in is favor supp with orter of no the small , entering most surprise lib the eral we field interpretation find with Lord a Brougham proposed of the , new amendment its ori Divorce ginal _^
358 Passing Events.
358 PASSING EVENTS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1859, page 358, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011859/page/70/
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