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Show FASHIONS IN 1880In 1880 1880In I IFASHIONS In a recent radio address In which whichfact whichfact whichfact fact and humor were dehghtfully delightfully dehghtfullyconunmgled delightfullycommingled delightfullycommingled conunmgled commingled , a commentator described describedthe describedthe describedthe the "good good " old days ' of a half century.ago centuryago century centuryago ago .ago . His description of some fashions fashionsof of the time were both Interesting and andamusing andamusing andamusing andamusingRecalling amusing amusingRecalling Recalling the basques , , polonaises polonaiseshoopskirts , hoopskirts and bustles of a former formerday formerday formerday day , . reference was also made to an anIncIdent anincident ani I anI Incident which occurred in Lyons N NI , Y , in m 1880 While trying to fit a . , e cus- cus customer cus customer s- s stomer - tomer into mto a new dress embodying the the"wasp the"wasp the"wasp thewasp "wasp wasp " waist ' ' effpct effect so popular at the thetune thetune thetime tune , a dressmaker broke the lady ladysribs ladysribsIn s sI sribs sribs I ribs ribsIn In the homes of the period periodwereseen were wereseen wereseen -wereseen wereseen - seen wax flowers , embroidered mottoes mottoeshorsehair , I [ horsehair sofas , tatting tidies , "what what "whatnots "whatpots "whatnots whatnots " nots pots ' adorned adomed with conch shells , kerosene kero kero- kerosene kerosene - sene repletewlth lamps and " "family family " albums replete repletewith repletewith wlth with tintypes portraying portraymg Aunt Sally Sallywith Sallywith Sallywith position positron with tier her head carefull carefully } ' held in posi- posi posi - tion tron by a .a . , cast iron prongII prong II " IIIn In 1880 the telephone wis W\S W S was ' \ a new toy toyand , and a European newspaper described describedEdison describedEdison describedEdison Edison s reported Invention of the in- in incandescent incandescent In Incandescent - candescent lamp as ' the latest Ameri Ameri- American American American - can humbug Pew Few believedi beIievecL believed that man manwould manwould manwould would ever fly , the X-ray X ray - and radIo radIowere radiowere radiowere were undreamed of , and there were no noautomobiles noautomobiles noautomobiles automobiles Most men wore beards beardsand beardsand beardsand andtonsils and nearly everyone had . appendix I3.ppendi I3ppendi " and tonsils intactPerhaps intactPerhaps Intact IntactPerhaps Perhaps those who look back upon uponus us from the vantage point oint of 50 years hence yearshence . will find us as interestingly Interestinglyamusing amusing as we behold the folks fo11.s fo11s . of 50 50YC3rs 50years 50years YC3rs years ago |