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Show DRESS REFORM IDEAS IN 1832. Fpur "Don'U" Proposed at a Start In the Right Direction. A coterie of ladloi nt Amsterdam edit n periodical paper cnllod tho "Eu phrosvno" It wkb tills paper which first proposed tho creation of a national nation-al costume for the femnlc lleRes ot the Dutch sovereign; and Its exnmplo has been followed b a roterie of goalie-men, goalie-men, who now piihliHh a "Journal for thr promotion of n national costume, for the gentlemen, and tho encouragement encourage-ment of national Industry." If American editors would but en gago In this causo with tho zeal of the w oi thy mjnheorH. wo should confl dently expect success In this matter of a n.itlcnal costume Now wo can onl hope. However, wo will propose n few rules In our department of rcgulatinf, femnlo costume, ns n sample of our taste. These will be piolilbltory mero ly. Kvery person knows tho necessity of eradicating or exposing false notions no-tions before enforcing right Ideas. 1 No lady shall wear more that seven distinct colors In her dress at tho same time that being enough to form a rainbow. 2. No lady shall. wear rolorcd or clouded stockings with a white dress 3 No married lad) shall appear In a pink bonnet. (Wo should like to extend ex-tend this prohibition to all Indies vvcr 14.) 4 No lady, who hopes to be married, mar-ried, shall wear the hem of her gown above her nnklcs Ladles' Magazine, 1S32. |