{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.", "edition": "01", "page": "p4", "byline": ""}
saved the lady from quite reaching the hoor
and bore her out of the church.-We were
followed by her mother. Tony inquiries
as to the cause of her daughters illness, she
answered nought, but engaged herself very
busily in untying her clothes. One string
after another was loosened till we arrived at
the corsets. And would you believe 1t, Sir9
Oppressive as.the heat was, that poor girl
was laced tighter than l would gird my
horse on parade day-tighter than l would
squeeze any thing but log. demonstrated
with the old lady. upon the shocking con
sequence Of this shocking practice. She an
swered me, that" it was the fashion" |
was enraged at such plea, and could not
help assuring her that would rather hear
her allege fashion as the excuse for her
daughters perfect nudity, than as a justihca-
ton for a practice so hurtful to hcalth-se
tleforming in its efiects-and SO shocking to
delicacy. I cannot bear this sight OF human
suffering, even when caused by such eyre
gious folly; and therefore, l will not go to
church again. But if you, my friend, or any
of your churchgoing readers, should hap
pen to see lady faint in church, be not a
larmed, but console yourselves with the
thought, that if she is laced beyond all hui
man endurance, il is The Jaahion


Yours, &c.