Show J f L t I I Ja t V T Y 1 i r Perilous Perilous' Garb Assumed To Attract M Mere re Men 1 A Author t oi lor of Psychology of Marriage Marriage arriage 1 Declares Women's W r 1 Headgear Occasionally Is Artistic l Also Asks Asks' I About Males Male's TO gel 1 V 0 B By Walter alter ill L evil 11 Author of ot The he P P y of or Mar Mai dace e replies renlies to the cl clerical de u cla- cla bons of ot the present feminine fashion T ONDON o Feb 14 Certain H. Certain JJ L clergymen are arc preaching and writ writIng of present InS luff upon the menace day do feminine fashions In dress dres Thc They entirely disregard the fact that Ihu th t women omen always Ls adopt the 1110 form corm of oC vc C Clur turf ture most attractive to the great nin ma fI of men If IC m masculine taste deCided do de Ilc- Ilc tided elded that the tho corset waist is In n will endure discomfort nn nJ Ine wom women even cn III health to gratify the capric caprice o of their When hen men admire a s on generous rous figure fig I ure uro In their Psyches and Juno lunor th tho crinoline allt and Its modification th tau thc Bustle are arc employ cd to correct nil at fil- fil or sll Tn fh Thera ic lc are fire man men mon who esteem the tho tottering salt gait ait o oC 1111 0 with Nith high his heels as feminine myself are arc obviously obvious ly In la the minority tto We JUa may Quote em eminent medical opinion by ho tho tho paso pao and declaim eloquently upon the thc un un- un lM 11 and unaesthetic fashion f o ul or the C elongated heel hol Hut Lut th tho bulk I f manly opinion prevails Women on onn n beh be have h JJr VC a as men wish tIter them l to c. M s i Many women could m like e to dross dress rc s rationally rational and gracefully and discard disc cramping and distorting distorting- garments nut But the they aro opposed b by the very men mer wish to please whom the they most mosi 1 Originality nn and aad in individual preference In iri dress are only flo possible for for the strongly tron h Independent or we Worn Worn- nil nn Men arc wont ont to Judge jurl of oC women's worn wom- omo o CI ens en's S merit b by tho the style of C their clothing cloth cloth- Ins ing In and the the girl ho who has haf to t earn carn a living knows b by stern experience nce that from 1001 the fashion of oC the tho hour hou Is ar regarded with suspicion or 0 prejudice Undoubtedly Und many women submit to tho the tyranny of custom In clothes for forthe forth forthe th the sake sako o of ot avoiding n an nil imputation of oC t or dowdiness rho They arc aio by b the average n e mans man's 1113 ns n's standard ta Id I'd Idor of or fitness and charm even cien when they are secretly tJ In revolt re against unhealthy and ugly and u ugly ly c clothing JI u nr Women's headgear ear Is more hygienic than mans man's and occasionally occasional It is I ar ar- ar A dispassionate nato Jud Judgment must decided that pot chimney hats and trousers are aro as unloVely el as the most bizarre of womans woman's wear But the the- theman man who wishes to gratify braUr his womenfolk dons the top hat on appropriate occasions occa occa- slon thus proving pro that the thc fundamental tal principle in custom Is a a. desire to attract the other sex We Ye cannot escape this universal rule rulo of or allurement It is biologically int- int o as well as socially conven conven- Clerics ma may apprehend peril pern in the curtailing of the length lens of oC skirts hut But the h hr hygienist approves tho the short skirt It Il is dreadful to reflect upon the quantity of oC microbes gathered from om the st streets ls b by the long skirt Arc wo we o to accept the view that the of adornment and arul the natural evil law of oC attraction are arc innately I If so MO wo ought t to to- apply appt the tho th theory or li it lithe In Inthe the case caso of oC both bolh sexes Boxes tuns tun's Why 1 h should mc men bo be permitted t to tc attract by b- such sueh devices as as J la end colored socks bright neckties fane fancy anc waistcoats and oth other r masculine n adorn orn- orn meats ments Even en the customary sable dress I of the curate has hns been heen ImO to allure young ladles Where hero we draw the line All J uniforms whether scarlet gold goM- laced or 01 sober khaki POS possess RS the fetal fata quality of oC allurement We e are confronted cont con con- fronts fronted with a i L vl r nerious mural moral am an social problem This display of or finery finer must roust bo be suppressed Shall we e begin In tho the reform by forbidding forbidding forbid forbid- ding dinS the exposure of attractive vesture and personal embellishments in th the shop windows Shall we appoint clerical clerical cleri cleri- cal committees to direct legislation In Inthis this matter Whom hom shall we elect as tho Uto dress dressI I censor And what hat of ot the economic aspect aspect aspect as as- If It only the plainest an and most t tI unattractive o dress dreas s Is l to become the I rule thoro Is a bad time ahead for several sev SO several eral erl important Industries Indus lies Bunt Iut hollow v l Many ran women admit that there Is need for educating men In ia the aesthetics aesthetics aes aes- of oC feminine dress hut But a a. monetary mono mone tary consideration Is Involve In Original nal beautiful and healthy clothing Is ISI cost costly I know worn women en who T h leave A tried I to combine these and nd they the tell ten mo me that the tho th wish cannot c. be he rati- rati fled on account of oC tho the o oom expense om e. e Th rhy y have havo no no- alternative n but conformity to I the prevailing fashion A rich woman with revolutionary r ideas upon dress can have ll her s-armen's s I built to any design n that she selects F The mass maps of or Wn wage earning e and professional pro pro- women are aro compelled to accept accept ac nc- ac- ac the fashion of oC tho the Hooting fleeting day It Is economically the tho lino of least resistance I Wh When n men In the tho mass decided what Is beautiful lea hygienic en and useful In women's dress s we wo ma may anticipate great changes chanes But Dut this Is Utopian Man was ever Inconstant In his Ills standards of or attractiveness In ia woman's womans womans woman's wom wom- ans an's garb arb And here again al wo we alb aro I faced wIth a law of or implacable ble Dame Nature |