Show 1 WOMANS WORLD DRESS REFORM WILL BE SEEN AT THE COLUMBIAN FAIR la in colleges my G girt rig go to college children always alway dressed up lato laito row or of the willo milt bouso the homemaker that the question of dress reform has by no means been shelved is 3 apparent in the 9 articles that continuo continua to be printed ulel on lie subject in a doston boston il p n mio irm inn rn ra drass i ri liming in another gazi oc tt a imper on taj ot of dr i n ij 11 the sine van vc and there am be idos constantly ree rec tring arring pra p ra traps graphs in many other r ri 1 to be met with not to 1 ivi iral tl 1 ral publics public i tin til tv r jurae solo pm Is if to the I 1 i ue itie iti u e of oda fr 11 1 h i aiu i iu or reform 1 liri vp 11 r ve rt ill 11 docs not fint to any very near F 41 li jon ion of the problem mr gnp ilar ailt ins s to two lauar 3 ba b A tri tm i 1 oven even h atit tir 0 o i f 1 to tit bt couie vi i li fair andr ila m r 1 is 1 suits snits hive have j i I len ien en ti lait SA and ii i vi v up pv v almot alanos taa as i rivy I ciara ns is lieve ft r caned them ind and arc foal about as freely to daya day as sever ever though they are worn looser about the only atrocities that seem beem to lave bave ticen been perceptibly eliminated are wasp waists and high heeled shoes yet every woman who walks out on a windy or rainy day with her skirts winding about her and the strain of caring for her gown a ceaseless tax wishes fervently that something could bo be evolved to malre her more comfortable several times she fhe has been hopeful the mother hubbard II gown offered possibilities but it was imposed upon and became deservedly berv edly distasteful the later blazer and reefer suits have afforded a considerable degree of relief for shopping and traveling tint but as fashion introduced them she is likely to suddenly frown upon them and what then dress reform so far bieros to have only comein come in spots and evidently has not yet come to stoy slay la in this ibis regard the action of a company of women in a neighboring town should bo be widely copied they pledge themselves to go to the fair next year if at all in a single serviceable gown of excellent material and good finish but made easy and comfortable and unhampered by undue length of skirt A satchel which may be carried in tho the hand must hold all other necessities and thus untrammeled trammeled nn the club hopes to be in a condition to endure a maximum of sightseeing at a minimum of strength and nerve force when you yon think of it the spectacle of a woman with ribs and thorax crushed by tight clothes movements clo clogged ed by enveloping 0 seii ts and head bound and weighted with a snug and ponderous hat bat strolling through the building devoted to tho the display of the noue noble progress of her sex in arts and sciences will be a sort of humiliating paradox wont it her point of view in new york times |