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Show WOMEN AND MEN DRESS ALIKE IN SWISS VILLAGE Special Cable to The Tribune. GENEVA, April 22. In the Swiss canton can-ton Vnlais there Is a. village named Champory. and here women have for generations worn tho jupc-culotto, quietly quiet-ly and unostentu llously, unconscious that there is anything at all remarkable In their attire. So while tho western world amuses Itself with renewed discussions about the proper at lire for women, these vlllago maidens and elderly dames go about Iholr day's work dressed In tho debatable de-batable garment. Extremely plcturcsriuo thoy look in their culottes, which are cut exactly tho same as those worn by tho fathers, bus-hands bus-hands and brothers. They aro made of a. rough blue serge, that stands tho wear and tear, for a hard If fo those women do live among tho mountains, In a village perched on a green slope, where tho Industry In-dustry Is pasturage. .Many a girl starts out before daybreak, day-break, and does not return to the vll-Jago vll-Jago until nightfall. There are frequent wet days.; much snow and storms afflict the valley. The closc-fltting costumo Is well adapted for tho wearer's needs. |