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Show Just About Hobble Skirts BY THE GIRL IN BROWN. I Had Evo worn a real up-to-date "hobble skirt" In the garden, she would not have, found time to look for "apples." "ap-ples." She would havo been so busy trying to pick her way and keep - from weeds and underbrush, If there were wcedu and underbrush in that garden, that the glorious tnlcs of the serpent would have been untold. Instead of teasing Adam to tasto tho apples, she would have asked his opinion of her "hobble." and If he did noL think she shuffled well, considering the ground of the garden, which wits rather uneven, for tho paving had not extended beyond the "city limits." ' If Lot's wife had been "hobbled." she never, never would have looked back; no, indeed, her attention would have been in front Instead of behind. Tho result would probably have been a raise In tho price of salt. Tho fame of Salomo would have suffered suf-fered If hobbles had been the fashion In those days. But then, If thero had been hobbles, surely thero would havo boon no Salome. Could she have danced for tho king with her dainty limbs almost bound, together? Hardly! Think of the thrills that tho theatergoers of a few-years few-years ago would havo foregone- without Salome's dance' Think of the rows of empty seats and tho thin pockctbooks of tho managers, had the Salomo of old been "hobblcdl" Suppose strong-minded Carrio Nation had boon forced to adopt them, what a slow "smashing" Bho would have been ablo to do. For tho good of nations, even tho universe. It Is well they were not adopted by these women, and now It Is for tho extremists and woujd-be extremists ex-tremists to take up tho fad. Waterton said: "If thou has got into a hobble today, thou shalt not suffer for It" Ho no doubt was a wiso man; in fact, ono of tho wisest In the time that he lived. However, were ho alive today to-day he would add: "Thou .shalt not suffer suf-fer If a broad band of elastic be near tlio hem of the skirt; but If It bo drawn tight about the ankles, beware, unless you are a graduate of tho 'Hobble School.' " By the way, why does not some clover person open such a school? Surely it would pay and tho women could bo taught to try at least and shufflo (gracefully?) and there would ho no danger dan-ger of falling. Tho school, while In session, ses-sion, would bo very like one of the rings seen at the circus. The ring master, or hobblo teacher, as he would be called, would enter and, to gain the attention cf tho pupils, crack his long black whip. Then tho lesson would begin right, left, right, left, and the pupils would learn the rudlmonts of walking, as they lifted their high heels from the floor. Their gowns, of course, would bo thiTHi of tho moment; their hats eltheiMIt" 4 puper baskets up-ttirtiud, or ctH'"-' howls through which worn thrtirKBMl iltilllH that, pointed, duo aouth. vffiBT lesson tea might bo served wIilK' pink fakes, the guests alttine wHa' floor- In true Oriental fashion tuHPI would be well to offer a prz0 SKL pupil who had shown greatiZM'' provoment In hobbling rluilnp fhSKJn von. The course probably COu(Ji vH4f' in nix lesKons at J20 per, for TZIEfc elite would enroll. The teachBrJHF' M be able to keep the wolf fron, thH j and the bill collector from tho of rEi1" A couple of weeks ago two 3Eii women were examining a PortralLBPSf home oC a friend. Tin: plcturo KniiB40 painted In Paris many yea in arHlkV tho subject was a beautiful voune vKrwt matron. The dress was typlcariHte : dav and showed a full skirt wllUHfE nlers. the color of a soft roso HhafflBS the palest pink. The bodice was and showed artistic touoiics ofjIBtStl The critics were gowned in tho eiRSf-hobblo eiRSf-hobblo skirls of-today, and peerB!t from under hats of extreme ntylMHfuki tight wore the skirts that a naturdBlTtl would havo been Impossible andHSi were forced when walking to sifK along. One was heard to remark fttli friend: "Marie, could you bo IndticBR wear such a hideous thing; isn't UiiiHui a fright?" And of course Mario ToflPEtf how women could drosa In such csttvTfi Kunny. wasn't it? Ono often hears of the iinclvlltaaJ'B1 dlau suuaw and may think of bHC-' only fit lo carry the family buBS. Tot one of her simple garments hajH used as a pattern for one of UiS'BS fon's fashionable wraps. Her vrnsKr-a vrnsKr-a blanket with a hole in the centK' ' n)ow It to slip over the head; he'K or rather head covering, was a a'Kfl handkerchief of many colors, tHi about her head. At ono side waV'Bif a quill of scarlet Madam ModlatsKTii the possibilities of such a coslumH&C made tho most of It. Tho wrapBBi opened at the side, for It could ntvmL over today's puffs, and trlmraeaftBCt either braid or fur. Tho linndksHfS was copied In Persian silk nn&'jK a turban, a bunch of feathers put oBBi side, and hero was the ChantcclerRSj ban. The idea came from tho rcsernKSf of poor 1. o," where we would loastttVSi a fashion to b; born. These sduawsBS not hobble, neither did the other H2 named; vet they all deserve theh-B in history. So he;es to the hobbleAK ) the hobblo wchool- may ths woiewjBMji shuffle learn lo hobble and UiobsMW Just walk keep on walkingMWg |