Show VE IE MAN MN WHO LECTURES UNON ON DRESS BEfORE AUDIE CE OF OMEN V CHICAGO Jan 12 one 1 One lone lono man stood stood before women yesterday afternoon afternoon after atter- noon ani and lectured on womans woman's dress When h he concluded he was besieged with questions and had an answer for each The lecturer was WIlS Prof William I I. I Thomas of the University of Chicago and his audience was composed of the of the University guild guld an ex exclusive exclusive exclusive ex- ex Evanston organization of which Mrs James A A. Patten Is president who gath gathered red In the assembly hall of the tho Orrington Orr Or rington Lunt library Do accusation to Do you think It Jt a Just say that women women- dress only to please men men was one of the first questions put by a member ember of Professor Thomas Thomas' auNo au au- ren o No was the reply I 1 regard It as asa asa asa a sort Eort of feminine competitive game ItIs Itis It ItIs Is the natural desire to excel In a thing In which they are vastly interested and ana causes a great deal of extravagance Really dont don't you think that women spend d a great deal more on clothes h 1 f than they they would oJ merely f to 1 their hus Ims- husbands bands asked another No I think n very little dressing Is done forg tr b for the sake of f the husbands it His is chiefly chief chief- ly for other women was the discouraging discouraging ing ing reply Why is it that while women's dress has certainly grown no less attractive within the last two centuries the dress of met men has become more and more U ugly yr Without a moments moment's hesitation the reif reply reply re- re ply came It if Is simply that In a life where ac activity activity activity ac- ac counts the most utility in dress and little else is taken into consideration One advantage which mens men's clothes have over those of women is that they last Jast longer and do not cost as much Among the statements made by Professor Professor Pro Pro- fessor Thomas before the cross examination examination examina examina- tion began was the following As wealth becomes more and more potent potent potent po po- po- po tent In social life man began to use his wife as a a. lay figure upon which he ha could hang signs of p prosperity e Women of t the g gany upper r SIS sins classes s were not e expected a to do any sort of work and the route was a a. comfortable one to travel That state of ot affairs is now becoming untrue Women are awakening and taking part In the so social social social so- so cial activities |