Show PROF W I THOMAS THOMASON ON WOMANS DRESS ehi CIago ago University Savant Stood J Before Two Hundred Women And Answered Questions REPLIED TO THEM VERY WELL WELLEI EI If i Not to Plea so hut but Chlell Chiefly for Other Women omen Jan lone man stood before women yesterday aft afternoon afternoon and lectured on dress When ho he hud had conclude he was besieged with questions and had an answer for each lecturer was Prof William L I Thomas of tho or of Chicago and his audience was composed of oC the members of oC the tho guild un an exclusive Evanston organization of which Irs MIS James A Patton Patten Is I preal president dent who gathered in the tho assembly hail ball of oC the Lunt library Do you ou think It a just o say that women dress only to please men menD 7 was Va one of the questions put ly bY a member of Prof Thomas audience No was vas the reply I regard It as a sort or of game It Is tho natural desire to excel In a athing athing thing In which they are arc vastly In and causes a great deal of oC extravagance Really neall dont you ou think that women omen spend It a great deal more On O clothes than they would merel merely to so their husbands asked another No I think vcr very little dressin dressing Is done for the of oC the husband it la is chien chiefly for other women was the discouragIng rep reply W wy is It that while dress tas certainly grown no tire tivo within the tho last two centuries the tho dress dreas of men has become moro more and more uI ugly Without a moments hesitation the reply came caine It Is simply that In R a life liCe where actIvity counts count tho most utility In dres and little chlo Is Into consideration One advantage which mens clothes have havo over those ot of women Is that tho thOy last longer loner and do donot donot not cost as 1 much Among the statements made by Prof I Thomas before the began was the As wealth becomes more and moro more potent In social life man began to use his wIfe as a lay figure upon which he could hang signs of his prosperity Women of oC the tho upper usper were not expected to do any sort ort or of work and the route was a comfortable ono one to travel That state of affairs Is IB now becoming untrue omen are and Lakin taking part In the social activities |