| Show THE FASHION REFORM MOVEMENT I 1 response to the tho oft repeated A teachings 0 of the authorities 0 1 es 0 of the tho ec churchio I 1 t the ohe estt esti fashion theyo the tho young ladies ladles les ies of this city have inaugurated I 1 a movement to leffe effect ct a reform in this thia direction and find we have reason to believe that ere long joni tho the vagaries and follies of dress invented Invent bd and brought out chiefly by the demimonde demi monde of paris or new now yorki york will be totally disregarded by the ladies of this territory somme borne may think that the outcry against fashion and its lollies follies has been confined to this territory tut but but this is not BO so it Is making itself heard among common sense people idl lid other sections of the country aa well as here the following very excellent remarks touching touch this matter afe aio are from the christian egister register JS of the ath instant published at boston and chicago dress dress always dress where is the prophet among women who will emancipate us from the tyranny of others la Is she yet born horn if so would that we knew gt the bethlehem eth lehem of ler len her hen nativity that our wise women might hasten to bow before her and aud bless biess her comin coming not till our dress is more simple healthful and comfortable for table will it bo be possible for women to compete with men in the world of work and yet we cannot afford to sacrifice the element of beauty where is the genius who ho will combine what is needed and give us a dress that will win express and not imprison us a dress free from impertinence that will not thrust itself between us and the woman we seek but take its proper place as a secondary and altogether subordinate fact I 1 know of nothing more truly representative of the worst aspects of womans comans character and condition at the present day than her dress Itis it is a athing thing of shreds and patches full of pretense and unreality it t is often composed of the flimsiest flims iest materials it consists cousis ts of bits it is fastened with pins and a woman once taken to pieces the work of reconstruction Is truly formidable from first to last her dress dresa Is without unity harmony or completeness piet eness why does it take yoa you longer to dress than it does me sal said baid an impatient husband whose morning paper lacked its a appropriate prop adjunct the cup of conc connee coffee e waiting the cifes appearance at thep thet breakfast table for several very good reamona rea roa sonn sona 11 said the wife in the first place I 1 have three times as many things to put on as you yon U I 1 know for I 1 counted them you av S have ten pieces I 1 have thirty yours fasten with buttons mine with pins yours might be called self adjusting while mine need an br endless idless amount of fixing and then think of the difference in our hair hene sere surely is food for thought how fo to simplify dress how to td lessen the cost of bf living how to make our home life more enjoyable and social intercourse more rational ana and ane ant 1 satisfactory are important questions questions that are aro pressing upon us for imm iamb i diato solution |
