Show 2 R 10 f W f cut in in fadhl fashion unreasonable reproach of garments garmen ts of ne new w woman how her sisters in many lands COP brothers clo clothes th es an aaa of the pet reproaches made against the new woman is that to her unseemly une emly longing to stand upon the same footing as her aforetime lord and master she invented the fashion of wearing garments of a mannish cut this is most unjust and she man beadil be proved guiltless of thi charge by a trifling investigation of 0 the fashions of ancient times and of conservative countries where the pool things are as as pos sible as their foremothers of a thou sand years ago the chinese lady as every traveler testifies is one of the most modest retiring and coment colv ent lonal ional of creatures yet she wears clothes almost exactly like those of her husband and broth ers indeed in china trousers are insi dered much more proper as femi nine garments than skirts the turkish woman s dress is iden with that of the husband who keeps her so carefully shut away from all new newfangled tangled notions and the Es woman clothes her I 1 atle fat legs in tight sealskin breeches fin dished off with smart fur topped boots the happy woman of siam who has never been obliged to go in for woman s rights having 7 always been as free as air and the equal of any man of her acquaintance wears like every man in the kingdom a square of cotton or sill curi curiously adjusted about the legs and fastened by tuck ing two of the ends through at the waist in what travelers describe as a perilously insecure manner 1001 ing back bach to the good old times to which those who disapprove of the nerv woman are so fond of referring very early in the world worlds s history can be found instances of women adopt ing mannish clothes when they were suitable ul table and convenient the greeks with their hunting god IN it the turk sh and ch nese women dess ther the r amazons and their swift At alantas in the athletic games have shown hewn us how beautiful woman can be in the short worn by the youths but no cloudt even then old folks mentioned a prehistoric time when gims girls were not so bold probably the most notable case in point is that of the justly celebrated maid of orleans who like a sensible woman when she found herself in a situation where men s clothed sf were not only convenient but necessary calmly wore them before all the world and was undoubtedly the beert avy and admiration of the quaintly coiffed and trooped frocked damsels of the court the most interesting illustration of all and one over which it is a pleas ure to linger is tsat lovely plaintive company the delight of poets play wrights and novelists the maidens who through the evil chances of ven geande war and especially of love were driven to adopt the of mancul ne garments in order to wan der forth into the wide world to seek a refuge or to follow the fortunes of a cruel or d stressed lover one can t help wondering in these prosaic times every one was so easily taken in as ab to their sex and ad if they borowek bo rowed their clothes from a younger brother or the faithful page or if with the eternally feminine yearning for a perfect fit they went secretly to the tailor and had the most becoming suit possible made to order tor for the journey small masculine touches are to be found in each succeeding fashion and no doubt were considered extremely smart and daring by the ladies who the maid of orleans and the envious ma dens would have been pleased to go much further genuine men anens s hats in every detail were often worn and in later times it seems to have been ally held that the riding habit should have a masculine air in france after the revolution the fashionable cito enne extended the doctrine of liberty equality and frater anity to her costume which was man nish with the exception of the fall full skirt all of which goes to prove that the trimly tailored woman of today to day does not exhibit a reprehensibly aggressive and ind pendent spirit but that she is 0 Is ab 10 I 1 the mannish hats merely making use of a fashion which has long been a matter of convent ence custom and secret admiration |