Show 00 oooo oa 9 i e h L t er i oc i A. A A. A oe v oooo roo I Ambrose McGarry s 's s very earnest in his denunciation of hobble skirts and taking advantage of the opportunity afforded him in elocution he declared them a positive menace to any com com- In order to make himself thoroughly understood be defined bobble hobI hobble hob bob ble skirt and menace A hobble skirt I is a part of a womans woman's apparel which comes to a vortex just above her ank ank- les A menace is anything which unnecessarily annoys people and endangers endangers endangers en en- dangers their safety He claims that hobble skirts consistently block traffic He knows because he has watched them them them-oh oh ever and ever so many times One time a department wagon hurrying on it its its' way to a dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- fire in the heart of a thriving city was Vas actually compelled to come cometo cometo cometo to a stop to allow three fashionably gowned women in hobble skirts to pass in safety By blocking traffic hobble skirts endanger the citizens' citizens safety He said that once a conductor had to assist three young ladies separately on to the car Someone V. V wondered how much the conductor minded In summing up Mr 1 McGarry asserted that hobble skirts should be abolished as on their account young women lose control of their locomotion tion Miss 1 Pitt however strenuously cb ob to their total abolishment but suggested an amendment in the form of various delightfully clever and wondrously wondrously wondrously won- won fascinating slits She said this would better the condition that was kicked against when hobble skirts were worn warn Kicked against is better than objected to in such a case dont don't you think The climax she reached was quite touching She said every slit was a little Declaration of Independence all its own own own-a a declaration declaration declaration dec dec- of the rights women were going to have and arid the freedom which would some day be theirs Mr l Hunt declined to enter into the argument He said Ill not contribute contrib contrib- ute anything toward this discussion but I have made some observations |