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Show REASON OF FREAK STYLES OF DRESS. Dr. Caroline Hedger, a recognized authority on the subject of hats and high heels, in an address before the Chicago Woman's Trade Union leugue recently, told of that which may be of some assistance 'to man in trying to solve the question of freak dress among Women. Dn Hedger told why it was women wore high-heel shoes, big has and other abnormalities in personal adornment. She asked: "Why the French heel and the 'Merry Widow' hat?" Mere man long has wondered why women wear shoes that force them to walk on their toes and hats that require them to make nice calculations before attempting to enter a street car. Mere man supposed women did theso things to make themselves look attractive, which proves he didn't know anything about it. The real reason is because they haven't time to think about clothes, and allow shoemakers, dressmakers and milliners to do their thinking for them. "Thank goodness," sho said, "I never had enough time to buy a wrap, and I hope I never shall. If women hud time to think about their clothes, do you think they would wear heels four inches high? If they had time to study art do you think they would wear hats you see on the streets? "Why are so many waitresses troubled with 'flatfoot' and other things even more serious? It's the high-heeled shoes they wear. A waitress working teu hours a day walks about ten miles in that time and carries hundreds of pounds wljilo she is walking." |