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Show Woman's Page RATIONAL DRESSING LAWS NEEDED PRETTY GIRLS GROWING SCARCE TIGHT SKIRTS PARTLY TO BLAME HEALTH SHOULD BE FIRST NARROW SKIRT CAUSES HEADACHE TIGHT FITTING SHOES VULGAR SPINE MUCH MISUSED TIGHT COLLARS CAUSE UGLY NECKS AND TIGHT GLOVES MAY CAUSE RED NOSE AND AN IRREGULAR IR-REGULAR HEART ACTION NO FRENCHWOMAN EVER WEARS AN ILLFITTING OR AN UNCOMFORTABLE CORSET RATIONAL DRESSING LAWS NEEDED Except for very formal occasions J ' j the long skirt should be tabooed, for the hands and arms must not :e con-t con-t strained f holdinq a train, and both refinement and hygiene forbid that jt should drag .Not long ago in New York :i worn-:! worn-:! I an was picked up half unconscious I with blood oozini; from an ugly ., b in her head, the result or her at-I at-I tempt to mount a street car step with I a skirt that measured scarce a yard ! around Is it not time th.it laws were pass- ed to compel rational dressing ' We must have freedom of move- nirnt to broatho deeply and walk properly, without which no woman ; can be healthy. Remember too nnrrow skirt can change beauty Into uglineBS The size of the brain can be judged ac-i ac-i I i cordingly. HEALTH SHOULD BE FIRST THOUGHT We all know that to walk properly I and comfortably we must not encase E .our feet In shoes that wo would wear 'to a reception or ball. And therein I -1b the mistake. The up to date, ultra-i ultra-i 1 fashionable woman does no; Ik 1 ' ', to forego her comfort for the appeal I ance of her footgear She en .cormally eized feet in slipper of patent leather too tightly Tilled for oomfort She thlnk6 that she looks ' smart, but she does not, for all soft-I soft-I nesa of expression and freedom of movement are destroyed b her adherence ad-herence to the fashion In some states they are trying to pass laws to compel rational dress-I dress-I ing Why will women allow silly fash-I fash-I Ions to draw upon them the odium of sensihi prnplr ' The tight skirt is dangerous In more ways than one. The Incessant I pressure against the calves of the legs while walking will cause paraly- sis of the muscles. In fact, the pres- sure of the skirts against the knees and calve6 will cause untold harm not only to the expression of the I face, but to the muscle of the en-I en-I tire body. Health in dress sbould be the first consideration And (her.- Is eerything but health in the wear-' wear-' ing of narrow 6klrts. NARROW SKIRT CAUSES HEADACHE HEAD-ACHE A frightful expenditure of nervo forco ami rorr-equ'iir drain unnn ih' II system results from the tension ol tight clothing of any kind N'ot long ago a woman told me thai 1 she had suffered from a constant backache since the extremely narrow 1 1 skirts had como in gue. ,Er; f nerve In my body seems to be keyed up to the breaking point when I walk i in my tight skirt." she confessed. "Repeatedlv I come home from a shopping or calling expedition completely com-pletely unnerved and oftentimes with a raging headache, and usually so ir-i ir-i ritahl that 1 am not fit company for my husband or my family." I And she Is not tho "feather brain -I ed" type of woman, either, as you might imagine. Before her marriage she taught in a high school, and she is now an active clubwoman as well as an excellent housekeeper Still she allows herself to be tyrannized ty-rannized over by a silly fashion The display of nerve tension caused caus-ed by the wearing of tight clothing Is generally seen In the face and results re-sults in an exceedingly unbecoming screwing up of the features. The Jawa are set, the forehead is wrinkled wrin-kled and the eyes are squinted and the corners of the mouth droop and show ugly lines. Almost all fatigue and al! ungratefulness un-gratefulness can be traced to a violation vio-lation of the laws of economy within which the body moves " TIGHT FITTING SHOE VULGAR There is no exercise so thoroughly I invigorating and restorat:ve for over- I strained nerves as walKing. There Is no exercise that will Keep jou In Euch perfect health as talking But to reap any benefit from this exercise exer-cise nhvsir.il r nmfnrl muet rn cpenreri by proper clothing with especially careful attention to those faithful servants, our feet. Of all discomforts that mistaken vanity inflicts upon itself nothing equals in Its disastrous effects, physical phys-ical mental and moral, a tight, III shaped shoo. It will cause dark circles cir-cles under the eyes draw n cheeks, and a drooping mouth. If properly shod there is no reason why women sbould ever be reminded that they have feet. If women would wear only moderately raised heels during the day while walking In and out of doors and keep their high heeled shoes only for evening wear they v,ould find their general health much Improved. So often are we told that a man looks first at a woman's face and then at her foot that the assertion has almost the force of an aphorism Yet there is a world of misunderstanding misunder-standing concerning tho attributes of a really beautiful foot Proportion Is the first element of charm In a foot-proportion foot-proportion to the height of the per-sou. per-sou. A woman five feet six Inches in height should have n foot nine and mi., -third inches long, it should be alender and delicate, not thick and broad Nothing Is more vulgar lhan any foot In a shoe manifestly loo tight For that ease in walking which secures se-cures a graceful, lissome, and springy step the shoe should held the foot with gentle firmness, with no pressure pres-sure to constrict a single muscle or joint, but so molded to Its contours that it rubs nowhere and does not s'lp on the heel. The solo must be of easy breadth and the heels broad and of oniy medium height. It is ono of the puzzles or life that a habitual act should be as Imperfectly Imper-fectly and Incorrectly pertormed as that of walking. What wayward impulse im-pulse is it that leads women so astray as-tray Like every other wrong and error, it brings its punishment SPINE MUCH MISUSED A dawdling, drncging walk, an awkward, awk-ward, slouching gai.t the colloquial; ly termed "debutante slouch," entails exhausting fatigue because the body ie out of poise and fovery pound of fts solid flesh and bone Is carried as dead weight and mostly thrown upon the poor spine. And next to the lungs and stomach there is probably no other part of the body so misused as tho spine To walk gracefully is to walk well land to he able to walk a groat dis-. dis-. lance without exhaustion Yhen we riso to walk the whole body must be so perfectly balanced thai every part does Its work without perceptible strain a free and firm nut light stride, balancing the upper part of the body alternately upon each hip and ghlug the Impetus forward with a slight spring from the ball of the foot There should be no perceptible swaying. The roll of the hips affected af-fected by some girls Is extremely vulgar vul-gar The step should be adjusted to the height, a happy mean between a mincing tread and a mannish stride. A long reach of the leg causes an awkwnrd hip movement. When women thoroughly understand under-stand how much the perrcct freedom and grace of their movements depend upon th absolute ease and unconstrained uncon-strained action of every smallest part of tho complex whole in their bodU ja It will cease to be necessary for phy- I turisls to wage a futile war against the wearing of deforming skirts, shoes and corsets. TIGHT COLLARS CAUSE UGLY NECKS Oliver Wendell Holmes says In his inimitable way. "Woman is under the guidance of a higher law lhan any relating to her Individual safety." safe-ty." I know a girl who for several months has had a very hard cough, and still night after night I see her sitting in a draft wearing a dress with a "transparent neck." Women seem to possess an extrem d indifference to consequences and a sublime contempt of disease and death when it comes to a display ot what they believe to be a small personal per-sonal advantage. Tight, high collars and stiff collars col-lars are responsible for many of our ugly necks. Tight gloves may cause a red nose and an iregular heart action. Even hat6 may be made a burden to both body and mind. Corsets are very often responslb"'" for bodily discomfort. Great ! provements in corsets have b made in recent years. Still tru-p any number of 111 fitting, health pairing corsets being worn ma well fitting, properly constructed 6et Is a blessing. I think The: of course, some light, willowy v. who can do without the supper corset. But they are very, . exceptions. Tight corsets have known to cause deep grooves in liver of a woman who has worn tL for years. Shortness of breath and palpitation palpita-tion of the heart are often due to the use of ill fitting corsets so nro many diseases, such as dyspepsia, nervour-trouble, nervour-trouble, neuralgia, displacements of important organs, and lung and heart diseases. Circulation Is impeded by the tight corset and there Is an accumulation of carbonic acid and a retention of waste matter in the blood. Such a condition acts directly on the inn -ous system and the face reflects in painful expression the unhealthy condition. con-dition. One reason why women faint more easily than men Is because of restriction of the chest by corsets No Frenchwoman ever thinks of purchasing a corset from tho counter She tries her corset on, and she is never satisfied until she secures a stay that Is not only comfortable both for sitting and standing Dut one that gives her graceful figure lines while it allows her to breathe easily and to walk without the appearance of being hampered in any way. PRETTY GIRLS ARE SCARCE Why are there so few prety glrl3 to be seen now In comparison to a few years ago.' The girls are just as pretty as they formerly were, but they have the appearance ap-pearance of being in pain even when they are dressed in their nest and prettiest, walking in the avenue. The truth Is they are In pain. Their pretty pret-ty faces are distorted in agony all for the glory of being what they call "up to dale." The new skirt is to blame for all of this lack of harmony The new-skirts new-skirts are eo narrow that In order to walk In them they must be slit up one side or another, or in front, thin entailing a vulgar display of ankle and foot. Kew women can wear a common sense walking shoe and have their feet appear smartly dressed at tho same time. Hence the pained expression ex-pression upon the otherwise pretty faces. |