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Show I WOMEN PULLING ON TROUSERS. Women hikers in Colorado and othei ! western states are beginning to -wear ' trousers, which is commendable, i No woman seeking to enjoy outdoor , life and planning to go over the trails through the wildwood, should be clothed in dresses. I The day is not far distant when I women and girls will discard the frills j' of fashion which dictate skirts to interfere in-terfere with the free use of the body. I The war is forcing the clinging i skirt from the women workers of , England, and may yet have the same influence on American femininity. When the Chinaman first crossed the Pacific to work in the gold mines of California and help build the Con-j Con-j tral Pacific from Sacramento to From- ontory, he wore a long blouse, but ho ' soon learned to discard the handicap I and don overalls, j Style, we know, counts for much J with womankind, and fashion must be j consulted, but comfort and freedom of ; action should be powerful factors in dress reform. |