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Show Americans Do Not Go to Paris-Hobble Skirts Condemned New York, Sept. 7. Tho National Ladles' Tailors' association in convention conven-tion here has adopted a declaration of Independence from Parisian domination domina-tion aud has decreed that from now on, members of the organization are to stop pretending to follow tho pretty pret-ty Paris fashions, when as a matter of fact they are using their own ere a tlons. The tailors declare themselves Independent In-dependent or Paris, thus laying aside incouvenient and costly fictions that bave always gone with that pretense. Some of the secrota of the trade came out in the address of David Mlkol of Boston, national organizer of tho association. as-sociation. "When the summer time comes on," he said, "we have been closiog up our stores and leaving word that we have gono to Paris. What for? Why, to make people think that we are getting get-ting over the creations that we put out In the fall. "What we roally do is to fro to Atlantic At-lantic City and other places when we are pupposed to be In Paris. "That Is untruthful, unprofitable and unfair. It throws our employes out of work for weeks. It Is Inconvenient Incon-venient to our patrons and wo lose money by the long Interruption to our business. "Hut If we really went to Paris, what would we see? Why the Paris-Ian Paris-Ian tailors are sitting around In front of the cafes getting Ideas from American Amer-ican women and Anierlcaa tailors We do not need to go to Paris for our styles. Style idescs come from brains and America has brains enough to make lis own styles. In addltlou. P. has the beet workmen In the world to put the garment together." The association also passed resolutions resolu-tions disapproving of the hobble skirts. |