Show drees reform 0 chicago news the last hold of the empire of much clothing ha has been overthrown overthrow h an and d the republic of simpler dress waves aloft her banner of iD independence over which shines the pale star of aestheticism the physicians and the reformers pointed out to women the ill effects a great weight of clothing must produce on a delicate system and strOD strongly gly aa ad a decrease of that burden of uDder underclothing clothing so long worn by much suffering women it was not necessary to be a dr mary dodd and extend the simple garments to the ou outside tAde on the contrary the decrease of the under undergarments garme n ts would woul 1 I only add to the grace of the outer robes and aid toward a graceful and ani modest beauty of exterior never found in the old fashioned and bulky mode of ti dressing formerly in addition to oiher arcelea of clothing a woman waa was obliged to attire herself first in a heavy flannel vest over that the linen chemise then the corset and still over them the cordet cover As to skirts the more the better was the c cry r y there was the flannel I 1 and rud in in some cases two flannels were worn over this or these cattle the short white skirt an and again over it the stiffly starched long skirt when the dress was donned the poof delicately constructed woman bail boor ad a veritable weight of iron weighing her down from cherwa chef waist i st but the thought of lessening the weight never occupied to the victim until a few years 9 gh W when the ubo movement ament 0 of lears reform wa was gently agitated the tiny ripples on the sea ea of dress reform have swelled to waves of overpowering magnitude and will in their sweep carry every woman captive in their strength streng I 1 I 1 for health hea ith and liberty now the age of simplifying a domane attire has reached the climax and scientists and me medical cical in men en have attained their will and ani proved that weight does not mean meat warm thy and the lightest material may be the warmest while vice versa the heaviest the tile least protection from the cold they have proved the ill advisability of bands about the waist and heavy clo clothes theli pressing Pr essling down the limbs the re form has obtainer obtain eb full achievement in the recent abandonment of the bulks chemise which would crease uncomfortably beneath the corset corbet and add give pain to the wearer a as W well e it as an ungainly appears appearance it ce to t the he form orm mow now a wor domane atins attire consists mostly in iti a little ribbed stock bette or silk vest as the case may be and ani the tile skirts in instead steal of th the e ad old flannel are limited to one china silk stock inette |