, 1874-10-25
Mrs, SWisshelm Explains the Merits
Of Her Invention.
And Compares It with the Patented
Boston Article.
Dissertation of the Ancient Greek Dress
PROF. Draper Demolished.
st. Paul and the Corinth1an
Women.

Mrs. Jane ST.e9lGlu lGAaEASA 49,
1ectnre on the question of dress, YESTERDAY
afternoon, in the Methodist Church 15toch' W al
audience consisting mainly OF iadies.
Mra sw,sshelm opened her lecture with tht
ss,nmnt;on thst the deterioration Of women
~~ns canse5 by improper dress. This had been
t.o theory Of thinking women. and when the
vonon's Club :ook it up, she thought it must
rean Eureka. have found it," Mrs. Swiss
helm. however, failed to see it. She continued
br Swing that Mrs Flynt. whose reforms we're
taken np By th, Wonaen's Club, and who came
an here under their patronage, ignores anything
but dress for money. Sho (A1ra. Flynt) first
shows us the ne plus ultra of dress reform, and
then shows her patent, forbidding any person
the right to mails Such garments. The ground OF
Mrs. Flynt's patent was the application OF
AN NELAsT1c TO AN ELASTIC MATERIAL.
This reminded Mrs. Swisshelm Of certain or
pc1ience in farming. They owned a pet panther
J: vho.Haayery fond Of chickens. So great WAS
his relish for that dainty that the hens could not
produces then fast enough especially Is he had
an equal rclish for eggs The hens we're rapidly
proring non-productive. Two old hens were
iound sitting on a large number Of eggs for about
q week. Mrs. Swissholm decided to remove
these eggs and place them under straw, and in
q proper place, so rs to hatch them by artificial
heat. They did this, set the hens and
another lot Of eggs and between tho
artificial and natural means succeeded
in obtaiping large brood of chickens. Several
sears after Yankee patents the idea Of lncuba-
rion by artificial heat, thing which the speaker
had done years before in tho manner stated, and
which was done in every barn-yard whenever an
egg dropped into 1nanure-pilo. It Was after
ward discovered that the people Of Egypt had
done the same thing at tha time they were
building the Pyramids.
She then asi;ed the audience II they had ever
.un G tape into the heel Of stocking. or put
facing around the shoulder Of a knit shirt?
# Ethey had. then they Lad applied an
iuelastic to I'll elastic material. Our grand
mothers who had lived and died centuries ago
had done that same thing for years, without
ever dreaming of violating the patent laws Of
this great United States. The thought Of such
infringement had caused serious trouble to many
women. They would like to make themselves
healtnful garments. but
THEY MUST F1Esr GO 70 BOSTON
to get permission Of Mrs. Flynt to do it, and
then to New York to buy The goods, as Mrs.
Flynt had declared that 4. T. Stewart Was the
only person who imported the proper fnbric.
Therefore Chicago was to furnish the money,
Boston the brains. and New York the
goods. A specimen OF AIRS. Flynt's gar-
en'5 Maa w" t,'l tI. .' ~ .n" 1sn.io
@ US. i1:ns - - ha $50 eeesI ~ e.as 49,. - ~ @
in them, SO she bought the seamless garments
of a. T. Stuart. aud Immediately proceeded to
make eeanss nthe seamless Ga.ment by splitting
it on the shoulder and down the front. Mrs.
f'a'su sy;n;nn III ncI ,J 3ne
snouio ~ 1a,e nn45' ana ~
LOT net luleu. Ino ot..Aol @ ne.usSa 1..,,. ia
TosfEh,So @ hpaE ''ai sGtAIlos ,.:t;' ha,s po1o,
que nau T., @ psea e ~ c,eti.
out eto4Aeu ~ .Au -, st'itt ~ ano '.a 'oHSa a
"nlcn 4uuueea 1n1 M t,' ~ naa' < ~, III usa
VIII WIN a a,t VIZ ~ rht nc.;nst IN nra ars
@hotu ,nef se1t ~ nGus "sa1nos 9ens US.
o"lssheln nao toniio non:o n.a ae
coca - uus - 49, Lsu .I.n',t 'atun M.
we're laents q .Ioes "..alout H. esan,a' is ,
rIso. taFe nae ap,aeu .ss,oso onS .ns =. ;sla
shou1oe1' ano ~ oooi4 - s'ut "e,5ne "ae APPileu
to 1t the elastic material "oul1 give ana tne'
garment be drawn DOWN SO as 10 oloa 1he arm.
There was not the slightest SUPPORT 10 an elastic
material; lang awning on u ano II lell at
once She did not believe IN gong to Hoston to
do what women had always done. Mrs. Fiynts
garments were
DELUsIoS AND SNARE,
especially the stocking supporters. Mrs .sw1ss-
helm supposed them to 1e merely fastened by
This Was corrected BY q lady N the audience.
and the speaker immediately admitted that if
supported from both sides 1t would answer bet
ter, but still must drag down the elastic sAiit
from of the shoulder. Sho had DO wish to pick
at Mrs. E1ynt, but we did not want ner patented
garments out here when We had just as good
that could bo procured without any patent
AS for Mra Fiynt's band which she repre-
sentod as al abdominal supporter, it was
wortL nothing. Every physician knew that
when thing Of that Kind MAS necessary it re-
ouired STOUT steel spring to answer the pur-
bose. She did not think the ladies' needfeel at all
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