New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-01
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Senate Chamber, Little ROck Arkansas, Jan IS. 1915
DRESS AS AFFECTING HEALTH.


NECESSITY FOR DIsREGARDNG An USwIsE CUSTOM
DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF WEARING GARMENTS
THAT IMPEDE TIE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD.
To the EdttOr or fhe tribune.
SIR: Your correspondent on DRESS Re-
FORM" in a recent TRIBUNE. certainly gave
very sensible views. The objection, however which sbe
makes TO suspendng the weight OF woman's dress from
the shoulders instead Of tina hips IL seems to me- ought
to be. and can be- easily overcome IQuo'e II:
tia said that the weight of the skirts should b. less
eucd by suspending them as men suspend their pan.
falcons Now DO not tnink pIt u zoo low ", %h1n
dred who can wear suspenders ana not pe thOrOhShy
uncomfortable all the time. There arc worry few women
whose shoulders square enough 81 hold them ny
iirmly they stay upon mems shoulders. win tho
ninety tive IL is constant pullpuA' 10 got them up
where they belong. and the unhappy wearers either
keep up frantic and ungraceful Naspng at either
shoulder or else they undress half dozen times day
ana take up the suspenders by helping the
difficulty but only ereaslns 4 gSeaer strain on the
shoulders and back
THIS discomfort ifit exists Is readily obvated by
meeting the straps by VI short band between
tho sh0ulder0lades and crossing then, In front one
thing IL certain; that the physical dcg neracy OF women
"a due 10 this ono wee Of suspend!ng the dress
from the hips girted waist than TO any or perhaps
all other causes. Fashion holds relentless tyranny
over the increasingly feeble eodbas and minds OF
women. II we should strong drAtt-horse har-
messed with the pressure on the bns We would pity
him but delicate Is tguorantg obliged to carry
her heavy clothing thus without ptiy for herself
Women have frequently been told thas tGhttttlha
heavy and Igatures injurious, but the REQ
SOUS have not been clearly explained
Any lgature or pressure the veins which retarts
the freely returning blood dernses the circua-
on by making 1t unequal, and imprtsons desthdeane
carbonred blood In system, thus overcharging he
internal veins and fine esplarses The consequence u
this Is Inflammation, tumOrs, and deceased growths,
sotnetmes terminating Assesses more OF less mag-
nant-ofsen In slow sudden death Physiology
teaches rs tho eas, pressure sunieent TO close
VEIN the tissue Of the being soft and easily
ehed hence the weight VI needed clothing II i'm
properly placed upon Is der,mental. How much
moro 80 must be the enormous weigh, OF fashionable
ad = dress when bound and gathered around her waist
On fhe II ,t sde she congresses RIO liver, the left
the spleen and stomach and the back the kidneys
and animal nerves, and pushes the abdsmInal organs
and womb out OF pee The terribly fatal results eternity
alone can unfold. Beside these iBe nervous
diseases from which women snisr much often no
traced 10 this cause great OF nerves
ply,uQ the pelvic organs reflect agony the brain
though every neFvsfbeY passing from them. causing
bystea functional Of tho aud liver
dyspepsia sick headache, neuralgia aud often Insanity.
These diseases are generally caused by reflex ner'
vous action dependent diseases the pelvic
and the rst cause IA often oaal In the obstIuccd
circulation OF the blood IN consequence OF heavy ught
dressing nom tho waist thai. think. the dress OF
women for the years could improved sus-
gested this class Of diseases would become compare
lively unknown. Cs L,
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