The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-29
The Possible AbrOgatiOn OF Panta
looms

Gertrude Garrison in indianapolis Review
When it comes to blind devotion to fashion,
men are far ahead of women. Their costumes
will not admit Of such diversified methods of
expressing their loyalty to the foolish fetch
but they are all the stricter in their adherence
to what they consider the law.
Nothing infuriates man so much as for his
wife to hint that his last winters coat is quite
good yet, if the style has changed since he
last wore it. And as for collars and neck
ties, not one of the stronger sex" would
be caught with neckwear a line behind
the fashion, if the heavens were rolled
up like scroll as penalty for not wearing it
If it is la mode to wear coats short, then the
man who makes any pretensions to being well
dressed would die, or sell out or lose bet, or
suffer any affection that fate could bestow
him before hefwould be caught in q long coat
Neither. lives there man with soul 30 dead as
to put on hat that is out of date. He would
fail in business or go to jail first; and he would
cheerfully be expelled from church to sustain
the honor of his sleeve buttons. He would
welcome either death or dishonor, if it was
HIS OILY uu0bub VI 0bCHp0 IIOu IOSyl5u dbulIe
Men ridicule women for their slavery to
fashion, when they are all the time under far
more hopeless sway from the same despot.
They are pursuing the aesthetic dress craze
with much greater ardor than women, who
have about dropped it A noted London
architect, ]. A. Gotch--may heaven spare him
to the world many years, or until he rings out
the old and rings in the new in male attire
is now the great authority on male garments,
ic for 4ha of 10 a
outfit as it now stands. He says that the
chinlney-pot hat is positively ugly, the swal-
low-tail inartistic, and the artificial necktie an
abomination The proper covering for the
throat should be tied in knot He doesn't
like the shirt either-considers 1t in the nature
of a sham, since it is only worn for the cuffs,
collar and front Decidedly Objectionable,
hence he would have che shirt avaunt, and
have seaman's jersey take its place, with
cuffs and collar on the outside.
Trousers? This London ssthete 1oathes
trousers and would fain dispense with them il
he could persuade the other fellows to do the
same; for, be it known, men are all quite as
cowardly as women when it comes to making a
decided stand against the tyranny of fashion.
They rail at women for not revolving individu-
ally against the expressions OF hend fashion,
but with the exception of Oscar Wilde, there
isn't one among them outside Of circus who
would depart from the customary costume OF
the country could he be saved by It, Even
this London authority detests trousers,
says they are only q sieve for conveying
dust to the ankles, and that they veal
out at the knees, yet he wears them. If the
weakest man on the face Of the earth hears
his wife bemosning the trouble she expert
ences with hustle, or wide skirt, or any Of
the garments which hold her in excruciatins
thra1ldom, he looks at her in calm contempt
and asks her in all seriousness why in thC
comfortable. When she tells him that she il
obliged to because every other woman does
the contempt for her cowardice which is de.
picted in his face deies measurement
Mr.. Gotch gives his approval Of the hunting
cricketing, boating and bicycling costumes,
and pronounces them convenient and pictur-
esque Outside of these he thinks the costume
of the male citizen is hideous.