Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-30

Dress Reierzn ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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ls5a sara Fhdaessco Cal. 80 a. go.
Snow; we amt d bit discouraged
confidently remarked Mrs. Stow yester-
day morning while waiting for m
audience for the Social Science Sister
hood Reform. Dress Exhibition in Ixora
Hall ''The women are tired out wito
the eonelave reception or have other
epgagements or else they would bo here,
for the era of short skirts Is upon u
and the movement for reform n Wo-
mems dress is popular one" Tne
sneaker gave her pantaloons a familiar
hitch and strobe of to encourage a lone
~ visitor in another part Of the hall. La
the morning session, which was attend
ed by only about ten persons, Mrs.
stow wore what she calls the "Tripie
81 suit, consisting ofa cutaway coas, n
pair of silk trousers and q silk skirt,
falling 10 just below the knees. In the
afternoon, when 1t wa announced that
there was to be an exhibition of reform
dresses, there vas O much Larger At
tendance. Before the exhibition proper
Mrs. Stow read q paper in which she
asserted that, whereas wOmen's legs
are useful members Of her body, aud
capable of much attractive dressing,
they should, and in the near future, be
displayed without any Of the silly
prudishness which now insists upon
their never being mentioned and al.
ways hidden by clumsy bags. "The
legs may be encased," said Mrs. Stow,
'elther in trousers, leggins or stockings,
according to time, place and occupation.
The stockings aud leggons may be
made very beautiful In color and decor
alton, and should be in keeping with
the sleeves of the costume. Women
will very soon as feaIlessly display
their legs-prOperly dressed-as they
now do their arms, and 1t will be q sat
isfaction to women who pay 500 or
$1,000 for q pair of stockings, as some OF
them now do, to be able to display
hem as they now do their gloves
when worn."
The speaker then held w for inspec.
tiou, explaining their points the while,
a number of reform costumes which
had been cent there for that purpose.
The Sacramento contribution u the re-
form created a sensation, AZ it sppar-
emily intended q reform in human ana
tony before it would fit. Mrs. Stow
pointed out that the legs of the trousers
were cut full and with q swell In front
below the knee. "Now, my legs" said
the speaker. swell behind below the
knees,a as | suppose every VIC lan's does,
so you see this is wrong" The speaker
neld the peculiar garment up to the as
tonished gaze OF the Ieformers and sud
denly made another astonishing dis
covery. There were several male re-
formers among the audience who must
have made the same discovery that the
Call reporter did, namely, that the
speaker had ~unaccountably got theSAc-
ramento garment reversed from the
position its inventor intended II should
occupy, but none OF the males were
bold enough to point out the confusing
.rior. Living models, In the shape OF
wO pretty young women, were next
exhibited on the stage, wearing the cos
June invented and used by Lady Hab.
oertop, the English dress refOrmer, and
by New jersey women, the latter being
model Of a dress which took one OF
he prizes in the London Dress Reform
Exhibition. These were much alike in
design, each consisting Of short cut
away coats, Lose trousers, baggy at the
knees and tightening at the ankles, and
,kirts falling to the knees. A doll was
used as q lay figure, on which several
designs Of a Burlington reformer were
exhibited. One ofthe latter designs did
not include q skirt, and was called o
bicycle dress;". a bicylist would ex-
p~erience no Inconvenience in wearing
one of that design. Mrs. Stow announc-
I'd that next year there will be a two.
day exhibition in the same hall, when
several London and Paris designs will
be exhibited.