Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-08-03
DRESS REFORM.
How the Religious Editor Of Daily
Paper Put an Ancient Dame to
Flight.

Flight.
From the Brooklya Eagle.
'tI want to call your attention to our
system of dress REFORM" commenced an
ancient dame with very wide mouth as
she entered the managing editors sane
tum and threw her hat on the table.
Looks very pretty" murmured the
managing editor, surveying the bloomer
costume with critical eye.
''See how free and easy everything is, !"
continued the woman, brandishing her
arms and skipping around. "Did you
ever see anything to equal that?"
Don't think ever did" replied the
managing editor, calmly. ''1'm pre-
pared to say that never saw ANYTHING
it,
Comfortable, pretty, accommodating
all the limbs and giving free play to ali
the muscles Notice that
Don't really see anything else,"
clamored the adlniring editor. "That
element seems to be the mainslay of the
whole business"
NOW want this paper to pick this
scheme UP and make it popular among
the ladies of the nation. Are you pre-
pared to go into that branch OF philan-
thropy?"
"It'sa little out ofthe line of my duties"
responded the he.managingeditor. ''I see,
l see," muttered the religious editor,
as he took the show in at a glance.
You keep those pantaloons up with
suspenders, reckon"
That's just it." replied the delighted
reforraer. THAT is where this costume
approaches that of man, and therefore
is perfectly comfortable"
Suppose you bust suspender, what
do you propose to do about that? asked
the religious editor delicately.
"Sew it up" replied the woman
promptly.
"But suppose you're on picnic and
there is no needle handy?"
II don't know" murmured the wom-
an meditatively.
Tell me frankly" demanded the re.
ligious editor sternly, edo you know
how to fasten a suspender with stick?"
mo, I DON'T" retorted the woman
"Have you ever seen woman who
does?"
81 don't believe I ever have" re-
turned the reformer.
;. II supposed So" commented the re-
ligious editor. II thought 80. Now, an.
other thing. Do you know how to tie q
button on with string?"
II have never tried it," stammereo
the woman.
II wouldn't have believed you if you
said you had," continued the religious
editor. "You begin to see where your
dress reform will come out in case Of ac-
cident. But there is something else.
You have suspenders for your.pants and
another pair fol your socks. Now sup
pose you were dressing in hurry and
those suspenders got mixed, and you
put the pair for the socks on the pants.
And suppose you hoisted your socks up
to your collar bone and you found your
pants were beginning to slip"
You're a brute!" howled the woman,
as she made'a break for the door.
THAT was rather tough, wasn't it?"
asked the managing editor, regarding the
disappearing figure with an emotion of
relief.
II don't know" replied the religious
editor, looking longingly at the bottom
drawer of the managing editors desk.
Underneath all her dress reform she
was strapped up like mule in black
smiths shop, and I knew it. If she
hadn't scattered on that question, she
would on the next. so it was only mat.
ter of time. How do you like that apple
jack sew you tasting an hour or 80
ago?"