The daily gazette., 1883-07-03
DIR wss REFORM.
A Female With BlOomers Knocked Out
of Time by the Religious Editor.
rNronh1vn 9und ENgla.

of Time by the Religious Editor.
tBrooklyn. .sund ~ Eagle.
'tI want TO call your attention to our
system OF dress retorm,' commenced an
ancient dame with very wide mouth, as
she entered the managing editors sanctum
and threw her has'on nc table.
"Looks very pretty tnurmured the man
aging edlsary surveying the BSas uasr cossNsne-
with atxitiGM eve, x s..
"She how lrpe and easy everything is,"'
conApnsd tie woman, bran dishine Der arhne-
and Skipping ound. "Did you ever see
anything to equal thatF'
aDonYt think | ever did," replied the
managing edi} or, calmly pPm prepared to
say that never saw anything anywhere that
bore any resemblance to 1t.
ssComf0rfahle, pretty, accommodating all
the limbs and giving tree play TO all the
muscles. Notice that y ty -
"Dou't really see anything else, " clamored
the adlniring editor "That element seems
To he the naInstay Of the whole business :"
"Now / want this paper to pick this
seheme'up and make it popular atnong the
ladies Of the nation. Are you prepared to
90 into that branch Of philanthropy" Vi
A'Tt'E little out OF the line of my duties, +"
responded the managing editor. eH1'n call
lin the religious editor. he knows shout
stfeh skIffvsyuE f - - e41 &latl caAs
ga 81 seeC zee, 2, unuttered the7Feaigioas edi.
4 tn, ASST he took the show ihaa 1t d glauce
tsYouikespi thossO pSntaloons up wish isns'
peudefq,H reckon."N y GscS 1"e. tnoe Z
I ITyEfhat's inst it." replied the delighted re-
lorner! "fhaI is 'wheres this costume ap
1 lptoaehes that Of snan, and 10 therefor,
peFfectlv comfortable.H -fltA3A Ht1 2
aSuppose YOU hnss suspender, what ID
you prop0eei to do about that |" asked th'
religious editor deiicately. Il '"h t''
's5ew itup,r replied the woman promptly
"But suppose you're on picnic and ther
Is no needle handyp -ul J lo .'-t-fh'''
4 Il don't know" murniured the womal
medita lively. II"
4 "Tell me frankly" demanded the re
hgious editor sternly, "Do you know hov
to fasten a suspender with a sticka"
mo, don't, +" retorted the woman
"Have you ever seen woman who does9'
al doIi't believe ever have" returned
the reformer. fA"'@ r. ~ '5'h
81 supposed so,'' commented the religion
editor. ~ thought so. Now, another thing
Do you know how 20 tie button on with
stTinef" I w.. saa
4 ~ have never tried IT." stammered tn
| woman. t-
81 wouldn't have believed you II you sal
YOU had,n continued the religious editor
''You begin to see where y0hr dress reforr
will come out in case of accident. But ther
is something else. YoG have suspenders fu
your pants and another pair for your sock'
Nowsuppose you were dressing in . hurr
aud tiio8e suspenders got mixed, and yo
put the pairfof the socks on the pants an
the pants pair on the socks. And suppos
!. you hoisted the socks up to your collar bou
and you found your pants beginning
slip"
"You're a utep' hoWled the woman, {
she made a break for the door.
s "That was rather tough wasn't itf aske
i the managing editor, regarding the disa
t pearing figure with an emotion of relief.
. 81 don't know" replied the religious ed
: tor, looking longingly at the bottom draw
u of the managing editors desk. "Unde
e meath ali her dress reform she was strappt
il up like mule in hlaeksmith's shop, al
knew it. II she hadn't scattered on th
last question, she would on the next, so
y was only matter of time. How do yc
+ like that applejack saw you testing q
e hour or so agoY' At