Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-09-20

Ever since can remember, the phys
ioioSlSl and Inc iunny man have had
agreat deal to say against the way
women dress and conclude That 1t IS
tlmo Tor dress to plead guilty or not
guilty TO tho charges brought against
her what can She say by way OF
deienSeP
l believe woman dress to be guilty
oil all that IS charged against 1t, ana
more too believe 1t TO be reSHonsl-
Die Tor much OF the poycr.y,, lgnor-
ahce' crime, misery, disease and death
that aitllct US:
In one briet article cannot bring
evidence to prove all the counts and as
ulsease, IN Il measure, includes the
Otner, propose to begin with that.
/ shall first attack skirts, for, while
fortified by these, high heels ana cor
sets seem impregnablc.
Skirts, at their best, are not neat
they arc cXtravagant, unnecessarily
lnconVenlent and burdensome, are
dangerous to life and limO, ana afford
poor protection from wet and cold
Because OF uneven distribution ot
weight ana warmth; because III wet
aud muddy walking and rainy weather
they expose largo surface TO contact
with wet because they interfere with a
natural style OF walking and substitute
therefor an artificial and constrained
motion, thus calling into play q set OF
muscles poorly adapted to the purpose
and leaving idle those Intended for
that use; because, !! as loose as health
requires they swing backwards ana
forwards, from side to SIDE, with every
stop which swing is n constant strain
on the muscles supporting them; he
cause they require much care ana ai-
tention to keep them neat and in re-
PAIR, and because they are IN the way
torevermorc, skirts are unheAithIl.
In shlpwrecks, or accidents 10y runa-
way horses, lives are often lost which
might be saved if women were aceus-
toned to the free use OF their limbs,
and were uniettercd by skirts. d.
Paul eXhortcd women 70 become keep
crs ut home, and 80 10 /; unless they
can take care OF themselves while
abroad.
! dare not begin about the expense
and harm to the health ot heavy skirts
loaded down with trimming. These
must be plain to all who care to see, 81
pass to shoes and corSetS-or tlghl
dresses; for every function ot the body
may be dcraEged by bultonln% The
dress snugiy around the delIca'eIy
ltoatln% ribs, the strong but yielding
diaphram, and the important yl'cera III
its vicinity.
y theory that woman naturally
brcathcs only with tho upper part Of
her chest has gained some crcdencc,
1t is not strange that laymrn and doc
tors who have never dealt with any but
dctormcd women make this mistake
but any woman who has allowed hcl
lungs free play knows that no error
could b. more absurd. In natura
breathing the chest and abdomon arr
both, ana think equally, moved
Nature i'ingcnius and persistent. ShC
/ NDi't' A''h VI l'''h i't h'' w ''''''''
as much as she abhors Il vacuum. Il
ono OF her naughty children puts
. pressure around the waist and so pre-
vents the expansion Of the lower lungs
nature to her best ability will incrcaS'
the capacity of the upper parts; bn
the blood can never circulate rs freely
nor be rs thoroughly oyygeniled, no
digestion be rs complete as if the who'll
lung could fully expand.
Again, nature works against any de
crease of the sizo of the internal organ
by this pressure around the waist, an,
little by little draws them down from
their natural location to where they
can have moro room. But are th'
dcyiatiOns from natures original plaI
made without injury? Let the grca
army of feeble, ncrveless, spiritles
women who furnish the doctor witt
four-litthS OF his adult practice answer