The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-12-28
maeting. to advooata his snsoial hobhx.

meetings to advocate his special hobby, hi
pays for the privilege by listening in tura to
the others. Invent to the last gathering. Di
Lewis had the first opportunity, and he ussu
1t, l need hardly say, to condemn the dress OF
women, literally from head to heels. They
spoiled their hair by knotnng it, their breasts
by padding, their waists by i~corsets, their legs
by carriers and their feet by tight shoes. He
declared that these devices ruined shape and
health, and yet he admitted that our women
were tho most beautiful in the world. I am
no expert IN this matter, nor a defender OF
fashions means of adornment, but Icould net
hetp thinking that the doctors concession OF
saperlative lovelIness was a. complete answer
to his " accusation. If bellies harm them
selves SO extensively, would they not be ugly
wrecks instead of very handsome things? But
l'io was at once assured by Stephen Pearl An
dfews, Dr. Lambert and others, that he was n
drlvetilng ldiot-an opinion which each seemed
TO hold of all the stan he retorted by
onerlnS to settle the differences, SO far as he
was concerned, by putting on the gloves and
knocking out ,h;s critics, one by one. The
ncrceness of the debate exceeded anything that
l had ever Witnessed, aud I filally departed in
Keen disappointment that there had. after. all;
been no prize fight. Ht
Charming Woman. o q.
1t ie the business of q woman of the world
to be agreeable, says a writer in the Atlantic
She spares no pains to make herself Just as
good looking as possible, aud just as charming,
and she is always tolerant, She NAV think you
q fool for your beliefs, but she doesn't tell YOU
80 ~bru.allv, or try to crush you with an ava
lancho Of ARGUMENT She tries to look at
the matter from yor;r point of view; i'll short,
she feigns u Sympathy, if she lave it not
Your women with = purpose think it wrong to
feign anything. TN won't pretend 10 be
svmpathetlc any more than they will powder
Their faces, or let their a~ressuaker improve
their figures. That's why they are 80 boring;
they are too narrow To DO sympathetic and too
conscientious to be polite. II is earnestness
that does it; carnestness is naturally narrow
ing. Ii Is earnestness, too, which sets their
nerves III u culver and makes them so restless.
lhey can never sit still; they are always
tw1tching, don't you know? That's earn est
ness. 1t has a kind of electr cal effect. Women
Ill earnest have no repose or manner. But a
woman of the world feigns chat, inst rs she
feiGns sympathy, because it makes her pleas
ant to other people. Oh, there's no, doubt OF
IT; women with a purpose are vastly bette.
tian Diner women, but they are not nearly so
NICE! Et
Brocades In Cloaks. s
The latest fancy is to make cloaks with back
ana fronts of brocade, and long, hanging
sleeves of striped material. Brocades for
dresses showing all the new shades, and. old
ones. too, since some conservative people can
not change with every season, and the Oldest
coiorls just as likely to be in good taste as the
newest Some novelties III brocades, both in
tho grounds and ia tho patterns upon them,
can only BIO appreciated By being seen.
Mnscovi'es, with the ottoman effect, bu,
plain back, and the winter sui abs heavier,
more closely woven, and of finer twill
than tho summer Ones, u material always sin
order" for old and young, for morning. noon
and night, for house or street, and in order in
another sense, since, il anything is everlasting
Wear. this is; and. kept modestly in the back
ground, the old II ,mau silks-not u novel y, to
be sure-but most desirable for the lit. g PEG,
Pile, for their beauty of color, and also-low be
1t spoken-because they do not show the Spots
activity are sure to acquire. like plain materi-
ais. ALI the silks ale of unusual width, u fact
not always appreciated by careless buyers, bus
which makes a difference OF several yards in
the amount of material required for a cos
tune. tEHAt b. 5s as vi tlf &