Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-05-06

carpet, "what right has any man TO
say what sort of dress us girls must
wear on the street? AS for myself,
| consider a Mother Hubbard the
greatest invention of the age, and it's
Il shame that the Chief of Police has
given orders to suppress ii. Why,
girl looks ten times as pretty, and
nobody is going to pass her on the
street without noticing her if she has
on one of Car Alexandcr's oullawed
garments. Besides, Mother Hub
bards ale cheap. Eight yards of
silk, satin, cashmere, Nuns yelling
or whatever kind ofgoods you choose
to use, and $40 worth of lace will
make a Mother Hubbard that any
girl would feel proud to wear"
what docs 1t cost a year to dress
in the Mother Hubbard 2"
"Oh, about $3.50. Every girl wants
TO make her own Mother Hubbard,
and in this way millinery bills are
dispensed with. This always tickles
papa, and he told me this morning at
the breakfast table that he thought
Gen.. Taylor's order was outrageous,
and that he intended to see if some
thing couldn't be done to check il.
Anybody except policeman knows
that a girl looks "sweeter by far than
roscs' in a Mother Hubbard, and tho
fact that her arms and neck form a
prominent part of the picture she pre-
sents makes her loneliness all the
more apparant and her appearance
all the more interesting"
Here the young lady stopped to fan
herself, The expression on the
young journalists face showed plain
er than words could have expressed
it that he was In favor of Mother
Iubbards.
Presently she resumed: "Mamma
wears a Mother Hubbard, and | am
certain there can be no harm in ii.
Dressed in one of these gowns a girl
feels as free and as light as a sunbeam.
There is nothing TO bind her and no
trailing skirts in her way when she
walks. Ii General Taylor only knew
how easy they were to put on or take
off I'm sure he'd be as much in favor
of them as the girls. In fact he
ought to wear one himself. But you
couldn't expect anything better from
a grizzly old bald head who has to
put on his spectaclcs to see across the
street."
"What do the young ladies pro-
pose to do if the Chief of Police in
sists on the enforcement of his order,
tabooing the Mother Hubbards ?"
asked the reporter in a very bland
tone, at the same time betraying a
deep feeling of sympathy.
II don't know that l ought to tel"
said the young lady reflectively. For
moment she turned the holy light
of her eyes on magnificent oil rep
resentation of Damon Il Pythias,
which was suspended from the wall
on the opposite side of the parlor.
Then she smiled swcelly, and half
doubling, half trusting, gave the Sc
cret away.
81 can't speak for all the girls, but
can say that fifteen of us have taken
what the strikers call an iron-clad
oath, to wear our Mother Hubbards
when we feel like it. Some of us
have ten or twelve of these garments,
and itwould be simply barbarous to
let the Car of Louisville deprive us
of the use of our wardrobe. II
wouldn't surprise me to hear that he
objected to red stockings"
"When did the sisterhood of fifteen
of which you speak, take this iron
clad oath?".
"Last Wednesday night after
prayer meeting, we saw the notice in
the Commercial, and tell you We
were mad. Some of the girls wanted
to call coupes and go right away tt
His Lordshlp, Gen. Taylor's house
but the majority were afraid of him
and we resolved to appeal first b!
communication. We have written t,
him using the most coaxing terms t,
get him to withdraw his order, but
am afraid that His Imperial Majesty