The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-08
THE OPERA AND TIGHTS
Actresses Dressed in Tights
False Modesty-A Cues
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EDITOR BAZoO-In conversation to-day
regarding the entertainments gle last
"Wednesday afternoon and evening al
Woods opera house by Grau's English
Opera company. a man asked me why il
was that modest women could attend the
thester without bush OF shame, when the
actresses dress in tights. Now | will not
pretend TO give q satisfactory answer 10
this question, but have few ideas, for
which i ask space in the paper published
for the people now on earth"
In the first place, the ladies in the audi
ence are not to be blamed if the actress
does appear in tights, and again, the skirt
style of dress is only a custom anyway.
Why is ii any more immOdeSt for woman
to wear pantsloons than il is for a man
A mere matter of style or usage, that's all.
If ladies should adopt the style OF clothing
now worn by men, or something similar, il
would soon be considered perfectly modest
and sensible. Women have always heen
frightened by the opinions or whims Of men,
and the men do not consider the comfort
of the ladies in deciding what they wish
to see them wesr. Men say that
women should wear great. heavy, awkward
skirts, which cause them to walk in ali con-
ceivable ways except that which nature
prescribes, and vet they say how charming
that actress looked with short skirts and
tights. | think that ladies should wear the
Kilt or Highlanders costume, with panta-
looms.
Look at the women as they walk on
windy day; it is almost impossible 70.
them to get along. Then when it's muddy,
look how they are compelled TO carry their
skirts in the hand. Dignified people will
hold up their hands in holy horror when
YOU speak of women wearing pantaiOens,
but tell you NV friend the present cos
tune worn by ladies in violation of the
laws of nature, Dress mp q man with
about twenty pounds of skirts Topping
about his feet and knees and see how long
be will endure such nuisance. There is
no beauty In loose skirt. Ii is the COS
tune of by gone ages, before people had
enough to cut and fit the cloth
ing to the body. The wild Indian wears
loose blankets and robes, and all the bar
barians have the same simple garb. Civ
The fitting of the material to the body, and
man with his usual audacity adopts the
style and compels the poor woman 10 drag
along 10 the OlO, unCOmlOTtdOlt cOetume. |
In order TO appear attractive in the dress |
DR. long skirt costume, the women have |
puzzled their every wit, and have squeezed /
heir forms out of all natural shape and |
yet the men say: "Shame, shame" when |
hey think of the short skirt and close fit |
ing clothing for the lower limbs. III you
will think for ten minutes of the incon-
7enieuce of the long skirt, and of the sell
ishness of men, you will see that the i'm
morality in woman's appearance in panta-
oons is mere freak of Imagination, for
which there is no excuse
How easy and graceful woman moves
when dressed in mans clothing. The bal
ct dancer is a perfect sprite, fairy of
race and beauty that everybody likes Is
,ehOld, and it is only the vulgar, impure
mind, or the fossil OF barbarism that con-
iders her appearance immodest. When
nan accuses lady OF inconsistency be-
;ause she processes modesty and attends
heaters where the females dress in tights,
he lady should turn upon him and shame
Tim for wearing panlalOons. He should
lave a skirt put on him at once, for he is
BOBBY OBSERVER.
Sedalia, Jan. 3, 1894.