The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01
a NEW DRESS REFORM.
Fashion Which Will Doubtless Find yo-
taries in the United STATES.

u EashiOD winch Will Doubtless fInd NO-
taries in the United states.
a German professor. DR.. Jaeger, has
started a theory respecting clothing,
which is creating quite a sensation in
fatherland He objects 30 garments
made of linen or cotton. and gives many
reasons why wool should be the sole
clothing of human beings. Wool is the
natural clothing of animals. 1t lids
their bodies of effete and poisonous
emanations and protects them from the
inclemency of the weather. But cotton
and linen are composed of vegetable
fiber. They are dead materials. and re-
tain the noXious emanations from our
bodies. thus slowly poisoning us. Silk
is not so Objectionable, as it is product
of animal life, because spun from the
body of an animal. But it is far less
wholesome, especially when worn next
the skin, than wool or the hair of one
of the low,r animals. These are some
of the reasons why DIR. Jaeger demands
the exclusion of cotton and linen from
the materials out of which we make our
clothing. For men DIR. Jaeger recon-
mends tight-itting under garments.
made of pure undyed wool, fastened
over the shoulder and of double thick
ness over the breast. The coat OF
Jacket should be double breasted, but
toned well UP to the throat, and con-
tanning no lining or padding except OF
pure wool. Inside the sleeves and
trousers legs, there is continuance that
fastens tight around the limb, prevent
ing updraughts. for cold, rheumatism,
lumbago and the like are caused by the
sudden rush of cold air to one part of
the body and not by the cooling gradu-
ally of the entire system. The feet are
clad in pure wooden socks with divisions
for each toe, while the upper part of the
boot is made of felt, the lower part also
of felt or of porous leather, and the
inner soles consist of perforated leather
and layers of felt. Thus the
boot is thoroughly porous, and
the feet ara consequently kept
rs clean and as pure as the
hands. By doubly protecting the front
of the body, where the blood-vessels
converge, these are stimulated; and. as
an even temperature throughout is
maintained, the necessity for great
coats is obviated, rain or damp having
little or no effect, for in every case
gradual and even evaporation is in
sured. While they are the best pro-
lection against .,old, these clothes are
also the coolest in summer. Little or
no change need be made between winter
and summer, at least in the temperate
region: and means have been found by
which this system can with equal facili-
ty be adopted by women. Nor can a
..woolenite" be easily distinguished
from the "woodenites' as the wearers
Of vegetable fiber may be called. The
substitution of collar made of I'M
starched white cashmere for the GUS
tomary starched linen collar is the most
conspicuous feature in the dress; other
wise it would be difficult to detect the
disciples of this system. The cashmere
collar, however, is not only most COM
Portable, but is 4 preventive of throat
disorders. All these precautions taken
during the day must be continued at
night. The bed must also be free from
vegetable fiber. The linen sheet must
be replaced by wooden blankets or
camel-hair rugs, with white cashmere
sheets, if preferred. The mattress and
the pillow should also be stuffed and
covered with wool; but when thus pro-
tected the sleeper need feel neither cold
nor change of temperature, and is.
therefore, urged to Keep his window
well open at night According to DIR.
Japrcr fat and water i'm the human
system are the media through which
diseases are communicated. The wooden
clothing day and night acts as drain
upon the body by removing unneces-
sary fat and moisture, leaving the sys-
TEN hardened and in position to avert
outside agions. These theories are
accepted rs tru" by many Germans,
some Russians. and not few English
men. There is not doubt but that
this new fashion will have its vOtaries
in the United States. - DcmoreStS
Monthly.