The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-28
AnoMELYs unLECr.
The Proper Kind of Underclothing-soue
Valuable Suggestions,

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Eer York Star,
My only reason for saying anything
about undeItlsRnsls is that every now and
then l see women abiurlng them alto
gether, and simply because they arc hid
eous-women who dress themselves for
midwlntsr as they would Tor hot summer
day, the only difference being than when
out Of doors some sort OF wrap is worn,
Bat the conditions Of the elements have
nothing whatever to do with the selection
Of wraps. Fashions decree oil that.
Sometimes the wrap will fall to
the knees, and 60 cover the most
ssnnitiye parts OF the body, hut II fsahiOn
changes, it cannot fall mora than an inch
below the waist line. A woman with u
wrap like this, therefore, gees out when
The thermometer Ia at zero, with no more
covering over her body than that which
ghe weaIs in q well warned house. AS u
consequence her heSlth Is injured. l
have seen 1t and mourned II with friends
/ love, in whom year after year diseaRe
grows deeper aud deeper, 1t Ia with Il faint
nope Of being able to do something with
people lerA firmly imbued with ~plejudiCes
tnan | write on tho subject,
In the irst place, danInls Mood not DO
hideous. UndeIshirts, for GO long the
bets noir OF many women, are now trsus-
formed into beautiful adjanCts of the
toilet. When they are OF q Colored elk,
through the neck Of which q ribbon Ii
run, they are a. becoming 0s n would
wish. Undsrshirts Of flannel may also be
made attractive by cutting them Ia the
neck 30 that they do not show above the
Chemige. Face the neck, when 80 cut,
with q piece OF narrow thin cambria and
run q drawing string through il. Out and
bind the sleeves in the same way. Sew q
narrow lace on TO the edges Of both
sleeves aud neck, An imitation Yalen-
piennea edging wears as long as the shirt
does,
There are two reasons why II Is better
to buy flannel shirts and drawers sepa.
lately, aud not, as they Gre 90 often reO-
commended, when already mado into
cumbersome single garments. In the
first place, separately they are not 80
ugly (aud 1t is Just because tlannels are
ugly, az l said before, that they are ab-
jlrcd), and in the second place, because
by having two garments 8 greater amount
oil warmth Is distributed over all the Rb.
donllnal regions.
Now In regard to dressing tho legs. Get
the warmth as much as possible from
things which Of closely md CompHctly.
1t 10 almost 40 injurious to dreas as many
old.iashioned people do, with their inter
minable series Of flannel and quilted
skirts, weighing down over the waist and
interfering with the movements OF the legs
In walking, 81 1t is 10 dress ns too many
do, with nothing but Isle thread
aud cambria. Men do not find 1t neCes.
sary to get their warmth from skirts.
Something, therefore, which lA the legs
and does not interfere with 0 wo.
mans movement in walking will b. found
10 bs far moro comfortable
and hygienic, This warmth 10
In the merino drawers.
But for women who obIsCt To wearing
them in the house, who declare that tlan.
mel 10 irritating to the ileah, a good plan
IL to have q loose pair Of flannel drawers
made, coming only 10 the knees. These
to be made like kniGkerboCkers, and
can be slipped on when one goes out. In.
stead Of leggings, buy a pair Of wooden
stockings winch ut closely. Cut off the
itet, and when Ii puts on walking boots
draw on the iootleBs ~gtoCkings. Tho bot.
Of them will Gt into tho ankles Of
any shoe. They ara neither awkward
nor uncomfortable. Women 80 clothed
all the warmth thnV mad. and thpv ran |