Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-05-06

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Letter 10 PhllsdeIphia Cali.

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your paper OF April LIST. appears 10 call
upon the advocates Of q change Ia wo-
mans apparel for q more complete and
this mornings paper contains 3 direct
appeal FROG A. [. &. 70 . kindly explain
90 the awsI.iyhtened sisters Just hsx
they ssn emsncipats themselves from
the setestabIc corset and prevailing
syieot dress and still not appear ouire
u dowdy.s
Practical knowledge Is something
that has TO be worked out. almost al
ways. for ones self. and this takes time
and patience. aud the only reason NO
men Can be compared, aud M u, too,
Tor that matter, TO . flock OF sheep, the
way one jumps the others invariably
following. Is because thsy think 30 liz
tie for themselves and so much about
what Mrs. Gfundy thinks. However.
few do think. and thinking act. aid
have almost solved the question OF
dress, SO far as they desire IA this age.
A womaa's outer or drcss garment Is
graceful and beautiful Is worn today,
and II can be let alone, let II be ever SO
much bcnonnccd and bedecked, but
,sse cover that lies nearest her person
ought to be chosen With a great deal Of
thought and care. Silk flannel which
can be purchased here NJ 81 TO 81 IS
per yard IL about the finest aud WARM
est material that can be chosen for the
unuer-garment, and to re made ali Ia
one article Is best 50 as to have no
Wristbands or double cloth about the
body, the classics 10 hold the stoc kings
TO be bnttoned to this garment al Ia,
hip. Now garment that Mrs. Jen-
ness Miller would cali bifurcated
skirt, by others pants, q Ia Chinese"
supported from the shoulders by real
suspenders tuch as our brothers wear,
called the roller suspsnder. will be the
next garment; the fassenings at the
band 10 the suspenders to be made b.
safety pins. because buttons would lie
ia the way Of symmetry, and. a, the
good sisters say, "a classical form.
II j may expl.lin Of length how
rHE HifrRcArEp SKIRT
AZ made, will add here that II you are
wearing = black silk dress, this gar.
ment can be made vi black alpaca and
four yards double width will be plenty.
Each pant leg. that must be at cas-; |
one yard or more ia with, must be |
tiaed with cambria that Is without |
starch, the topoi the PANTS 10 be taken |
y IN CORES 10 be cut out aud the Test |
Plated, 50 rs not to make unnatural |
thicknesses In the waistband to max.
the form ungainly. The color OF the |
dIe-s In good TASTE denotes the color |
OF lhe under-garment. and IL can b
always Of cheaper goods aud look Just
~ we'll. In summer the prints aud
muslins can be utilized into the same |
style OF garment and the two or three |
embroidered b svy skirts dispensed |
with, aud NJ the same time these pants |
can be made Of these light goods la as
foe q manner rs the old.fsshioned pet
ticoat; that 10. lace insertion aud EN- |
broidery added to them, and, II once /
worn. ten thousand Mrs. oruudy s |
could net drive one back into the old /
style OF skirt; FIR. as every one knows,
who eau tell the difference and II IL /
could be, H. getting to be the style, aud
| guess a good many sheep are jump |
ing this way, anyhoS.
Now that everlasting corset. ] sup /
pose | must say something about that.
When l pracllced medicine, / eau /
write MD. alter my natnel nstd To
hnd more of woman's ills caused by /
that fearful thing than anything else.
iiul have lear ed not 10 Try to drive /
sheep, and come 10 realize, like Rosa
mond Dale Owen, daughter OF Robert |
Dale Owen. in her autobiography when
she says " My prayer, were II only |
pure aud deep enough. might psrine
ate ali the world. though IL never
passed my lips in words. The /
humble emotions OF faith, and hope.
and love, which till good souls. may |
be carried TO tue ends OF the earth,
and these are the only radical forces
for good.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton says she
never wore corset IA her hle, aud /
there are thousands of womea ia the
same boat. Nov, what do they wear
| answer, some ol them plain waists,
like corset covers. bat made To pin, NOT
button OF hook Just try IL for once
and see hos comfortable you vii be Ia i
youV morning wrapper and ia yotI
evening ies-goSn. Then, when you
don the street or reception dress, did
Won ever think how close you could
pin that thick drilling garment about
your waist and utg yourself up to be
rs straight as pole u you ike leaving
the chest and abdomen tree from old,
poAing whsiv bones aud stit seamsf
IL You think you have not rlbs enough
nsde. why you can have few BONES
put In this garment or bay one already
made; bat II yoa begin night, YOU can
wear them.
It's all in the mind, ss Mrs Eddy
SAYS IN Science and Health.
To this under-walst the dress skirt
can be pinned BY safety pms, TO take
Is much OF the weight trorn the hias
- possible. Then comes the cuirsss
4 n. Il tff- .s4Sr
bat II il dubbed dress -walsil, u can DC
ttted to the form and 4" set lovely, a.
The ladies say, and not he fitted to =
corset, either witch is never a true
foTm, = q, last Of all. yo1 may prom
enadu Auaong the most sly ilsh OF peo-
pie and you Will look as nice as airy
one. some may say, "oh, my | AM
reend-shonlaered. We'll. Il yea are,
your, eorsets oniY impiage you AZ The
waist. driving yoar liver into TIC 1oNeF
bowels, 80 that yea s4is sooa gss 10
hook Ike a sa,k IL barley with band
tied tight aroaad the ntdule. Thseef-
set hslps yotIaE sSfls Ia MAKE hsGecSs-
tarmsd nllSiaie Exi ~emens and never
sraisateas crooked spsncs or saoai-
Gers. loGt mind or viii power only /
can do TIA &
Nos g<iisve have woman almost
dressed. Ne. slaPs bst The editorial
said something s5oes shoes. eEossns,
etc, and I ana seETy IA say That sac
s~aselcss admiration that men gave
the i-ds " whsa she ~As here has
made = style II shoe very iacensenseat
Ter many feet. b0t eaeea Victoria,
visb her corus ard eansons, las aissis /
rs al fee iike crslng oai sa hoffor /
when Ne Gee eas gres tacased IA enr /
shs has saysats,i ~itA higa vAu3ps tasi /
bring a seam n 1T scresS she oeSiil- 1
siag Of the lasteis-~au3 ! ds mot eaFe I
who SuoSs ! s~y Il. Ausegscan ~ssss4sh I
have ae taost G<.scste ioEEa Aii shs .
hskAsst iaslep - their tees u AlY 49, 1
nsa IN The xafld. a. class, ass taese !
hlgh Nstaps maze an nk't seos ana l
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