The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-30
,,opn FREEDOM IN DRESS.
If the Boiled Shirt Passed
ne 10 10, Who Carry Freedom to

If the Boiled Shirt Passed
ne t - Who Carry Freedom TO q
Fault n.
20 time. and it is not very dis
;tbo- when about all that an Amerl-
'l1' oonId do by way Of accourerlng himself
eau Ito snorts was to take of his coat.
ioE III, a step further and removed his
II .e.ooat. there was disclosed the horror oI
Wa'SS'I'ssnanders,a and even stlA there
bis su1 aud cuffs of his shirt, hot and
the cllIa l,,1.s The "boiled shirt" was IN
eumD7I .9oriaTal garment, used, IN various
tacI finest all classes, in work as Well
iorIs' with the addition OF collar
as IL PC If served on Sunday, When
anu d -. . 1,esture of ceremony, ana Ior the
clean, 30 week. minus the collar and
rest "a was employed for work-a-day
cTsFeU' - becoming less and less cereIno-
pun pun 80 a. 1be week proceeded, until Dy sat
M - assumed distinctly secular anu
uil,-'-.a+antious hue. The reason why SO III
onIfvsnjent and uncomtortaDIe gai nr r9lC
csme into such general anu :. "a
came ms ,,sa. is obvious. 80 long as all
couli Li-,aI-s wore a "boiled Shirt" they
ileu .,.ossad alike, whether the shirt were
were , - ~ oiled. made with or without a
cl9 I" a5orned with studs of gold or OF bone.
colIaI 90 e,,cb was the assumption. But the
49, az sbirt era has pretty much passed
Oolle1 baving succumbed to the flannel
ave- ,ravolution. This movement has been
arriad 70 al excess, or rather IL mas Deen
Ii4,arted somewhat from It's original lnten-
-, The substitution or WOODEN or OF
aonnel for linen was great advance, sum
To-, COSTUMES for men beng thus at one
stroke rendered both con1ortaDie ana
cheap. .,,,,,or costumes of
" FOR those of women, the criticism
trS fbe subject provokes is Of an opposite
rn~actar Nobody, we trust, Will grudge
the say any exuberance OF color or variety
wy W .,oterial which is becoming. Moreover,
~ aannel dress is almost as great a boon
" .n9 rn,ng oirls as is the flannel shirt tc
vo5ng men. Stout boots with low heels
Snort skirt, hats that cannot be harmed by
Tain or displaced by wind-these things
fashionable of latel are harDlngers OF
beoI+h and beauty. There are, to be sure,
some tennis costumes thai seem designed
ro+bar for looks than for use, and therefore
deserve condemnation. Big sleeves, expen
siya materials. much ornamentation, are IL
had taste. because they are out of harmony
With the end in view. However, in regard
n summer costumes, the chief offender;
omong.vomankind are not young chltS OF
the butterfly persuasion, but more mature
narsons There is u kiud of woman, IN
bappily. somewhat common in these part5,
who make a virtue of ugliness. They think
il trustworthy to expend the least possible
time aud money on their clothes, and thelI
only ambition is to have garments that are
servlceable.
Terrible reports Of this nature have
reached us during the present summer
Certain athletic, misunderstanding women
whose ages range from 20 to so, are said tt
have descended upon Maine and New
HAMPSHIRE, and even to have penetrated
the Adirondacks, in costumes that excite
amusement and derision among tho un
thinking and sadness and gloom among tbs
wise. Now, is conduct is contrary t.
maxims 50 plain and so well-known tina
it seems almost ridiculous to repeat them
No woman is so beautiful that she can at
ford to disregard what is becoming and wha
is stylish and it is the bounden duty of al
women to make themselves, SO far as
possible, pleasing objects in this wonderful
and interesting universe. 1t would be con
soiing to think that the opposite course
taken out of humility by the misg uidet
persons to whom we have referred. But
alas there is much reason TO fear tina
pride, rot humility, lies at the base of thei
perv erse and unnatur al behavior