St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-13

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OF Lady Harberton, which is an outside
garment, very different from the ''leg-
lettes.o Moreover, she declared that
Kate Field, by her own confession, put
them on ''for fun" and did not thrust
in first one foot and then the other in
the love of humanity and no fear of the
division she was establishing forever
|, between two members of the same
woman. She pronounced Kate Field an
ultra-faSlli0haDle woman, given over
hopelessly to
CORsETs AND HEAVY SKIRTS,
and said that the only reason on earth
that ever induced her to toy with the
divided skirts was that she saw In the
|oveliture and her disapproyaI of it so
tfmalch additional noIoriety for Kate
Field. On a rainy day, Mrs Miller
lfwears high water ieglettes that do away
|, with the necessity of holding up any
I thing but an umbrella.
F. Mrs. Burbank then asked, on behalf
of some concealed attenuation of mod
esty who would not reveal herself by
using her own voice, what women who
need the aid of feminine
|. building MATERIAL are going to
do. to which Mrs. Miller re-
piled that no woman but
one of the skeletonic freaks relegated
to dime museums have need OF any aid
but the physi al development it is
within the power of all to accomplish.
In answer to the query, can leglettes
be worn under thin dresses? Mrs. Miller
said that in summer she has frequently
walked down Broadway with nothing
on but her chemiiette and lace dress.
This, in connection with the surveil-
lance exercised by Anthony Comstock,
is assurance sufficient that with leg
lettes all things are possible.
While Mrs. Miller was making her
next change. Mrs. Clara Halbert Smith,
of Wichita, Kan, toddled
OUT ON THE STAGE.
andproceeded to turn the performance
into a combined experience meeting and
t free -for-all advertising scheme. Mrs.
Smith walks in the cypress shades out
of sight offlforty, is black and tan, and
wears q straight bang. She. might be
facing you in standing with her back to
you, for all that her physical develop
ment tells, and not much but the ties of
association unite and cover her bones.
In a high-keyed voice, she told the audi
ence what physical culture had done for
her. After one week of it she was
obliged t, let out all the seams of her
dresses; at the end of the second week,
she was obliged to repeat the Oper-
alton. and now at the end of three
weeks, she ought to repeat it
once more, and is uncomfortable
because she lacks the time. You can
see. ladies'" said she with the satisfied
smile of an ''after-taking' feature OF a
consumption cure-.you can see, ladies,
what the method has done for me:r and
she stood throwing the light OF her
countenance on the shadow cast by her
collar bone, while the audience sat and
wondered. Then, like the little bee,
she worked her business end and So
lieitea subscriptions fora school of self
culture she wants to build in Kansas.
Mrs. Miller appeared successfully in
a tea gown. a walking dress, a spring
street costume and a reception gown,
any of which was a convincing argu-
ment in
FAVOR OF DRESS REFORM.
Miss Newport asked her opinion on
tailor-made dresses, and she conceded
them to be the most graceful of modern
dresses. objecting chiefly to their
weight. She told what probably many
usually worn by the alleged fraH sex
nWeigh from 10 to % pounds, and as
Serted her belief that the invalidism re-
|ssulting therefrom is the cause of q very
great proportion of matrimonial misery.
4n her reception gown she touched Oh
the decOllete and trains. The former
fishe pronounces immodest beyond
certain degree, which in her own gowns
is fixed above any distinctive evidence
of feminiitv; and of the long train she
( says women have no right to disobey
the Seriptural injunction against cauS-
ing neighbor to stumble.
F Before the exhibition of animated
hndergarmentS began, meh-a few huS-
/ bands, soEicitous, dear souls, about the
Progress of their wives; or brothers,
/ anxious for the advancement of their
,SisterS-were expelled from the hall.
Every woman present found a pfquant
delight in the occasion that permitted
her to- remain where it was improper
and impossible for the licensed man to
+ be. When Mrs. Miller came out
wrapped in cloak of bronze plush
lined with crimson satin. threw this off,
after commanding any man who might
be concealed under a chair to
''go now, or forever after hold
his peace" and stood revealed
in "a white surah chemilette, the neck
edged with dainty lace run with pink
ribbons, her legs enyeloped in white
surah leglettes. she was sight to make
the wooden Indian in front of a cigar
store give three cheers for the liberty
and loneliness of dress reform. She
called attention to the evident advan-
tages Of her attire, in which she might
STAND ON HER HEAD
and be perfectly secure against a criti-
cal. curious world. With the last exhibit
ton of her reform there was probably no
more skeptics than men left i'll the
room. Those who came to scott re-
manned to envy, and when Mrs. Miller
/ wrapped herself in her plush cloak and
babe ST. Paul au revoir she left here
about 500 women who Will probably not
rest until they have made some effort to
embody the movement she has fnsti-
tuted. Mrs. HI. G.. Burbank was en-
| thusiastic in her. admiration of the re-
former and the reform; Miss Gotzian
| looked calm approval upon both; Mrs.
Thomas Cochran, Jr., said the gowns
certainly are very pretty; DR.. Emery
was firmer in her faith than ever: Mrs.
Alex Stone appeared inclined to think
about it; Miss. Howe wore
all expression that signifed it would
suit her very we'll; Mrs. D. G. Shep-
ard, was certain it was just the thing
for other people; Mrs. Cary had half a
mind to go in for it, and Miss Newport.
who has a genius for designing her
own gowns, took her maid home with
her, competent to reproduce. some of
the ideas Mrs Miller had advanced.