The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-09
THE BUSTLE QUESTION.
Interviews With Many Prominent
Sedalia Ladies Concern
ing IL.


tanned number of interviews will
prominent ladies of Clinton, Carthage
st. Joseph, Moberly, Mexico, Spring
field, Sedalia and other point
throughout the state, relative to tn,
decline of the hustle.
Many of the interviews, which wer,
sent from this city we're left out of tn,
Post Dispatch's article, much to tht
regret of the correspondent here, be
cause those left out were people whose
opinion is worth much even on such
unimportant subjects as the hustle
and it was unfortunate that they
could not have been heard. 1t was
possibly due to lack of space
which caused the p. D. to omit SC
many and for no other reason.
Among those who were thus omitted
and VINO gave their view clearly, con.
cisely and also sensibly, were Mrs.
George B. Jackson, who believed that
the individual must not he adapted to
the fashion but the fashion to the In.
dividual Mrs. G. p. Brown, who be.
lieved that a small hustle added grace
to the costumes of tall, slender people;
Mrs. E. N. Small, who was perfectly
sure that The hustle should 60 MRS. j.
Hall, who believed that all women
needed some slight support to give
their costumes a graceful effect below
the waist line; Mrs. Henry Evans,
who preferred a small hustle Mrs. j.
d. Russell, who liked always either a
hustle, or some other artificial fullness
for skirt support; Mrs. Weddel, who
would not 60 without a hustle if the
whole universe so decreed Mrs. Will
Messerl,, who likes the empire styles
and THINKS their adoption would aid
TO the costuming OF
women, but who thinks
that the present style of dress de
mands hustle Mrs. Frank Easily,
who likes small hustle and proposes
to wear one Mrs. Herbert MINIS, Who
likes hustle that does not mar, but
adds to the effect of costume Mrs.
j. w. Truxell, who thinks that bus
ties will only be dispensed with for
home dresses if dispensed with at all
Miss Eva johnson, who is OF the opin-
ion that graceful effects should always
be sought for in costuming, but pre-
fers a small hustle with the present
style of dress; Mrs. Will Woods, who
likes hustle IF neat proportions, and
NJ ISIS Lizzie Lee Warren and several
others.
Those given in the P.-D.'s article
we're:
Mrs. L. F. Sheldon, who said
Il believe in the hustle. have always
worm one, and always expect to do so.
+, however, do not believe in ex-
remes in any fashion and would SIM
'ly say that small hustle is a con.
enience which but few women can
% without"
Mrs. d. III. SMITH: "Tall, un-
ainly figures would not appear well
'ithout the tournure in some form,
nd for these it should Not be
polished. For small women, with
ell rounded figures, the hustle can
cry well be dispensed with"
Mrs. +. +. Hoffman: 81 believe
1 a small hustle, so long as the pr s.
at style of dress is worn. | find IL
onvenient and it gives the figure
raceful curves which neither flesh
or the lack of it can produce.
Mrs. S. K. Billiard: Il am in
lvOr of abolishing the hustle and ac-
,pting dress such as is at present '
lpressed by the Grecian style. / am !!
nd of the flowing draperies of that u
yle, and would gladly wear it if 1t Z
'uld be done without making one a
II conspicuous. With the present o
yle of dress, however. I prefer
,ry small hustle or other extension" n
Mrs. j. Arthur johnson 81 am o
favor of the hustle, nothing of
nrse which would suggest deform- 0
? or verge upoL the extremes, but z
nall, gracefully shaped, light weight j.
lstle is good enough for me and / a
ink / shall continue TO wear one.' d
Mrs. j. P. Harrington: II have s.
en- a strict advocate of the hustle in q
modified from, but recently having a
'ticed several graceful ladies without u
is appendage, | have concluded that -"
might very well be abolished and Ct
rs. Jenness-Miller's style of dress ,
opted" 4
Mrs. George Cummings: 1T alto
Their depends upon the style of dress. W
the draperies are heavy and cum. OF
rsone, hustle is benefit; If not,
en- it can safely be dispensed with
d ladies still look presentable.
Mrs John Daily: "Well, l think
little peopIe like myself q hustle ia al