The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-16
W0MEN VINO wOxE TROUSERS.
Auuy Alive To-day Who Were Dress Re-
forners Forty Tears AEo.

vived far more notable movement for dress
reform than tho present one inauxurated at
ChRtau1ua yet secms likely 10 become. Sew
eral OF these women nte living In the same
houses and In the same grounds wherein TO-
formed dresses wore the regulation costumes
and whore they were WON year In and year out
By ull the women and GIrls except the mere
visitors to the settlement
The place is what wss long known - tho
Phalnnx ut Strawberry Fartus" In New Jerssy.
the ate OF noted Socialist experiment with
Rel Bank. or ten from Report, though
reached by the very rudest and worst roads
Tint can be imagined to exist in Awsll settled
country. It appeared most likely that the Jour-
ney would be moro than paid for II II were pos.
sible t. fnh some lady member OF the old
fraternity who would describe tho costume
she wore when the little community WIS
making its brave effort to reconstruct
human society and hasten the worlds mil
lcnniun. Behind tired and philosophical
livery horse. whose proprietor would have sont
1t to New York to got II new cover had Il been
AT umbrella there was plenty OF tims Tor fur
bishiug up my recollections Of ali that hal
hoard OF the history OF the little community.
or it knew that n few houses aud q handful
OF human relics stlll remain to bravely typify
1850 ''.o WV N "'i W
~. ,ne panu nut oeaue."eiI CUT nse't on rom
to be trans planted in prepared soil for higher
development than It could ever attain In the
company Of tie fellows.
1t was In 1s43 that tho pioneers OF this com.
munity came down from Albany. enthusiastic
In tho conten plation OF Fourter's theories. to
buy farm OF between 700 and 800 acres. noar
enough to New York AZ market yet sufi-
c'eh'N !arlrom It's social ntmospnere 10 rem.
der the location suitable. 1t Was Ia 1888 that
inc community was broken UP o. the collapse
OF mo experiment. tue scattering or Ns nnom.
ners' and the division and sale OF
w.n-. ~ ~ .sa. IT,, ,i,"n.n
years or so long INT eiri chi'dren
Ds, On me reform cross came
Industries Of the place Sithou. eSor having ing
known tho sensation Of wearing long skirts.
During oil .hst period in in those Women. mind.
long skirts Of tho fair sex wero relic Of bar
barism. and that short skirts and trousers
were more sensible than there is to-day any
question as to tho proDr:e'y of the wearing OF
or regular active members Of the Phslanx
the women formed only the natural fraction.
S %eoo nan tne na"osr 'are was
~ W. ..ol "o' s y, e'o., so,. anu 10
nous nous oo!ec! i've pom. ior CURIOSITY seekers
women who held shnr.s in the communal
.,onI ,rd who hn,,, ~ o,,aa co,, ~, . tha
summer times. there WAS q constant swelling
Of tho original and actual colony. and many Of
the women who oamo there adopted the 70.
md s sa
on any Of her visits to tho place. but there were
many women who did
,b The reform sSd hSrs
to exrerime I VII, any new S ides thst ssrmsf
10 have reason b:hnd i and possi biits q
!er"n Mh ed nnUn esrs
shn.r4 o. new metn sa nnh MAJ e.
tes Sina and trsinna s oSidrsn ns% n,0 ..
s s !, Of sov;sIamsn,: new base. ioE
and b. Shia Ard 10
assss Is:s s,ns.1 aas es af% th1s
anich made drss. re- or@ a. Welcome ON a. were
,hs hort yemen and the
wHaa Pc es snd ys
inc Sn ssv a.. s U!,gs S, sus sss
WI i,h haN nor n In IoS tai 1to< :
~ tn,n. am Nv ~ ~. ,~H svh1ah 10 noI csas ~
,nsnv in,nrnrsnrnt ~. S .. ~ no, o.. ~
hns y thot fhs hot.in csna,s NJ ths nnnGtev
were obiieod 10 on cory MS main isstnres thnusk
shsy mere seT Tss large
csn ~ snnn ,".dav ~, - .tyrn "S ,h",n 80
ttn, I rrOn 'oTay: Ut oHh ~ .nS.o yet:
s nsart me- VS. no".vu 10 w sm hnns
sn1 n n" l.,,.hsn' I'll aosto q, @ I.:
i"r eookinn and wsrm,na fooa dsS.wa sSces
laundry wns thousn tu 10 6p bv fa tSa Anne inc
Vol nio"s q, liz Eina in ths conntrv sn WIZ
dninf room M that could he useu a. W." rrsas
ffn geana ansG ha irda ndaS
forests: Win the hest tutors in music. LAM q.
sShfs onnSns ena Ihc s'naes o.
trncte ,;tn S no MnuGE may me p.0ee "a
peasei them ' when thsy oame e''' But mt 4
trts, ~ ito aims AMI wbnn ,,a , o rrb;n, rM's
ths best ' source %" OF nroat. Vas bnrnsd down WIN
In HTNss dsufs ns a. to whether II st9H!d
tnn, MIN Son,I were ~ ,",Ue o. c,ossr con-
onno w ~ y ~ and ~. a anIs W rh
t au c pr t we pTHas lGr tne Ees!. Eecine1
% 70 10 w0rE lnr themselves. Nearly all OF