The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-16
use could be avoided"

use t sSSl ~ b :. avoided.
stride forward. I csnnot ren,emOor ever soc;
Ing eorsrts In those DAYS vas At least IL
%S,s ~ r't s" as ' Th. as' sss
Sslsn I. ~ lid " "a. i.
turel ,nd a. sailed b. pre.s and punt. That
WAS whoa women were SAID 10 einpol s,alwnrt
not afford slaves or .er,ants we're req.
e'fssis as or '" aonTsu iasF 'eSs r.ns ss
bsr bs ,nr ,hf no tS hsa
mum spoke OF Il woman w"o u he hal u, en- by
calling her lady 10 .n..Iilsl the rharaeisil.
,si"n BY s ss,ing knsT ale was ny y, Sir
Ply, ~ that followed the, extreme ,of tiaht
We wore waists. OF course. aud !hey, w-ie
corded, or pet bars .tl,reneI Win whslsGonss.
ID Il: below Ss an s tnes rtf link S", hs
a,d too short 10 be long Il Tas ma 70 like any
70 lain us or 10 spend n summer cut or their
dres.es an;I what you call petic2ats TO- snrrs.
dresses d ..,t tho worn by the ms'ory"wers
made OF n.nkeen; sort IT,, o. s"nya.; NJ" ~, AZ
muslin. The color Sereraiiy "bo, en- was what
is nav nv, called &. IA Av0lIow'sh light brown"
"Oh. the psnts. as they were called. .were
iElwny.; The, we're I'M mn " J., lIks TURK;
w:rs per sctly plain at ths b",toms '"A''' wv
THE costume was hidsous- deserved to
1t WAS. indeed. htdeous. as Wa look back on
Y now" the ex.reiormer REPLIED mi even
then some Of the wsse too
the south. did look lust too puddirHlike Tor
any,hns There were Gis,nty, Of VERY TIN
Bu' do r 81 Know Know. think Tia. ali Who saw US
pGss wore mode dHa Ss
@ s 70 DsSw b a.t ss.s So wsa
We sat down: The waists we're made with y
ySss and on t. ts s
raais., while the loossaess p each tx fei
ever q the enl PRETTY Above tho ra',ls, Thss.
and even Of pretty silka' -,
What, did you use to do 2"
happy as itis possible that those q spy chill;
horses and wagons ?, The woods, the town near
IL did not mean that. Imsant what work
oh. " were all divided into groups. you
sro"p Ss lie 'e group ,Rss
made bag. for the mill and so or. was going
to shIoi during scvera q the year. and then
waiting 20 on sSe ses. n The aians S.
,nYo.r peculiar dresses s. were Of no especial
a. @ II VII ' fyen1
one to adopt them. vet all did wear them. and
Or 70 Dss WIZ s o ss'nd ne
mer used to cut down their dresses like
ass: 81 sssDt "a
The pacs n The s WSo dd
mt %ns ssaps 81 a sni
wefs sidis1sd And made r:fs
ns ssis phsl .aS T resS.n. eontinu.d.
II never could pretend to coneeiye what the
They could not understand thai. though there
had many S church folks VIII Win sSd ' ".
%srPy had a Thss ,Rs1 &. or
s.a hS s c! Sss:s , sh S hsy
Such women AZ you we're would have taken
70 the ne. nsw dress reform movement would
more sensible dress would b adopted
There was . feeling against stopping Tho
trouscr. at tho knees. but that would have been
f e: s.s ns s' ss &c
quans say women wear suspect w9 would
have discarded a. many a. possible had We
At the time Of which this lady speaks and
even up to the breaking out Of the civil war
this city and seen on broadway. They wore
hideous., Artemus Ward correctly echoed the
Imagined himself sp.ekina to a reformer in
thes,. words 10 enc OF bis newepaper articles:
Yon wimin folks. take orr them scandsr-
lous Rownds and trowels and dress respectful.
Ike other women" The wimin was wu.s than
trow.is. short Rounds, straw hats. with green
FibhtnS and all carried bloc cotton umhrel;
never been at the PhAanx and seen the young
girls abont whom and to whom George Arnold
whose present looks attest tbeIr former
beauty. JULIAN RALPH.