Telegram-herald., 1891-11-08
4 WONIN'S FREEDOM
The Cry for Drsss Reform Grows
In Strength and Volume.
FEMININE WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS
hsw 70 the B~ss Dss pmeas sf Wsnss
- be oroashE Aosst-rhs fsFiis
OF Cors<fs aud sadly 1istsa
Uaos Gear.

business and professional women are
gradually making as tsAr ninis THAI
We mnss have dress reform IL the move
nent for tho ema2pipAsiSn Of women u
20 60 On Hsw IL IL 70 come about no.
body just knows. but come it must.
Women VINO are Obliged to 50 10 Once
cannot con asne 70 wsds through mud
and slush md ruin their clothing BY be-
dragging is through NTH and miro.
Thsy cannot uss thsir brains all day,
think thstr beat thoughts aud kesp thsir
hsalth if they az bolt upright all day In
cAsed in still corsets. This much u
PLAINTIFF blood cannot thus circulate
properly through thsir srAina 1t 10
melancholy 70 zee women try 10 walk
wearing the present fashion Of gown
There u hong swaddlins OF garments.
like tho wrappirgs Of . mummy. with
just feeble wrizzle at the top and bot
ten II ths thing. There is no NOR
''give" or willowy. gliding movement to
ths waist Of the ordinary corssted girl
than there Is 10 tbs body Of . wooden
tobacco sign. The moment girls and
women are educst ted TO 500 that this
woodsny. crippled body 10 not beautiful
or artistic, then and rot till then
viii thsy let fheir bodies have nat
urA play. Most women win tell You
they neoi oorsets 70 hold them up. Ma
turs furnished them with n very strong
set sf muscles around the front Of the
waist and stomach for them 10 hold them
selves up with. They have weakened
these splendid muscles by corset wear
Ing. but any woman who has grit enough
can yet overcome this weakness and
learn 10 hoid heucif erect without being
boarded mp. A. 20 the awful, dragging
dress skirts. the suggestion Of Frances
Willard Is good one. that every woman
shall shorten the leayth of her walking
dress 20 tins ankles. She can wear such
. gown without attracting UNPLEASANT
atssnsaoa. particularly II she is neat and
careful about her feet. A foot need not
even be snsll IL |. Is we'll shaped AMI
neatly shod. The women who write
about fashions cannot help much, for
they are expected to write 10 please the
carriage women. The reform must be-
gin with the bravo, strong ladies whose
privilege 1t IL b earn their own living.
and whose lot 1t Is to 60 outdoors in all
weathers.
At Ashland, Pa. Is coal mine with q
woman superintendent, Mrs. Frances
Woodbridge.
Rev. Mr.. lsham. pastor Of Grace
Methodist church In Lincoln, Neb.. says
that the present activity among the
feminine SEX means the removal Of the
grave clothes which have bound woman
hand and foot through the centuries"
The men who do not want women to
work in what they call 'men's occupa-
tionsr ought to take the contract Of sup
porting all tho women without work.
Women would probably submit to it.
Women are the pillars Of the Meth.
odist church. It WAS q woman who
started the movement that founded the
church, yet in the ecumsnical council Of
Nethodists from al over the world. in
which the woman question was dis
cussed. not q woman delegate was pres
ent and not . woman was asked Ia
speak wonder how much longer
women In the churches viii stand this
sort OF thingf
Margaret knight invented the machine
FOR the making OF the paper bags with
REINFORCED bottom, now in such common
use.
New York has two skillful and sue.
cessful girl jewelers.. Emma and Minnie
Sckultse. who work In their fathers e.
tablishmsnt.
ELIZA ARcaARp CONNER.