The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-08


family as the eccursed combination of
wires and strings known as crinoline.
Senator Boord should be given q monu-
ment by the grateful men of Indiana
whose morals he was trying to save and
whose peace of mind he was undertaking
to conserve. A man who 10 so lost to de-
cency that he will move the reference OF
such a MEASURE 10 the committee on
swamp lands deserves to be surrounded by
crinoine, have his steps dogged by crino-
line, and be beset with crino inc for he
next year. II would be a terrible punish
ment, but it would be q warning. 1t
would serve to show that the time for the
second declaration OF independence had
arrived and that the rights OF al must be
maintained Then. too, the injustice OF
the motion is increased by the tact that
the young senator is soon to become
benedict. 1t is stated upon good
authority that his action was
caused by partial appreciation OF the
horrors which he must speedily endure.
He is said to have introduced his measure
in the interests of pure and unadulterated
philanthropy. a realizing sense of the
awful responsibilities OF legislatures in this
matter having overtaken him. But it was
to no purpose. The com mittee on swamp
lands swallowed it no and il will be
swamped In the accumulation of business
under the charge of the gentlemen who
so ably administer the trying duties of
their position.
The ghosts are already abroad. The
grinning skeletons are dangling their hor-
rible shapes in the dry goods stores. They
greet the traveller at every turn. They
hold out their skinny shapes and seek to
grasp him in their embrace. They seem
TO say, oh, you can be as indifferent as
you choose, but the time will come when
| will have it out on you. The time will
come when you and / will meet and | will
be on top. Then will you cali upon all
the powers of the internal combination to
assist you. but am safe Nothing can
get away with me. | am the people"
If ever there was a time when the ne
cessity for the vote OF women was sppar-
ent il is now. With a liberal sprinkling of
women IN our legislatures the swamp land
committees wouldn't get such measures as
MIR. Boord's They would be referred to
the committee on crino inc. where they
properly belong, and If the committee
didn't get tangled up in the stuff the bills
would be unanimously recon ended for
passage. But it isn't vet. The women OF
this country have not vet demanded the
ballot. But We suspect that after a year
or two OF the ru g of crlnOliue the men
will be giving them anything il they will
only rise and crush this monster. The
men can never do il. They don't know
how to manage the thing. They have
never vet been able to conquer the COM
bination. The only able man of this
country, Jefferson Davis. who ever tackled
IL met with ignominious failure. The
malls representative OF creation is not equal
40 thu He auhYfnIf
can Go nothing else.
The great progenitor of our race, Mr.
Adam. escaped the terrors of the reign of
crlno inc II is stated upon good author
ity that Mrs. Adam was a very sensible
person ana early abandoned the wearing
of the hen coop as detrimental to the
morals of Mr.. Adam. History saws that
she deter mined to set a good example TO
the fol oGers in her line and il is upon
record that she was very much opposed
to the cria0lirs, as she understood il. Let
everv man stNnd uncovered, as Adam did,
In her presence. Let her memory be kept
green. Oh. that such q woman, such q
character of honorable determination
could have lived until nowl Then some
thing could have been accomplished and
the threatened reign OF crinoline been
frowned down by population educated
in the knowledge OF the fathers and moth
ers to abstain from all appearance of evil
Hail to DIR. Mary Walker.
The only hope for the present genera
ton is from the action OF DR.. Mary Walk
or. She has said firmly but determinedlv
that she will not wear crinOline. She has
said that she could not don such attire
under the present conditions. For. said
she, what a sorry figure | should cut
wearing crinoline with my regular attire.
II would be like donning the prison bars
of tho convict" That is encouraging
The only thing TODD now will be to get all
other women to adopt DR.. Mary's style OF
attire. That being i'm posi- ole the probe IN
is too great. No suggestion can be offered.
Mrs. Lease was true to her sex. She was
making a tight Tor the Kansas senetorship,
but hearing that crinoline was about TO be
introduced she knew that it would be i'm
possible Tor her to sit IN the senate. and so
she gave up tine fight. The change was
too much. a great reform has been lost
TO the world, and great mud has be n
frightened into obscurity by the mere con-
coming conditions.
1t is not krown what influence crinoline
had in the recent revolution in the Ha-
cause the natives have adopted the dress
of the Americans. The wearing OF crinO-
line would have been awkward eth the
simple attire they wore when they form
erly dined on travellers. But If the adop-
ton of crinoline is the reason why the
senate will not ratify the treaty OF annex
alton, then more power to the senate s
elbow. The burial of crinoline ought to
! be made a condition OF annexation. Give
u man chance somewhere, and the rule
of Claus Spreckles is preferable to the ter
rors OF q crowded street car lined with
crinoline.
And now will woman rise and thrust
this grim monster from her? Will she say
/ in the power OF her might Get thee
/ gone, thou grinning shspsp Certainly
| not. She sees it in the windows. She
Teads in her fashion magazine what a ter
ror il is. She receives its in yitRtion from
! mum berless corners and situations The
/ spirit is IN the air. 1t cannot be resisted.
| The crinollne will be dOnned. The street
cars will become a tangle Of wires and
/ tapes. The electric current Will be short
circuited and skirted, and the men
will 20 down town on foot, Ii
can't be resisted. The attraction to
] just try il little bit can't be overcome.
1t is coming: it ais here, indeed, and the
only ones TO benefit by it are the dry
goods merchants vino sell the cloth for
! the skirts TO cover the skeletOns. But