The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-03

that they could not wear all these pretty
things, and l must say that ] think the
stronger and less beautiful sex has more
need of those softening influences than the
women have.
When pantaloons were first invented, the
man was SO afraid that the woman would
in some way get the best of him that he
dotted the elegant folds of his robe and cap
tured the pantaloons, and ever since he has
suffered the consequences. The women
got the flowing robes and the purple and
Ane linen-for you can't make trousers out
of purple and fine linen-and from time to
time, as civilization advanced, the women
made bold by success have calmly but ca
gerly appropriated all the pretty things,
and now all OVER the world the men are
bound slaves to labor to furnish still other
ornaments for eme
Men weave her silks and woods, men
freeze and starve while hunting for her
furs, and others suffer all kinds of hard
ships in the pursuit of birds and other
things to decorate her hats. Men toll by
day and lie awake nights trying to invent
a new or improve upon an old fabric or
pattern, and in short l could fill a book
and then not have finished enumerating
the tolls brought upon mankind through
the fact that they captured and appro-
priated that bifurcated garment.
1t is q question for the political econo-
mists to decide whether humanity IS any
further advanced through the fact above
stated, but I rather think men have reason
to regret their privilege. If they had re
tanned the more yoluminous garments, per-
haps the whole order of things would have
been reversed, and women would have
toiled to keep their husbands up to the
standard in the matter of new gowns and
seasonable hats. AS ONE are not quite
as strong generally as the linen folks"
there would not have been quite so many
new things produced, and certainly women
could never go hunting and murder a whole
lot of mother seals and their poor, sobbing
little babies, even for the sake OF seeing the
fur adorn their husbands.
But I think I had better stop moralizing
before 1 get beyond my depth, if I have
not already, and tell abou the new things
that the dear men have lost through their
undue haste to seize upon the pantaloons.
They have lost the l~oyeliest ribbons that
were ever made. Some of them are of gros-
grain with satin borders more or less wide,
in all solid colors. They cannot wear the
double faced satin ribbon that is so rich
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the money that should go for the butchers
bill on it. And they cannot delight their
hearts in yards and yards of lustrous MORE
alike on both sides and of all the new col
ors. Nor can they have the satisfaction of
putting q tartan plaid ribbon around their
summer hats and making a fan to set on
one side. They cannot buy q gauze bro
cade to wear with an empire gown, and to
them is forbidden the deep glow of salts
faction that comes with a full set of black
velvet ribbons to wear with any gown, to
add richness and contrast. Poor menl /
pity them!
And the time has passed long ago when
they could have soft, full laceties and frills
at the wrists and around their knee
Ibreeches. Now their wives and sisters are
rejoicing in the all silk black bourbon laces,
some of them with an insertion effect, with
which they make those dainty overgowns
which fall with such graceful effect over
the princess beneath. They have no ac-
k~nowledged use for the new white point
de Paris, nor the new all silk black point
applique, nor the high novelty OF black
point guipure lace for capes and dress trim
mings in general. Venetian point in the
new designs and guipure d'Ireland are I'M
known quantities to them unless indeed
they are dealers, but even Sc they could
not wear them.