Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-11
REIGN OF The TUCK
FRHoliIIss OF the DAY
Ths ~EseriA<tisx wosssalise.-~ N
Dress Par al shs Cniser>ai
Fiau-- 1adern Nos<zaaL

:
Ia il possibi<.- said . sweet yoznx
sirl al. snsilss add earves aud dim
pies. snd amhsr Ioelxs Ia ehronie re-
bsliion. and Devoted samirsrs IN de-
spsiring sabjugasioa equally chronir.
that grave profsssor thinks 90 Al
% sneh frfsoIous subiect - womsnps
MY dear yoong lady said ths
professor with ulii8 sffuSk0n. ~the
stady q Psychology, which includes
ali stories and al phases Of human IN
ter~@t. nast. when parsaed By men.
eonesrn itseif chiefly with women. OF
men se are compelled % know somsr
thing, principally because we arr men.
partly because Ne daily associate with
men aud share their eonEdence& Bat
the great, mysterious. unkno~zbie
ssx, aaif the human race In aunesr
aad Infinitely more than half in im-
Portance. because the training of
yoath i IN fcminlns hands ~ largely
that IL Is which the philosopher must
study ali bis days. Jet never with any
hope OF learning bis lsssoa II IL 80
vasf
Then. perhaps. II you have made
study - women you can tell ~ about
tbe fashions aid the young, mink.
THAT Interests u.s."
And very properly said the pro-
fsssor.
"OA. what an unusual sense In
mrrs man Tell rs. professor. are
rufiies really going % LAST You know
what I mean. The thingumbobs that
40 AL round the skirts and Zap 80
-Yoa misnnderstand me-" said the
professor. bl1shing little. FASHIONS
In detail | do not snow At all; but
what may be by ruiiies symboIlzed. the
frou-frou. the daintiness. the poetry.
the frivolity. II you like. OF
feminine costume viii last be-
cause il = founded on the inherent
womaniy quality in mind. used 20
think there was no sex in thought
was set right. OF set on the right
track. by scholar whose years aud
wisdom commanded respect. There
wa, be told me-and l have since
found this 20 be truo-an essentially
feminine quality u mind that inheres
throuxh all time. that always will en-
dure. though subject 10 great nodifica-
tion."
~But the advanced woman Does
she. and will she. wear ruffiesg"
RULES or their equivalent The
emancipated woman. delighted In tho
new freedom which The .woman's
century gives her. at first effervesees
into eeeertrisities and bubbles into
conventionalities like wine newly
poured But this ebullient state
doesn't last She settles down into
the same kind Of woman at heart that
her nniearned sister i. wornanly
woman. She insists on the rights and
privileges Of hsr womanhcod. Present
company j. always excepted The
rsost Intellectual women have known
have been the most feminine: most
fond % ruffics. II you insist on particu-
lara They are not reaetionaries.
They believe In voting when they get
the chance. and Ell that But they
yearn Cor the dominant. masfcrful
quality In man aud for the gentler
qualities in women And they like
dresses. and II dress reform ever pre-
walls upon the feminine conscience
a.. Of course. il Ought must first
conform 20 the feminine instinct for
dainfiness. pret;ine-s- The advanced
woman Is In instinct more conservative
than IN theory. Her instinct Il wiser
than her theory. She dislikes 10 De
conspicuous 20 she submits Co the
grse, lcveiing democracy of dress
-On professor. that's a bad break"
said the impairment creature. 'The
democracy ~ dress. indeed"
certainly The democracy OF con-
eeaiment There has been democracy
IN meas tress since the French rsvo-
iutsOn. broadly speaking. all men are
dressed alike. TIE Skin. the rufie.
the fan. she feather. arr the greatest
Jewelers. rat oblitsrafe class distinc-
lions and cica~e the social strata asun-
der - show that Flora NcFiimsev il.
after aih more like her Waterman
than shs = ike the gallant who brings
her ro-cs. infinitely more like IS
Then ruhies are sort 81 high and
hciY duty said the hostess. mindful
'hsf her tets-steses should not last TOO
long
They src more and better than
duty. dear rssdan said shs professor.
~iping bis eve ziassss. they ara mani
e., destiny and the fuIaflment Of
natarv'S lasg
"a ,hiak I'll tell Mlle CeIe<,sne 20
put on one or tvo mors, marmured
the mink
Vas me profr-s.sr right7
IL would seem 80 from he most
snrsory glance. wouidht 80 These
A. he iest DAYS ~ 'bs ,veman's Geo
tnry.e Look - The shops. The streets.
tha boudoirs. the baliraoms The
s,lf4e ard shat IL stand. fsr-the
t,ea a femlnsuisF and enfA~r and oil
80 aear thinTs that begin ~itA r.
j. saprssna~ over wcfsanhcosl "a its
lNssss sod h-st estate Never bsfoFs
h.I as~hl.,n--enother "f'>-sseh sf0-
p-r.o.- snl universal s~sY
Sc hauf.~ned that toas he pro-
f-s..ss-a. ~orsis ~ith ne upcn th~ stree,
ufxt aaT he br~es- ~ss crisp Bat
ssntiv rh~ v-etti~st dsfsodsr frum
81 ~ ipaperioss woeine that ! ss~
49, = n~-t isctet shsn ~hieh s"shing
esoid better dias~sts th@ sv~risss-
tng werls aliases a. Sc~th~ Put a.
ccns'8-r y yoa piease. the aa1
81 fex "a ~ ~-iet he sxaegefafsd
ieres - fhe apr~s sleeve, enc
beauttfai sc~ing essiin~ = he
t,Si.'e- eat - ssrrest th~ ernrs.
ma rs~~si III rhrrs - whfs ao~-
- 81 a. q - sasn- faF that ~fred
a. wat AL hsn~sfh KAT q aaerr