The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-28

no corsets. dressed or uniressed no
linen cellar, starched or plain. and no
heels are the fundamental ideas
Mrs Ecob has for her well-dressed
woman.
At the Worlds Congress Mrs Ecob
delivered her lecture from a table,
where she was requested to stand SO
that every one in the audience might
see her gown The gown which Gre
with q blue plush front A twist OF
gray goods. loosely placed arolnd.
took the place of belt and the skirt
was divided. Il came just to the
calves OF Mrs Ecobs legs where it
was me. By blue plush legsins
1t is sin, Mrs. Ecob says, to ignore
legs. or to be ashamed OF them God
made legs and feet" says Mrs Ecob
and to ignore them or to try to hide,
or oostracs them by long skirts is I'M
kealehfuL''
August, according to the same speakcr,
consists of tan shoes without heels
blue leggins divided grey blue gown
with front of lace and plush and
green hat with white flowers upon it
On rainy days it can be changed fer
navy blue serge, while travelling it
can be shortened little.
AL the dress reformers agree that
the short dress is only pretty fer the
street, or for rainy day wear Even
ing gowns must be long and flowing
prejudice is SO much in favor of trains
for evening and dinner wear.
There is a great deal that is funny
about improved dress to us whose ideas
are not properly attuned to its new
chords. But even those VINO cling to
the old, with the tenacity Of an oyster
to it's mooring place, must admit that
some of the new ideas are very dainty
and very pretty.
A DRESS FOR A JAPANESE CHAIR
For example, Mrs Ecob has designed
Q dress which is to be worn when one
is going to sit upon a chair which has
no back. japanese settles, tete-a-tete
chairs, square couches and the like,
and pile of upholstered cushions are
To OS CiiOSSA, "uCA SGCA SOV0 IL
worn.
The back Of the dress is very full
and richly trimmed and hung with
jewels. The drapery falls from the
nape of the neck and is stiFened with
ornaments OF different kinds
To sit in an ordinary rocking chair
and lean back upon the dress would be
as disastrous in its effect as though a
woman were to lie on her stomach and
wallow, when dressed for ball.
Lucy Stone. vino is dress reformer
as well as woman suffragist has
fashioned a cap or head-dress to take
the place Of the bonnet. For cid erly
ladies this is triangle of white lace
pinned to the top of the head. Little
Ia lbs of white lace ere brought down
from the triangle and fastened with
ieweled pins at the waist
Henrietta Russell wears hat like
this only it is Of straw. The straw is
twirled into little whirl-i-gigs and
caught together with horsehair. Look
ing at Mrs. Russell as she comes tow
ara you, you would ta.nk she had for
gotten her hat because her siGe-c urls
hide all the front view 81 hes. cilapeau
She lectured at the Woman's Congress
in such Il hat.
Mrs Russell says that the distressing
feature OF her three NOR tbs exile in
Sioux Falls, while waiting for her di-
vorce, was the fact that to preserve her
incognita, she had to wear d dowdv
Jockey and fall into the ranks of
along with the rank
and file of women made commonplace
by their gowns.
Mary Wright Sewell. the president
OF the National Council of Women, was
fiattered by the enormous
audiences which filed the halls to hear
the women whom she had selected to
speak upon dress. But said she,
Il cannot help hoping that the Worlds !
Fair in 1900 will see the question of !
dress settled, SO that our sex |!
will have time to consider other and |
more important things"
AUGUSTA PRESCOTT.