The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-15
What kind OF nigRers

and ask one another. what kind Of nigRers
are thoser"
Three buxom Tyroienn singers In their ma
tional Swiss dress passed along the Plaisance
| one day. They wore pretty conical felt hats
| bound with narrow ribbons. and they had on
| short dresses without sleeves and reaching
only to the knees, Tho average schoolgirl OF
l3 would have known at once that they were
the women whose figures she had seen in
| every Alpine picture that ever passed under
! her eyes. The crowds looked on as the pic
turesaue figures strobe by. and suddenly one
| o.! these wayback women said aloud:
The sham eless busiest They oughtnt to
| be allowed to dress that way. They wouldn't
dare to show themselves like that II they was
Once before this THE srS has told how one
| OF these women sent her husband to reporter
wSo hnp to BE- the Fine Arts P.lae" 70
galleries and which were the women's p she
hhad got into mshs gallery by misteess and
man. The poor 5rif irehtoneG husband was sI
llsed to take his wife right out OF the building.
as there were other shocking pictures on every
they tell in Chicago of the exhibitor who could
not get a feminine crowd out OF his place is a
chestnut. but it is as likely as not to be true.
up the painted word exit over side ID y" door .
the exit" They tell OF another woman who
saw the stock yards exhibit with her husband.
know there was any more Of the Fair to see.
Who're these queer creatures all come from.
.n ey a get ssD
wise and ignorant alike will bear testimony
seeing crowds sV and %" Of t men Of Chicago.
Among the multitudes Of women at the Fair
sronnds and batk to their hotels without ss,
cort. In no case that has heen reported have
any such women been molested or insuted
H%en tba run ths tbsps and the
ring note is struck NY tho soiitary fakir
SsS is o. o1 n0T ss r. ssS in TRACKS, 'nE
sropnls tie hesps hand organ and a col
atci skirts and very large. .wel-iiei stock
uver the door IS tie Sign Tk SH SHOW isr men
only" Feminine curiosity is naturally NO OK;
the pretty mulatto girl that they gather in
crowds before tho ,show-absolutely the only
to the dominant gentle half OF creation. ' Ns
the crowds OF retticoatcd onIookers rather |
hs at ana
ladies; don't block up the Sidewalk. Can't you
an excelent retort: Yes" said she. "and |
you're you're pig goose to have it So. The women
The numerous Oriental dancing girls are al !
together too much for most women's curiosity. |
These ddnSe du rentrs shows are strung all |
along the Plaisance. The women who hare |
no male escorts gather in front OF each show |
afraid to venture in when they see only mon |
pouring In tho doorways, but the moment they |
observe that which thew are hoping to sea- !
man and woman going in-they never stop to
Judge what sort OF woman tho fair one may |
he They clutch one anothors arms and ono |
hears whisper run nmonl them all: It's all |
right. There goes n women in. Lots hurry |
up or We wont get II seat" hat they think
OF the queer dances would require n chapter, /
SO varied and original are thei comments.
. 1t ia the male sex. and not the women. that
has made the dunSP dH rri,trP such n sensation.
Men look at the dance in one OF two ways
either as n grossly indecent form OF panto-
mime or as a rep.llant. abn formal form Of spec.
tac!e like the exhibition Of a four-headed calf
or double bodied bary. Few women sec the
dance in either light: tho fewest Of all see
anything immoral in II. Thousands TAKE the
memory Of it to their homes and initiate It, to
show stay.at home mothers. cousins. and
aunts what it Is and how it is done. One of
the most novel comments was by u wise wo-
man who thinks for herself:
u Did you notice what healthy. well-formed
women those hip dancers are" the asked
"Wel. it is that dance that makes them SUCH
1t is a form OF athletics. and good form--one
TINT every woman can practise with advan-
tage. 1t would DO grand thing II u modit-
cation Of the dIIiSr .hi ," could re taught in
every seminary and girls college in tho land
No woman could do 1t in corsets. and it would
soon demo'ish nil liking for the maiformation
OF tho sex by tight lacing."