The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-08
womAN's WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Concerning Probable Fake From IL Paso,
Tex.

III = my impression tlat one 81 those
discraccful fakirs who blot the clean
face Of journalism is abroad again and
has reported that the city council Of Il
Paso, Tex, has passed an ordinance for
bidding women 10 appear on the streets
Of that city wearing divided skirts.
don't believe it. Texas Is a gallant
state, and a Texan would not be guilty
Of meddling with a woman's right to
wear safe and comfortable costume
for outdoor exercise. Again, Texans
are intelligent as well as brave and
must know that city councils have no
right TO arrest n woman for wearing
on the streets any costume she pleases,
20 long as she is decently covered. Mrs.
TOmri Jon, who used to wear a mans
dress and with her husband sell various
articles on the streets Of Chicago, tested
the matter in court after Chicago's police
had tried TO arrest her over and again
for wearing trousers. She came of tri-
umphant; vindicated a wOman's right
70 wear the so called mans dress If she
chose. DIR. Mary Walker has proved the
same right If, therefore, the falir's
absurd story had been true, a woman
whom the city council Of Ell Paso had
tried 70 arrest for wearing divided skirts
could have sued the town for damages
and collected them. If any town au-
thorities ever do try to prevent a wom-
an from wearing a gymnasium suit or
dress Of that kind for bicycling, walk
ing or other outdoor exercise, she should
AT once appear in the costume and test
the matter III court Meantime, apropos
Of wearing long skirt for bicycle rid
ing, here Is n story. ! commend 1t 10
everybody: y little while ago a lady,
an expert wheelwOman, was whirling
along Il New York street at high speed.
She wore the stereOtyped long dress.
Suddenly the skirt caught in the wheel
and threw her with terrible force TO the
ground The wheel chewed up her gar
ment till she was almost stripped of her
outer clothing. Her wheel was broken,
and she herself was injured and knocked
senselcss- Some young men, strangers,
who had been riding near, picked her
up, cared for till she recovered con-
seriousness and then accompanied her
home. The first thing she said when she
came 10 herself was, Il shall never
mount a wheel again with a long skirt
on so long as L live"
Mrs. Ellen Henrotin of Chicago, the
new president Of the Federation of WOm-
ems Clubs, says the federation Will con-
slider the question Of public education
and municipal government. There are
no questions in which wives and moth
ers are more vitality interested.
\ young man of the name of Box,
who edits Il medieval publication al
legged to be in the interest of women,
Ci,p 10, 70
the work of men TO men. Is the young
man of the name of Box perhaps the
Judge of what is work for men and what
for women?
In brief, who is to be the Judge of
what is mans or woman's work? When
1t comes to that, who has the right to
say what is mans dress and what is
woman's? The old oriental men wore
long skirts and long boards at the same
time. Dress for men and women was
nearly the same. At length came the
necessity for men to hustle little more
lively for their living. They discarded
the long petticOats rs being in their
way for work. Now women propose to
do the same thing, the necessity being
upon them for active work. Who shall
say them nay? 1t is merely a matter of
evolution Dress is not a matter of sex.
It is matter of individual comfort and
convenience.
Chicago working women are engaged
in 474 different occupations.
First learn thoroughly an occupation
by which you can earn your living.
Then you have the whiphand of fate and |
can do as you like.
A neat little paper called The New |
Order comes TO me. 1t Is devoted TO fur |
thering the interests of cooperation and |
other beneficent movements. 1t is issued |
by The New Order Publishing company, |
Chicago Its editor is B. L. Gorton, and |
the publishing house of Searle &c GOrton |
prints it. \ peep behind the scenes re- |
yeals the fact that Searle & Gorton are
two enterprising young women who !
have gone into the publishing business !
for themselves. B. l. GortOn Is Miss |
Belle l.. GOrton, who edits this excel |
lent little paper. She is a shrewd, capa-
bic girl, and as earnest and conscientious
as she IS capable, which Is the best part
Of it. Success in rich measure TO Searle !
& Gorton and The New Order.
If 81. Paul We're alive today, his
name would head the first woman's
rights petition offered 10 him for sigma
ture. More than that, he would be On
the platform speaking up for us-brave,
burning, shining words III the cause of
liberty and justice for both halves of the
human race. Paul was the great come
outer and crank Of his day. He was in
the forefront of radical liberalism, just
as he would be today if he We're alive
III our age, for Paul was both intellec-
tual and progressive, which is more
than can be said of any mummified old
fOgy who tries to block the emancipa-
ton of woman today
Get out into the sun and air all you