The Washington times., 1895-03-24

who steadies herself well on her saddle
has as good chance as any one to keep it,
Mrs Olney, wife of the Attorney General,
said that she had not taken any interest
in the subject, and as she cared nothing
about il one way or the other, she had no
opinion TO express
Mrs. Fuller, wife of the Chief Justice,
spoke quite freely and said that she did not
approve of the movement
Il do not think it is good for the simple
reason that there is no necessity for such
n thing. A corset, if not worn too tight,
is not injurious, for / am very strong and
have worn one all my life. And there is no
question but that it helps to preserve the
graceful outlines OF figure. Heavy
skirts are an abomiDation, and / never wear
them, an dhave no patience with any woman
who weights herself fdownuselessly
ANY exaggeratiop in fashion that renders
one uncomfortable should be avoided, and
il any woman Will exercise her judgment
in the matter OF dress, she can so modify
the present style as to be as comfortable
in the Partisan styles as she would be in the
gowns of the old Greeks. / never have a
heavy skirt and no woman should burden
herself with one, yet you will find that they
all will do 1t, simply because fashion 80
DEGREES
"Idonot think ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
sleeves are pretty, and while mine are full,
there is nothing OF the balloon about them.
Let women so use the dress of today as will
accord with the dictates of common sense
and comfort, and all this talk of reform
will die out. l am very conservative in all
things, and think it is only by conservative
ism that the best things are preserved"
Mrs. Gresham wife of the Secretary of
State, was very busy when she was ques-
toned, but Immediately replied that she
had never given this topic thought. and of
course, could not venture any kind OF an
opinion on something OF which she was
entirely ignorant and felt no interest in
discussing. She has never cared anything
about any reform in dress, in fact, the sub
jcct had not entered Ter head at ALL
Marion Harand, the famous authoress,
was found on a visit to the home OF Mrs
Waite, widow of the late Justice Waite
Mrs. Terhune, as her r!ghtful name is, is
woman of fine appearance. and one would
never think her to have passed the meridian
of life
while I do not think that tight cloth
ing IS right or healthy" she remarked, in
answer To the query, II do rot believe that
women, as long as they are women, Will
ever discard the correct. IL worn to conform
easily 10 the figure, there is nothing hurt
fui about ii, and II is not the use. but the
abuse. that is TO be avoided
VI pump pttp+c tufS are al absolute
necessity. and the time will never come when
they VIII be done away with As for the
wearing of what reformeTs call the Syrian
costume, ] can ray that l have just re-
turned from a long tour of that country
and found nothing picturesque in the way
the women there dress. Some OF them
wear short skirt and u loose blouse that
gives them q decidedly untidy appearance
and many OF them are robed in dresses such
as we have and over them are thrown
long cloth shawls that completely cover
the gown OF the wearer.
Long skirts to draggie in the rain are
the bane OF a wnman's existence and to
be freed from this enCumbrance they should
adopt skirt that combines grace ana
comfort"
Dress reform, while it may he progress
ing amongst the people at large. is not
making many strides amongst the fashion
able people at the Capital.