Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-01

he used to be Governor or wants to be
or something of the kind--I guess the latter
IS right however. Well he happened to
be going for the car also and, as we had to
wait tor it, we fell to talking about Fash
ion. How it came about was this-A lady
passed us with such tremendously big
sleeves, that his honor had to step COM
pletcly off the sidewalk, to give her an I'M
INSTRUCTED passage. l smiled little but
didn't say a word, for 1 thought he looked
little nettled
" Fashion is killing the world, said he,
as he resumed bis former position.
80 Well, said l, it will die of very
simple malady.
g don't agree with you, said he, l
think, when it is carried TO such an ex
cess as to interfere with ones comfort
and safety, 1t is getting quite severe ard
the sooner 1t is checked the better; just
now, you see, l was obliged to step from
the sidewalk into the ditch to avoid being
swept into the-well, l don't know where
by one of these artistic humps, as you
women probably call them.
Well, Fashion rules the world, said
], not knowing exactly what else to say.
and l believe it always will. OF course
it has done a great deal of harm and
women have been the greater sufferers
but that, which might be called super
fiuous fashion ] believe, has reached IFS
crisis Only the most comfortable and
healthful, are now fast becoming the
style and women, most especially, have
come to the 'front.' with a demand SO
urgent, that the world, with all its scowls
and criticisms, has not been able to cry
down the bloomer.
"'And is it possible Mrs Hazard, that
you approve of the boomer said he.
"'Indeed do, said l. 1t is the only
really sensible fashion that women have
ever adopted.
"'Do you mean to say that you think
woman looks sensible dressed so much
like a man that you can't tell them
apart?'
'''woll, think any one, who can't tell
woman from man even if she is in
boomers, needs new pair OF spectaoles,
| said, little sarcastically.
20, of course, that was little eXag
gcrated, said he, but really would you
wear bloomersy
a. Good land sakes alive, non said ],
| not unless l was going to ride a bicycle or
climb o tree
Gle looked as though he thought he
| had better run but just then the car came
along and pu6 a stop to our conversation
| for a while There were not many pas
sengers, 1t being very early in the morn
ing and after while we were left en-
| tirely to ourselves with the exception of a
man at the lower end of the car, who had
his head SO deep in the morning paper,
| that had not seen his face but presumed
| 1t was no one / knew.
| "Mr. Tremblelimb looked at all the
pictures In the car, read all the advertise
ments, took some letters out OF his pocket,
| looked them over, replaced them and then
looking at me said, And so you think
women have been the greater sufferers
from the tyranny of Fashion do YOU In
what way have they suffered: he said
| Now | just said to myself, Here's a
chance for You to speak your mind he S
begun it, now you speak right out and say
| Just what you think, SO l said
| "HWell, have looked at your side OF the
question and at our side of the question
and have given it great deal or Thought
| for a good many years and have come to
| the conclusion that women have had
pretty hard time of it, ever since the days
of Eve. Now see here said |, you men
style us the weaker sex, in what way
are we weaker, Physically and ment-
ally, YOU Will say Well, be 1t 50, all
scientists affirm and unanimously agree,
that the body influences the mind to that
| extent. that If the body is weak the MIND
is weak and vice versa. Well, now L
claim that if you were to give woman
the same physical training In Childhood,
t,,at ,-o,, do n man the result would be