The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15

At Last Comes n Note OF Protest
against n Glass of Advertising.

At Last Comes n Note OF Protest
Against a Class of Advertising.
The Philistine.
Art and underwear are assuming strange
proportions In these costermonger times.
John Wana maker says that If he we're now
Postmaster-general he would lay the whole
business by the heels, and suddenly. And
| am not sure but that a reformer shall
far and no fartheri" or course, we are a
patriotic people. Like the seraphim and
cherunim, we continually cry. Union for
undergarments and all that in them is, is
very pleasing. In fact, the pictures are SO
very interesting. to the farm hands that 1
am told the sudden increase OF a hundred
thousand subscribers TO the Weekly Methody
Geezer Is attributed to this alone. A good
old lady tells me that she suppressed the
hands of her bald and toothless mate. who.
IL seems, has yet in his veins some OF the
sadness of time. But what was her dismay
had subscribed on his own account and
was having the paper come In care of a
private lock box! The old man is making
a haymow collection or hose supporters. UNI
dergarments, c%orsets, waists and stockings,
which Is quite the rage now that the articles
named are shown adorEing the classic forms
of petite soubrettes-willowy blondes and
dashing brunettes. Black corsets on con-
solable widows are ever charming.
And every issue brings out something new,
so We are all In a fever OF expectancy and
are craning our necks to see what next.
Villainous undershirts that crawl up under
the arms are portrayed this month on
cherubs, and now that the has
been given out hat the trio of muscular
Standard girls have offered to pose for the
tribe of Jaeger, the farmers are quite on
the qui vive. And this item about the
Standard girls has an added Importance just
at present, for L hear that Ruth Ashmore
in one week received letters from Old Sub
scriber. Young Housekeeper, Bride-of-a-
Year. Rosebud, Mother of Nine, Pastors
Widow, Shut-In and Fiancee, all asking
whether union forever -undergarments were
put on over the head like a petticoat, and II
so, did they choke? In order TO stop this
food of inquiry and make all plain. the Tin
God (who knows everything drew a picture
of the southern half of a Standard girl put
ting on her "~Jaegers," but the sketch, like
Carpenters Wife, Janitor's Daughter,
Trousseau, Twenty-in-June and Widow-of-
a-Year are writing to Ruth, protesting
against the deep damnation of their taking
off. The tenor (as well as the bass and
soprano) of all these letters to Ruth seems
hook the ends of the things to the faucet
and crawl out. So more Illustrations are
promised in the January cumberland mean
while the subscriptions flow in and no one
can tell what a day may bring FORTH
Apropos of art in underwear, a friend in
day advertisement offering union under
garments for SO cents, he purchased seven
~pair-that Is TO say, quartets. On DOMINIC
one quarrel he sallieu forth, but Fate was
unkind and the rains descended and beat
upon the man, and the Jaegers thereupon,
fore he reached his store he had to hang
on to the ratings and convenient door
knobs in order to keep his feet on the
ground.