Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-12-12
HE NEW WOMAN.
was the Human Body Created 70 shsw
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suddenly alight upon cur earth would
conclude that the object Of creating the
human body. especially woman's body,
was that it might show on clothes. I
overheard two girls talking lately con-
corning bicycle riding. One Of them had
taken her first lesson. What you going
to wear?' asked the other. 'Oh, got
my bicycle suit first thing as soon as !
made up my mind to learn TO ride.
It's And then followed descrip-
tion Of skirts and waists and hats and
belts and bicycle shoes and cuffs and
gloves so elaborate that an experienced
wheelman would question the sanity OF
young woman who proposed to carry
all that drygoods about her on bicycle.
A fashion article noticed the other
day gives a most astounding conglomer-
alton Of stuff for the really swell wheel
woman's garb. Her jacket and her
blouse were to be a bewildering array
OF lace and silk and wool and velvet and
embroidery that would look overloaded
anywhere. even upon milliner's dunn
my Her hat must be of light straw
"ornamented with loops of ribbon and
closely fitting flowers The skirt, what
ever the material. must always be lined
with flannel " The knickerbockers must
be of the same material as the skirt. and
oh, ye powersl-" lined with wash
leather. y Underneath .he compilation
Of lace and silk and embroidery and vel
vet which form the jacket and the shirt
waist the fashionably attired wheel
woman was to put 'elong sleevod. high
neoked. thin jersey and slip bodice
over the wooden corset Think of the
young woman going cut for 80 mile
spin with, above her ordinary under
clothing, woolen corset, a jersey,
slip bodice, a shirt waist and jacket,
with knickerbockers lined with wash
leather, her already heavy skirt lined
with flannel and straw hat tell you
there are occasions when even women
give me that tired feeling On the whole,
it is not strange that men sometimes
consider women too idiotic to vote in
diligently. The original and only true
object of dress was as covering for the
body. The only healthful and suitable
clothing is that which impedes the nc
ton of the body as little as possible
This can be made thoroughly tasteful
and artistic too. Instead of piling clothes
upon our bodies as our great-grand.
mothers piled bed coverings upon their
families when they slept we should wear
just as little as is necessary for comfort
Let us not clog the millions of pores Of
our skin with dust and lint from textile
fabrics any more than is necessary. The
lighter the clothing, SO that it is COM
Portable, the healthier and handsomer
the human body will be-
Miss Edith A. Reiffert, pluoky and
persevering girl who has made her own
way in the world altogether as we'll az
helping others, has just been admitted
to the bar to swell tho list of women
lawyers in New York city.
Apropos of these political times, do
you know the difference between plu-
rality and majority?
/ The German university of Bonn, on
the Rhine, is now open to women in all
it's departments One by one the stiffest
of the old strongholds falls.
Grace Barton Allen, daughter of that
sweet and gifted poet, Elizabeth Akers
Allen, is proving that she, too, has gen
ius. She not only writes strong and
dainty verse, but she is an admirable
painter in water colors and is making
! her art successful commercially. One of
her most beautiful recent pictures is a
"Study In Pansies, published as sup
plement to an art periodical. The young
lady has caught the very expression Of
these picturesque and splendid blossoms.
/ A Tammany man and Democrat the
other day advanced one of the very best
arguments for woman suffrage / ever
heard 1t was that the greater the mum
Der of voters the harder il would he to
! buy them ali up. Therefore he favored
women voting.
Remember when you use those nice
smoothing irons that come in a box,
with one wooden handle TO fit into them
and take out and put in as fast as one
gets cold and you need a hot one, that
/ this convenient arrangement is the in
vention of woman. Mrs. Potts. Bless
| ings ON Mrs. Potts
The new American university at
Washington. which promises to be the
most complete in the country when it is
finished, has three women on its board
of trustees. They are Mrs John A. Lo-
gan, Mrs. Matthew Simpson and Mrs.
Elizabeth Somers
Miss Rebecca S. Rice, principal of the
Girls Collegiate school, Chicago, is a
trustee of Antioch college. at Yellow
Springs, o.
One of the ablest text and reference
books published recently is 1.-THE Speak
er of the House of Representatives, by
Miss Nj. p. Follett.
Over and again, with George Sand,
say II crave not jewels and dresses or
society What / long for is liberty. -