The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-29
THE NEW WOMAN.
Ways In Which Our Friends the Men Can
Help Women.

In a general way men sympathlZe |
with women and are willing to aid them
as they pass along in any way that
does not come too hard. When they put
to themselves the question whether they
themselves would like the limitations
behind which women remain Gagged,
they one and all declare they would not
put up with it for any amount OF money
Any of them would, If 1T occurred TO
them, speak word i'll behalf OF wider
liberty for women. 1t has been borne Ill
on my mind frequently of late that the
kind of liberty woman needs almost
more than any other just at present Is
liberty of her lower limbs. The old style
of dress of the time when women stald
at home has become a burden no longer
TO be borne when the sex has to hustle
tor living in the business world. III
brief, the time has come when women
need grievously the right and privilege
RI wear short skirts outdoors. Ihey
vould like TO do this. Probably dearer
RI the heart of the active, athletic woman
Than any other is the wish that she
might wear her bicycle suit or gymna'
s,nm dress in the street and to business
everywhere. Such a right would add
,mmeasnrably to her health, comfort
and bappiness. If the world were all
women, they would don the snort skirV
tomorrow for outdoor wear but they
GRO afraid of men and boys. Hoodlums
boot at them, toughs roar brutal, forced
laughter and shout ribald remarks !
* the martvrdom at the hands OF suci
creatures that keeps women from put
ting on the only sensible dress 1or out-
| 6oor wear wish our friends, the men
| with mothers, sisters and wives Wouii
| beln ms II will be easy for them TO put
IN . GOOD word for the shortened sklrV
and woman's right to wear IT, Nn rn..
the boodlums boot, it will be easy iol
them TO suppress opposition by mildly
evtollinr the good points OF the new
stvle and declaring their approval a
GOOD word from a gentleman "'W.9 :
Coos n long way with MOB OF WIN
onvbody else. Our friends the men can
also helm us by preaching on all suitable
oocos;ons n woman's perfect right 10 10
onvthino for living that she can oo'
wbother il is an occupation one Oh nG'
w.. over worked at before or not No
man knows how soon the women Oh LII, nia
own family may be forced 10 ealn 'n ,,o,,
own living. Gentlemen wnereso -, yU
can cav a good word for woman > eil'''
cipation say It.
Miss Lillian Mack of the Newark lN,
~ Advertiser devised four years ago
80 dress for herself, ana she ha'
.,,or, ~ ever since with sense Oh iien,,
ness and Joy that only conll on, the
dress can give. The gown Is slG,a tbe
.a..o Of the skirt just touchiiig .He II.
shostons and it is all in one piece. !. ~, Is
. thoroughly pretty costume l9r ~; ;tt
.u 900 Miss Mack has wrestled WIZ
.So Question of dress for pusin "oS
women till she has well nign conq lens.
- She finds when men oeconao liz u COS
.omed 70 sight of the rationa, SUI; :.
tume that they like it and adi'i'io :"
| Mrs Helen M. Gaillard Oh PIP. Dlo Sav;c,
MIS- ,anted very useful little dew. y
s Gas enabling the numbers OF houses wi; i
he read after night. This Invention III nit;es
no appreciated by all who i've e, ,m Mat,
10 CONSISTS of small frosted glass p Tb'
, ~ tb the house number upon AN ~, b,
WIZ is set into the street door. Co.
plate Is se' .;nv ;ncandescant lamp re.
means Inv two cell battery, the plate Is =
Illuminated. A.,
washington state will vote ,s on No No
Masm,ne ef woman suffrage ne eS,sn MH
qouS Let the women OF tn. TINS n Sp vot
voung state see to it that inc n'
right ,,;.r tvo O
Tn any large city of the , Uh,Ua rs TO
.r ~ o." .S,oeblscking establishments ndded :
snree would thrive if they o GSauS
their Wv business also that .s,O OIL suits.
, urss.;nS and repairing women no :