The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-04

with the women CT the neighborhood
and tried TO nave them wear their clothes
suspended from the shoulders. show
ed them how II would remove the me-
chanical pressure from their bodies ana
improve their forms. But they all said:
No. you can't get US TO wear suspenders,
even II they are made Of CLOTH
PELTED WITH EGGS.
II had all sorts OF obstacles to over
come. one afternoon 1 was walking along
a country road when a farmer started
mob OF small boys after me. They
threw stones and foul eggs and anything
they could lay their hands on. But 1
finally escaped from them without being
seriously hurt. A funny thing about that
happening Is. that to-day that man Is
one Of my best friends. He was taken
very sick number OF years afterwards.
and was given up by all the physicians
in the county. l was sent for and sue
cCeded IN bringing him about all rig7rc.
A short time ago l met him and his
wife at the close OF one Of my lectures
out West and they invited me 10 their
home.
81 have endured any amount OF OBJ
louuy as q matter of priclple. Eliza
beth Cady Stanton came TO me in the
midst of a trying time and said: 'Dr.
Walker. you can't carry this out; we
have tried IL and have failed; there
certainly is no use in your attempting
it, Nevertheless l did succeed. l car
ried out and sustained principle which
they could not. And do you know, they
have been mad at me ever since.
IL had ten or twelve different suits
with the skirts of different lengths and
the trousers reaching TO my shoes. NO
matter what length skirt l wore some
body considered IL his or her Christian
duty TO tell me that l ought TO wear some
other length. After a while | wore
marine skirt, made OF a sort Of transpar-
ent fabric; then / got up courage to
take my petticoats off altogether. ! wore
the loose sack for some time after this,
but finally exchanged il for the Prince
Albert coat While / was in Washington
some women asked me: Doctor, why
don't you wear q fancy dress? To please
them I had white suit made. embroid-
cred with white carleton. The picture
shows Just how I looked in tho fancy
costume.
zone picture you will see shows me
In NV army uniform. 1 served as act
ing assistant surgeon in the army, you
know. I had the rank of first lieutenant
and was dressed just like any other
officer The uniform was dark blue ana
the trousers had a strip of gold lace down
the side. ! let my curls grow while was
in the army so that everybody woulu
know that i was a woman. Shortly after
the war closed. I was in New York city
and while there I became acquainted WI,
a very fine woman who was In financial
straits ! was strapped myself, so |
sold my curls and gave her the money.
I have let them grow on and on since
then.
HER COURT DRESS.
"Wben [ appeared before the Court OF
ST. James in London in 1856 I wore
black silk suit The pants wero trimmed
with velvet and the pockets Of the coat
had a small velvet border.
"NIy next picture was taken while
was in Sydeaham. a small suburb OF
London. My suit was made OF green
silk. with lace down the pants, and lace
borders around the pockets.
when I lectured in San Francisco IN
1875 had a picture taken. The suit was
made of embroidered black broadcloth
The next picture. taken In 1871. was done
by a colored photographer In Washing
ton. The other picture was taken within
the last fifteen years"
Have you ever had any converts,
doctor?"
ooh yes. remember very well n con-
vert that I had in Chicago She was
clerk I'm a big dry goods store and wore
mems clothes at her work. You may
not know IT. but there are lot OF girls
in Chicago who dress just like men be-
cause they are able 10 get mems wages.
Everybody thinks they are men. but
they're not.
Another thing. pants protect women
from criminal outrages. 1 thing that