The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
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S. apparently si'rr,o q thing rs holding uu
the lrcs. skirt IN rru.sing q mHIirrayomoni
is regulated bv fashion. In The days Of the
cro@, hodpskirte. whom eyer" woman locked
like Il monster Dcnh.,r walking about. til"
pro, cr WY II avoiding I'll" nld ard dust q
the s'g'r, was 10 ral.r She .'sirr dainti!y about
an inch. oir".''y in rlo''. using both hands
and takiu" H.. gIcat",' rlyn lest tn" space be-
tween gown and rayymcn' should be mono
than an inch. our E~randmotIlrrs trippnd
daintilv about In this way. with the mit"ing
gait that accompanied the excessive modcsty
and fashions IT those days
When ~" long, heavily trimmed princess
gowns came into style a new way Of keeping
them out 81 III" dust was Invented, il tool:
women of great physical .GNngth to wear such
clothes as were then in vogue. and lifting til"
clumsy long trains was equal TO an ordinary
days labor. The fashions Of wom"n's clothes
thirty years ago have probably never been
eQualled for ugliness and disregard Of by.
giene. kvery line 81 grace in the ilCur" was
spoiled. The waists wcr" made short. the noel;
was loaded with trimmings. and the sleeves
and bodices were covered with ribbon or velvet
bows. larn fri,ls and knife rlaitimgs. The
skirts and overSl;ir'S were simply masses
Of puifs and pIaitinEs. which extended also
into the trains. and the skirts were so narrow
iHui u wa u lNN4'hl llllIp'Sl'il4ND " ldNt Il
full-sized step. The heavy trains had to be
lifted. however. and a small apparatus called r
skirt Litter was invented To meet the eIncr-
genry. The skirt litter had two strong cla-ps.
and 10y lAt"hing on" "Il ot 1t on tn" dress
skirt and the other 70 the train the latter was
raised from the ground and the wCarer could
get along with considerably decreased disr0m-
fort. The skirt liitcrI were inside ia black
enamel. hra~e tUd s.lvcr. Siyrr ones were
| Thought very fine and distinctive.
After i flew wears his fashion wa modi0"d.
| nrl ~ MOI. Ia -E.HtE 4t mn ~ ar. aga tIrIFvI fIt4
liftcrs w"r" abandoned. III" skirts were thea
raised at TIE sid" and Trough. tow,nrdthe front
that time j. So forth ne proper mode Of uro-
csGur' IN tn. ,.a>", o.. ia" lady and the. muddy
JaV"m"Mt. A Lady,, says iir guide. should
he state upon r"T' lilG - "rn--lnE. iI"N. care
tuIly but lightly. she should Graspa PORTION Of
e-tiy to q distance Of Getw"en IN" and one and
ona-half inches. draw It gracefully to the right
toward tn" front AID trip '1iutily i,"ros@ the
street. II Wa altogether "a grave and thought
,Wtththn lntrGG4rion Il untrimmc1 SKIRTS.
which wrr" at first cut rather long in the back,
came the fashion Of holding them ny directly
in til" back. ard the woman with IA" longest
and best -Ieyc!nTcd n:m- was Ia" most ~urc"-s-
iuI in rrrformirg the fcar. III" fashion wa.
uhSugl!" Iu@racetul. To So" a woman c!ut,h-
! lms hrr skirts all N a. bunch aHI holding them
. al in tho PECULIARLY vicious manner OF five
; years ago created a INST IMPRESSION that thy
| We're irving 10 set atraT ir1IA he"ind size must
hold them by main force.
The gay sii; pcl'.,y.;5 are 10 doubt re-
sp9nstb.I Tor ~" rr"s"ht tt.H"on "t raising
or ro2venI"nr" Tn" manner Of getting your
skirt 'Ut ~ ih" s'rH"' ''"i"hdS entirely upon
I H. !. f.n noI o. .rl rIi nGI "a s s1k W %rn ina, If r !, IS n MG tw;
II sag" lHrn IN skirt hitting, Ia" object aplay-
emily being not to lct ANYBODY say Of your ei;
skirt, that it was horn 10 blush unseen. Th.
usual. method is TO grasp both hands fall Oi
s.lrt from either SD" Ani then hu!d II labor
ously This has the "iTert OF making every
woman look like Il wash"rwomGu win her
skirts tucked around h"r waist wntlus about
III" k'"n"n i!oor II sne wears i .a,E"' the
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