The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-16
NANCY LEE
ON WHEN AND
HOW TO DON'T.

ooooooooooeeeooooesesessse
vas reading an article the ether dsy
In vfsIen the results % a scientist
discovery ~ rsesns ~ a newly sFn-
proved GyEsuarEsetgr showed WHY
women were less strong than men.
IL These results were 5aHsG upon tire
Study % two hundred ROBUST women
and the same number % healthy rnens be-
tween the ages ~ eighteen and thirty.
There was 4 long RESUME Of shs relative
muscular strength O. each limb and tusnf
OF the male and female. With which shall
not bore goa. hsif when tell you that the
wonas's inspiration f~aist1 was - and
the mass Inspiration fwalstt was liz, To1
viii begin 10 realize ths difference Ge-
tween brea shing with. ard without, the
corset sogne az the differences are very
marked for example the han6 Hexofs
;n mar have Just tWies TIRE atTenEth Of
tire arm rsxnrs wstfe 10 woman The hand
sisxfurs ags ne1riy fhrae times a. strong an
these sf nsen IL ID only sn = very few
muscles that The woman In stronger thta
the man altogether man Is two and osas~
half times stranger than woman ogss res
saE given why women aTs lees strong Tran
n2su II that. not engaging in ja09f4gua sfsl-
yinyuaeYts ~ q Tule tssy lack tas @xRr%
else which daveiepes the ngaseies o1 the
male, Nasnea are stronger tn The legs
than rect. and tie EtaGHIcisn arg tes
from ,fsg sAat voYyen Use tf4eif legs p@ss
fhan men. j neyer should nave thoag5t
this fer the average man sa!ss more 81
tsa ard farther than the average woman.
and, goodness knows when II comes 10
tas question of ksekIns-hsat ~ resume
THE most remarkable psint 80 Da siictfed
from tge table given 81 that the strength
of the average women IL COM pe rFsoH wItB
her weight is Esss than fWe~thirds that OF
tie average man. and the strength q the
average woman IN comparison &itn Ter
height il only fogr~asyepths that o! the
average man
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In looking over sse fashion plates for tie
spring and summer SEASON "a mar Is very
much Impressed With TIE fact that most
Of the psIras ladies wearing collars.
which not onig tend to elevate the chin.
bat give 10 each ard esery one OF TIE fash
ioavplats ladies an air ~ supeFcsllons ar
rugRfee hardly Ia keeping with tbs bach
elor's .aea o. feminine tenderness or wo-
manly gsfstleness. The one mode in little
things that stands out strongly over the
others II that OF tho hiEh. tixht-ntiing col
lar. stuck. II Is made Just hs high as
ono posspay can bear IT without having ii
cut Into ones jaw. IT Is also tight as l.
can Be w8rn without strangilag the wear
er. There are no bows or rossttes or
fancy finishing 81 any sort where Ii fast
ems, and IL is made To extend very high at
The back Up into the hair even sometimes
tn points or agai. rounded OF. There Is
fancy Just bow fer making the eEloker
In che. WITH tie bodice. that IL. the pieces
whlca form the bodice'ars extended up TO
make the collar without seam at the
edge
Poor poor women: not conten. with
making you ws2s a collar with which you
cannot turn tie heal without moving the
whole body. tic dressmakers are now aim
Ing TO e>en make the collar in Que piece
x.sff Ia as fssz or am
whieh might meaR "a little less stiffness 10
the Throat. The new collar ID a terrier. 4
woman is usually supposed 10 Dc yield
ing and graceful. In fact, poets have
long shantea the praises 81 the SOFT voiced,
soft hearted. soft handed fairy that ones
manly ideal 81 tina cEaTmer ~ that she Ds
hard tn nC sen.e of ths word a womans
sarb Is most effective when eiiagins tex
lures and soft effects used with APP
rr0lFfats eulprs 10 suit tGe chaImers own
peculiar atyis
In slege anything hssuiling about the
high euilgr7
Is there any man on earth who would
dare tn assail ths eharmer when afFaved
up to The ears in buexrana, and o;fsr to
hug herr Even supposIng tie aforesaid
man had been III The kiendks FER three
years asseeial!ng With glaciers and con
federaling with .elclas do y0u talnk he
woaid dare saueazs The wifs al his bosom
rev ppilhaak. her neck sncases in one %
those hldeaus hsgn collars reaching to the
ears l wonder If the wanen knaS What
they are doing. wearing these outrageous
thiaess They are shrissiing their once
pretty aecks. wrinking ana marfinE them
leaving gssa. purple stains on the once
fair throat. All sns WHAT Because some
yellow skinned. fabhy. feshless old wo-
man who wants 10 look twenty and is
forty. invented ihis arrangement for the
throat hoping tp eovsr all Of her wrinkles
ard hide sone az her deformi,y.
Gsrfs~~t mean sou nice. sagt-threatad
warhlers don't wear thass horF,a things
Let The old aud wslnkted wear them II
thes desire Ia. bat you who are young and
fresa. Spa really do not need 20 hltndly
foiiow = fashion whsh viii ultimately de
stfoy enc % the very pTettlest things
about q pretty woman u sofa rounded
throat, iAsfen grille don't you remember
when yos and dear old Tons were first su-
gagged. and De made "A desperate effort 10
kiss ynar iipa bat his sgemuleus mastaehn
landed arat iaS, behind ypHr ear on your
rink thFeatf Suppose you had MORN tha
hsGh cellar EAsHs IL would have been a
case ~ ''Dh, fleAvcnx, Ms wife 20 oh
mercy! ny yufsss" This high collar has
heea gradually creeping 10 "a The ears
and soon. T. we den't put stop tp tisa
afessmakess hnekFam. We SHAH at 10
covered s. though IA sulJ os aruer,
With i-stie sl3s fer the eyes 4 raSh for The
monte, asa perhaps an aperture Ia tha
top out os watch oar hair Ike n feather
,ias'sr. ear top Ell shat Invention az the
Asatasess saa mediei celgar
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The batt5esh.p ia@s has wsll aepatnt-
81 taessef liz ihe fo'esls sut ths cFsw
sre the ACTORS TIE stage b. iu fha eaN
sianaioE Steven feet from ths 8ee& a'a
he1ns twenty te@{ s4eaFe. atenefs au1 dfep
curiaia aye <2nsRie the 1roa saFt3in req
Resembles the battle ~ Santiago seats afv
provided s. Zee a'te. a Esta tgFrei sarN~
.ng ss gslinss 41e paf saFFuanasa gta sH .
tro3Y ta Eattesiate. Taa Iesa .aEnsfrsi
'fcape fse 1ava a0aftes together w5fa
sano t.eFst ee8eaFtuH fpaHaiset..R.s tsis-
ces ard sus snt dance mea are iea ssAr
fraalfex ~ the shase
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