The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-17
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HER DIVIDED SKIRTS.
THE REASON WHY ONE WOMAN Dis
CAROED THEM FOREVER.
the CHARLES E. HINES CO.. PhlladSlphlas 70.
Makers of Hires Condemned 4itk.

Her DecisioA Was Hastened By the
Decidedly Unpleasant Experiences
of an Afternoon ON Which She Did
Not See Ii Hung Chang.
Divided skirts, their advantages and
disadvantages. was the subject under
discussion, and the woman's club which
was discussing 1t was as divided on the
question as the subject could possibly be.
There were pros and cons in great num-
Der, and presently small, quiet looking
woman got the combined ear of the as
Bemblage and said. I'D like to turn this
into an experience meeting for moment
and tell you Of the time l saw Ii Hung
Chang" .....-
"You have the floor" said the chair
woman, and the little woman told her
tale as follows:
when heard that Ii was here, be-
gan to have great curiosity to see him.
THE papers were just full Of him,
what an important parsonage he was and
all that, and ! thought it would be a
good thing to see Chinaman who really
amounts to something for once in my
life. So when the day finally arrived on
which he was to ride through the streets
l was up bright and early and got all
my work done long before the usual time
so as to be sure to get good place where
l could see everything.
'Well, he was expected to pass Madi-
son square at about 4:3O o'clock, and at
4 o'clock was there, standing where I
could get first rate view of LIS face,
and was feeling very contcnted. l stood
there few minutes all right and already
saw the mounted policemen approaching
from down the street, SO knew Ii was
close at hand, when felt something, ]
couldn't tell what, going wrong with my
clothes, or rather part of them.
81 on know" she continued after mo.
ment's hesitation, in which the feelings
awakened by her recollection Of former
predicamcnt were plainly depicted on her
face, you know, l used to go in for re-
form clothing, combinations and divided
skirts. Well, had on divided skirt that
day. My pretty ones were NIL in the
wash, and this one was uncomprOmising-
ly plain. When | felt something going
wrong with me, looked down to see If
could discover any outward and visible
signs Of my misfortune but couldn't, so
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could put stanu up ! uureu no',
ana after lie hao passed WIN was
10 10! lhefe were 'hose wv men say
ing ana staying una not sh,"'i,s a S's,,
Oh E,t''iiE up anu NJ" M"a n.y. ~
at the PACKET OIL my sniit WI o,'e y,
them on each sac OF n'e' ll''eiieu anu
hitch'o Ut that uh!ucNS s'I,',tN' n" ~.
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tle sHlFt GOWN "s"'n anu 80 vi o,ei 'nu
over put IL ""s so ni,Aeu Wy Hohhe ""s
mat ! maze very niue hcuo"'s' an"
lhch couiuh Ne'' At II 'nS at ',I
hau 10 sop anu s!t sun anu 'ooN
AROUND us IL l were enJos ,'S my "ei, ~
mehseiy' ana meantime II was srt,n'b
later ana later, ana q PROMISED DC
home by . O'CLOCK sure ana you hAo"
now particular am IN shch nlattefs'
AFTER aWhiie tne man VINO hau spphen
to rue before heia out MS h"hu WITHOUT
looking up from ms paper;
Noulu you IKE pm he aSheu'
II took 1t, but the voice IN Whlch saia
THANK you was us snort as II wen coulu
be. You see, was hghtlng Dack the
tears by this time ana sui both those
men stald. ilnaily' after what seemed
to me an age, the man with the paper
rose and walked on, and l could turn
around and slip my hand INTO my placket
to fish for the band of that wretched d.
vided skirt. got it, too, on the one
side and fastened that SIDE with the pm
the man had given me, but on the other
side-oh horrors.-it had slipped clear
down below my knee, and ! could not get