The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-19

bills recalls somewhat Ike = -a.sA~a~a
% tbs second corrraa arssarrseut ~ course
= r a. rssnt ~ pFoEssst amY-.ssyss. ms:
= immoral, or tAz. wous3 further s-Ia-ror-
atty. but ! think II &Gil keep rhe LADIES'
Of the Fourteenth Congressional s..str.r,
very busy deciding what picture IA az =
not iua1sotsst- Some people think s. ms
modest 10 mention the word ~Stos king
and lock awsy frsrn a shop window when
particularly finely naIEt pair are hung
FOR inspection. Il the stockings ara al
white. or ali black. t1ey So net appear
quite SO iEagnoleSi as E.sen .hey are vst-
ioS above the ankle Or scarses- K>xen
baby blue, from ankle % knee. ans haer
known 10 cause mid form q. paralysis
Of the ey@Ii3.
A very able gentleman. on6A- WHOSE
mora pen a ladies Illustrated ios&Tnal has
reached great poweT has decided that
ladies' underwear IL not 10 - Discussed in
10 true inwars]nesS n the PAGES O. as
wide-Teachlns journal
/ suppose ne n Tlghg frorn nts Standpoint
but can't help thinking thai as loaS -
the Maker of ali humanity has seen III ~
create man ana woman WITH legs and
bodies il $ much better 80 think % legs
II stockings and bodies in shirts thar 20
think OF them bare. especially IN sach
weather as Ne have lately experienced.
/ cant think that III advertise fEient
makers immense Philadelphia emporium
tu-thers wickedness BY advertising flannel
drawers a y cssglts a pair and woo-en pet
tico2ts az = cents. even Il pictures of
these garments are printed IN tho papers
ITO the pare all things airs pure" and
the printed figure OF a gentleman IN q
union suit woald not cause me 10 yearn
FOR the gentleman. but L might cause ME
To coyet the Su.t. Do yog think that dear
Ha n f1fa he
til ne gets IT," which has advertised
Pears Soap 50 many years, is going TO
corrupt any boayg
Do you think that very tnane lady In
ecru sanitary underwear whose foot IS
lifted 20 show the III over the calf az her
very il-proportioned leg. ceisid possibly
undermine the virtue Of fear TAere are
many people who aInblc along simply dy-
ing 20 De shocked 1t would be pity 10
deprive them OF the feeling.
There is picture Of very stout wo-
man, in fact quite n bag of iripe. which
advertiSes the Dowager corset IL there
lives on earth any male being who would
look twice on this abundant person. that
same man should be taken hold Of by the
ladies OF the Fourteenth congressional
district and exhibited al 10 cents d look
There IS a very skinny woman used as
an advertisement for chest development
and how 10 grow plump though dyspeg-
tic on whom only the fat man in the
side show Of circus woild look twice
on the principle OF antithesss.
Nice women are not supposed TO see the
advertisements on articles edible or wear
able. which are not really intended for
circulation outside OF that portion OF The
land which the wise call the half world"
AS long as there are people enough to
make half world" people who live on
the clean and moral part OF the earth
must close their ears and eyes to many Of
fensvc things. IT is very useless TO sally
forth with u chip on ones shoulder cry
Ing IN each passerby To knock 1t of IL
YOU dare"
Sometimes the most interesting parts OF
a magazine are The advertisements and
the men and women who are photo
graphed as padding for the various adj
vertiseraepts would not a usual thing
cause a body To even stretch one OF the
commandments. ualIch lees break IT.
/ knew truly holy woman, a nun. In
q clustered convent. who once said to me:
Don't go 10 Il circus She very look Of
those painted men and women paradlng
the streets when / peepetd q. them as they
were passing the convent yesterday,
made me shu6der" aad when / said
Naughty sister why did YOU pez-;o9" the,
she tumbied. There are many things In
this world that effort can help that
steady exertion can better: and there ara
many things that had much better be LEFT
alone.
T HERE are many reasons why can't
say that am entirely in favor OF ex-
ransion. We have much land and
many people 70 care for in this republic
OF ourS Now that the war with Spain Is
supposed 20 10 over look az the way that
those treachcrosls insurgents are killing
our boys at Manila? Isn't It terrible To
read ~ the useless loss Of iife7
1t appears that the war with Spain IS
only the prelude 20 the endless war with
insurgents. II Spain could not keep thos.
islands Of hers quiet Il Will take an army
or our own 20 even keep senbiance ot
peace. There was good deal OF common
sense IN what the woman from Tennessee
said when she told her neighhor she had
made fortune minaing her own business
and letting others do the sane
We have forty-e.ght stars Tn our flag
row. teat n0ane fprtv-eiEhr places -
watch ana ward besides other spots N n.
map OF the United states not represented
by stara
news from Iloilo One year ago February
Is the Maine was blown an ! do hope no
more OF osiT good men VIII b. killed Il
doesn't seem worth while I haxn hsd
several letters Offering suggestions for
names FOR Ger soldier Isis Sam Hanback,
Tom T1Issle, SAMMY St.cker. VIII WIDE
awake. Sam steadfaS, Abel Adam. Jsrk
Faithful and some others f5ut I Gaiezq
we shall want To know that o5sr BOYS ar
SAT-. back on American SSH before We
start 10 chE1s'en the army
&icht wahr? NANCY LEE
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