The news & observer., 1901-03-17
LONG SKIRTS AND GERMS.

| of friends The bride to-be is one Green's
boro's most lovely ladies'
LONG SKIRTS AND GERMS.
| At recent gathering of Canadian ply
sicians in Ottowa, tuberculosis and the
means of it's transmission were especially
discussed. 1t was declared that one-f fifth
of all the deaths in the Dominion last
year from all causes, resulted from pull
monary consumption. As to the vehicles
of transmission, several of The doctors
strongly condemned the long and trailing
skirts which fashion has decreed for wo-
men. These skirts it was asserted with
positiveness, are nothing less than germ
traps and disease breeding places. They
sweep over the ground, gathering both
powdered and damp bacillus bearing mat
ter; then they are hung in closets for a
time, after which they are taken out and
shaken in the air which the shaker
breathes. The shaking fills the air with
the dangerous particles which have been
clinging to the hem of the skirt and
sends germs of tuberculosis, fevers,
diphtheria and other ailments into the
throat and lungs.
That the long Skirt is d scavengcF can
not be successfully denied. 1t hot 6fily
gathers sputa from the streets, but the
germs that infest theatres and other
public gathering places and the common
cenveyances. Every wearer of long
skirt knows this, and devotes herself to
holding it up whenever it is possible to
do so. But it is not always practicable
to raise it, and then the germ catcher
gets in it's dangerous work
Whether 1t will do any good for the
physicians to ihveigh against the ierg
skirt is an open question. 'Fashidh''
says it must be wofn, and "Fashidh'
must be obeyed even at the risk of
health. There are certain prudes, too,
who hold that the short skirt is immo
dest. and that to show the ankles is
verse than the offense that the long skiE
commits against delicacy and cleanliness
when it picks up the dirt and foulness Cf
the streets and public places If Fash
ion" were rational she would be guided
by hygientic principles, bit she $ not,
and her devotees are too loyal to CUES
itch her edicss or protest against them
WHY SHE DRESSED UP"
The Washington City correspondent of
the New York World gives the following
incident, illustrative of the fact that it
takes ell kind of folks to make world: /
"A handsomely kowned woman came in J
to the dining room of a fashionable hotel
this evening. She was shown by the head
waiter to table in the corner. She fe=
fused the designated seat and said she
desired more conspicuous place.
why DO you suppose took the tru- ,
BILE to put on all these clothes?' she in |
CURED
81 would not have dressed uD this !
way if l did not expect people to see me- |
am not going to sit over here in cor
ner with lot of nobodies. Over yon-
der, waving her hand are lot Of Sena-
tors and Representatives with their |
wives. Take me to that part of the room,
where l can attract some attention.
The home of Col and Mrs Stokes. ten |
miles north of Reidsville, was thrown |
open for a reception to a half hundred |
guests Wednesday night, and the merry |
crowd assisted by the Colonel and his |
lovely wife. found no trouble in amusing
themselves. The invitations were issued |
for "Tackey Party" and the guests ,
were certainly dressed up in most ridi- |
culous and tacky attire. Colonel Stokes, |
Republican orator, was /
a close second to Mr.. Sam Williams, who !
won a sugar cake. Nearly all the ladies |
were voted for but Miss Bessie Borum
received a beautiful gold watch as a :
prize. Elegant light refreshments were /
served, dancing was enjoyed, and at |
late hour the guests departed, voting |
Colonel and Mrs. Stokes elegant enter
tainers
Mr. William M. Tucker, a prominent
young gentleman and former citizen,
will be united in marriage on April End, ;
to Miss Mae Milton, the lovely daughter
of Mr. ID. H. Milton. The ceremony will
be performed at the residence of the
bride on Gilmer street. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Tucker will leave Immediately af
tcrwards for Lexington, where the groom
be is engaged in the drug business.
THE CAROLINA BOOKLET
Beginning May 10th the North Carolina
Society of the Daughters of the Revolu
ticn will publish THE Carolina Booklet"
a monthly magazine, each number of
which will be devoted to a great event
in North Cardinals history. The social
life also of each period will be ably drawn.
The hospitable country homes, the quilt !
ngs and stately cotillans; all the ease
rnd we'll l-cbing Of the rich colonial life;
The great hunts and balls, the dramtic tea
Erinkings of the stormy days proceeding
The Revolutions the grand ovation to La
Fayettc on his journey through the State;
the fri free life of the "Old South; the
wit and gavety that snatched laugh
from poverty in the great ''war time"
halls and sewing circles-all the interest,
historical and social. Of each epoch faith
fully and interesting depicted.
Among the contributors are some of the
ablest End best informed men in the
South, and two well-known women, whose
stnricS of Snl1ihnrn lifn hava met with