The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-27

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RIGHT R. /. 8 COSTUME ] |: |.
Girls I'M Schools and Colleges
orbidden Corsets by Law in
Several Europ ( Countries INT les.
The Craze for Stays-Dl, Damage
~ .ssstraigl1t-F Front Corsets.
Mode. Costume for Summer.
and Winter.
By Mrs. Kate Epson Clark.
(AuthorS II '''Up the Witch Brook Road,. 81
Bringing Up Boys etc,)
.--...-.a, JR1NG the past ten years the the
fBN@ newspapers have contained !. se e.s.
V#l&y 3eral dispa tches from Europe re-
k.A2-. garding the proper costume for
8 f tSe gosyernmentssof Russia k san;
and ha s astualiSS Iasbss
seemed seaGas the peope7 81 tits side 81 te
wa ter, so far as any outer signs have
ind cated rot worth mentioning (. s, Z; the
ed ad aeeasea gr
attending q. school or college can
BE permitted to wea corsets, and
Steachers#are directed to enforce the rule
rigidly. tS i WEE II 5ss8 tSs III
been plain to any observing person that
many little girls, no older than ten or
twelve, are undergoing an .unna turai ON
their waists asserted by
and put them on secretly. even when
they areFmere children. The craze a mong
many llttlesglr fQr la Corset SIS one,.i oIS
dress die i quest fif rhs sIsf dr some
them makes one think OF Miss Ruth
Plnchs famous pupil "a Il tile Wonna an Of
se aa ana
tidn that she adSnothing glrlish a bout
her. "a 4. g
Rs j some Of t hese foreign pronun s I,
we are explicitly told that the soft and
uniformed bodies of young girls should /
have no restriction in their growth; that
strong backs and limbs and plenty Of
room for development, at least Until the
bones are fairly hardened and the curves y
OF the flesh upon5t hem sperfec t ed
AS. everybody knows the bonys 5struc;,g
ture of the body is not aeomplet e. llnti il
the age OF twenty.f our or TIVE ntyrfl i've lnes
either sex. It Is absolutely nec e.ssarya,1t or
ii should remain ,lnshackeled until! Az
least the age Of twenty, DR.. Edward II
jackson, in the n orth American TevlleW w.
describes the FEET ~ puling ssa say
all were seriously Injured. 7 hey did not
have the exhilara on Of feeling that they y
wonderful support Of our girl;s. Is I .a
feeling which can carry one throug y Al
most anything Women h, have saftefeh I'M,
speakabie ortnres IN t one
fully all theleariy suffering winch hey
cause. Just as boys bear n ausea " hen
to become something exquisltely. "a sh-S
ionab!e and grand bySiso II dol ng.5 e a dur5s
ally they become accustomed to I he tla Ply 81
TO DO without #. they remind us q. On q
Of George Eliot's char g ers--Yas u 4 Mrs
Tulliyer who say * on get used TO
her. shortncss o. breath She says she's Y
made friends WI II now, tho she fought
agln, 1t sore when u first 4. came on,
s1s oss # er!s 81 afa
they can make themselye into the pre-
cious arcatures OF Wonlanhood wlflch
n,ssu ne. the
beauty, alteration, loye-and I hen. though
they, do not always work the dream on
boldly to Its conclusion. a husband and
mark! children. So long as the ideal At
,won1ans form Is Wha = II Enndeniably is *
present. girls VIII long and aborEand q go.
without it-amd STYLE is perhaps ss . even
mors desirable In the eyes OF women
thap u mere - antyTi1hot
the ministers ofSedncation IN Russia, Sax
ony and RoumalIia have sIcceeied 81 In
keeping schoolgirls from stays. No dis
matter. We venture to guess that they
have not. 3
1t is considered ina indicate and shocking
to al!ude TO this subject. but, It us nnl-s.
intended ba as eS' w RaaiS mlss "e n
Whole Tho alasusasS noe
unwh,olesomre' practices. which effect half
Whole Of h II dtss ia m
any academ!cal or intellcctual question;
every = dns1 S an apsss
Of girls arc is. sound, They Ore encouraged
of sood te Gps Msa 1ssH
Dawes Brown says that, teyers crlti-i
dth. women 1i "a are Ell ia debfsd to lin for ne
finest heroines OF modern times. His
women have good appetltea md are g
Of shakesneare hlmself, His women.
like nearly ali Of our modern girls. have
an object In life. and IN IlttsEiest, /. n,
sulshine heroine OF tifty Years ago, 4,
was love, and who fell into DECLINE H, fs.
and aids Slate peisicis Il l,sr Adonls pro,yS,sg
false, has gone meyer 70 return. The .a
modern SRI maintains her seIt -
shoyId get i few bruises IN We s, rhar -