Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-12-29
WOMEN ARE LARGER.
NEW GENERATION FAST oux.
STRIPPING MEN IN SIZE
Clothes on Sale Show Surprising In
crease In Height - Causes Of
Change Are Not Yet Elk
planned.

II is little curious that the sci-
sntlsts and statisticians are not on
hand With records and explanations
of q striking fact too patent now TO be
gainsaid or ignored, namely. the m
;reasing size Of the younger genera
Ion OF women. Evidences or such An
Tease are to be found everywhere and
while the records referred 10 above
ire not Jet made public, there is still
testimony OF an oflciai sort in the
statements OF the manufacturers and
dealers In women's clothing. BY these
statements the young woman Of the
moment Is taller and OF greater weight
han she Of q few years ago, and the
Inference is sufficient TO have affected
he clothing trade.
For years." says the manager OF
arge shop on State street, the long
est skirt carried in our stock-or, 90
lar as ] know. In any In this city
measures AZ inches. II longer were
needed the suit had 10 DO made 10 or
der. Now We carry ready-n.sds skirts
OF "A inches ard we sell 'em, too
increased stature is. fer. aately. not
The only gain J-a..e by woman. She Ia
heavier and psanpex In propUr~on.
Underclothes are larger. and the signs
to be seen In some shops. Extra size
undergarments," would seem to indl-
cate that the growth continues from
day to day. In cases where an exact
large size wanted cannot be found In
stock. Il can now be made at short
notice and small extra cost. Formerly
the reply to such demand used to DO:
I'VE haven't got It." With this gen.
eral growth has come also an Increase
In the size OF legs, and hosiery for
women Of nearly all grades IL now
larger and many shops carry what are
called "out-sizes." And even feet have
kept pace with the change. Regard
less OF the old-fashioned ideas of fem
inine pulchrftude. Dame Nature has
decreed that the new woman shall
have sufficient OF the wherewithal TO
stand upon, and shoes are larger A
fashionable dealer says be carries No.
9's In his regular stock now and that
rs and S's are called for constantly.
These big new women are all young,
and IL they were seen only on the
stage or In similar places where 1t Is
case of selection, the phenomenon
might have no Importance, but they
are seen everywhere The current
crop of schoolgirls seems larger this
year; the newer girls In the shops and
the girls who are in their first season
Of long skirts are larger than those Of
older date. Whether the increase
holds good as well for the country
crop as for that of the city no OBJ
server has been found TO testify.
AS for the cause OF the growth. all
the evidence Is yzf to be brought for
ward. There are suggestions. Of
course, but they are all of seff-inter-
ested kind. Thus the physical cul-
turist smiles In a superior way and
says there can. of course be no doubt
that the increase Is wholly due TO
woman's appearance In the gymns-
stun and on the athletic field. That's
q pretty reasonable argument too. but
the clothing manufacturers and the
designers of women's clothes say the
change Is due to a more healthy and
rational style of dress, which permits
OF growth and expansion, while the
advocate Of woman's right 10 work
maintains stoutly that the entrance OF
the sex into fields Of labor hitherto
filed by men Is suficient 10 account
for the matter.
Incidentally II Is worth noting that
while the average man is increasing
In size-a fact also attested By the
clothing trades-he Is not keeping
pace with women, and there may be
something more than pleasant Irony
I'm ths prediction Of the pessimist that
unless the man OF the future shall In
herit something of physical size and
strength from his enormous mother he