Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-02-01
WOMEN ARE LARGER.
NEW GENERATION FAST OUT
STRIPPING MEN IN SIZE.
Clothes on Sale Show Surprising In
crease in Height = Causes Of
Change Are Not Yet Ex-
planned.

entists and statisticians are not on
hand with records and explanations
Of a striking fact too patent now to be
gainsaid or ignored, namely, the in
J ereasing size of the younger genera
I ton of women. Evidences OF such in
crease are to be found everywhere and
while the records referred to above
are not yet made public, there is still
testimony OF an official 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
than she OF a few years ago, and the
difference is sufficient 10 have affected
the clothing trade.
For years" says the manager of a
large shop on State street, the long
est skirt carried in our stock-or, so
far as I know. in any in this city
measured AZ inches. If longer were
needed the suit had 10 be made to or
der. Now we carry ready-made skirts
of a inches and we sell EN-, too
! Increased stature Is, fortunately, not
J, the only gain made by m She is
t heavier and plumper in proportion
Underclothes are larger, and the signs
v to be seen in some shops, Extra SIT
II undergarments." would seem TO indi
4 cate that the growth continues from
/ day to day. In cases where an exac
n large size wanted cannot be found il
stock. IL can now be made at shor
notice and small extra cost. Formerl.
the reply to such a demand used TO be
I'VE haven't got it, With this gen
eral growth has come also an increas
in the size of legs, and hosiery 10
women OF nearly all grades is nov
larger and many shops carry what ar
: called "out-sizes." And even feet nav
kept pace with the change. Regard
less of the old-fashioned ideas OF fen
4 mime pulchritude, Dame Nature ia
II decreed that the new woman sha
have sufficient of the wherewlthal
stand upon, and shoes are larger.
fashionable dealer says he carries \
9's in his regular stock now n IN
rs and SIS are called for constantly.
These big new women are all youn
and il they were seen only on u
stage or in similar places where II
j n case of selection, the phenomen'
might have no Importance, but IN
are seen everywhere. The cure
crop of schoolgirls seems larger II
|, wear; the newer girls in the shops a
the girls who are in their first seas
~ ions skirts are larger than those
older date. Whether the inerea
holds good as well for the coun
cron as for that Of the city no
rs. server has been found 10 testify.
AZ for the cause of the growth,
the evidence is yet to be brought !
ward. There are suggestions
IN course. but they are all of a seif.ihl
IT ee,ed kind. Thus the physical {
turist smiles in a superior way :
s q sa,s there an. OF course, be no 40
the maj the increase is wholly due
sTs uoman's appearance in the gym
stun and on the athletic heiu'
a pretty reasonable argument 100
the clothing manufacturers anu
aasiqners of women's clothes say
ahanga Is due to a more healthy
r~ational style Of dress, which peri
OF growth and expansion, "hlie
ADVOCATE of woman's right to "
,ur maintains stoutly that the entrane'
I'VE The sex into fields of labor nun
allied by men is sufficient to acc'
for the matter.
incidentally it is worth notihg
uhua ,be average man is inerea
IN size-a fact also attested oy
g.. A. clothing trades-he is not kee
oooa with women, and there ma!
} year something more h a pleasant i
In the prediction of the pessimist
,,n,ess the man of the future shal
-, herit something of physical SIG
~a strength from his enormous mo'n'
will be a pigmy.
aver Fond of Horses.