Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-03
HYG|ENIC DRESS
FOR THE LADIES
mo FREEDOM WHILE WE
WEAR PETTICOATS."
State University Gymnasium In.
StruCtOr for Women Lectures on
''FddS. Sensible and Foolish
Dress Goes BY FddS." Says the
Madison Instructor.

DiGSS GOGS by fdQS. SdyS the
Madison Instructor.
Madison, Wis, July 3l.-'We are
never going to be free SO long as we
wear petticoats. Woman will never
have perfect freedom in dress until
she wears something like the gymna-
SUM costume. | am not advocating
that for the present day, but perhaps
in century We will grow up to it. y
i These and ssimilar sentiments were
expressed by Miss Abby Shaw May
hew, assistant professor of physical
training at the University of Wiscon-
sin, lecture to the women students of
the summer session yesterday. Miss
Mayhem discussed the various dress re-
form and fashions fads, commencing
or condeming according to their COM
fort and hygiene. Half sleeves low
neck, the ''peek- boo waist, spats,
round carriers, and of course the old
arct enemy of dress reform, the cor
set, came in for their share of praise
or blame. Miss Mayhem spoke, brief
ly, as follows:
DRESS GOES BY FADS.
Dress all goes by fads, said
Miss Mayhem. "Some of the fads are
very correct hygienially; others are
positively suicidal The all inclu-
We principle of proper dress is that
of freedom. We are never going to
be free so long as we wear petticoats.
Woman will never have perfect free
dom in dress until she wears some
thing like the gymnasium costume. |
am not advocating that for the present
day, but perhaps in century we may
grow up to it. There are four places
where we are apt to bind orusev lesa:
the neck, the waist, the knee, and the
foot. The fad of wearing open necks
in our dresses is very sensible one.
We never can be well or normal, or
have clear brain if we impede the
circulation and impair the nervous
system by pressure on the neck from
tight collars. A great deal of the
heart, throat, and eye trouble now
prevalent can be traced directly to
bad dressing of the neck. There is
much goiter development consequent:
three-fourths of the girls in the gym
nasium classes at the university last
bod cnoh Jovalopp,a,t 10 cnp,a
degree. Furs should never be worn
on the neck if they are warm enough
to make the neck perspire.'
HALF-SLEEVES SUICIDAL.
cit is suicidal for women to wear
half-seleves and "peck boo" waists
SO early in the season as they did
here at the university this spring, be-
cause of the inequality of temperature
of the different parts of the body, and
the consequent difficulty in maintain
ing proper circulation, Miss Mayhem
continued. "a great many diseases
are caused by women's piling up
thlcknesses of clothing on the trunk
and taking them off of the limbs.
In warm weather the long -sleeved gar
ment should be cooler than short
sleeved one, since the heart would not
have to pump so hard in it's attempt
to keep the arms and legs at the same
temperature as the trunk.
"The equal distribution of weight
over the bdoy is another serious prob
lem. The waist muscles are weaken
ed by the wearing of bands, and thus
the organs of the trunk can not sup
port themselves, and we wear corsets
for support Still, we are growing
more sensible there; we do not wear
such stiff corsets as we did. The
proper way is to have the garments
in one piece as far as possible, fitted,
so that the weight shall fall equally
from the shoulders and waist. Waist
and skirt should be hooked or button
ed together, not pinned. | never use
pins.
"Ill-adjusted stockings | believe
cause more suffering than tight shoes.
In hot weather never cover the knee,
and do not wear long supporters; they
drag on the abdomen. Wear round
carriers just below the knee, not tight
enough to leave a mark, and roll the
stocking over 1t. 1t will hold the
stocking neatly, and be comfortable
and cool. Shoe styles are getting
very sensible, though | was surprised
the other day to find that even college
girls, of whom one might expect bet
ter things, often wear shoes several
sizes too tight for comfort or health. "
THE END OF THE WORLD
of troubles that robbed E. H. Wolfe
of Bear Grove, Ia, of all usefulness,
came when he began taking Electric
Bitters. He writes: 1.-TWO years
ago Kidney trouble caused me great
suffering, which | would never have
survived had | not taken Electric
Bltters. They also cured me of Cen
eral Debility" Sure cure for all