The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-01

\ iSpieseHteu In the filllnS of one of the
| existing vacancies on the supreme
Court we profoundly trust: that the
appontee from this Circuit shall be a
'Hsinian is our strong hope
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CRUSADE AGAINST THE GALLus.
This is seditious and an irreverent
age. Now comes the Chicago Tribune
eaitorially rejoicing that the gallus
mas mad its day; that .'the suspender
is being driven TO the stronsholds Of
primitive virtues. and that Its extinc-
ton Is threatened, and that this
means the triumph of the esthe,ie
over the scientific The Tribune
argues, however, shat the ga,lus is
not logical development in human
clothing seeing that the first sstr,
of leaves was not hitched to the
shoulders bs s vine, hut was st9apcss
about the waist 1t comedies "a ne
sure. thSi saliusss represent an APP
pliea;.on u science 10 clothing in
taA' tAey at5ps; the weight Of the
sar@sa: ~ she ShoaldsrS which are
,a'sassS - as7as1-esa-,ers.. and in
eoaseG.7s - much ii quesrs its own
plea sos sAs sslt or sss sash as equally
sfse;sve s zsesas os keeping then, or
sid preventing them from coming
dowa.
The New YORK Times. Of like re-
sources as the Tribune ard even more
consistent in IT'S serious -mindedasss.
noting the assertion of ,the Chicago
paper that the sallusss are being
driven 10 the hinterland of Arkansas
where the worshippers of JEFF Davis
still wear the single brace eaitorially
calls Senator Bailey. the Texan Adonfs.
TO lead Fashion with a sash. declar-
ing that belts should go the way of
galluses." The Times has evidently
made study of the subject from the
historical as we'll as the esthetic point
of view, and throwing itself into the
breeches, so to say. lays down the law
which must govern all the molly
Goodies at least who move in the best
society in this wise:
THE first tribes that put on trousers
wore the sash. 1t needs no coat Belts
narrowly forbid this dispensation. and
the hot jacket still reconciles mans
upper and neither sartorials. A middle
gap. though belted, were unforgfvable:
1t leaves the man unfinished. The sash
Grapes corporosity and lean cadaver-
BUSINESS with ease. 1t is his middle
spoils the shirtwaist man, and it Is
there he needs the sashs cool adorn-
ment"
We like the Times's suggestion of
the sash rather than the Western
substitute of the belt for the galluses:
but we protest against the discard of
the Salluses, for the last fifteen years
one of the most potent influences in
the political development and states
manshp of this country. 1t is, and
has been for century or more, part
and parcel OF the simple life When
one has given way under the stress
of active efforts in the industrial field.
the other has done double service;
indeed. the one gallus sort has made
good Its claims to public favor and
achieved for its wearer more than
once place In the public eye, which
In any other harness he would have
striven for in vain.
The Tribune is naturally vulgar in
It's discussion of the subject, as, for
example, in speaking of what might
happen In the event of one of them
giving way and finally the yielding
OF the remaining string, thus: ut de-
parts with the snap of many things
giving way. and we have a person
whose face shows all the emotions of
misplaced confidence and extreme
terror, clutching himself at the side
and departing for secluded places In
search of a nail" How much better
Is the gentle and scholarly suggestion
Of the Times that Senator Bailey lead
with the sash. Having already es-
chewed the wool hat and taken to the
SILK top. 1t is his duty and obligation
to put on the sash.
We earnestly protest against the de-
struction of both these articles Of
masculine furnishing. What have they
not done to nelp and succor mankind?
Why should they yield now to the
encroachments of an easy age. Two
OF the greatest newspapers, however.
have sprung the gallus as an issue and
1T will hang both Of them yet, unless
men have lost their reason"
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TIKI; CJJn HARIT IN RTCHNTONn
A correspondent Of the New York
Sun writes from London that he has
passed summer III Europe without
seeing rows of pasty faced girls wait
ing their turn to ruin their stomachs
at soda water fountains" and "out of