Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-11
ladies Only.

NV al - AoAN 1OifllN bOAuOb
chat. Favored deliciously and a Ia
Japanese. with kimonos and tea. ITS
10 be Just between ourselves, and since
IL is decreed that women can discuss
naught save their neighbors or the
fashions. and further decreed that
high and mighty mssculinity is above
such frivolous pastime, the ladies
only sign win send them quickly to
an absorbing study of the lineup of
this afternoons fray between the
Elks and knights. AT lunch today
my lady will talk about the parties Of
the past week, but listen indulgentIy
to the lord Of the manor, who in the
voice of an oracle will emphatically
declare the winner and then they
will follow the ambulances and police
force out to the ball game.
Should you hear mere man dis
cuss hobble skirts today. mark
my words, that man is pos
scssed of the so-called feminine
failing, curiosity. And he is
guilty OF invasion into feminine ter-
ritory. That brings us home-not
the men, but the hobbie skirts-to the
subject of the day. IT is the absorb
ing question, and suffrage with it's
varied claims is for the moment for
gotten. The question now, almost
the slogan of the world of fashion,
is, are YOU ''hobbleite" or "anti-llob-
bleite''?
Fashion circles in Europe and AM
erica are now divided into two camps,
those who regard the hobble skirt as
imparting grace to q voman's figure
which no other form of dress has
ever devised, and those who look or
it with horror as rendering una
hoo ridiculous and the slave of a fad
which may even lead to physical in
Jury.
Lady Duff-Gordan who is a pow
or in the fashions of the two CONT
nents. DEGREES the abolition of the
"hobble.' Charles Kurzman, the New
York, modiste, fatty combats her.
Funny. don't YOU think, hat a man
should be chief sponsor for the ret-
tered gown.
He declares it the Ideal dress for
the slim figure and says it adds height
to the lady OF short stature, but as
sures us he does. moi defend the eXag-
serated hobble, which compels d wo-
man to hop when she would like 10
run. And if we so according to his.
dictates our winter gowns VIII all be
hobbied. Doesn't that sound rather
horsey
Among this clalnor of the .hobbie-
lies" and the .anti-hobbleites" one
NOlIt itlbaLuS cAitiiisf IdQull Jllt
great Paris designer, smiles mysieri-
ousiy and says 1t is 2 secret until Sep
TENDER II. but rumor persists in the
belief that his wonderful creations
viii all be fettered at the knee.
one critic viii, more humor than
politeness declares the effect of the
hobbie is to give women two waists.
one in the Usual place and the other
round the Knee
But don't you believe it the next
time you're told that the frock of the |
moment restricts it's wearer to the
amublatory methods of a C~alaveras
frog. And If the hobblephobe insists,
tell him this story:
At a roeent gymphana-whateVer |
that is-at the Rockaway Hunt club I
in New York. a min who was giving
rather careful study to the gowns or
the f~ashionabies gathered on the YER
andas Of the clubhouse entertained
an idea which was prompted by the
imp of mischief. He plunged his
hands in his pockets for available
cash, and though rated a millionaire,
found not enough for the dire pur-
pose formed. But a moments con
fidential talk with the ever present
friend who doesn't mind loaning
money to o millionaire, and who
seemed greatly amused at the VEN
ture planned, and he of the idea APP
preached d group of smartly govned
women, who showercd him with ready
smiles. Producing q hundred dollars.
n with g glance at the hobbled
skirts, he challenged them to race for
the amount. The way he was taken
up took him very much aback, for
he had hardly finished speaking be-
fore ten of the smartest women wear
ing ten Of the up-to-tl1e-minutest
gowns we're well on their way to the
lineup at the mark.
All lett the line together for The
hundred-yard dash, and the process,
SO lis said apd can well be imagined.
Was shriekingly funny; but Mrs. c. p.
Wyckoff pulled out from the ruck and
finished with a good ten Yards to
pare. The others were SO massed
together at the finish that no one
presumed to say where second and
tnlrd honors went But popular no
Mons about the hobble skirt get their
coup de grace; there were no eight
ways about that. /.
Locally considered, the "hobbIe" II
among us. Two Of our smartest
aressers are having two gowns made
ior the Montczuma, and both are
And there are distinct ru-
mors of others 70 De. They" do say
q ~ NRtA - AtQA4i1u ~ 0rdt
me gown-thd a%Iaint,- short step .et
inc Japanese. but that~is only Tor
the exaggerated models: and rhere /
eight danger here Of the adoption
OF the extreme. which makes the tree
mo easy stride Of the American q /"
and dangerous feat s
MI. Gumbiner. popularity known as
b. No. e. Of undying minstrel fame.
- DensiVcly regarding 2 picture OF
me latest gown. He sighed as he
nazarded the only consolation. 1t viii ]
'e easier to catch q girl now" ]
Ana II presents 2 bit Of philosophy J
Tor the careful consideration Of all. s
]
Miss Sara Hall. whose mid-NOyem- I
Der wedding will be an interesting '
vent or the coming season. was host !
IS thursday afternoon at that fcnin- :
nc diversion of ante-nuptial days-a
seeing-the-trouSseau'' party. j
Sames suggestive OF the Irresistible
Atles Of the little love god were part z
The amusement program; cali !
u The Floral Wedding Parfy." ;
mich seems. in the reading. ac-
'ordins to the eternal fitness OF
hingsi and another. The Ro- /
nance OF the ShirtwaiSt-" Now ,
or the benetit OF the uninitiated the ]
ast mentioned Is the same cid story J
7 love and oifferences-scraps. II 1 I
.~se ve explicit n haven't YOU no. c
'-ed that slang is the surest neal {