The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13
CIVIL WAR VETERANS TO
OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY

Il. IL makes a slim woman look Like
a giraffe tangled up in a stove.pipe,
aud a fat woman resemble a duck in
distress, but they wear them just the
same. SO would they crinoline, the
abomination of decades ago, il fashion
decreed il.
At the same time we are all slaves
of the same impulse. The philosopher
wears a starched shirt as his brother
does, and the sisters attempt all sorts
of improvements on the human form
divine if it is the mode. We boast
of our independence, when as a mat.
ter of fact we are the slaves Of custom
as usage all the way from the cradle
to the grave. In infancy we are
choked and smothered by enough cloth
rs to supply an orphan asylum, in
youth and middle age we torture our
feet, pinch our waists, cramp our
heads with wierd hats. wear pompa.
dOurs that look like shetland foretops,
and generally act the fool in the mat.
ter of dress, while when the last quar-.
ter is reached it is too late to adopt
any reform hat can long he enjoyed.
All of these truths are known to the
world and are accepted as truths that
ture, but every once in a while some
reformer hobs up who wants to adjust
things. A gentleman up at Denver is
now busy trying TO get the people to
adopt a uniform system of dress, to
be worn in varying weight and unvary.
ing form the year round. His plan is
70 dress all the men alike in a loose
and comfortable outfit of flannel, with
knee breecnes, soft felt hat and broad
shoes. The ladies are TO wear a uni.
form of the same material, the cor
set is TO be discarded and the skirt
raised a couple of inches from the
ground. The scheme is a brilliant one,
the only trouble being that it won Z
work. II might be a blessing to hu-
manity, il it would but it won I. The
average nan, especially in this valley
Of slim legs, would object TO knicker-
ockers, and the ladies could never be
prevailed upon to wholly discard the
chief friend Of the doctors and the dew.
il. If the plan were adopted it would
save millions n year in the dress bill
of the American and make a great ad.
v%ancement in the physical condition
Of Tho raaa hat IN l,nn ~ tha lnNsa ~
adornment and admiration continues,
there is no hope for il. II is like the
foolish spending Of money. Each year
the people of the United States spend
enough money for tobacco to pay the
most Of the national debt, enough for
beer and whiskey TO pay for homes for
the homeless in every community, for
candy sufficient 10 give bread to ev'
cry poor family in the country, enough
for other foolisbness in the way OF
~jewelry and the like TO build a great
national highway from New York to
Frisco and enough for the benevolent
assimilation of the Flipino-who won =
be worth a cuss after he is assimilat
ed-to build reservoirs all over the ariC
west and make homes for A. 5000, 900
people, II is not in aCord with good
sense, but IL Ia a fact nevertheless.
There is a CLEAN of light, though, fol
the rules of iron are becoming a lit
tie pliable. II once was that during the
summer the average American wa
mostly foolish in the matter of dress
The same pattern Of coat had to b.
worn winter and summer the SAM
high collars and cuffs and hats, bu'
humanity is getting more sensible. Th'
SUNNI r~etoggery Of the average ma
nowadays is in accordance with an'
according to the facts Of the case, q
Ernest Wildly used to say about hi
latest fish story. The great stride
Of the ready.to.woar clothing has BEEF
largely responsible for this. For
few dollars you can buy a suit tina
will look nice during the warm weathe
and the fashions are such that yol