The Washington bee., 1911-03-04

will be worn at that assembly. / |
remember NevIll Thomas once said,
when he looked over lady who was
dressed within one inch of the White |
House, and he hesitated an hour or /
two between each word he uttered
BY George, It must cost a fellow |
all he makes and more to be married"
Neville was right, and these assem- |
blles and dane and parties are what
keep Neville, Cobb, Sum Wormley and
several other 'I-want-what-I-wa
bachelors two miles away from a mar
riage license merchant. And can you
blame them?
saw a seal-brown maiden, the
other day, coming down You street
with a hobble skirt on. Around the
hips it fit her like one of Alcock's
porous plasters, and it was cut just
long enough to keep from touching
her instep by about one foot display
ing a pair of silk hose that were toll
erably we'll filled, let me tell you. She
had on pair of suede shoes, so low
that they just covered her toes, and
| her head was covered with a lid big
around as hogshead, decorated with
what they call willow plumes, that
must have cost thirty or forty dollars.
| AS | watched her retreating form, and
| have a weakness for a natty-fOrmed
| fifth rib, | said to myself, Now |
wonder who keeps that brOllerF
When she crossed Thirteenth street,
although her dress skirt was only
within view distance of her ankles,
don't you know that seal-brown lady
deftly raised her skirt about five
Inches, and of course every man who
was passing began Tubber-necklng.
| Now this young woman thought she
was killing things, but in reality she
was making a fool of herself. If there
/ is suggestive garb that is more sug-
! gestive than a Salome costume, 1t is
I a hobble skirt that hugs the hips like
a plaster, showing all the angles, the
/ contour, and what not. | don't think
a hobble skirt was ever designed tor
, a modest lady They were designed
: for women who discount mOdesty and
{ virtue about fifty per cent, 1t | had &
5 wife or a sister who would go out
} on the street in one OF those extreme
= hobble dresses, l would Immediately
Il 90 around to Board & McGulre's anC
\ ask them to fix me up some painless
. life DESTROYER, and | would give tha
!, wife or sister about dollars WoTtl
T to be sure it would take effect. AnC
d there is another thing | hate, to SCI
t one of our women wearing thOS
= "peek-a-boo waists There's no us
/ IN any decent woman making dis
iplay OF private matter. Now this llt
tie talk may be bit plain, but som
5 times you have to use plane TO get
= board smooth. We men may look a
gta hosiery display because 1t is ire
S and on dress parade, and we may tax
ola squint at what reposes behind
'. peek-a-boo waist, when It costs moth
r. ing, but that's no proof that we al
# prove of such vagaries. This Is
D hint to three or four women wit
! more than Cne-sixteenth Negro bloc
ID in their veins. | wonder if they WI
/ tumble?
N / tell you that speech OF Senate
G. Lorimer was a real human dOCumen
al When you read that speech and col
n, sidered what long way he has com
Il how many creeks he had to cross, an
i'll lhow many obstacles were in his pat
SIS YOU at once compare his life with tt
10 life of the colored man who CONT
" iup into the limelight. There ma
70 have been bribery in that electio
X but we COiored men can't help b
Is take Billy Lorimer's side, because h
rt life IS a reproduction of our lives
IN filled with troubles. OF course LUI
of mer is not an educated man, he new
n could solve the pythagorian theorei
ck and he probably could not recognI
ly Virgil if he met the old has-been in
en- street car, but he can treat his brot
er, er, no matter what his color or rat
IL as a man. After all, the fellow wi
ds feels for and with his fellowmen, al
is Just naturally excavates himself o
ng of the mine of poverty and obscuri
ey has something in him that appeals
cir every one who has one dram of t
ng milk of human kindness in his max
es UP. l take the Billy Lorimer side,
tn cause he's human, and has stood t
'ut hard raps, and won.