Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-03-28
4 woMAN,s EDITORIAL,

an wrote l0ttcI " -, - tho
Times-Republican In dlscussn sass
haram skirt and feminine foliy o. u.ess
and made out her case IN sucn $50. n..s :
and sensible manner that the ea.. 90. 10.
writer OF that paper stepped asue -
masculine meekness ana moues.y ~
AFFORD her article the place It REQUIRES
nv right OF conquest as wonaan !,
editorial," The Courier reproaucess
the article, believing that 1t VIII DC -
,nterest to masculine as we'll as leiil-
nine readers. 80, loo.
,s,atinn AGAINST the harem skirt? asks
the Hampton woman. ,.,n ordi.
am not faddist-but pam o,u ar
nary woman-a mother-a nome mar.
and home keeper for my husDa ana ANU .ha
a vet to me, it seems that Inc
haram skirt is but the beginning OF .
n,,ch needed evolution In women =
clothes. :.ad nv her
skirts though they are not the nh ~. S S
Justly despised "hobble sKlrl an ns
has wards and yards OF. clotn sus ~ s,,I,
from her waist USUALLY Win tne w. ~.
ne.s of each skirt hanging around nei
feet and many times trailhg III 'ne
street. +hav trail
M vat wet, dusty, and germ iaueh'
then they trail on the floors az nolne
sna unt,1rden themselves where your
a creep and play. They &c. wet
end muddy and communicate thelr
ean.rai nastiness to the feet and legs
= &ha 1uoaror
- They invariably hang in the way
1then one climbs stairs, or Steps iu.o
carriages or street cars. Ihey ltnpeue
mal,.ip1 in wind and are almost an
,,mnossihle barrier in wading deep snow
- tall grass. If the men were com
a,,ad tn wear them a week tnere
! p1 certainly be mighty and a sue.
dan abandoning at the earles. pos Thav
moment. They are not warn: au ~
hang away from the BODY, anu atf9"
me cold to blow up under them.
All women do not have CITY pa aa,7..
streets to walk upon. Many, especlally
r,,raI teachers, have to take coui NJ.
raa - as they find them, blocKed Win
.nou muddy or bordered with tai dew
iaSsr grass. To these as well as 70
.nenv others, / believe the dlV V' .
sEirt would be a boon.
s,ha garments in themselves nave no :,
80 - We speak Of masculine dress
=. a,eminine dress" because iamlilar-
-, WITH men and women wearing tnelr
10y m dresses has made It seem
.s.s pretrra1 that should always be thus
4 alimpse at the. dress OF men IN
al. PINES discloses the fact that men
MOO wore as inconvenient dress as
ssc,,oen DO now. Perhaps their de-
n.rtmre from the old toga was as start
i R % the harem skirt. If they were
- -. vastly superior to the present day
~ ~ men. why do the men not re-
turn to them! -. - SONS
force made men and women Win less,
shocking as this latter disclosure niay
he and / can't quite see why women
. should drape yards and yards Oh .clo.l
ouer their natural appendices, ana
hammer their every movement. 81, /,
- women were made with, snali
.av a base? somewhat like an old dasn
ch,r- It would be obviously necessary
~ wear the conventional sklrts.
Thev are iu,modest and indecent! NO
.hey are neither; they are only as you
think OF them. II you are as mooese
and moral as you ought to pc, tne
harem skirts will appear morally rlgnt
n Won. They protect the body mucn
more fully than the skirts OF the pres
ent or former days and 90 not as
.,lose the figure any more.
They are a new departure and Ike
All new departures must stand tne
ridicule accorded them. Columbus was
crazy when he thought the earth round !.
Robert Fulton was jeered when ne tired
4 Is start his first steamboat. Calico was
sorced to recant when he said that the
earth moved; even the lowly Nazarene
was forced to die among thieves, pc
cause he taught something new
I do not want to be masculine or
initiate the masculine dress or swagger
hit do want to have q comfortable,
convenient, sensible dress. .
hope the harem skirt has come 20
emancipate women from her follies In
dress with the inevitable trains OF LII
health.
Now, women, the Marshalltown
paper asks, what do you think? Is the
Hampton woman right or wrong?
oTTuMWA's MANUFACTURERS:
since the time years ago when the
Johnston ruffler and Ottumwa made
starch enjoyed q countrywide sale,
4oo &,,w4 hoS