Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-02-15
More Trouble Ahead for the Cor.
puIent Woman.
New and Daring Creation on It's Way
From Paris Described as "skirt
With Sort Of Pantaloon At
tachment."

New York.-According to a cable
dispatch from Paris the hobble skirt
Is about to be supplanted by new
and daring creation in the way of q
skirt which is described by dress.
makers as "a skirt with sort OF
pantaloon attachment" The new
skirt, it is said. is the invention OF
Paul Poiret, a gownmaker of Paris. "A
New York house has already imported
from Paris consignment of these
skirts. which are being displayed to
dressmakers here, and the house Ia
prepared to measure and fit any WON.
an with the new creation who thinks
she would like to wear 1t.
Some of the city's dressmakers were
asked to describe the new fashion
Their ideas of the skirt differed, and
none of them could give the same de-
scription of It, but they all objected to
the use Of the words ''pantaloon.
"breeches" or trousers" in describing
1t. though none Of them was able to
suggest a more delicate word for the
skirts masculine attachment.
A woman representative of an i'm
porting house, said: ''Yes, we have
heard about the new skirt. 1t is to be
launched as novelty, and maybe Il
will become very popular. But please
don't call the little part of 1t the
pants or rather the trousers. as yor
men say, because It is nothing of the
sort. 1t is Just two little foot holes
First, you stick foot through one
and then you stick the other foot
through the other hole. and there you
are. It is not at all dificult, assure
you. and the women will not find II
so.''
When asked whether the two holes
resemble the legs OF trousers. she re
Piled: Il suppose SO. but you mus
understand the legs are very short.
Asked whether the pantaloons Of
the skirt extended as far below the
knee as the ankle, she blushinsly re
piled: Il cannot answer your ques
ton
Another dressmaker described the
new skirt as being very tight. The
pantaloon attachment. she said, would
not be visible. II the skirt should be
come the rage in Paris, she said. the
New York women would have te
adopt It whether they liked 1t or not
otherwise they would lose their repu
tatfon for keeping up with the fash
ions. When asked II she regarded
the new skirt as the forerunner d
trousers for women, she replied: II
is wrong to speak OF that part Of thu
skirt as trousers. don't know ex
actly what you would call It, but 20,
don't describe the Turkish women al
wearing trousers.
Il don't think that our American
women would ever take to the trous
ers worn by men. It would not onl!
unsex them-look at Or. Mary Walk
er-but there is no beauty in trousers
for women. Let woman put OF
trousers and. her beauty is lost for
ever; besides, the men would neye
tolerate such thing.
The idea OF this new skirt is no
to popularize trousers for women. bu
to add little touch of orientalism I,
their dress. However. the Skin
which will be introduced here is
much modified form Of the skirt in it
Partisan makeup
| Nearly all of the dressmaker
agreed that II the skirt should b.
adopted by women, as the dressms
kers understand it, they would have t
readjust their manner Of dressing
themselves; instead Of following tn
usual custom of putting on Skin
by first throwing 1t over the head
they would have to don the new on
just as trousers are put on. by entel
ing the skirt feet first. For slende