Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-10
trosrrron TO low EEcKs AND
TTGET SKIRTS

OPPOSITION TO Low UECKs AND
TIGHT SKIRTS.
rha papers are telling US about some
rn1ns on this subject as being
sached by Cathode priests and other
eachers. As rule. do not believe
preachers taikiag on such subjects.
r they generally make bad matters
orse ~ meddling. but it has always
rsd strange TO me why and how mod
women could make up their minds
N inv bare their naked backs and bosoms
Sc fashionabIy attired for a ball or
4r Common sense should give better
-sction 10 their tastes and their
aurhts. Il seems to me
Remember over thirty years ago hear
group OF women discussing
IN fashionable woman in Washington
...sts. noted for her low-neck dressing
lare shoulders.
last an elderly lady said; NY
John "a congressman told ne
re men said they liked 70 MI her
VIII champagns and then anybody
IVA riuch her arms and she wouldn't
rd ~
BE- eannibal savage is remarkable ioE
sscoIlette dressing. but civilized
has always been remarkable for
hsnr his body All over. except his
ana hls hands. and he puts gloves
his hands and hat on his head
nn he aims TO Be fauitiessly attired
ths best society. our fashionable
-sr fhoss who have only q covering
~ lower part OF the bust. and next
rofnfnr on the hack. the neck, shout
hnsorn and arms. would feeiinsulted
WV compared to the csnnibal savage
~su Who sport only a breechcloth
sIsniav the rest Of the body IN its
tit
..nw nat one can count the veins on
Tvs Iees and ankles, her stockings
Is transparent. and the waist only
er~ part Of 'front.' and back II
ee hut a trffle OF Imagination 10
out the whole picture. especially as
frock Is 80 scant that her entire
rrsv can he suggested every time she.
s step out in the open As
n women do not go into transports
~ epeinr naked women. no matter
We'll n|AMEA EAEM mas ~ 49, -
sfction IS Irresistible, that the wom-
~rsa appearance Is fixed 70 please
men. Let the preachers keep up the
I|cisu II IL win do any good.
worrid weather for September.
rn often remarked some weeks ago
An Ne had had an unexampled spring
n sumner season The weather was
.r-s.frrfw cool and the frequent rains
NJ ! sweet freshness 70 the air, so
An ne hragwed enthusiastically over the
eantest summer within our recolec-
3lt when we passed the middle OF
gust We were forced 70 tell another
Whfle we have such a heated
m q US there Is no comfort in exer-
Or in trying 70 dress up or go any
here. SO there IS nothing for feeble peo-
10 do. except 70 rest and try TO keep
nI Fortunately for me there comes a
MI air before day into my bedroom, 50
Ire i some comfort even with very hot
amer for an old lady Ike myself.
But the crops are suffering terribly
om the excessive heat An old-time
,rhbor. living IN Texas, writes that
cotton leaves and squares are now
rched enough 10 rub into powder. The
ttcn plants have been so fun OF sap
~ Our crops may be served in the same
amer ere long
NDlH farmers used TO say that one might
N ur0n an blooms until the sth OF Sep
rber Every bloom would make a
b and every boil a lock OF cotton
Is that date. but the outlook is not
Ma for a September crop this year. The
rema heat viii parch up the late
IInras ard burned I'd suuares viii make
boIIs.
hIs year, 1872. has been a year without
raralleL II was raining all the winter
IA spring and there could be no prepar-
rn 81 the land before planting. II
Nrinued TO rain after the seed were
Infed and the corn crop laid itself by. -