The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-29
1~11HAT THE WOMEN
OF THE WORLD
l49 ARE DOING D D

There is a bitter complaint that the
stringent Irish our mourning regu-
lations owing to the death of the duke
of Fif have killed the Dublin castle
season.
II is announced in reply to the
criticism of the earl of Aberdccn's So
clal program that the postponcments
of functions correspond to those of
buckingham palace and that the st.
PatIick's day dance occurs as usual,
as we'll as other functions after Lent.
Inc mi OF persons p%artaking Of
Aberdeen's hospitality is larger than
in any season.
The suffragettes are willing to ex-
change corsets for votes. Many of
them already have given up their stays
for no remuneration except that they
can work for the cause moro comfort
ably without them. The discovery
was made at the Suffragette bazaar in
New York. where there was a voting
booth tn select the most popular suf-
fragist: The prize was a ~so-called
valua bic corset. Now the %suffraeists
say no corset is valuable.
Miss 1nez Milholland was in the
lead. and many we're the dimes spent
to buy votes for her. But suddenly
some n who knew gave up the in
formation that " had a corset
bound Miss Milholland's trim waist.
Miss Fola LaFollette. daughter of
Lexow. Miss Anna Tinker, Miss Eliza
beth Cook. vice president of the Wom-
ans Political union; Mrs. Lee De For
est. Miss Elizabeth Burcheneal, direc-
tor of girls athletics in the public
schools; Mrs. Robert Adamson. Mrs.
Harriet Stanton Rlatch. Mrs. Margar-
ct Lawrence. Miss Vida Sutton, and
| Nf harc Sa~0rNtn1~A t. AA> $500
whose names were mentioned, 1t de-
ve!oped, did not wear them, either.
Miss Milholland admitted being a
member of the new movement. Il
wish all women could grasp the i'm
portancc of this REFORM" said Miss
Milholland. in the interests Of inn
proved health. Particularly shop girls
mensely benefited by Inc dress"
II hope and except that the suffrage
movement will bring about a reform
in dress" said Mrs. Batch. ''Take it
from the standpoint Of beauty, the
Venus de Milo, ideal Of artists, did not
wear corsets. What more ugly and
distressing sight can you fancy than
a fat woman, her waist laced in and
her hips standing out?"
This movement toward "A saner
dress is as important as the work for
the ballot" said Miss Vida Sutton of
Chicago university. lecturer and
dramatist.
we are as barbaric in dress as the
savage declared Miss Sutton. eve
pinch in our waists and condemn the
Chinese for pinching their feet. The
women of the harcm. who are fed on
honey and sweets to fatten them that
they may attain the standard of beau
ty set by their master. are as much a
disgrace to society and civilization as
the fat wonen of New York. 1t shows
an uncnlightened mind concerning the
first laws of health. and necessarily
acts as a check to attainment Of high
er efficiency.
But tho worst Of these corseted
women wearing the high-boned, stiff
collars is the rigid expressions they
year. and this makes wrinkles. A
woman free and natural in her dress
changes her expression. and a play OF
beauty takes the place of wrinkles and
q set. stiff expression. Haven't you
seen women who looked about as pill
able and natural as a lampost?"
"a little reason is better than a lot
of ballots"
This is the laughing comment of
Countess Leutzow, who arrived in Chi
cago last week.
The count was former chamberlain
to the Emperor of Austria. strong of
frame and jovial. His wife is q slen-
der, fragile, blue-eyed lady who. be-
fore her marriage. was Anne Baroness
van BOrnemann.
NO" smilinEly admitted Countess
LeutzOw. there is no suffrage in Bo-
hernia. bohemia is the countess
country Further, there is not the
ghost Of a. thought Of II.
They don't need 1t. / think the
reason is because they know WON
ems arts.
What are women's arts?"
ITO know n practice the idea that
no man wants to he hammered. A
woman can always make man obey II
she uses the Damascus sword rather
than the blndgeon. Woman is the
weaker physically and can do nothing