The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-29

bicycle, the fastidlous - .I8e 4
male sex actually bid thai, !. 80 Y,
very shame. and puIpl, -. -
united again in thunderInp !. ,ouu
athemas at the new -. ~. luInf
was bent on bringing conc ..|.Da,,a
shame on her sex and de.,,a.. s. - \.
last semblance of mOdes,y 4 81.
hood.
The custom survived -. ~
women began driving - 81
the same as men. she ara,n "a .nts !
self target for the men II .,utea
lions of morality and ehas,i,, .',snp.
easily offended. ii
We have recently been co,,.
pages of the Spectator. esn., .h.i
olson, Steele, Budget. Hu,s.. IN AZ
others, we find that woms,,. 81,
was, in those days. the suh,,.. ..f
favorable, constant and onl~. AID
coarse and offending criticism pv
In their mode and manner = the
the women were as fast an. s., 81
themselves then as now. n 8.
In one of his papers Addis.. ~t vi
"The petticoat no sooner -. repe
swell, but ! observed IFS mo,,n.. ~ ~
party-patches had not time "a g.
themselves before detectes wi
had intelligence Of the oolores
the very first time il appear.s -
public assembly. - Am -.
posterity will scarce have a 49,.
idea of them to relish those All. ~,
es which were in no little For.. -.
the time they We're written. !
will be apt TO think that the l,.,
and customs | attacked weFs Z,
fantastic conceits OF my own.
that their great grandmother
not be so whimsical as | have - !.
scented them. For this reason i
l think on the figure my severn
umes of speculations win make 4
a hundred years hence. cons
them as so many pieces OF Ga 4,
where the weight win be rear.
but the fashion lost.
Among the several female erlr
agencies ! have already taken -
of there is one which still kesn
ground. | mean that OF the IL
who dress themselves in a hat 5
feather, a riding coat and a
wig.
Had one of these hermaphros . =.
what an indignation should We Ia -. :,
seen her described by that exrs|l -
satirist! He would have reprusenl Al
her in a riding habit as q uees Il
monster than the centaur. He ~. y,
have called for sacrifices Of purllF
waters, to expiate the appearanes
such a pridigy. He would have A /.
voked the shades of Portia and /.
cretia, to see into what the Roea -.
ladies had transformed themsel,a -.
We coincide with the views q - {. !.
E. A. Baxter, society editor Of tie \ ....
gusta (Ga.) Chronicle. In a receu: !. \.
ticle from her pen on the subiea
the prevailing fashions In dress -
also in dancing: L..
"The whole truth about this ne, h..l
discussed question of the turkey ifut
the slit skirt, and the various qaeF 49,
freaks of the present day In fashl1lI 49,.
dances and manners-there Is % - 4.
making laws to regulate these ia'aH 81
for as long as the world lasts mod = ~ 4
women will dress modestly. dare $ n
modestly and behave modes'5-ml - 4
the other kind won't-and the des1a a
ic rules and laws against this asA
of dress or that dance win NOT ehanli sa
the real behavior OF any womaa Mk
earth, or cause any man 70 rsAPeA 4I1
her more or less. Woman's tfut ~
dances and rules of behavior ssneiA ~
ly had best be left TO her. for e1sV N1T
woman will regulate her own 60
ing and her own behavior absoiaiss
according to the manner OF NoaA - N
she is at heart, and laws aud 'ra'<s -
have nothing to do with H. t. -
who would offend decency IN vsaat n,
immodest gowns will wear one - n
if the law forbids another; those - il
will dance the turkey trot IN = /.
jectionable manner would oasA
equally in the waltz. while go a
self-respecting right sort Of g'n
woman can be left alone to ar
dance and conduct herself gensi-@
as she pleases-for she VIII 40 -
ing wrong"