The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1915-11-25

women to hand her crown Of
glory"
Huh sclaims I, when wom-
en- hand another woman anything
hits mo- lakly to be a brick dan
hit is bouquet, especially when
one lady tries to tell anodder lady
how she ought to dress. l done
seed mo- dan one friendship bust
up, Sis Dilcey, by one sister in de
chuch feelin hit to be her sacred
duty to tell anodder sister dat she
was wearin' a flower bonnet dat
was ten yeahs too young for her,
or dat dere warn't no excuse for a
woman whut had chist dat looked
lax a bone-yard adornin' herself
in one of desc heah low-necked
frocks, or dat lady whut tilted
de scales at two hundred an fifty
pounds hadn't orter dixie herself
out in a red-ruffled dress, unless
she wanted to call out de fre-de-
partment.
mo, Sis Dilcey, dere's subjects
in dis world dat is too sacred an
techy for strangers to meddle in
wild 'em, an whilst 1 might on
dertake to doctor a woman dat
was lyin' at de pint of death, or
tell a mother how to bring up her
children, or advise a wife about
whedder to forgive or git a di-
vorsch from her husban' whut
had been sidesteppin', dere, one
place whar I wouldn't have de
nerve to butt in. I'd never pass
no opinion on a sister woman S
new hat, or help her pick out one,
onless l was out lookin for trouble
wild her.
"Oh, but Sis Mirandy,' cries
out Sis Dilcey, "dat's presactly
where de Polly Muriel comes in
OATS whar she lifts de burden of
of de shoulders of us women
whut's been so busy tryin' to bt
styly dat we amt had no time tt
be nothin' else, OATS whar Pol
ly- Muriel is de great bene facto
of our sect"
Well, whoiis she, an whut i
she?" | axes, for l was gittin
kin of balled up wild Sis Dilcey
a-hollerin hallelujahs dat I didn'
understand.
Why" says she, "Polly-Mu
riel is de name of new kin o.
universal dress dat's gwine to be
for women, des lax pants is fol
men. You'll buy you a warm
Polly Muriel for winter, an cool
Polly-Muriel for summer, an dar
you is, an you won't have tc
give clothes anodder thought ontel
desc wear out, an den you'll GO
an git you some new ones jes lax
de ones dat you had befo'.
Just think, Sis Mirandy, whut
a glorious day dat'll be when de
dressmaker ceases from troublin ,
an de sewin machine is at rest,
an woman can do her yeah S
shoppin' in fo' minutes, becaze
dere won't be no chice in Polly
Muriels, an all you've got to dc
is to pick out one de right size.
" Sis Mirandy, we women will
be free as birds dat's hatched out
wild fedders on 'em when we gifts
dat universal dress. Talk bout
4 de ballot, votes for women amt
gwine to be in hit as a emancipa-
ton proclamation wild dis heah
new changeless dress dat you can
wear to market an ball, an be
dressed des as good as yo' neigh.
Dor.
Believe me, Sis Mirandy, dis
heah new Polly Muriel fashion is
de beginning Of de millinnium fol
women dat de Good Book talks
bout
"Whut does dis Polly-Muriel
thing look lakl" l axes, cautious
| lax.
well, de one dat l seed ds
picture of looked lax cross be
twix a Mother Hubbard an {
mans rain-slicker,' spons Si'
i Dilcey.
mot for muh, such bein' d'
case" spons 1. When gall
young an slim, an got straight
front figger, an her own teeth an
hair. maybe she can wear sensible