Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-11
HERE. IS new idea
Woman's View of What Mascu.
line Dress Should Be.
Possibility That the War Will erlna
About Such q Transformation ~
She Seems to Think Would
Be Desirable.


In the world, and 1t Is certainly hoped
that mere man will now take tun..
BILE and let the uniform Of the soldier
suggest to him a new mode of dress.
We see daily the trim figures of "our
boys" with the neat-fitting uniform
coat, baggy trousers to the knee and
the leggIngs that so well set off the
leg.
Mans present dress is always mat
ter Of ridicule. is unsightly and should
be changed to something more sensi-
Bile and economical.
Let us build for Mr.. Man new
kind of suit, woman writes to the
editor of the New York World. At
first he will howl and say no, but IL
women will persevere and say you
must, he will, and In the end be hap
by.
First, his figure. The abdominal
belt Is mans only excuse for the cor
set. He wants 1t and he needs 1t far
more than woman, and If only for sup
port alone. Put him into q regular
woman's corset of waistline height
and long hip and reduce that ugly
stomach several inches.
He will not look fopplsh, but will
have that military cut we all admire.
He will naturally feel Ill ut ease and
compressed for few days, but that
will disappear and feeling Of real
living will follow, for his lungs will
expand, the muscles be tightly sup
ported and vim replace langour. The
corset was originally worn by men,
garment. Women IRE on the average
fur healthier than men, and they are
daily incased in corset.
Now we have figure to work on.
Next, put him back into knee pants
and long stockings. Is anything more
becoming than the Knockers of old
days?
Think of the cloth saved and that
ugly bag in his long trousers forever
eliminated. Then the coat tailored to
curve to his&fgure, lapels thing Of
the past, and instead the military coll
lar effect.
Coats to be cut shorter and vests
done away with entirely. Think Of
the saving of cloth in the suit alone.
Even his shirts, while in effect the
same as now worn, could be shorten
far less material, SO as to conform to
narrower figure. Make change in
his shoes and go back to the old CO.
lonial type of narrower lines and a
higher heel. What Is prettler than
the old colonial shoe and buckle2
Prevailing cloths would make up
becomingly for business and street
wear, but the possibilities for evening
dress are unlimited. His evening
clothes are hideous. Silken breaches,
flowing waists. ETC., lend untold possi-
bilities ut dinner or function.
And the comforts on a hot summer
day. Let him have several pairs Of
white duck knickers and an array Of
shirts. White pumps and stockings to-
match, and thousands of yards of wool
saved. And far better dressed man
in the bargain.
Every man down In his heart wishea
he could change to something more be-
coming and with greater possibilities
Of variety. And every man who reads
this will fervently hope that someone
will start the ball rolling, for he has
not the nerve himself to captain the
movement.
Nine out Of ten will quickly fall into
line and dress accordingly and feel
happy to think that someone started
dress reform. +.
trust the world will air woman's
views about mans dress and that
wives and sweetheafts will follow your
dressed being.