The Washington times., 1919-11-19

I Thirdly indecent variations of
| styles. she causes women to spe nd
SO much money on clothes that many
men are unable to marry; and those
who are married are unable to
maintain. large families OF children.
Fourth--Shs is the direct cause OF
much immortality prevalent in civil
| iEea nations.
Fiftb--she is a powerful. indirect
cause of drunkenness, and extraya-
EAnt expenditure in other lines, since
women who are fashionably DIRE Jsed
love to display themselves in rrstau-
rants, cafes and at the thratsr.
Sxth-By sharpening the contrast
between wealth and misery, she is the
cause of much Of the revolutionary
agitation now spreading throughout
the globe.
Corset Ruins Plump Ones.
"If a woman appears at all plump,
her dressmaker tells her: Madame,
you are too fat; you must do, some
thing TO make yourself slender"
says DIR. DeCourmelles. And she fol-
lows this advice. So we the the cor
set, use fui to sustain the body, become
an instrument that causes abnormal
displacements. 1t used to be said
that "A woman is a being who dresses
herself, gossips, and then. undresses
herself But that is mistake now
adays, at least upon the, FIRST and
third points.
"women's clothing has reduced It
self to the most siruple expression
by the sienderness OF the body on the
one hand and by the scantiness of the
raiment on the other. She is dressed,
in 1919, when she is undressed.
Now, as to my second point: The
greatest part of the body is uncov-
cred by the present-day fashion.
That permits Dame Fashion to col
iaborate with the physicians, insofar
as fees are concerned; but II is some
thing that physicians do not desire.
In exposing the throat the beck, the
limbs. and the arms to all of the cold
winds, Dame Fashion produces all
sorts of colds, grippe, and tuberculosis
and helps lower the birth rate. a
woman Is no more mistress OF her
body. style 10 sovereign.
.sDe Luxer Blun Bars Babies.
And as to the children-they are
scarcely dressed at all in France. So
we have the spartaeist selection. Only
the robust survive. The others, with
bare legs exposed to the weather, and
insufncientiy clad, catch all sorts Of
afhictions-
con the third point-ve wish the
things de luxe We spend the most
Of our resources TO sustain a bluff.
II is these heavy expenditures which
kill the infant before II has chance
TO be born. For men remain bache-
iors, not only because they cannot az
ford TO maintain wives in such style.
but because they themselves love 10
associate with women gorgeousiy
dressed. Everything that diminishes
the amount OF money spent in the
home itself aids In the suppression
Of children and Dame Fashion Is the
leader.
SEQ SELVES Fer Baubies-
Life has become more dear and
mere complicated II Is out OF all
proportion to the increase In sa!-
by q peculiar anomaly, more coquetry
ion reiEns and brings misery, i'm
which debaueh human lives. So we
destine. out OF need for money for
crimes against the marriage vow have
been committed for beautiful robes,
jewels, or collars OF pearls!
"To remedy this, let US push for
ward the feminist movement. The
women are going to vote and adapt
themselves better to economic con-
ditiens. The feminine mentality Is
gazing to change more and more, aud
finally We shall see France as we
knew her before"