WHY SHE WEARS IT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 521, 31 May 1909, Page 3

WHY SHE WEARS IT.

V Searching for.\a .raison-d'etro for . woman's : r. dres3;,the'London- "Graphic" opines that ita ■object must bo to : give ■ soma incident and ' •colour to a dull and drab world. - Otherwise why would, women array, themselves in gar- > -menta'devoid 'either; of- comfort, 1 , beauty,, or fitness f "Is there comfort in. ,tno. directoiro ' skirt?" it asks. .. "Evidently not It is long. It is soft. It is tight. . There ttro no petticoaUtoh'old -fy-outj-'there, is, no stiffening to 'lend ;it selr-respect, and its absurd little • tail- grovels always between-tho feet of the :• luckless.wearer." And to these discomforts : are" added slooves so-long- and tight.that : only a miraclo of cut makes movement :pos- • sibie; collars so high that r.o olio except,: ji'er-.-,-hnps, one Amoriciin-duchess could be afc-easo ■ ,in them, •and sasheswhich... wind sccurely round those"parts of the aniitomy, that.might otherwise", remain > unincumbered." Beauty ■ ' falls', equally,., as an a explanation for . these mpiistrosities,; and no ono would :■ bo likely to ', ' assert, the ' Graphic',' thinks,..that, thp'bee,;;,hiv6\hatl'vplanted;.M'''low\d6mn on the: head - that only the .chin is visible; . could bo, «jorn 'for. this; reason. ; .This leaves 'only the ex- ,; plariation,already given, th'rft women dress to relieve tho-ennui of a weary world.