THE NEW FEMININE DRESS IN GERMANY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 153, 29 June 1881, Page 4

THE NEW FEMININE DRESS IN GERMANY.

It would appear that the doctrines of woman's emancipation from the trammels of feminine dress, promulgated some time ago with considerable vigour ;by strong-minded ladies in the United States, have recently been enthusiastically adopted by an association of .German matrons and maidens which, lunder the significant title of " Clothing '< ;League for the abolition of Petticoats," irecently held its first public meeting in jßerlin. A. Chairwoman haviDg been duly elected, the proceedings were opened by an eloquent speech setting forth the inconvenience and disadvantages, from a sanitary point of view, of the flowing garments hitherto deemed appropriate wear for civilized females. This discourse pronounced it to be the sacred duty of every member of the Association to discard; wjth the utmost promptitude such objectionable raiment p,s typical of all disabilities wrongfully, (ascribed to woman by her oppressor, man, and to assume in its stead " a

dualistic form of covering for the legs as well as for the arms." This dariDg : programme of action waß hailed with acclamations of approval by all present save one, a Frau Peters, who courage-; ously stood up for the denounced petticoats, upon the ground that they were more 'becoming than trousers to members of fie female sex. Her protesting voice, however, was drowned in a storm of indignant clamor, and a resolution embodying the sentiments previously enunciated by tho chairwoman was passed by an overwhelming majority of the fair leaguers.