. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . petti-coats with contempt. He has absolute physicalfreedom, and can enjoy the active, invigorating ex-ercise upon which courage, independence, and bon-homie largely depend. The little girl looks ather brother with envy, and mourns that she is not aboy. No man would for an instant submit to thebondage and restraint of skirts. Unable to go outof doors except under the condition of favorableweather and social proprieties, woman becomes akind of hot-house plant in temperament, and devel
. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . petti-coats with contempt. He has absolute physicalfreedom, and can enjoy the active, invigorating ex-ercise upon which courage, independence, and bon-homie largely depend. The little girl looks ather brother with envy, and mourns that she is not aboy. No man would for an instant submit to thebondage and restraint of skirts. Unable to go outof doors except under the condition of favorableweather and social proprieties, woman becomes akind of hot-house plant in temperament, and devel-ops the traits of physical weakness, irritability,and nervousness. Moralists therefore charge uponthe restrictions of dress the fretfulness, ill-temper,and peevishness which darken many question of ethics is concerned in the dangerto which petticoats and the stricture of dress ex-pose the wearer. Unable to protect herself intimes of peril by running or jumping, dependenceand cowardice are inevitable. Mrs. Phelps Ward comments thus on the iniquityof long skirts: When I see women stay indoors. ST. KY It \IMI IBL. Observe the easy fall of the drapery and the points from which it radiatesjind <•f the St. Cecilia, FTer gown is n model which we may safely follow. THE MORAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DRESS. 239 the entire forenoon because their morning dressestrail the ground, and indoors all the afternoonbecause there comes up a shower, and the walking-dress would soak and drabble ; or when I see the( workingwoman standing at the counter, or at theteachers desk, from day to dark, in the drenchedboots and damp stockings which her muddy skirts,flapping from side to side, have compelled her toendure ; when I see her, a few weeks thereafter,g< ling to Dr. Clarke for treatment, as a consequence ;when I find, after the most patient experiment,that, in spite of stout rubbers, water proof gaiters,and dress skirt three or fou
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