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nilnmgtp ;rmd,, which more resembled a crown, and from this hung _ __ _W_,___ __ __  __  _ _
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fashions reigned, not only the women were highly pleased ;1_\Ei_l5and covered with spanglcs and emb|-¢,|da,.ed d0_ -~  9/6/Q3  _,» with them, but the men admired them as fervently ns Aéother "movano at ‘ms "md was H f 5769*' H6/' _fa/7 _
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pefmflntnfy, ‘whifll pfU"l)6J llltll if IJ p€fm0~ igwsl' part of tho robs ausumod pleats sugglhgtlvo of f h
- 't m°d°rn skirt. and for s cloak ills m his
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seem; to be getting back io the simpltctty of women t_,§,, _m_2§}°,_§0;_°__"y ‘_‘_;-nm women at mm ‘
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over (ns otncr. The rlippers had pointed toon of the
must accentuated typs. And yet when, n few years
“3°- 91° Dulhted-toe shoe crush struck Alnrricn folks
imaainod it wasp strictly modern thing
in the sixth 1.-éntury France reams to have taken
hold of tho position ns ruler-of iushlon that she still
maintains. But all art, even the nrt at dross, it you
iritce it back for enough, lt-nd: to the Chlnesc or
J‘1Dnnr~sn, und so in the sixth cnntury Jnpunesa ln-
tluence is cinnrly manifested in thu dréss of thc
Fronchwoman, which, huwovnr. won much simpler as
to makin! than ilut dress oi’ n century pr#-vinus.
In tho rsizr at Louis IX-say in the yvnr 1200-
thero v.'u" .i vor" "‘lo_saturunlla of dri-ss uilurnmonts.
This ls wilrtu thc \.' i. ;l waist camo into brink,
To lc sll~ ‘. the corsrt was not such it orle_ as wa
see at the prcscilt day ln America but it nnsworoil
the purpose of reducing thn wulrt lino to little morn
than hull its natural dimensions, and so wnls ti success,
Lancs und orminn sntored larproiy intn the costume.
The lncu wus draped from tho sort nt tlixrn that served
tor llendgcnr and was vnuglit up hurt- nntl there. from
slncvu and skirt. in a spirit ut what must huvo scorned
rccklcss itbnndrtn.
Thu orminn wus worn nn tlln hrs'-'lst und down over
tho lllps, and nlso nn tlitfmnrlrln oi ills cloak. In that
day ot tnslllonnblc hrulnsiorlns, uvery woman could
ne a quoen, ln appcurt\r\c0, at least.
Buch robcs as worn in thoso days worn by every
woman of means and position havc today bot.-n prs-
served only in the palaces.
But the storm passed in due tlmo, and next camo.
in the thirteenth ccntury_ il costume quits resembling
that of the curly Druldess.
This was the lntrnsély religious pivriod in Europe,
and sobsrncls of costume wuts u. gfauge or the popular
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the dress of the French bourgeoisie, who in other iimcs
have been among what might Lu culled the Bwellofil
dressers. _
Art. and patriotism were nlinxlt-it ln making of tho
lady ot the thirteenth century in _i"t*urw¢ and iwllirluittl
a triumph of the drosnmukcfa chu: is. l'-.rmine :lguill
carrie into vogue, and coats-ui~nrlil»< wort: frcely oin-
broldarod on tho skirts while thu iiindonl liko hc-ull
gear becsnlo asain isshionubls.
And then that wonder pi.-rioti ln France, the reign
of Louis X. surly in iho fourlt-eulii century. Aguln
tha coats-of-arms and syinlmliciil designs. but mum
dalntlly worked, and tho clout-~t-ilnitiilg waist, spurn-
ing th; crmino cover of tho prt-\lt~.i>4 century. sl-tolli:
out in natural glory. Tilt- shurl vc-il now beguil tu
add wlnsomt-nitls to womun’u face.
In thc reign of Pllilippu Vi-about 133i~\\'txs nn
other nomo ot bruinltorniitis and thtn uimthur drop
bsok to sxtrsms simplicity In tho ilrsus oi thu l rencli
countrywomsn at tho iliisontit onntilry, wilich Suigtfusw
to ths hunter among musty faiihlun plates the salva-
tion Army lssslc of today.
Bug it was in Lbs Empire rlleriod, during the reign
oi’ tho first Napoleon, tlat :rosa hritinstorlns camo
thick and fast. Then it was that tno styles cilnlliziui
overy wcek, so that every ilw days tits pouplc must
nsods buy is new fashion Journal. Even in this nil-
vancctl sito, once ii month is consldorod quita oftull
for fashion changes
The othcr extremo had not-n reached dur*.n»r the
Reign of Terror, when, fm account ui the exigencius nf
the time, the simplest body cnvr-rlntr was ontoruetl.
Especially was thc rc-action fvlt in thc matter oi'
Jewelry-women fairly loiidt-il ihi»:u_=tr-l\'t=_s down with
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all sorts or gialmy ornaments: even to nes;-wt-l.-tl
and stockings did_ tho crass extend.
A paltry income of $100,000 is year dm nm _.__
n fashionable woman of thtt parlod to hsf lililntr.
Hangings and drnpsrien ln ths homes were rt
cui‘t_‘ed to hsrmoniso with madsmirs costume. A rlll
fnshivll. that was forgotten for .1 spoil until mo mfr.
iicth century aroused it, was tha ind ur ha-,-ing gmt-
¢‘l'!- illsrusols and oven pot dogs to match the costum-
ut the (dir unc.
Almost any ons 60 ynars of nge cnn rscall (ha nut
lnndisli rtylhs that waht by such nninss ls Grecltn.
hand, i:rini_Jllnc nutl ilustlos in this country.
And yot, absurd as they scum to the casual rsntht'
vi' today. tllcy had thrir admirers. And really it al
duptlnilud upon tho w.nnitn_
As an American ninioumail is :l not long ntzo
true |rcnt_loma‘n _ahuulfl bu uhln wahoo good in n sl.
irrnspc-ctl\'n of iushitln
Tho priilvlpiil iililli-nity with tim i-rinnllnvr was
lhiey lllnllod lllu |l.|'lll,u=r uf wuineil who ruulri yr-'
a room. It was iill very wi-ll in the uarllvr 1
when tim population vtuu not su l:lr';'~ and stron
tions werc' larger, but what \\‘nul'.l li Iullf dozen -_
in rrlllollnss do in tim parlor of thi» modvr-
lmusu, ur ill a trullvy our ut rush hour? .\'.t
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for :in vxplzxnni on
ln th._- yt-.lr lr. 7 l\oop~ worn in gr:-_nt vogue, and in
arlitiiilillitil form tl\t~_\' wi-ri: are-n for soma years thcrv-
ii tor.
Short wiiisis wort; fnsltlonfiblc in 1884-so shori_
at tllvy ulillust r .it-li »d tht- armpits. ln sums rect-ni
yours the wuliits liutw- Iwi,-n built away down to bslow
wileru nuiuro lllsdu ill.»|n.
ilustlos in tho st»\'cntl:~s i-time in with xrcst form
and thern were tit'-rvitfter occurionul bustls brain-
storms until in tho unrly eitghtios. It was tt fad that
f nd it h ‘l \ ll
OU illi. Il ( 4*_
Tllon ill thi- <:;rly cightlvs camo the swltchbnrli
skirt, which not 'mi-.» ttglivr- it fort of Grecian bond to
the tlffurv, hut wut; an iltrht nhnut the lower limbs as
to nm to none but siiori rai~ps pnsslllle.
Sumo tour yi-urs nglv rnrh n stvle of skirt Again
cams- into \-i»i;u~V» it -.-;__=_ .tr mars:-, ilitungf sm; sh rs.;
by thi- lip»ifl-ilntu li\~ll»~s' tnllur to a egfcs which
could not huvn lwrii it;-prttnclluil by the ear ier dross-
mnltvrs.
ilut it wus nnl:' nnntlmr dnmonsiratlon that lu
wnmi-n'.~l _=i_\'l<»:= nuililnt; in pt-rnlnnout but change.
us tha t:rlnollrlo_ tho bustlo, thc switchbuck. the CFB- ’ 3
cinn bend and the others which now look ludicrous. G '  I is
look ro because wo soo only tho PiC¢\1l‘0° Uf ¢h°m- 1 1”  Q  0  
Dress our beautiful women ol today in these cos- -  __,_,_`._V____ ._M,. W, ____, __,,
tumes and mon, no doubt would universally declare ' ` '___‘.{.\l¢§__~'2¢‘*;‘ f ffl” _gh ' _ ,__ __
il. t <‘  ` -~ -~ -. '
om dreams of bonu y __ __ :__ £2; ___i;5:5_ __ia_“_;
rubric, telling it at hnvs any isnsunse. nvthins "mfs ..._._...: ..._-_ _______:
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than thc mu-ashlp. the tt-arg, out aucourassnwnt sawed  _ -:.  ' ;;’;5,:. ut/ -1 .ff /‘tt “ ° ‘_ nm-,__.5\\~.§;iy‘/'__
into it by tho woman or womon who must corn their :: -1; .s__;'§; __'- 4 ' /f-_:___ __ fy »»_» :_  

tume, not the costume that adon-is the figure. -~ . I” /_‘__ _ ' _ _ _ _ 1
_-fu v » _ _ . . - _- -_-
- 'iflwiszf ““ ` -_'i'"f»_V..»'i.~=-'  :-ff  -. |' ._ _
For. loft you sw. if a tiw life- "“°f“°"“K in B __;i@;~ra§lllllfss=ms;¥f§§%ii.-  ‘;§ia.a.§_ ._ ' `”ii"l*f».'*t‘-- “i=t'1»lV`~=V-.l»f - li `
costume, animating it, that lends charm to it, and no ,.:.1‘.-ln:t.:..._.:..........t.-#_ 1_-_-»u_5n-31 -.4-:`=::-;.:_i1__ ‘Q _,_ _,__‘r:'»‘ _‘__ _V. ____ r,:___~_;- _,=,¢_-~n»_-urn.-@ ' -
.Virtua in the costume itself. ff' _____ ________IQ;_;§=;_l_i_=_;,;:;-g§_  §'{V‘_-<_V_"~1'}J  "  f"l_l  ‘ Y ' '_
By itsol! the costume is no more than insignificant _ ;::£¥£2ZEEE_E._ 1:|::::r::-‘ __i:;!.::::_:"':_._ __: _.:.=j ._ pl _ _ -'  V;ft___V_`_.‘._;.____.E l I  I l __
. ~ _ 1 in V    'ly .5 ‘tl-=f" gf %‘ _t‘  `  .V   ~~ "' 1"'
'~=-=»='._' “==>==1;fines.;-`i=li:c.zesasa~ _='§Z.. ='F" pf .  5.1.' f- '_ '_  
=t.==ess=;==; i=;_sa§f¢. ===.:==:;_=:‘,-,,,i_ __=;.... - _ gt' _7.\:¢.-:,_V ,_ _  . -:~__ ._ V- _ E-'f"'-;i‘i_,, __
il'l b i . . . 'h D. those who Dlcksd UW "°‘===f===! 5:""“5i““*""‘~' "  ' " / `»t`;f-"`1'_'\"f_'."t ~`~ == ( .V’ "ii 1'* . -I ',"'-'/. _
chtllgn. Jlvoe/Llswtllga llvloilirlnsllpllllll the silk or made tho I  Q O ‘ll '*.gY_<f§~\;'7‘r_ F._____f _ _t *ix 
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Nntlllng moro. llut tllnt which thc dress lncauns is _ _ _E__,-- i /_ t \\ i-_]vi\_-_,- r  qt-:J __ ;’__5 -__j_“_
u piooo of divinn handiwork which has been svolutlnq -- ,é_=___- 5 G ` ._ \‘_-gil’ ‘ ;’-‘ '  “Il»`.'* ° ‘ -,‘lit|lUP§_.'
to its prosont dolighttlil cntitp. thrculth thg lapse 0 _  _E552-__ » ,, _ @ __, -.t_ _;__‘_ _ .;-‘_'_:;~;.¢  __;______.
cons, can-ying in its atomic morocosm snntc es 0f_ tht; . _ _ f-~ "-__~` 'X' ~ ~  __ _ ,_,..,~,-;VV V ____-l- _ 1;-_ J‘ ____ .__
Iplnangs and mein. uf thu agus, strains ut ths musc 0 _ V; ~» _t _ Q It 1'  vb-_  F-_-_-;_3;g_Vc__*_ _, ~‘
lc sp eres. ff! i  _ - J-TI: ":“T;\‘ 'if' ‘ i)
so it is lite, beauty, vivncity that scorn the eos- _ \\\ - _~  _ __ ==V~¢r\
c°,-.so/2 /was-¢/:sae fr/so -\t_” °~ Q » “ku 1, ii
'ph gi t "b ut unadorned is . . /.f »<_ ' ~ .
ndorngtd tlllzoetmhvsktg  ndnillppggt hrivinlity. but A &77G’_ /yO5Y[{/d?£S- _ ‘~-:__`__________,//1 ~‘ . »/anger-gtg/Zqeylyfapa
great act. ' "‘ "` ,`
CYCLES OF A CENTURY
When it became cvlilent. several months ago, that
N101' WMI n tendons! in Paris, and be s less degree in
tho Yihitua states. t rvtarn to ug: mpire urs"-that
'worn in th time oi tho nrst spolson, almost 100
yen;-s n, 0-31,, fnshionnbif public #utilised how little,
aitnr itll, the dictates o mme ashlon count tor.
sins; _th»¥_ src hound. wet-y too years °r 1°- ¢° °t'°|°
uc o t c sn-mn s<lurt'i~.
But still morn cviilunt becomes this law when one
goes back n n mbsf of mnturius. ba k. indeed. to thv
rst csntury all tho Christian ora. §°r thu l’M'tl'|°ll¢|
I the Greco-Roman maiden of the rst c;r\t\lPY W0"
in uffnct more similar tn those worn toda than wsrb
he costumes ot ths Empira period. k
Nor is it naocss ry to stop there. Ons may I0 UM
to 8000 B, C., ang ilnri, ns the archeoloxlst‘ Bllnor
Mnsso. lms just announced in italy. that thoro s reall!
little nt~\v under thc sun of rash on. I
Sim-nr Mosso is an ominant ailtharity on one ent
Etrur s. the Roman Forum and sary rats, and lt was
from investigations insda in thoso D noch and DlB¢i°\l‘
‘sl-ly tha Cretan studios, that hc tormed his conclu-
icn gs. di oo tumes. __
M "%J\h-in hhqzgaésih 'f_s.shio.t5aaro an¢if|U°"d‘ “CD01”
osso a e nv .
Antblortsnlning ‘hhis llemarknhgp ststennntws slid
that 4 00 years Ago ths ladies D\‘|“'\9V\" ¥°°°‘“
forte" huts rssegibilng in essnntisl"rssD¢¢¢l f *W9 "en
n P i nms s yo _
letra-n Bills; iogzhnhnd rlghons. BM W1* 1"'|'"‘°'U"“°°
uv. were tecturss of those old* stylop ot* Qldttar-
. s -
....‘:,t'.:':'i.lll:.'“i..°=.i':.:_sa..~i°°...."ti. warg _.ia
mat crops trlrnmin tnesnt hug brim! hs o ma
.v:::ri2:ao}‘;:;2st, ro\ntt salivary, Wl§'s 1 Wig
Fsutiihlsin and snstyioufi alia-!os»_:_i:_st souls s one
o no " m "
so llt§'fw'l'tll'§'rsril` mf. to mlm °=¢°°¢~ W figfifgg
hm wma think nm they lu tww srinf bw! _
nn whoso name was Iiccessity. History has never
thought it worth wlulc to prcsorvo the fathers
_ _ _ /i/arzehm/.J
HEN woman‘s mind runs to_ invention Zaman /,¢,,/ar
_ tho work? sccs wonderful ihlllill nl" 6)’/36
` is quits urturnl. Every mio knows
that Invention is -Lilo child of a wom-
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of the second corset, invented In l8i1 by Elizabeth
_ This Wim in must respects like the ilrst one.
as rovidcd in tho fron with four slits which
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_ nd so stiff hat it caused dlfgcuity ill brsgthln .
f ho enrly sys of the republic wore prolific n in-
  , `  n'%hil"'§fs Ill/t ltlflarlgwns lute' s o nt silfrsnih
i i l
U. ivo ltccomplishrncnts. and the women goin? about
f V housework saw many chances oi improv ng tho
f devious which ths mon tullrs had not time to at-
namo, which shows that ho must have been no-
account.
And Mrs. Neoossity’s daughters today are
holding u the family record as nobly ss her sons.
as shown by the Patent Ofhce at Washington. Ono
of them has recently invented a devlco to make
fat people thin; another sn important lmcprovu-
ment on a sowing machine' another a impls
msksr; another a nursing bottle with new features.
It was a woman who invented the first ty o-
writer. It was a woman who iirst thought of an
ics dream lreoler. A woman’s invention is a dy-
proof orsdlo. And some women have even Tone
,wry from their ndtproi ileld to invert such th up
as s device to dotsclfs-ruimway horse' from s vo-
hihld q screw propeller for a ship, and s curry-
comb for horses.
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iiuauoilfiu fi ieséoh wsm hem-Q the Patent omcs sho has
Ill 1828 Ulm H. B Ki I t G h l. 'l"hl"¢G
yilali lnterlgéiis th Emhliiz gfiaiiliiyifhlcs pzttsilfgiea cook-
if _ U stove.
~ _  For twenty-ilve years after the tlrst patent by n
f //  V.` \ -t woman was secured there wers womcn's patents to the
_`__ ._ _ ‘ tune of just one a year. Later thsro was n still :renter
5 ._  impairs, and hu pos: |857 showed six.
._ 5 _ _ _ ms oi' it nterostinf things that einsnstsl (som
 %_7.ay~ bn brllnl Hman in he snr period WON rs-
__ =» - ' sci. s sttbms so meseops me mp. s |Iun,`s cc
 l <g}%a¢9H/Z7 .si tnnirilu newen n wsi i | nemo. np
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I /t"'t There was one woman. for instance, back in 1822, who
evidently gut tired of scsinqntho kitchen stove resting
dh rt 3msn‘ of brick or it ns, and just to teach her
a stays ici patented. The name ot this benefactor ot
f _ tho neo w n J Phsnton.
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KE ilrlt 'mmm to get n patent from the Unitsd
state govsrnmont. so hr ns than is any noni
   
°f' "“ “"9 mm "°°' °° M" " M’ "°'"’° mqréls Rid”-t°l::JlI€:1a5'°md“ A Mglxl Kaz  s wo ` cos .1 La mn-ms. or Boston.
I _ t to
or _agyskgtachins to weave :nw wits_siik_ =”r\=t”‘~miln"“_ _' _ _ 3 wh& bq;{'Q :.°“:lY|P2.,n_,i§ on,
would expect from xi wnmnn, hut Snrnh Juno Vi'heclt=r,
in limi, ihfunzht it w»rtl\;_» or hor effort. Tha following
yvztr n York smite \\‘»nl:in, l-Jllvn B. Boyce, patented a
uttiihing mnclllnc,
That woman hail n ilno fwnsc- of spnco economy in
thc humn who pnitnixd n combination sofa and bathtub_
but them is no evidt-:lr-u that tho public keenly tslt the
ni-ad of such ii ihiui-1.
Somowlutt brvuntl tho it:-_copied realm of woman' nc- \
tiviiiss stu pm ltihry .lun.V lifmtgomory, or New tlorit. ,_
\\‘lli~n, in illdi, :-the paitrnit-il sn improvement on locomo-
iivo whovls.
A sysioln ni' mnn\:fiict-.lrlng paper pulp was the idea
nf n \\'t>ll.:lll_ and it luis proved n tremendous industrial
o
SUCK.” BS. _
A womnn who t‘iidn't like tho sound of the iocomrt- ’
tit-s whisili-s that put-sod hr-r door invented cnc hawaii
which was morc mu:-Soul, nnil which sho hoped to tt-o
univt-rsnllv ntioptoii. liut railroad niiloinls are not tn-
ic-rcsltril in such lnutli-rs as tho musical Aldo ot tha ocu-
lnotive whistle.
A mi-thod ni' prcsrwving eggs was patented in lm by
Catharina liruner, of Marshall, MD.
An nllna' or bell nirtal_ which has been widely] used
in this mo lou ot ccrtain kind ol jowelry, was t a in-
vnntlon nt n lioston woman.
it was n Srm Francisco womar who invsntsd A proc-
rss of rt-moving paprr from wais. An sxamhplo o§in;
vuntlvo genius run to oild purpose was A ew U
womn.n’s lnvcntion of n "llfo-sav ng mattress.”
Perhaps tha woman who invented a plsntlioon treo
was drivnn to some such resource bg' er husbnbd's
habit of hanging his twuscrs on the tl or.
Net-esnitf' also must have su|'|%st_?d the dultpln to
ralirnhoth they, gg indianapolis, n. and tha aisrm
clock to Fioronco rouhier. o Now York
its further illustrations oz inventions h% Women in
not s when-s w msn would no be sxpan od ad ss
the combined han-ow, marker and cultlvstoigtm wine
a woman nollnhurntod with two men. furnishing some o
t.
th n .4 im ortsnt oints. Then here vu s sisv to
ristlalwiry ldcappaientsd by Mary E. \Vslt.on, of §slr fork
C
y.
Ana t n hink of n woman tm out io ear,
ns Nancyhll hililksrson of Terra muh. ina., did.
A gras; number of il'ro-escapes vs hesnsinventsd by
women, and one woman has sons sxtsnslv 1 into the
invention o lite rafts. Rathsr Lizguhroioué must havo
boo the mind or the woman sr invmt s renin(
fn thecliuiiding tndes women no been Aotivs in
devising such thlnll window fasteners, vanilla- _
tors. suing, frill worr. carpet stretoherl. lily and knob
instenikg ev cel. ceiling supporters :Hd clamps.
A ndon woman has ins futon! hr this country
dsvion for sections ui so ents bcrsclh es
iabr for rpssl
 lf §f.’_‘1§5'.:."“`il..':li~.r.'l:..i':i.ts
 *V  °s‘l‘sT."it’~f.‘3i'»l_.,s.."""‘3”.l.`§
 n _ ‘   our: la mount nw the
~~ lson, of 7rock\y|\, N, Y., has lnvcntpd n ro-
vsrllbh lcrow ropcl or boat. l
vention: h women sro on tile in i
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!'s£_x_it“g&l°ce, ahd the list In being sddsd to st the taht:
or or s yesr.
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