Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1890 — PETTICOATS MUST GO. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PETTICOATS MUST GO.

A .fife, RECOGNIZED A jggfc authority in the j % fashion world an- / 1 nounces that the # wjw/jL newest thing in petticoats is no petticoat at all. g*»¥\This assertion may gjuJuisLX credulity, hut ru * s a ac * ; ’ a * as k* /f WF ionable fact, perW haps, but nevertheless a fact. Itis bard to believe \nlthat woman would I ever ou^ve h er for the finecambric skirts with their cluster tucks,

open insertions, and Swiss embroidered ruffles, but she has, and. more than that, she scorns the lace-edged French* skirt, and would not give thirty cents for the finest convent-made flannel skirt in stock. At first it seemed, positively shocking to lay aside that) most feminine and really beautiful garment, but the fashionable modiste began the crusade, declared that she* could not fit the dress nicely over the gathered cotton underwear, and ordered it off. The tyrant was obeyed, but not surprised, for did she not eliminate the narrow-skirted, round-shonl-dered chemise and the lozenge-shaped! corset cover?

Skirts hang better and bodices fit, nicer the less there is under them, and in warm weather when the dress is made over a lining there is really noinecessity for underskirts. With the tailor-made suit, silk lined, there insufficient warmth for cold days. This new arrangement is an advance in the. right direction. Women need fewer! clothes for house wear and more wrapsl or outer garments for the street. This desire for smoothly fitting skirts and creaseless basques means rebellion, against the baggy, divided skirts,, which will never be adopted by women who follow the stvle.