Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1893 — WHAT A SIGHT THEY WILL BE! [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHAT A SIGHT THEY WILL BE!

Dame Fashion Says Wdken Biust Again Wear Hoopaklrts. Alas! poor woman! Worth, the great Parisian god of fashion, and Redfern, his lesser rival, have announced that the woman of style will be clothed in the ugly, uncomfortable, old-fashioned crinoline which was the abomination of our women in the ’6o’s. Skirts will he five and a half yards wide and underneath them will be hoops of the same width. To add to the horror of the announcement is the fact that the head must he crowned with “droopsy bonnets of a weeping-willow style of architecture,” as ono writer says. Fair sister, says the Utica Globe, if you would like to know In advance just how your charms will be displayed under the Dew fashion, study the accompanping illustration. Of course, it will be necessary to enlarge the theater seats, and, in fact, the whole question of space is bound to

become a problem under the crinoline regime. Think of the elevators and street cars, and then the Easter parade! Carriages will have to be ruled off the street for the day, while the entire thoroughfare becomes a sea of billowy crinoline. There will be a great demand for carpenters. Just think of the doors and halls to be widened! As for dancing, that will have to be done at arm’s length. A system of signals should be devised, such as hoisting colored lanterns or waving different flags, so that partners may communicate with each other. Kissing will probably become a lost art, at least among women.

THE SUMMER GIRL Of ’93.