Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1910 — HOBBLE SKIRT IS AMERICAN [ARTICLE]

HOBBLE SKIRT IS AMERICAN

Reputable Makers of Paris Modes Shift Responsibility for Ridiculous Fashion. ’ Parts. —Apropos to an accident which happened to a fashionable Parisienne the hobble skirt has come In for a lot of Indignant denunciation, all the more Interesting in that an American is credited with the inventon of that garment aiiid blamed for its introduction to Paris. This is, probably, the first time the old order of derivation has been reversed In

regard to so Important an article of feminine attire. The accident In question occurred when a young woman was alighting from a taxi-auto. She fell and broke a leg, and received distressing bruises on her head and face. A leading man dressmaker of Parts, on being interviewed on |he hobble skirt as a dangerous evil, declares it was brought here by certain fair Americans, and that reputable makers of Paris modes have always opposed it. It is only worn, said be, by women who specially desire to make themselves remarked on the public streets. The hobble skirt has never been acclimated here in the upper social classes., Another grand couturier said the hobble skirt is now seen only In ready-made fashion «, and never was adopted by the really elegant This grotesque mode Is soon to disappear, as In winter it becomes absurdly impossible for women to manage gowns built in manner.