Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1910 — SWISS BRIDES BE HEALTHY HOBBLE SKIRT AIDS MORALS [ARTICLE]

SWISS BRIDES BE HEALTHY HOBBLE SKIRT AIDS MORALS

(Radical Action Planned by Government of Switzerland In Requiring Physical Teets. London. —That vexed question of «tate medical certificates of the health icf brides is now in the region of practical politics. In all probability Swiss Ibrides will in future be required to (present a certificate of health to their (bridegrooms, so that if any naan marirtes a girl whose health is not good (he will have himself to blame. • Next year, if the rich and influential (body called the Swiss Society of Publllc Utility for Women, which has done much good in Switzerland during the 'last few years, has its way, all young women, wed or unwed, will be physically examined, as are their brothers rwho enter the Swiss army. According to Its report for 1910, the society has launched this daring ischeme, which is said to be receiving (warm support. •>We feel ourselves responsible for Ithe health, the homes and the characters of our people",” the report says In Sealing with the suggested measure. Ut further urges every young woman Ito undergo the ordeal for the sake of herself, her husband and Switzerland.” By three things we learn men—love, .play and win* W

High Heels and Peach Basket Hats Proper for Christian Women Bays Boston Divine. Boston.—Rev. Herbert S. Johnson, one of Boston’s foremost divines, champions the cause of the hobble skirt and other ultra-fashions of the fair sex, and advises the American youth in search of a helpmate for life to select a girl who is a close follower of the fashions. “There is no more potent Influence for good in the modern community,” said Doctor Johnson, “than, feminine fashion. Not only are the ever changing fashions of women one of the chief delights of civilized communities, but it is a safe statement to make that we have no more conclusive key to a woman’s mental and moral development than' the clothes she wears. “Much has been said of the high cost of living. The immense sums spent annually in this country on apparently useless articles of women’s personal decoration are cited as arguments of American extravagance when, as a matter of fact, this item is one of our smallest national extravagances. “No woman, however free she may consider herself from the lure-of the

latest thing in clothes, shoes, hats and gloves can afford to be otherwise than well dressed; and to begin at the beginning, every argument to the contrary is a fallacy. _ The man or woman who dresses the best, whose personal habits are the most Irreproachable, is the man or woman whose mental and moral development is the highest advanced. The hobble skirt, the peach basket hat, high heeled shoes and all the thousand and one foibles of the feminine sex are entertaining and products of good. A girl who does not care about dress and the latest fashions is not a normal girl. “The young man who contemplates marriage may fight shy. of the girl of fashion, but he makes a mistake. He hwy be a gainer at first financially, but in the end he pays a terrible price for his shortsightedness. The girl who is lax about personal appearance is lax mentally and morally. "She is not made of the stuff that turns out self respecting children. She is either a visionary and, as such, an unreliable element in the community, or she is downright lax and shiftless. -4 “In either case she is not a safe proposition for the ordinary young man.” „