Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1911 — WEARS HAREM SKIRT [ARTICLE]

WEARS HAREM SKIRT

Connecticut Corset Saleswoman Has “Made Good.” Garment Does Not Expose Hosiery Like Hobble or Tube and Is Most Practical Dress for Woman, She Declares. Chicago.—Miss Pearl E. Ziegler, a corset saleswoman from New Haven, Conn., who has “made good," has appeared in Chicago with a harem skirt suit which she says is the proper dress for a business woman. “No one knows that I wear a harem skirt," said Miss Ziegler at the Hotel Sherman. “It does not show one’s hose when one steps on a street car, like the vulgar old tube skirt or the hobble skirt.' It is the most practical dress there Is for women. I have been wearing it two months, ever since I stumbled over a curb in a hobble skirt. “I have a special desigrf I had made in Cleveland. It haa a pocket for change and the llkej and the panels come ■ together so neatly in front that nd one could tell it was a harem skirt. It affords freedom in walking and grace in stepping on and off street cars, and conceals the hose. Each pantaloon is as wide as the average tube skirt “I would wear the old-style plaits if I had to give up the harem skirt “There is no reason why a woman who must make her living cannot be a thorough business woman, practical In everything, but always feminine. I don’t believe In votes for women or anything like that, but I see no reason why I can’t be a good business woman, and I am now working to have a general agency of my own next year. "Buyers are Impartial; there is no sentiment; all Is business with them and with me. lam not the sort of a girl who dresses In frills and decorative things. "There Is no sham about me, no puffs, rats or jewelry, except a watch and chain which I keep concealed. I wear no rings. I wear a coat all year around, and see no reason why' women shouldn’t, the same as men. A tailormade suit is always dressy. “There is no excuse for wearing a shirtwaist On my business calls I wear a collar and tie.

"I never wear picture hats, plumes or things of that character in calling on my trade. I dress as simply and neatly as I can. "It takes me twenty minutes to dress, where it takes the average woman two hours. This is because I have no frills to put on. “It is not every woman that is suited to traveling. Some would grow lonesome, but I keep too busy for that I travel from coast to coast, making only the big cities. "My chief asset, I think, is the fact that I have not been angry in two years, or since I started out I believe in haying a smile ready at all times; by that I mean one should always bo pleasant Anger never sold goods. “I never was refused an Interview with a buyer. I think that is about the only advantage I have over a salesman. When they refuse to buy, I do not persist I smile and trust a future visit may get the business. "It takes the merit of the goods to sell them, and one can’t sell unless one has good goods. I merely present the merits of my line tn a businesslike way. "A business woman should be simple tn her dress and manners. I think the

old-style skirts are ostenstatlous, therefore I abandoned them for the harem skirt.

“Men don’t run after a girl dressed without decorations and frills. They always pick out the dolls, whether It is in the street, at a theater, a restaurant or in a parlor. • “I think a corset Is the foundation of all good dress for woman. She will wear it always and would look ugly without it I wear long-hip corsets for my harem skirt because they give it better lines. “I have worn a harem skirt two months, but no one noticed it until I reached Chicago. I have had to fight off reporters ever since I have been here. I am afraid to go out any more, because of the reporters.”