Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1916 — PETTICOAT HOLDS ITS OWN [ARTICLE]

PETTICOAT HOLDS ITS OWN

Garment Has by No % Means Been Relegated to tl|e Background, as Some Had Imagined. The smartness that is only skirt deep has no attraction at all for the woman whose knowledge of, and fondness for, dress is a deep-rooted, and not merely an acquired taste. Under the “hobble” tyranny, it is true, opportunities for much variety were, in a double sense, limited, and the narrow proportions of the tube skirt excluded anything in the nature of 'fussy underwear. But the rout of the petticoat and the suppression of the frill notwithstanding, no woman has regarded the question of lingerie as a secondary consideration, and hardly had the wide skirt come into being than the petticoat resumed its rustling sway once more. Further, it openly declares its presence, ignoring the ancient, if unwritten, law that a petticoat, though It may be heard, should never be seen.