Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1917 — OVERTURNING AN OLD IDEA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OVERTURNING AN OLD IDEA

“Large women wear separate skirts? Impossible!” exclaims Old Fogey. But as usual, the world has progressed, and the people who say “it can't be done" are interrupted by somebody doing it—and looking most attractive in the process. This clever model proves, conclusively that separate skirts designed by the new scientific method can give the large figure the fashionably svelt appearance of the smaller woman.