People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1895 — Gives Their Ideas on Dress Reform. [ARTICLE]

Gives Their Ideas on Dress Reform.

Washington, Feb 28. —Dress reform was the theme of the discussion throughout yesterday’s session of the national council oi women. Practical suggestions for furthering the improved dress move ;ent were made in the report of the chairman of the dress committee, Francis E. Russell of St. Paul, Minn. The committee made a vigorous protest against the present cumbersome skirts, high heels, and constricted waists, and characterized the modern civilized woman’s dress as a demonstration of habitual idleness. The session closed with a plea for r .- form dress by Julia Pauline Leavitt of Maine, who referred to dressmaking as Vi profession in which stupidity was colossal.