THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1899. a 9 pi '" '''-'" I..II.H.... J. Ml, LIHIl j mi" i, mt r.niri"' -rfTrrm W& m The Kind You Have Always Bought and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the jCVegctaWcPrcpnrolionforAs simila ting tltc Food and Hctf ula ting ItaStauiMisandDowilscrf PromolcsDig.esUon.ClKxrful ncssaiidRcst.Contaias neither Opiutn.MorpUinc uor Mineral. Not Nau cotic. UatpearOUBrSAKVELPITCIIEa sf!x SmltM J1hIU, SalU -Jtnlte Sttd. Jlztrmmt -IB QutonaltSaJa. It'tmSttd t ''ttnfii Suanr . fixiAywn Hanr. ApcrfcctHcrrtcdy for Constipa tion, Sour Sloinach.Diarrhoca, Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ticss and LOSS OF SLEEP. signature of CzytS and has been made under his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counter feits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. HAT Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend. J I GENUINE (CUSTORiH ALWAYS & Bears the Signature of Tac Simile Signature of. M jd&P j&WSlm & gS9gJfc5M' The Kind You Have Always Bought. I ' JflciablePjccparattoafiirAs siauiaung mciootunawjguia- ling tticStamfldis and Bow$s oT "TJ MJLilKffiO .n.mmimm. ininii.iiiiii,nTnr Prnmnh'Tli3pi(nnrJr'jifi1-l ncss OTdncaWkmtajsaeithcr'f Opium.Morplune nosrJuicrai: Wot Naiic otdc KtaptarOldVrSWPfZBUmB: " Jvmpkm J fipnmiat . 4jiorvKwt)a& itt Apcrfcct Ilcmcdy f orConstWa-H lion, sour ;xomaui,.uiamj Worms ,Convulsons,Fcvcrisi ncss and LOSS OF StEEB TacSinolc SignalureoC TEW "YORK. EXACT COPy OF WRAPPEH. ttT 1, 4 ., ywswv r w rrisB nimiii'Mii'iiiiiir"" 30eronal JBk P VIM,,. '? in im.im. ,;' 1 1 ! 1 mn s Shelter Island must have boon a specimen of the Ganlon of Kden, picked up and located to more advnntnge than the early summer icsnrt of our lllft patents. It Is nil very well to have four ilveis and a bis tiee In the midst of the garden, the latter having special niinnsemonts for getting us all into u heap ot Double, hut for a sum mer home, ilveis uien't 1111 whole In cninpaiis-on with Long Island Sound and the wide, magnlllrent expanse of shlinmeilng waves fading out Into the ocean. The level sandy beaches along th Now Jeisey coast htii their charms and the sand dunes of Nantucket and Block Island, the lockv palisades of Maine and the inlets and bays of Ithode Island and Massa chusetts aie a Joy forever, but for riotous beaut , Shelter Isl and sut passes anything. Ponnsyl vanlans, coming from a state which has beggared Itself of trees and f 01 eats In Its giocd for gain, are piepaied to nppicointe the wooded bluffs sweeping down In stately line to the bay and to marvel nt the magnlllcent trees, thp growth of centuiles, which are found on every hand. The beauteous island Is phenomenal In Its diversity of scenery. The llnost possible drives lead arioss It In eveiy dlicctlon, and while fiom one abrupt ilse the blue waters, dotted with ves sels, swenp lound in every direction. a few tods fnither on one could fancy being In the heart of a Hch farming dlsttlct. broken by lino sti etches of woodland nnd fair landscape. In n moment the road tmns to come upon a splendid villa set among the tiees with n water outlook entrancing at every point. The Island lias come down In un Tirokcn succession, the piesent owneis of a large portion of It being lineal descendants of those who (list le celved It as a munoilal grant from the King. It Is not nlways remembered by tho summer visitor that the nume was given becuuse It wns a shelter for persecuted Quakeis. who there found tefufic fiom the stake and the torture ehambur. Hoger Williams, George Vox and many other Illustrious mem bers of the Society of Friends were shelleied there. In A secluded part of the woodland, belonging to the Hois ford estate, Is a tablet relating the ntor.y of this "shelter" afforded by the Svlvesteis and thu Oardiners, who, I Scranton You will be FIeased x J with your Wheel. Bittenbender & Co. from the i:nrl of Sterling nnd he from the king (after the N'arragan&ett In dians), had receled the nnmoi. Two solitary women), slngl? and of ad ancing yeais. occupy the old manor house, pine colonial in style, with Its box hedges, it old gaiden, English in every detail, and Its splendid tiees, which In Its seclusion and decaying magnificence of a foigotten age Is worth a long Joume to see In our brlc-a-biac day of the world. It Is small wonder that Mr. K I, Fuller has chosen this Island as a place for a summer home. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller aie enjoying to the full the loveliness of the lesort. nnd hae their laige and commodious residence In the shallow of the largest oak tiee on the Island, a tiee so colossal, so beautiful, as to give a revelation of the charm of IJruldlsm. They have a steam yacht and have also taken down both driving and saddle horses, nml thus their guests, of which they are entertaining a succession this season, cannot fail to llnd congenial amuse ment. The bathing Is fine, and Mis. Fuller Is one of the best swimmeis In the throng of nnondny batheis. Shelter Island Is one or the stations of the New Yoik Yacht club, and on the occasion of the club's visit there last week. Mr. and Mis. Fuller enter tained a number of prominent yachts men nt luncheon On Saturday night a birthday dinner was ghen for Mr. Mot timer Fuller, when many Man hanset guests weie entertained, to gether with the members of the house party. Including Miss Kleanor Ander son. Miss Amy Jessup, Mr. Ouerin, of Xew York; Messis. Kdwaid Holland and Hobeit Ftey, of this city. This week Mr. and Mrs. Fuller have at their home Mr. nnd Mrs. H. i:. "Watson, Mlsa Hunt, Miss Linberg. of Trenton, X. J.- Messis. T. S. and F. H. Fuller nnd Di. J. Decker . The Scranton contingent has distin guished Itself on the golf links at Shel ter Island this season. Mr. ,T. II. Hrooks, when theie. made the best rec ord of the course, and his playing at tracted much attention from some of the most famous amateurs of the cnun tiy who were at tho Manhanset. Last week Miss Flennor Anderson won un exquisite crystal and sller 1 un at an Important match. The course Is a lather line one of nine holes: the greens nie not, however, In llrst-clas condi tion, but there Is much lnteiest In the game. Mr and Mis. Henry Helln, Jr.. are entertaining a house party In honor of their son, La Motte, at their beautiful countiy plnce, Olenverly, near Waver ly. Among the guests ure Miss Oei trade Spiague, Miss Anna Arehbald, Miss Amy Jessup, Messrs. Hlckock and Ollbert, of Hurrlsburg, and Thay er, of Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Godfrey are enter taining a house party at Lake Wlnola, where, among the guests, are, Mr. and Mis. n. II. Davis, Mrs. M, Torrey, Miss Bessie Dean, Miss Torrey, Mlii Deisle IJIce, Miss Lees, Miss Pettigiew, Miss Zang. Miss Kdlth Jones; Messis .Fas sett. F. V. Ihneilck. Ueeis. Mis. William Connell has returned from the Adliondacks and Is spending a few days at Lake Henry. Mr. James L. Connell and family have luturncd after u seveial weeks stay at that pleasant lesort. Mr. and Mis. 11. '. IJarker aio chap eroning a paity at Prestoin Parle, among the members of which are Miss Hanley, Miss Geaihart: Messrs. Hobert and Ellison Snyder and otheis. A masqueiade party was held at the summer homo of Mi. Charles Schlager, at :imhuist, last evening. Tho guests were chielly relatives and summer resi dents of that vicinity. Colonel nnd Mis. Austin 15. Ulalr and Miss Alice Hlalr aie nt the Manhanset, Shelter Island, where they have mot a party of New York fi lends for a toitnlght's stay. General Manager H. I'. Williams, of the Ontailo nnd Western railroad will po to California early in September to bring home his wife and daughter, who hive spent the pan year In Oalc 1'ind. Mrs. Williams has not Impioved In health ns completely as her many friends could deslie. Mr. J. D. Williams entertained nt a leceptlon Thursdny afternoon unci evening In honor of Mr. Will iams' mother. Mrs. Joshua Williams, whoso eightieth birthday was thus celebiated. A laige number of guests attended both functions. Mr. Williams' In others and sisters Joined with him In celebrating the event. Mis. Will lams was sin rounded by her ehlldien, J. D. Williams, W. C. Williams, It. J. Wllllums. Kbenezer Williams. Miss M. Louise Williams and Miss Josle Wil liams. Besides the ehlldien the follow ing grandchlldien were nlso piesent: W. C, Ilobert. Ruth. Call and Halph. children of W. C. Williams: Hobert i:., KUIth L. Howaid. Kdward. Mary. Louise, Joshua, Hariison T Kbenezer and Sarah, ehlldien of Kbenezer. I'aul II., Lewis II. and Arehbald, children of J. D. Williams, and Gerald, son of Hobert J. Williams. These compiised all her ginnd ehlldien, with tho excep tion of Curpotal Hobert 11. Williams, who is with the American army In the Philippines. Mis. Williams was assisted In le eching the guests by Mrs. W. C. Will iams, Mrs. Kbenezer Williams,, JIis. 11. J. Williams, Mibs Josle Williams. Miss M. Louise Williams, Miss Kdlth L. Williams. Miss M. Adelaide ra les, Miss Kate Potts, Mis. . Kshclman, Miss Clunnle Hevans. Mis. F. L. Phil lips, Mis Kugene F. Mnish, Mis. Hora tio Keller. Klaboiate refieshments were served and a musical pingramnie of remarkable merit was provided. II. uro guests at the home of Colonel K. Hippie. Mis George H Smith and chlldie.i h.no been ut Block Island for the past toi tnlght. 1)1. nnd Mrs X. 1. Leet liue gone to u lakesldo lesort 110.it Syruouio lor a. month's stu. Mr. William Sheiman. of Newport, will be a gupt ut the homo ot Mr. W. D. Ken- 111 dv next week. Mr. John Iloll has born brought home from Mount Clements, Mich., aluimlngly III villi sclrrho-is ot the Utr. Mr and Ir. '. P. Matthews and Mls-.cs Hvolyn and Mai Ion Matthews luiM- leturr.od fiom I'icstim Park, Mrs John Fatunt, who has been spend Ing tho past fortnight at Lake Nichol son, Is at Montroso for a two weeks' visit. Mis. John Williams, Miss Maigaret Bd wards, MKs Kdlth BIchaids and P.dward Th.ipr, esq, hao lotuined from a fort night's stay at Block Island. ' Movements of People Mrs. W T. Huckolt Is at Summit l.ako for a few daj s. Mrs. Slaiy Kays and son are at a New England resort. Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Sui.dersion were at Preston Park this week. Miss Frcderlka Dorman has returned from 11 visit In Michigan. Mr. James P. Dickson and family are at the Valll cottages. Block Inland. Mr. O. F. Reynolds and fundi) are spending a fortnight ut Lake Aiiel. Miss Saiuh Been, of Danville, Is the giiPHt of Miss Hpriguo on Qulncy uve nue. Mr. D. 13. Taylor and family havo gone for a coast tilp to tomaln for seural w eo!". How and Mrs. Iledles, of Philadelphia, Mr. K. W. Holland Is at Hjo Beach. Mi A. W. DUkson was in Carbondale psteiday. Mi. O. S. Johnson has been sei loudly ill at Saratoga. Miss Simpson, of Olive slieet is at the Thousand Islands. H. B. Price, esc, . nnd two sons are at the Thousand Islands. Mr. nnd Mrs. John Itowarth huo been sppudinT some time at Preston Park. Mr. and Mis. Will Phillips have been at Preston Park lor the past fortnight. Mrs It II. Bennell and Miss ntnnell will sail lor homo today after a Kuropean ti ur. Judge and Mrs. Wlllard hae returned fiom a trip to Duliith and through the lakes. Ml. William Kennedy, Jr., and family have returned from u fortnight's sta In r.ie torwllle. B. II. Ljnde nnd famllv have taken up their le'sldenco on Gibson street, luar Qulncy avenue. Miss Anna Nlcdlg. who has been visit ing friends In this fit) has returned to her home In lhiitisburg. Mr. and Mis J. 1, Crawford and Mr. and Mrs J. II. Shepherd tcturneil yes tcnlm tioin Lake George ami Saratoga. Ailiim Knulinan, of the draughlng de partment of the Colliery Bngineor, left on Thursday for a lst to his home, In Canada Miss Kva M Blown, of the Collier) Hnglneer, left for Clark's Summit, where the will be tho gui'st of Miss Pattern ov r Sunday. William Bean leaves Satin day morning for Peeksklll, N. Y to Join Sawtelle's Drunmtic company. This is his thlid season with this company. n Use for Over 30 Years s tents on thu shores of Lily I HER POINT OF VIEW. and the coarse In broad duyllgli 0 J. K. Burr is at Spring Lake. Miss Mnrv Hurlo) is at Pond Bddy. Charles D. Oldknow has returned from New York. Mr. W II. Hughes, of Tho Tilbuno staff is at Atlantic City. Miss Winifred Howe, of Cupou"o uc line, is visiting In Boston. " Miss Cora F.irnluim. of Bdn.t avenue, Is visiting ut Clark's Green. Mr. J. C. Wclchel has retained fiom Drover's Home, Monroe county. Proiessor J. C Wagner and family have returned from Ocean Giov'e. Mrs. S. B. Add) man, of Mousey avenue, Is the guest of relatives In Blngliumtou. B H. Stevens and family, of Capouse avenue, have roturncel from Atlantic City. I). J. Bvans Is at Aslniry Park for n few dajs after which ho will visit New Yoik. Mr. and Mrs Thomas Barrow man have returned fiom a month"s stay at Bel mar. N. J. Miss Margaret Callahan, of New York, has been the guest of Miss Knlltel, of JelTelson avenue, tho past week. Professor and Mrs. Thorpe1, of Forest Cltv, are the guests of C. K. Toboy, pil VJto secretary to B. B. Loomis, superin tendent of the mining ami leal estate de partment of tho Lackawunnu road, nt his Ciipouso avenue residence. Mr. nnd Mrs. George F. Weeks and Ms lluirlet Williams, of this city. Misses May and Maijoiie Ilaslam, Fun nlo Dershlmer and Lottie Smith, Messrs. George and Charles Smith, of Dalton, comprlso a camping party that has pitched its tents on the shores of Lily Lake. Bev. C. D. Mooro and family are at rnltvvllle, Pa. Be-v. I, II. Waring Is spending a few weeks at T)rone I'm H. B. Williams left lor an extended stay In California )este relay. George L. Weaver anil family havo re turned from Atlantic City. William Moirls, the shoo merchant, Is home trom a visit at Philadelphia L Kus has returnid from the Wyo ming camp grounds and Harvey's Lake. Mrs. 13. H. Franklin and son are home fiom a stay at Carbondale and Waymart. Miss Bllzabeth Cndden, bookkeeper ut Seaman's grocery, Is sojourning at Lake Ariel. Miss Nellie Scvvnrd, of Ridge Row, has roturncel from a stay nt tho Thousand Islands. Mrs. C. I. Sllverlmig and son, Harold, of Wyoming avenue, havo returned from Lake Ariel. Mis. John Johnson, of Park Place, Is at the Bimock camp ground, Susque hanna county. Miss Mav Leig. of Shenandoah, Is vis iting her slstci. Mrs. B. F. Laudlg, of St'; Prescott avenue. Mls aiass and Miss Scott, of Blng hamton, arc the guests of Mrs. Willis Ki;nnierc" of Madison avenue. C. G. Roland Is at Pittsburg and will visit Allloulpa before his return, where tho Western Association of Heptasophs has a celebration. Martin J. O'Malloy. of the Truth, Is able to bo around after an operation for appendicitis, performed by Dr. R. H Glbbi,ns and son, Dr. Miles Gibbons. Mr. O'Mallev Is repldly regaining strength and will resume his duties In a few v eeks. Dr. Gardner and family have been camping at La Grange for tho past fort, night. Attorney John B lCdvvards has re turned from Bioik Island and a trip up the Hudson. Mr. and Mrs. G. L Dickson nnd Mr. Wnlter M. Dickson and family uro at a Jersey co.Tt rtsott Mrs. Paulina Peeler and Miss Peeler. of Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs. J. II. Kerst on Webster avenue. Mrs. A B Hazlett and family, who have bei'ii spending the summer at Lako Ariel, have tpturned home Mis J II Mulley and Miss Cora Farn. ham. eif Rdna avenue, are the guests of the Misses Robinson, of Clark's Green P. 0'Kcef.. II. II. Swells-. Chailes W. Roberts and wife C. A. Godfrey, George L Dickson nnd wife and W M. Dickson, of this cltv. were re gistered at tho St. Denis, in New Yoik this week. Mr. anil Mrs lleniv Gessler, of Gib son sti oct: Mr. and Mis Jacob Baas, of Taylor avenue; Mrs Hess, of Monroe avenue, and Miss Mattlc Hapiidlges, of Vino street, aie spondlng a few days at Sea Cliff. Long Island. Thus Are, Wo Judged. This Is tho maxim they swear most by, And tho )oung reporter may take the hint: "It Isn't tho stuff you wilto that counts, But what gets into print." Reams and reams of paper are filled Bach day by scratchy pen. With burning thoughts and eloquent words From tho teeming brains of men. And tho editor sits with his pencil blue. And winnows the wheat from the chaff, And what survives of the stuff wilt down Is a good bit less than half. Men who win nie tho men who llnd The shortest way the best: They write no moro than they havo to write. And tho desk man does the test, And this should tho adjective worshiper know : The reporter wins renown As much by tho stuff ho doesn't write As by that which ho wrltcth down. Murk, then, the maxim they swear most by, It's a rule of the oftiee, hurd as hint, "It Isn't the liuff )ou write that counts, But what gets Into print." A lady who writes chuimingly and ex presses herself as being un admirer of Saucy Bess tof com so that's chaunlng) asks for a car did opinion on Several matters that to actually give a candid opinion about, over one's own signature, would be simply to Invite a riot in one's vlclnlt) or a box of "fixed" chocolate creams In one's mall. Tho fact is this fair unknown corre spondent wants to know about a lot of things low-necked dresses on the street high-skirted gowns on the blcvolo and other questions of propriety which must bo loft to the Individual taste. Now thst phrase sounds well, ' Individual taste" -Just us Mrs Borer would speuk of enough salt anil pepper In tho sil.ul dtcsslng The truth Is that If individual taste could once upon a time be depended upon, that condition no longer exists. It has been n somewhat generally accepted tradition that no woman of really refined, good tnsto can go far nstray in the matter of dress; that her natural Intuition will teach her what Is unsulted to her st)le or what is outro in any sense No more mistaken notion ever existed. Good tnsio may bt assured In language, in thought, in gesture, In companionship, but In dress tho wholo sstem Is largel) a mat. ter of environment. Robert Louis Stevenson's wlfo was n woman of exquisite refinement and cul ture, but even she, afar trom the In centives of civilization, within the en circling purple peaks of Samoa grew cure less In her toilet, wore u single loose outer garment unconllned at waist and ungrateful In cut and folds She forsook that test of daintiness the smart shoo of fashionable life anil vvoie loose) and ugly, If comfortable, moccasln-llko foot coverings. Once when an Invitation to a dinner at tho distant commandant's home promised a certain diversion, the pleasure had to be accepteel eonditlonallv on "my wife's finding her other shoe," ns the great novelbt wrote in explana tion. Wheio there wns no puitlculur en couragement to dress, the burdensome part of this necessary dally loutlne was forsworn for ease, bllsslul communion with u kindred soul, and unconventlon allty. If Stevenson himself had noticed tho difference between u costume of sackcloth or a ityllsh one from Paris his wlfo would havo been perfect! fumlllar with tho exact location of that "othci shoo" and all tho paraphernalia ot so city life There, aro probably some women who would elri'ss for dinner If that function took place on a desert Island and consisted of rain water and a few elates a la mode, tho "diess" being com posed of a half dozen extra featlieis to be strung on u sti ing lound her vnlst In lieu of n trailing skirt. There are women who, If afar on that desert Isl. and, would match up tones of featlieis and shells to harmonize with tho brown of their theeks and tho sheen of their hair after their "other clothes" had worn out. That sort of good taste Is in herent and Individual und Is Indeed u rare gift The good tasto which Impels tho averago woman In society, or on its fringes to wear a skirt that clears tho ground when ull her frlenels, and what Is still moro imnoitunt. all her enemies, ar trailing gowns that elrag up tho tilth of tho town. Is still rarer, for It hasn't been discovered. Like Miss Harris, "Theie ain't no such person" as the woman who will absolutely lefuso to yield to fash Ion's whims no matter what her good tasto may dictate. No leflned. delicate minded woman, if she consulted her gooil taste, would pa rade along tho beach with a dress abovo her knee, ar.d which when wet must cling so closely to her figure as to be Indceen. that, too, for all the world of summer Idleis to see, and jet that very thing, ure the nicest, most fastidious women of tho land doing this ver) day nt every fashionable ocean resort, and they enn not but be conscious of the remarks mado by tho onlookers on tho defects or atti ac tions of their forms So that It can reael lly bo proved that personal standards of good tasto have really very lit tin to do with feminine modes of dress and that custom has everything to do with them. My unknown friend asks what about the propriety of wearlng low cut dresses on the stieet as she says so many ladies are doing. Now In uply to this It ''lesn't seem that it very i ell lied lady wilt care to bo utared at by tho vulijar, tho rude, and the coarse In broad daylight during a promt undo down town with her neclc and ever se little ot her shoulelers or bust exposed. She will appear III tho even ing thus clad, or uucidd, without u. ques tion as to the propriety of her costume, but for so long custom has decreed that the high corsage and close tight collar Is the only peimlsslble day time dress that It Is rather startling to see It cleneel. Bngllsh ladles have to some slight de gree adopted decolleto dress at atternoon teas this season, and tho other day at Newport I saw a bwell, sho was ,ono, trul), feir she rode In a velvet-lined, vol-vet-shod Yletuil.i with tho most solemn footman anil the most graven-lmagy coachman In the morning parade down Bellevue avenuo and she vvoro a marvel ous Huff), fu.ini) gown with a tiny V at the throat, and bore u name extremely well known aver the length and breadth of the land Then the other morning I saw a real lady down hero at the market In a low cut clre ss. The reason of my certainty that sho was a "ical lady" Is because she said so herself. Sho was scrapping with the marketin.m about a particularly fiendish lot 'of canteloupes ho had sent her the day before, il sympathized with her miirmurlugs along that line) nnd sho closed the subject with the decisive state ment: "It ain't light and )ou know It. to treat a lad) patron that w.iv and I ain't iigoln' to stand it no more." As I was about to remark, sho had on a blue lawn dress and It was cut very low Indeed In tho back The V effect being nice and cool, one would think. I forgot to add that tho crowning point of her nttlrc was a checkered sun bonnet which she kept twitching down In tho back evidently with the Intention, vain as It wus, of screening the expanse of plump shouldeis. These two examples have been the chief ones which have come to my personal no tice In the we) of low cut street garb. It Is lather safo to assert that the typu will seiircelv l.ei'ome general as the av eiago woman Is much like the New Yorl: child who finished hor bed-tlme pra)or with the addition, "And O Lord, plcaso do make us awfully stylish!" Low necked lrocks for stieet wear are ce.' tulnl) the reveiso of stvle No woman on the street enn look anything but sloppy thus attired. The I1UI1 collar may bu inn omfortable nnd doubtless will ruin the necks of women for generations to come, but It siirelc h stylish, as no decollete effect trf out of door ilay-tlma wear can possibly be. and tho fastldloua woman will be rather slow to adopt so conspicuous a fashion Another question nskiil In the letter under consideration Is which Is tho worst for a woman to show, her liaio neck on the stieet or a few inches of a leather coveied leg ns in blcjcle tiding As be fore stated. It Isn't a question of "worse, ness," it Is entirely th.it of custom. Bl c) cling, tennis, golf nnd the wholesome tendency of the times to outdoor recren. tlons are responsible for the short skirts and what shocked us onco is now so common us to be eminently proper. A.i In most matters, good senso has pievalle'l and tho uluu short skirt is no more seen nmong self-respecting women. The bi cycle skirt can leave no opportunity for eiltlclsm Ii Is of decent length, and M well fitted and hung Xo woman need make an exhibition of herself unless she desires to do so. and tho Hire woman doesn't deslie As to the blevclp lending so manv wo roon nstrav which the query In this letter Implies as lie Ing somewhat generally charged Is bevond the pi ov lure of tills dissertation to declare, it certalnlv given nn nppnrtunltv fur dlrtnneing the most wide-awake, sc iiipulnus and luilefatlgablu chaperon and pmslblv Is the mtdlum for much laxity of conduct among certain classes. Hut the Indlscieot girl, the un. principled man und tho leckless womun found opportunities for ruining their own and other people's II) es befoie thu rise of the blocle and probably will continue l do so after Its fall There aio alwavs wavs and wa)s for the weuU 01 the wicked to go wrong If enrlv hoine training, If Inbied purhv of thought and deed. If the Inlluences of leliglon and morality ure not powerful enough to pre. serve self-respect and nobility of pur. pose, the wily blocle surely should not be held solely accountable for all the bad ends to which fool people come. Baucy Ecs3a
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