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RATIONAL DRESS.Mrs. Bloomer, being dead, yet speak-eth. She and Lady Harbefton foughthard fights in their day, while the “ration als!J of tho oarly ’nineties were divided, and the divided skirts of the twentieth century have boGU denounced says (“Health and Home’'). Nevertheless, as we have seen, it is woman’s intention to wear trousers when, gho finds it necessary, and where she has a will sho inyariaoly gets her way. As matter of course, knickers are now recommended to women motorists. They aro the “latest” in motoring fashions. They are essential^ for women aviators. If women aro to ride mhtor-cyclos, it is practically unsafe to wear sldrts. To this favour have they come in all but name, now that they ride astride; and all that there is to be said on the matter is that common senso has triumphed over false modesty and the craze for sensationalism.
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Wellington Dominion

Wellington, North Island, NZ

Wed, Nov 05, 1913

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