ABSTRACT
Several spirited ladies of the United States have made their appearance at the head of a movement for the reform of the female dress. The Bloomer reformation has not been well received in this country. Many of the ladies admit the inconvenience of the long skirts which have been for some years in fashion, though they profess to be unable to break through the rule. In order to avoid trailing through mud and dust, it is not necessary to dock petticoats and frocks by the knee, or to assume a masculinity in other parts of the attire. Neither is it necessary to connect a rational length of skirt with certain unhappy foolish notions about equal privileges of the sexes, which seems to be one of the mistakes made by the Bloomer party in America.
