It is just fifty years since Mrs. Bloomer attempted to introduce her bifurcated garments into society, and on Saturday the Rational Dress Society celebrated the jubilee of the movement by a dinner at ending, Several of the members rode down-on their bicycles, but there were others present who had not this excuse for appearing in knickerbockers. It is admitted, however, by some strong opponents of the movement that rational dress" has been made a good deal less ungraceful and unbecoming than it used to be. For instance, Viscountess Harberton, who was in the chair," undoubtedly looked well in her bifurcated costume. Unfortunately 23 chair. man she was guilty of one piece of bad taste of a kind likely to do much harm to the movement. She omitted the toast of the Queen avowedly on the ground
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