FOR VICTIMS OF THE HOBBLE SKIRT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14531, 19 November 1910, Page 5 (Supplement)

FOR VICTIMS OF THE HOBBLE SKIRT.

A timely skit on the inconveniences caused by the latest freak of fashion as to the shape of ladies' skirts appears in the Windsor Magazine, in the course of which the following hints are given to the victims of this latest tyranny.

HOW TO ENTER A TAkl.. ' : This is impossible' without the chauffeur's ■ assistance. ' Ask him to dismount arid stand behind you as you face the open. door. He must then seize you firmly by each elbow,; and raise you not less than six inches from 5 the ground.' Holding the body rigid, you can thus find a footing, on the step, - and. will be able to fair forward on to the seat quite comfortably, HOW TO ESCAPE IN CASE OF FIRE. In order to be prepared for such an emergency; it will be well to practise walking on the hands in spare ipinutes,; for by this means quite a good pace can be accomplished. ■. HOW TO '• DESCEND FROM A MOTOR 'BUS. Request the conductor not to touch you. His well-meant clutch may accent your delicate balance. Place both _ feet together, take a . standing jump for the kerb, i avoiding the gutter if possible. . I HOW TO RUN FROM A MAD BULL. I Borrow, without' delay, a pair of scis-' sors, a penknife, or any sharp'instrument —the bull's horns excepted—and elit the skirt on the left side from hem to knee, : thus temporarily reverting to the Direc- i toire style« ■\; '■ -v- J ' ■: '--cV- - "b ; i