3. Because, under certain circumstances, it is, to say the least, not the most modest, on account of exposures of the female form. This evil is greatly aggravated by the wearing of hoops. Ladies with long dresses, especially if extended with hoops, as they go up and down stairs, as they pass up the narrow doorway of the coach and the omnibus, or as they raise their skirts, to clear the mud of the streets, sometimes expose the form to that degree as to put modesty to the blush.

3. Fordi det under visse omstændigheder, i det mindste kan siges, det ikke er det mest ærbare, fordi kvindekroppens form bliver vist. Dette onde er indskærpes meget ved at bære krinoliner. Damer med lange klæder, især hvis krinolinerne er udvidede, når de går op og ned, når de går ind ad den smalle dør i vognen eller omnibussen, eller nå de hæver deres skørter, for at være fri for gadens mudder, fremvises formerne nogle gange sådan, at ærbarheden bliver udsat.