For their part, more and more women were rejecting bloomers for cycling. Instead, they wore shorter skirts. According to an 1896 article in the magazine Harper's Bazar, women in New York and the East were taking the lead in this fashion trend and for a very clear reason. "Women are too anxious about their personal appearance to be willing to wear what their own eyes tell them is ugly," the article said. –Wheels of Change,
Sue Macy

What changed about women’s dress as a result of bloomers’ failed popularity?

Women realized that it was more important to be comfortable than to look fashionable.
Clothing options for women had to be both practical and fashionable.
Clothing options for women became limited to only shorter skirts.
New York and the East became the center of fashion.

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness. which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds. the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure. the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree. the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.