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tl _ OPINIONS VARY ASTO WHETHER WOMAN SHOULD REFORM HER DRESS BY CYNTHIA GREY a women’s wearing apparel undergo @ radical re- Are lono-fashioned blouses, high-cut skirts, shadow frocks, thin hose, ete., responsible for crimes? Some say “yes”; others “no.” _ about it? much of our delinquency and | What do you think Comment on this subject by some of my readers follows: — Dear Miss Grey: When I glance over the letters written you, sometimes there is an impulse to take up my pen and P write my little say on the subject being discussed, and at | times I feel like cussing a little, too. After reading the let- ters by “A Man of Experience” impulse came so strong that I concluded that when I had time, | I would act upon it, and I'll sta‘ and “A Mother of Three,” the te here that my object in writ- ing is to express the truth, regardless of what effect it may have, or on whose toes I ‘tread. . az Part of our lives. T’'m going to tell you of an e: bia Exposition. I visited the art gallery, and in one of the) In a nutshell, any man whose morals can be shaken or de “lax” by the sight of a perfectly nude woman, good or or indifferent, handsome or homely, old or young, regard- | lacks of the great truth that strengthens the spiritual | xperience I had at the Colum- » rooms were plaster casts of ancient broken sculpture. An old man with snow-white hair and a clean, white beard that) reached to his waist, stood sole: | AMother spectatar with bushy Whiskers and beady eyes remarked | to him: “That's vulgar.” | ‘The patriarch turned his Intelll-| ent. looking, spiritual eyes upon him } and said: “The vulgarity is not in the | €asts, but in your own heart.” | | _ Your correspondent “E> has had much and varied experience, | and I'm sure that he ought to have | Been hanged long ago. And I don't doubt. either, that for and toward} mnly viewing the collection. AT do YOU think? Write - thia Grey, care of The places, and wil! not let another boat compete on this line They had a lot of trouble last Sat- Seattle Stylle No. 157—The Star’s snapshot of attractively- dressed women on Seattle streets ° Bim the girls have changed in the | urday afternoon, which came near} ast ten years.. As to them being all alike, it's a lie. He can't fool me. T/ fondemn no girt or woman as long | @§ such as he go unhanged. R. M.D. Woman if | | | ‘A. Heart-siek fail to go immediately to the | ile Court, 200 Broadway report the womah and her band who abuse the little hUd s0 unmercifully. You need mot give your name if you do mot wish, as the court maintains favestigators whose duty it thoroly investigate cases ed. CYNTHIA GRE neil eee | Dear Miss Grey: I am gad to seo) Your columns a discussion ‘of ) dress. There ts @ great re-| needed tn this line. It has been that there are different views Modesty in different climates, and | different races, etc, but the stan-| of a Christian nation should be Bible. St Peter forbids “out- d-adofting.* St. Paul says that ‘Women should be clothed with “mod est apparel with shamefacedness and ‘@obriety,” and Isaiah prophesies | ‘God's judgments on the daughters of Zion who are .“haughty and walk ‘with stretched-forth necks and wan- ton eyes.” I have heard too many times to oubt that men gather on the streets Purposely to watch women with 2 | | 1 | to | } ort. | | terminating in a riot. There were a great many sailors trying to catch the 1:30 boat for Seattle, A few of them jumped aboard without giving up their tickets. The beat pulled out in the stream half loaded, and left the rest of us standing in a swelter- ing hot waiting room until 4:15. | De you think that i» treating our |’ sailors and soldiers right, as well as we civilians? I don't. C. F. K. a Star Reader. Women's Clothes? Where Are They, He Asks ‘ Dear Miss Grey; As the love of finery and adornment to enhance the chorus seems to be an inherent char- acteristic of the gentler sex, and as the male bas ever been susceptible to woman's physical charma, there may be considerable more truth than poetry in the recent assertion that women’s dress is responsible for much of the crime of the present day, at least it probably accounts for some of the delinquencies in sex merality, However, Ihave been told that generally speaking, men are un. duly affected only by the artfully concealed or at most, haif-reveaied, feminine form, If this be true, it would seem that the present extreme mode,of attire, with the transparent hose, low shoes, short skirts, thin, low-cut waists and abbreviated camisoles would leav mighty little to the imagination, and the members of the superior sex will | { Brown silk velvet has. been made into an attractive _ The four self-material buttons on the} front of the waist are the only trimming. Amber beads and a brown hat with tailored velvet flowers are worn with the and afternoon dress designed skirt is very straight’ an dress. If the Indy pictured here will call at The Star’s editorial rooms she will receive two tickets to “Peg O' My Hi 22S Be —Photo by Cress-Dale. on the simplest lines. jeart” at the Wilkes theatre, | this direction ts very great, for they ‘These |drugs not only do not relieve the! constipation, but as a rule aggra- . we GD ot sanitation, ) | pernicious than the continued use Cathartics, and the temptation are advertised everywhere. Wate it, NOVEL POWDER CASES Powder cams, showing Oriental THE SEATTLE STAR <7 eres were RISON KEEPING It was an hour after the theft before my husband came home, 1} 4id not refer to the scene involving | Katherine and her tangled tresses. | Our difference seemed petty }compared to poor Jim's tragic hn troduction ‘to the man his children would have to call “grandfather.” “The detectives were unwilling to give up their ¢atch,” sid Bob as he sank into one side of my hammock. The dance r came to us on the breeze and made a strange backerqund for the story | Bob had to tell. “They were not going to deliver up such a prise to save anybody's | feelings, Finally I got hold of Morrison.” “Good olf Morrison! | Beat—is free?” And Mr. jthe Fremh windows from the roof THE BOOK OF ANN ANN’S FATHER IS SHIPPED OFF, WITH MOR- HIM COMPANY and I guess he was right—only he was @ little slow on the job, He Waa descending the stairs, non- chalantly and confidently, when the two plain-clothes men stepped thru of the porte-cochere.” ‘© can thank. our lucky stars the ringw were saved,” I exclaimed. “11 would bave been simply awful to explain their loss to the girle— our most intimate friends, Some of the girls never would have stop. ped mourning about ¢he loss, either." “Neither would we—if this thing said Bob, “Poor “It's « horrid, ignoble story,” 1 suid. “And an awfully queer retri- bution, Ann's carelessness has proved her father’s undoing.” Bob laughed rather cynically. “Well, 1 wouldn't say ‘free.’ Mor. rison has gone.on the train with | him to thee seaboard, and will stay with the chap until the ship leaves | the dock, ¢o0, You can bet I fixed hat all right.” “For goodness muke, tel me al) about it, Bobt* “Rest explained to an that he | had determined to see bis daughter [before he took the midnight train. | fo he hung ground her house on [the chance that she would run in |for something during the evening “Of colirne, my dear, ‘ | “When the fireworks went ‘off, |the servants went off, too. At | least Best nays they deserted the | rince, So he front door, ond wandered from room |to room, Just to see the fing way bin girl had feathered her nest-—so |the fellow said. And, of course, [he whimpered a good deat heing an oujcast and aederelict until 'r told him to cut the bunk. Weil, he maid he knew which was Ann's room from the furniture, and he wee just golhe around admiring the things for their artistic worth |The antique furniture interested him greatly—he's an artiat, you know—and he examined it like a lconnolmeur, even opening the drawers to note the character of |the constraction. And so It was | Just by accident that he came upon rings.” “Ten gind ft was npt a premedi tated thefts’ wan all I could say “I gues the fellow told the truth. He maid that he stuck the! thing Into his pocket on the im | pulee. I don't believe he went Into Ann's house to steal, but, of course, of|1 couldn't convince the detectives in }Of that. Hest reasoned, he admitted, that nobody would suspect him of taking the ringn, because nobody he knew had seen him, and he would make a getawny on the mid. night train, he had the tickets. m hin pocket—bought by me yester. day. He thought he waa about the last person in the crowd here tonight that anybody would follow, walked right in the] about | the gold mesh tag with those darn | “The wins of the father boom- ranged this time,” sald Bob, “But thank all the gods that we didnt have a scene tonight. Not a whi» per of this will get out, Morrison promised.” | “Oh tat lat Deborah Burns wil! never tell—we can trust her, But! jhave you forgotten that Katherin+ | Miller saw the whole thing? Don’t| you think you'd better hunt her up and keep her from walspering | the scandal to those who will |mpread it fastest?” I axked, My husband's face was a puzzle.} Be Continued.) “PEG O’ MY HEART” | AT THE WILKES The Wilkes Players, who have opened their new season with a per- formance of “Peg o' My Heart,” were received by a crowd that filled the theatre. In the little English drama the entire cart was at its best. \ Mary Thorne, who played Ethel Chilchester, the Engtish girl weary of the tedium of extreme convention- ality and anxious to escape it, fintis scope for some excellent character and emotional work. Peg, the Irish |courin of Miss Chilchester, whose role is played in excellent atyle by Jane Morgan, intervenes when Dthel in desperation and what she thinks ts love, is on the point of eloping with | & married philanderer, and herself takes the punishment of her selfish aunt The complete capitulation of the superior mannered English girl be- fore her sturdy, stubborn, but witha! level-headed cousin brings out some clever acting on the part of both characters, Jerry, who gnvesa Peg from her rel- atives, is played by George Rand, the Wilkes Players’ new leading man. ‘The role was insufficient to show his | abifity or his lack of it, but be car ried it ably, . Howard Russell as Peg’s inane and typical English cousin imitates wll and does some clever character work Fanchon Everhart plays the part of “Let's eat breakfast at Boldt's.”— Adv. WEDS SON OF NOTED LAWYER MRS MARTIN WLITTLETON SR Mra. Martin W. Littleton, fr., |#hown in her bridal costume, was formerly Miss Marion Carroll, daughter of Mr. and Mra. Bradish Carroll, of New York and Green- wich, Conn. Her marriage to the son of Martin W. Littleton, famous attorney, took place recently at Greenwich. Need Peg's selfish aunt tn good style, Erman Seavey as Christian Brent self-styled man of fashion is consis. tent thruout, and Norman Feusier, Henry Hall and ‘Alice Easton fi! out the cast in good form. Every Flower Has a Story All Its Own THE MARIGOLD Cruelty in love is the meaning of the marigold in the language of flowe orn. The name, ft ts said, was de rived from the early Christian cub |tom ‘of prefixing the name of the | Virgin Mary to anything that wag ~~ |exceptionally beautiful. The name of | the flower heretofore had been golde, As it was one of the most admired | flowers, it became known as marye March, when the Feast of the Am nunclation of the Biessed Virgin ie ~ celebrated. To dream of marigolds, it was Bee Meved, would bring riches, success,” and a happy marriage, An *old Breton superstition says that if @ maiden touches the flower with her bare foot «he will understand the lage guage of the birds. The Mexicans call the marigola the flower of death, as it was be Meved that it sprang up from the blood of the natives slain by the early Spanish invaders in theig lust for gold. The ancient Greeks tel the myth of the origin of the flower, Apollo was the handsomest of the gods, and all the nymphs and herdesses fell in love with him. sister, Diana, had as her four wood-nymphs who were enamored of Apollo and q frequently because of their jealousy — of each other. Diana became angry, and transformed the f nymphs into marigolds and since then yellow has been the color of © jealousy. i as ey Pass the Summer in Finest Health of Dr. golde. It t# dedicated to the 26th of hygiene will be anewered if semt to Information Departmest, U. 8. Pub- Ue Health Servies, Washington, D.C short, tight skirts. How can a truly modest woman follow ‘such a style? I am surprised that our women gap up for such things instead of their disapprobation tn ev ‘ery way possible. I have often won- @ered how husbands could see their Wives expose themscives to every soon have some other excuse for} | thelr frequent lapses from the path! of moral rectitude, LB eee GHERKIN PICKLES Wipe 4 quarts small unripe cucum- derivation, are shown at the leading jewelers. These take the form of wrist bags, attached by silk cords, | CONSTIPATION jand are some of the newest novel The catse of constipation tn the | ties, absence of organic disease is due! chiefly to the loss of tone and actly: | A Permanent Hair Wave HAVE US WAVE IT NOW and PAY FOR IT LATER At your own convenience Double inducements ‘man they meet, some of them of the moral caliber. I went to my husband sacred and ire and he came the same way to ime, and I have his love and admira- tion, and it is all I want. If women bers. Put in a stone jar and add 1 cup salt dissolved in 2 quarts boil ing water and let stand three days |Drain cucumbers from brine, bring | brine to boiling-point, pour over cu tty of the muscular coat of the intes- | tines, the function of which in to| keep the intestines active during the digestion of food and to remove from MORE PHOSPHATE OR LOSE YOUR IN SMALL Our credit plan is the very best guarantee in the world that PAYMENTS the largely from digestio body wante matter resulting n. you will be satisfied with the results obtained. A wave will save you at least one-half hour every day of the Tomorrow jcumbers, and again let stand three days; repeat. Drain, wipe cucu: |bers, and pour over 1 gallon botling water in which 1 tablespoon alum been dissolied. Let stand 6 hours. then drain from alum water. © Couk cucumbers 10 minutes, a few a a time, In % the following mixture heated to the bolling-point. 1 gallon vinegar 4 red peppers 2 sticks cinnamon tablespoons allspice berries tablespoons cloves Strain remaining MNquor over pickles which have been put in a stone Jar, week. Every one can now discard the old curling fron and patent curlers for we have brought the PERMANENT WAVE WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL For appointment call Main 6507 ¢ irritated easily, lose your pa- LADIES’ IMPROVEMENT SHOP . . nee and can not concentrate your | — [Fess hscei ha, oe = ase — Clearance of Ladies’ Skirts i $5.75 to $15.00 RINK “Napoleon” itis a simple matter that all mod- Th? pers bade are offering at these prices cant be Dest any Olive Oil daily after where. They come in serges, Sicilians, tricotines and wool Plain meals — a tablespoonful in ern physicians understan If you, man or woman, destre a colors and many attractive plaids and stripes, Every one is up-te date in style and fittingly trimmed with pockets, belts, ete, fruit juice: Its regular use means health, strength and beauty. dy, virile body with an abund- YOUTHFUL LOOKS; had the standard of modesty where | it should be, “they would feel therm: _ Selves in a degree unfaithful to their Bife’s choice to.dress or undress so @s to attract attention in any way | to their person. A HAPPY WIFE. eee Constipation i» usually the result of sedentary habits, improper food and. intemperance in eating and) 4, drinking, Unless this subject is giv en proper consideration in early life, jchronic constipation, which in exceed. |ingly difficult to overcome, frequent- ly follows. at hot, sultry weather In general the preventive measures | {50 have Plenty of phy relate to the proper care of the body,| If you are weak, or personal hygiene, espbcially the use of suitable and simple food, suf ficient water and, most important of al, plenty of regular exercise in the open air, preferably walking. Whole grajn food, which stimulates the In- testinal tract, and plenty of vege . tables and fruit ala in preventing ORIGIN OF YEAST constipation. Oatmeal is very valu- able in this way. Yeast Is a microscopic plant of| If constipation persieta there in |fungus growth, and 1s the lowest some reason for it, and a physician jform of vegetable life. It consists) should be consulted. If the serviges jof spores, or germs, found floating | of a physician are not available, some | jin the air, and belongs to a family | harmless agent may be employed for of which there are many spectes.|temporary purpowes, Probably the |These spores grow by budding ‘and | best of these Is castor oll; licorice division, and multiply very rapidly | powder or one of the saline laxa junder favorable conditions, and | tives may also be used | produce fermentation. On the other hand, nothing ts more Fiber Sweaters $7.98 to $12.98 A pleasing assortment of Ladies’ Fiber Silk Sweaters at reasonable prices. These are in coat style and belted. Colors are Copen, rose, sal- mon, Kelly and purple. Sizes 34 to 46. 3 White Waists $1.50 Many broken Ines of Ladies’ fancy white Wetsts have been put on sale at this reduced price. They ere all stylish and nifty, tuck and embroidery trimmings, The people who stand up an 41 the *} phorus in 520 Dear Miss Grey: After reading to- Union St. L Bight’s article by “A Man of Experi- I just can't help saying a little if. Iam a bachelor past 30 and ik I have had as much experience any; but I can't see why a man fhould blame a woman's dress, or | i of dress, for his lax morals. It} Teally is funny. A girl sitting cross- legged or any other way cannot dam age a man's morals, if he has any. a He says “a man must wage con stant battle with himself.” Why? A Man's mind is weak if he can’t see & cross-legged girl without having to “wage battle with himself.” “A Mother of Three” has the right 1 never could see why a man ‘wants to blame a woman for wha} he ‘Would call hi« downfall. I have been ever most of the United States and are very few places where it is safe for a man to travel without ing insulted. Why blame the wom or their clothes? AN INTERESTED READER. oee © plains of Local ‘Boat Service ’ Dear Miss Grey: I'm writing you! ae wae rel © VACATION SPECIAL | | service between Bremerton and | | | | | | | . become played | day; if y of nerve force and endurance want a kten, active mind that won't tire under severe strain, then must have plenty of ‘phos- 4, nerve and bone hoxphate known BITRO- PHOSPHATE js Just what you | Get Ditro-Phosphate ax dix at druggists in the original package; lit should revive your depressed Sapirite and rene bition, It {rhould make yo | feel younger, physi | | Children’s Stockings 25c Pair Good strong wearing Stock- ings for children at a low price. Cotton rfp, in black and white; reinforced heels and toes; sizes 6 to 9%. Ladies’ Stockings 69c Pair They are the kind that give real service; double hebls and toes. Colors are black, white, brown and gray; 4-inch garter top. Corset Covers 65¢ Made of a serviceable quab ity of muslin and attractively trimmed with embroidery and ribbon. All sizes, Crepe Rompers $1.75 ‘There are no more service able Rompers made than these pure Japanese Crepe Rompers, Every pair is cut nice and full and well made; embroidered yoke designs. A real special at the prica Women’s Coveralls $2.50 Pair ; Khaki and Blue Dentm Overalls for ladies’ wear; ‘espe- cially suitable for berry pick» ing and all kinds of outdoor life; bib style; elastic at ankles, y Your Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted—Broken Lenses Duplicated At Forty ¢ A. great ee Pert Orthard route cannot An order placed with us before curative umes the traffic between the two Sept. 1st, with $5.00, will secure twelve Sear ig etacsn aoe Of the finest photographs. We make these photographs regularly at Ten to twenty dollars—none better. Place your order early— : Have your sitting now or later. Remember the place— Bring this ad with you. Infants’ Hose 35c Pair Sturdy little Hose for young- ster@ that are hard on stock- ings; black and white silk lisle, strongly reinforced toes and heels; sizes 4 to 6; @ pairs for $1.00. Sale of Children’s Overalls, $1.10 Dandy little Bib Overalls for ehildren; ages 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 only. These are worth regularly $1.75 a pair, but sizes are broken, Many have double seat and double knees. Such a bargain doesn't come often, so take, advantage of it. Your choice, $1.10 pair, —a change comes to | the eyes and glasses are needed for read- ing or close work. They should be cor- | rectly ‘fitted by a] qualified optometrist. } eattle’s ading i Dentist ¥. I am now devoting q entire time to my W@enta\ practice, I make examinations and ‘ @ each case, as well as do all extract- by fing between the hours F of 9 a m. and 5 p.m My offices have beer established for mor: fsthan a quarter of ury, and under my onal MANAKEMENt pusow y us, 901. 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