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mend REMIT 5 ee ar emeeiremen mr SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1919 Flow Would You Pick : 1 \ S\GaZINe” A HUSBAND ? A WIFE ? Two Soldiers and a Sailor Give Thetr Ideas and Miss New York Finds Both a Friend and a Foe. By Marguerite Mooers Matshall Copwttatit, 1019, by The Pres Publishing Co. (The New Tork Brening World). Stag is the Soldiers’ Number. % oa Want to Swim Faster > Try “Hydroplaning,” New Scientific Swimming Expert Explains How “ Hydi Can Be Accomplished in Conjunction With Crawl Stroke, and Gives Rules Which Even a Beginner Can Master This ! Natatorial Speed System. Written Bepeciaily for The Bvening World, By L. De B. Handley f ‘ Qoperight, 1019, tp hd Pris Pubtientms Co, (The New York Rrenine Worley, | TUDENTS of the science of swimming réalized long ago that speed and endurance in the water would be. increased when man learned to take advantage of the hydroplaning ple succeeded in minimizing the resistance by travelliy as much 69 oe sible over the water, instead of entirely through it. So they have been working on the problems {hvolved over sli they bave now solved them to the extent of being able to offer valuabl suggestions on how to plane effectively, at least in so far as the khown at present permit. Debutantes of the World TURKISH—EG YPTIAN—ARABIAN—BEDOUIN What sort of wife the soldier would pick, what he thinks of the sirl of today, how far she meets his new ideals of womanhood— these are problems which must interest us all. { When we began this discussion I espectally asked) thé men in ‘uniform—or only recently out of !t—to tell tts how the modern American girl appealed to them-in' the role of sweetheart and wife. For they are res her from an absolutely new perspective, therefore find- ing in her new things te admire or to condemn, Over | seas there was the chance to compare the American girl with the girl of other lands. In many instances there Fal was the acid test of gbsence laid on the individual ‘ American girl. One of the most cynical and regrettable developments of the war has been its Tomantic casualties. Young women who have been overseas have told me how fréquently and how wistfully the men in khaki spoke about the girls at home who had broken @———————— ‘their engagoménts, or whose letters Grow steadily colder. It is true, of @vurss, that many an engagement ‘Was entered into hastily, during war- time, that #rris thought they had lost some far-off country where no one will dispute their views because of not speaking Wnglish, AN EX-NAVAL OFFICER. SOLDIER EXPLAINS HOW OLD MAIDS “HA their heart’ to gallant and appealing young solciers when it was only heads that wore lost. ‘Tho girl who has promised to mar- 87 @ Man and then finds she does not Jove him bad better not attempt to carry out the letter of her word, af- ter the apirit of it is broken. She ‘Will only make a bad matter worse. But “giving a soldier a mitten for a Christmas present,” as one soldior bit- terly expressed it, was quite unneo» @ary cruelty. The girl who sont away @ man delioving she loved him might @t least have waited for his return fm safety before disitlusioning bim— possibly be would not have returned at jail! Many girls have proved thempelves Dear Madam: I am still a soldier. And the job of being « soldier gives me the advantage of listening to the most frank, outspoken, honest-to~ goodness arguments about the much discussed sex question, This advan- tage cannot be gained in civilian clothes. For when a young mah goes to the Y. M. C. A. or some other so- cial club and listens to the topic of the “Likes and Dislikes of Girls,” it is generally trea sugar coated. He May de anxious to air his views, but at the same t!me appear @ flawless gentleman. As a consequence, he hesitates to be outspoken. In the army it is vastly different, Ags regards the.young woman (and the topic usually.ends with woman), the young soldier is very earnest and truthful and entphatic in his opinions. CxPriAN ‘the most loyal and loving of War|imy. substance of m: AN ARABS Son y observation is Gianceos. There seems to have been |tnat all young men sooner or later OF 4LGIERS h jilting, however, to account become skeptical about the girls. ‘I shall not attempt to elucidate this point. Just think this over—the young men are skeptical about the girls. ways divided into the Harem- The girls, poor souls, dive in at the| lk" and the “Selamilik.” - The -latter first sign of @ good man and hang on|!8 the public part, where visitors are Uke a leech, I don't blame them.|receivéed; the former the private But to.my way of thinking too many! apartments of the women, The], girls have @ dogged formula for their! “Haremiik” has its separate entrance man or men, and, forgetting the many to the courtyard and garden and it intricate turng of human nature, im; |is secure against all intrusion. Even mediately raise a howl and accuse the ' the master himself may not enter cabarets, the dance halls and every should a pair of shoes at the thresh- other object that strikes their fancy. hold of the reception room denote the And where do they land?—in the old presence of a female visitor. Western maids’ visionary club. {influence, however, 1s making unde A SOLDIDR. [nlable progress in Turkey and Turk- | THI8 SOLDIER DOES NOT AD- ish ocultlire is becoming more und Having been born and brought ur in MIRE NEW YORK GIRLS. ‘more an Imitation of the West. fhe the midst of a small New England| pear Madam: I am following with | Turkish girl in the picture is dressed State, I know what country and small! great interest your very capably con- ‘in the native indoor costume, volum- town girls are like. After enlisting in| ducted controversy, “How Would inous trousers, white waist, } the navy the war brought me to) You Pick a Wife—a Husband?” I' jacket and jaunty cap. various places, I visited the South am not surprised to note that the and saw the Southern girl, France New York girl finds small favor with T and saw the French girl and, last but | your masculine correspondents. After | not least, came to New York, whore Ig five-year residence in the metropo- | met the New York girl. Now that the) iis, during which time I have met war is over and a gold stripe no| upward of 300 women of many classes ™#*F ed, or their parents’ home when longer adorns my sleeve, why de 1| of society, 1 am sorry to say that not *nsle, The dress of women of the Feturn to New York of all places to] one of them is—or was—“The only !0Wer class to which the little girl live? Why not return to New Eng- | girl,” ) whose picture we print belongs, is land and pick up the threads of exist-| It nas been my experience that| Very simple; a long garment of cotton ence again? Miss New York's entire consideration , 8tU@ confined at tho waist and a ‘Because I met in New York the ono] of a man Is based on his financial |HeAd shaw! of the same material, girl whom it was impossible to find] status, If the male has the desired | O's of the better classes are hardly Glsewhere, Blind must be the “Brook- ever seen on the streets at all; those iF the somewhat cynival tone of two of the following letters from men who went across, da the American girl of to-day the * $deal choice of the Americana fighting man? And is he her choloe? Let us ear from some more of you. NAVY BOY FOUND HIS GIRL” IN NEW YORK. \ Meanwhile, here is one fine tttinute | from the navy: Dear Madam: I think it is high time 1 that these fellows ‘who are using your column to express their dissatis- faction with New York girls heard a| ‘word or two from one who is in a) \ better position than they to judge. TURKISH dwelling, whether humble or magnificent, is a!- ae You Can’t Dam | The Floodtide HOW TO “HYDROPLANE” Using ba igre stroke. aie yy ila Pehcetively sume in water re plan wee ewimming. Wier rate t rect way te overeee fu (wy reach. leady for a ‘catoh,’ woes mofouid aun ite full iv Seria en In every race there are the leaders, the followers and the tailenders, And just as it has happened that a horse taken from jitney shafts ha# nosed out & thoroughbred, so every once in a while a tailender touches the tape fret, But it isn’t by accident. Some people CLIMB into suc- cess while other people seem to SPRING. into it. But just as it A Saison turned IR. 4 short In ordér to plane adequately a body must advance without Interruption, for any check means momentary sinking. The arm action of @ Tnost up-to~ strokes does not fur- nish constant ,ropulsion, for there is a brief period when one arm te »rid- ing idly in recovery and the other moving upward, instead of backward, at the end of 1 drive, so that neither affords forward momentum to the swimmer. If the legs are in- active during this interval there is of neceasity a sudden stop in the ad- some parta of Algeria where the spirit of Jealousy is more severe, Women are only permitted, when on the street, to leave one eye uncovered, Bate Mount Sina! desert, the great out the twocountries. They still dom. inate Morocco as they did Algiers be- fore {ts occupation by the French, The Arab girl in the picture above wears the costume of her race, uniformly worn in public. The white shawl thrown over her head and which comn- pletely veils her is called a “hatk” and is made of coarse or fine cloth, ac- cording to the position of the wearer, but all classes wear it, The mask she has placed over the lower part of | her face under the eyes is kndwn as HE women of Egypt mix little, even to-day, and in the villages and towns find their main oo- cupation in caring for the home when requires years of rigid physical training to perfect a spectacular, fleeting, gymnastic feat, so it re- quires years of preparation and direction to deliver what seems to be a sudden jucky stroke. The white fame of ambition is lighting the way out of countless gloomy ruts. warily the resistance, but leaving reaching arm painted upward, so the first part of the will Be wasted completely. 4 ‘The use of a faulty recovery affect the whole stroke. For if the arm is carried forward‘! high. the opposite shoulder ts centre of Biblical history, ls one of the wildest, most forbidding portions of the earth. Just as Nature has been lavish in her endowment of some localities, here she has been correspondingly frugal. The people of this region live @ life of hardship with few worldly pleasures, The little amount of “jatk” he is listed as a, “ ” The chap you to-da} - |vance, for the legs’ natural tendency lynite” who cannot sce right under|fne fellow by Mistress Five-Bor-| Of the lower class are met more fre- | 4n ‘Adjar.” It 1s @ bandkereblef Of) maiden who posed for tho picture] aie oth of er art [ie te tae ae lat a a Bur i¢|t? sink, or if the movement ts his eyes the girl he is looking for, for|oughs. Of course, human nature is @ently, but even they wear the white linen, Sometimes this “Adjar" | above is a shepherdess; she takes cara] |¥ er y naighd ene ward the arm will not attain. @ continuous kick, or thrash, is adopted, the acquired speed will not, diminish perceptibly, and thére will be no lowering of the body. As the leg drive of the crawl stroke is vir- tually continuous, it suite admirably the purpose of planing. In secking to apply the arm power correctly it is important to see first of all that each arm is carefully ad- justed for the entry, with elbow @ trifle raised, forearm and haha forming @ straight line, palm down, fingers close togethe! The catoh should then be made with good downward pressure, #0 as to start is of a thin gossamer-like materfal, and its effect is merely a semi- transparent veil, rather more co- quettish and alluring than repellent, as it is supposed to be by the maiden's male relatives, It is said that in be raising your rent, Thousands of underpaid and overworked clerks and school teacher’ will be the next decade's brilliant lawyers. The poor despised hirelong who to-day does your dirty work will to-morrow suc- cessfully compete with you— fighting you not only with his innate intelligence but with the training you gave and the tricks you taught him. The sun shines and shines until it shines through the ob- reach in the wanted position for effective drive. An excellent way recover is to bend and relax the as the arm leaves the water at of the drive; at once turn the eame the world over. Miss Mer-| “Adar” or handkerchief veiling the cenary 18 of the world. But In New !WeF portion of the face, York vices and virtues are magnified. That, perhaps, is why the New York girl is ultra money loving. From recent observations I find that the girls of France and Britain are also partial to the man of money. But I must say that there ts really a charm to the genteel way they go after him, For the most part they lack the crudity of the mammon- enamored New York girl. I have ‘ho use for @ beauty. The girl I marry must be comely rather of her father's flock of goats until the time comes for her to be married. The headdress she wears denotes she ‘s of marriageable age; upon a stranger's approach she hides her face and runs away. ‘“‘Where the Shoe Pinches”’ It’s Going to Be Tough on the Vamps, Lotta Guys We Know Will Be on Their Uppers, Most of Us Won’t Be So Well Heeled, for the Sole Reason That We Have No Counter for This Last Lacing Kid Kostaliving Has Handed Us the girl I found is just one of New ‘York's many girls who go downtown to businers every day and she is not ‘vulgar or loudly dreseed nor does she chew gum, And there are hundreds and hundreds more like her: to be found on all sides, If my cynical friends think that the small city or town girl with her good education, hich she always exhibits, and her Diased views on life is better than the ood companionship and love of girls who know what life and its problems are, then the critics had better go to — = == rocco and Algiers in the eleventh T's Arabs who conquered Mo century are still found through- advancing elbow, then move the whole arm ward, If this is done as It should the forearm will be pointing straight ahead by the time the passes the shoulder line and P whole arm will find itself nicely be posed for a powerful drive as it @t+ | tains comfortable extension, : ‘The leg work, a» already explained, 7) . | than merely beautiful. “ , GASTRONOMIC SONRIDENO®: by dnt ha ee Holo ot any f structing cloud. es Ufting the bragged ue once, a plays the leading role in learning to |) lA ure a — ppd AS Ne By Neal R. (@) Hara Way leather’s advancing, 8pec- Good luck gravitates to ability. the power increased gradual plane, and it is obviously advisable to TEE ee ence os, meat taeleak Tt ulators are going to play hide | Merit may be temporarily floored | thereafter, causing the arm to exert | agoo4 q kick which nents good and acta taney | Re HR Ses GRR: f Conyrisht, £9, by The Preas Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World) 286d ccsk o fortune. but st won't be buried. You can |its full energy eh ais steady propulsion. As the fast and counter a d a greatest point o} c to. the waiter: | educatjon, to know the world and to Trust has got us east and Raising on @ pair isn't accord- no more repress real worth than ||. 1. the body. By this aystem rhythmic thrash of the pense » ive me just as much love and loyalty! you can shackle the atmosphere, double trudgegn-crawl is generaliy ~ admitted to provide stronger and “Give me a ham WENTY dollars for calf- skin shoes. No bull in west. that. How we gonna kick at the ing to Hoyle. the forward shoot will ocour when as { will give her—which will be a It will pervade and penetrate we've got the shoulders) are at their highest saia| 0t. She must dress simply and! ' Reie st (me -valoes vara @ But Hoyle docs gamit the and rise until it reaches it true |o.a the body resistance reduced to |More constant impetus than sae the waiter, “Will| tastefully, preferably in costumes and, | GUY Whose son goes without vantage is with the di level, oe clus Lift and shoot wil; be {other leg drive known nowadays, It is ae. you eat it here or) colors similar to the very becoming, Kicks can pinch & line from Pumps due to go up too, Milk And now the railways have got You can't dam the floodtide. best secured by sweeping the arma |¢vidently best fitted tor the puresemiins it with you?” uniforms of our army nurses and| Whittier: “Blessings on thee, trust will holler at that. it. That ts, they've got It to get. a y directly down and back under the|!t action ls very similar te that ‘ rath ucla, the man—Blighty,| yeéomanettes, By the way, why do, barefoot boy.” Costs more to start a fortune Matieaealenadens¢ the oubiia body. It is advantageous to not |*h@ plain craw! thrash. It hag : most New York women persist in de- ) - ae Seven-cent fares in New York, same rather narrow, alternate, London. No blessings on the leather now. Shoestrings advance in will stand for seven-cent fares. carry the arm drive too far beyond ———— atroying their feminine charms by) trust, though. Curses! + | and certain folke say there's | tne perpendicular, for if it is cut|S@-down whip of the feet and wearing those hideous tight skirts? n OREH. i price, Sure it will, Public never ex- somethtnt edesieed bese: ton: tether ahort one arm will be push. [Only difference i that emphasis THE LICENSE. I don't care if she uses little paint Woman's shoes going up too. Speaking o’ that, we know @ pects to SIT. es placed on the two scissoring moti Time has‘come when you can't use a nickel on anything but @ ing the body forward almost until the other is ready to catch again, and a little powder and takes a little puff of cigurette now and then—that But their stockings are coming down. Half-hose craze alo't so clerk that does 36 holes in a woman's Shoe in less than 200 or kicks, which occur at the end each arm drive. This e scontaaa Trouble with increased fares Sie you se Are you sure is, they get you coming and was 2/18 none of my business, I don't dance} crazy after all etrokes, phone call or @ panhandler. ‘The bead should remain always 09 | the gcissors not onl a i, license | myself, but if she cares for it, why . . going. Ard even getting a phone |the same level, aw if it swung on a thea « diatina’ dou! you gave me last| she can go to it to her heart's con-| _ But less vamping’s going to Another thing we know is that But the traction trust's slogan number's # gamble, It costs a |Pivot. It should merety be twisted | which treks month? tent. I will approve of anvthing that; make it cheaper for ladjes’ @ woman going out takes more has always been “The public nickel to call. laterally in the acts of Oreathing, Clerk—Certaim-| will make her happy, drawing the| shoes, “ strokes in lacing a corset than be jammed.” Ob, yes—and chewing gum. never raised or lowered, nor bent to- outspan ly, sir, Why line, of course, at murder, arson, dis- 1 ing | y ward either shoulder, And it is all | of the thrash. rte term 4 wire inger—-Well,| loyalty to the United States and Loss vamping would make it she does coming in, Ten-cent carfares in Boston. That's still a nickel for ohicle, Important to time its movements.ac- | dicates that six full A Ive led a dog’s| cruelty to anim jan 4g Bed lotta, guyt_ we Which reminds us that a cor | Company can't operate for lese— Chewing gum won't go UP. |ourately, It should not be turned tol two arma or three during now, too, 4 Mido aver since,—Answers, “TWENTY -SEVBN,” streets tog crooked, IW gtick, twhale until the under arm has started! of each arnt, set Should give till it hurts, 1