The evening world. Newspaper, March 18, 1920, Page 25

| THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1920 No Backless i, in New York’s “Child Set;’’ Philadelphia Girls Ape Clothes of Their Mothers Why Not Send a Group of Home Missionaries From New York’s Flapper Class to Serve as “Exhibit A” for the Philadelphia Parents’ Union. : Copyright, 1920, by The Press Yu iliehing Co, BCAUSE of their clothes-—or lack of clothes, because of their elaborate parties and late and lengthy suppers, the “sub-deb’ mem-} ‘bers of Philadelphia's “child set" are to be taken in hand seriously by a| Parents’ union. Mrs. John Newbold, | Mre. George Mcladder ns. Chariton Yarnall and other anxious mothers of the Quaker City, together with appre- -kensive fathers, have appointed a eommittee to put the back in back-| tess evening gowns worn by school gata, to insist on a four-hour night—} eight to twelve—ftor parties, and, in| general, to take the joy out of life for the prevocious “child set.” Now it's bad enough and sad enough to diecover—during Lent, too—that the daughters of staid Philadelphia Dave so “gone the pace” socially that ® @adden halt must be called. (The New York Rvening World.) mother, who perhaps Is trying to com- pete socially with some one else in the elaborateness of the functions under her roof. Or the* mother has been foolish enough (o entrust the man- agement of her daughter's parties to some paid entertainer, who makes the jaffair far too ambitious and artifical. “The ‘snb-deb' in New York takes what is provided for her in the way of entertainment, and her enjoyment does not depend on late hours and costly suppers. She does not demand such things. One of the most euc- cessful parties I ever gave was a pro- gressive luncheon, to which I invited a number of the women authors I know and an equal number of little girls from the social world. The tables were so arranged that every time one of the latter moved she sat beside a different author, ‘Those children were simply thrilled! ‘They jcame to me afterward, some of them almost with tears in their eyes, and asked me if they couldn't possibly do | something to show how grateful they were for such a wonderful party.” “But don't you think,” I asked dlue- eyed, golden-baired Mrs. Woodruff— Penrhyn Stanlaws once called her the “most beautiful woman in New York” —"that the modern girl is a bit in- clined precociously to ape the amuse- ments and the clothes of her ekters?” “The girl of every generation is in- clined to ape her elders, if she is given the chance!” laughed her | champion, “I never in my life have | known any girl of sixteen whose su- | preme desire was anything jess than) the possession of an all-black even- ing frock. That is not because she yearns to be a dangerous siren, not because she is in any way morbid, but simply because she wants to ap- Pear as grown-up as possible, 4 | | i Ae rea WELL 1 H THE Musi IT “Lam @ very warm and candid aa- mirer of the New York gitl, ‘subb-deb,' | and I know her pretty well, too, Dur-| ing the war I started the Junior Book Committees on which were such girls Mary Schieffelin, Mary Lorillard, Sheila Byrne, Louise |Iselin and others. The girls collected B does seem too bad to disturb the’ nooks for the soldiers, and I took par- | dream of the Rip Van Winkle Of tics of them to Camp Dix and other American cities, to shake it rudely bY| camp near New York. fhe shoulder with the information! +), unselfishness, ‘Mat the nice little “sub-debs" of New) ness of purpose York can teadh Philadelphia's “ohild| ana © get" to behave! But, according to ex-| pert testimony, that's exactly what | Shey are fitted to do. “Do the young girls in New York q@octety wear backless evening} gowns?” I asked Mrs. Lewis B. Wood- wuff of No. 14 Eat 68th Street, whose The idealism, the basic serious- of these girls touched | rmed me, and I consider these | qualities typical among the younger | set,” concluded Mrs. Woodruff, So why not send a group of home missionaries from New York's “child! set,” to serve as Exhibit A for the] Philadephia Parents’ Union? as Edith Gould, Grace Astor Bristed. | Polly Damrosch,' iE WEET MEMORIES JOHN Do’ sOuIN Povey RENENBER |USED To BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED 9 LOVE SONG SING To You AVE FOUND Cc. ULL SING TO You DEAR SESS DOESN'T THAT RECALL JOHN DEAREST > gmmerous novels, “The Lady of the Téghthouse, “I'he Imprisoned Free- man” and others, have not kept her ‘too busy to attain the distinction of beg one of New York's most charm- fig hostesses and social leaders. “Do our ‘sub-debs,’"” I continued, “wtve and attend late and elaborate parties, where the entertainment and the suppers are modelled on what|® ehetr fathers and mothers enjoy?” | ¢¢ And Mre. Woodruff, though she was [rite bentyl a divance nae onty twenty-four hours removed from coated Mires ach taking! the'| an influenza temperature of 108, came} evening paper trpm friend husband eagerly and with affectionate indig-|onq passing over the foreign news | nation to the defense of Now York's | a14 putitics and getting an eye on the young girl, whom she has entertained, | 4.45 society scandal and whose philanthropics she has di-| everymoay wants to marry for money, and when they do it doesn't make them any happier? “Yes; after all, the poor people have the West of it,” said Mr, Jarr. “Well, we might as well try to think 80," ventured Mrs. Jarr, “although, rocted for a number of years. goodness knows, I'd like to have a “I have not seen a single girl this ‘winter, belonging to the group which lot of money. Wealth wouldn't em- bitter my life.” the newspapers call ‘society, who ‘wore a backless evening gown,” she @ectared emphatically. ‘There never ‘hae been a season when the buds and their Little sisters dressed so modestly nd charmingly. And if, here and t @ girl has worn some costume pissy ete bit pil ep ear ee 1| ‘You think, then, that the wealthy ‘gepeat, NO girl has appeared in a| People get divorced because they can bavkless evening gown—that girl with | #ford it, but the poor people have to a. suspicion of daring about her ap-| *ick together because they can't help pearance has been followed and ad-| themselves?” asked Mr. Jarr. uatred neither by the other girls nor] “Z didn’t say 90,” sald Mrs, Jarr. by the boys in hor set. “But one thing is sure: A woman who, “I personally think the backless|as money doesn’t have to put up @rening gown is a mattor of taste,| With things a poot woman docs. She can go to Reno and get a divorce.” “Oh, divorces can pe got right in this town, and by poor people, too,” said Mr. Jarr, “There are more divoroes in a big town like this in a week, secured by poor people, than the rich people get in Reno in a month.” rather than of morals. It is most un- becoming to the average young girl— if 49 most unbecoming, for that mat- “That's because there are more poor people, maybe,” said Mrs. Jarr. 0," said Mr. Jarr, “but the papers ter, to the average The only + reason why any girl would even want pay no more,attention to the poor get ting divorced than they do over the By Roy L. SBE that another milHonaire'’s women to wear it would be because she saw her mother in such a costume. Then the girl's desire for it would be based on a yearning to appear ‘grown-up,’ and not on any feeling that she was Being daring and naughty: “New York girls for the most part —at least, such girls ns are among|Poor getting married, Nobody 4s in- my acquaintanees—ilive quietly and| terested in poor people, but everybody seriously, It seems to mo T have Mts to read what the rich are do- noticed a change even since I came |ing fo Now York from the South, when 1| “They are getting divorced, mostly, Was fifteen or sixteen, The ‘sub-deb! {it seems to me,” said Mrs. Jarr, woman- of to-day is made a companion by her | like sticking to her opinion. mother; is taught to take an interest| “I tell you you're wrong. Some weeks in simple pleasures and Is, | there are over fifty divorces granted “The young 1 who to lin this town to poor people, and nobody give an elaborate party is not really pays any attention,” said Mr. Jarr, “But regponsible for almost every in- let a millionaire and his wife separate stamp’, The trouble is with her and everybody ts talking about it. Now Copyright, 1020, by The Preas Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World) | Mr. Jarr Opens His Mouth and Puts His Foot in It. n't it queer, , The Jarr Family | McCardell. ~—? We you could go downtown to-morrow and see a lawyer, and if I abandoned you or treated you cruelly or did anything | that a divorce could be secured for you| could obtain it without any trouble and| nobody would pay any attention to it.” | That's a nice way to talk to me!" |said Mry. Jarr, tears coming to her eyes. “. wasn't talking to you, I was just speaking in general,” said Mr. hastily. ‘ou were not!” said Mrs a grieved tone, “You have just told me as plain as words can say that I can go get a divorce if 1 want to, and it will be kept quiet! But I could get a divorce, too, and mighty easy! re Jarr in treat me! And as for abandoning me, you might as well do that, and you would not find it very hard, All) you Would need to do is just to stay away from your home a little more than you do now, and a very little more, if Ldo gay it!” ifere » to aveep afresh, “But, listen, dear, Mr, Jurr. “I was simply telling you “Don't you ‘dear’ me!" interrupted Mrs, Jary. “And, furthermore, you need not think you ase complimenting me! you are free to go this minute If you | want to! If it wasn't for the children I wouldn't stay another night under | this roof! My mother has a home for 1 can go there! cried the exasperated You are always kicking because I won't sit you! And when I do, you pick me up about something and raise a row!” “[ don't want @ row,” sobbed Mrs But I want you to understand Hthat you can have a divorce if you want to, I can get ulong. I won't take a cent from you. I cam support my children!” “J don't want a divorce!" shouted Mr. Jarr. “Doggone it! I'm the hap- piest man in the world, Tra la la! | ZNONSIDER | Cc Nobody | Little do people know how you; e began | I want you to understand thai | down and talk to | By Maurice Ketten SING OVERAND OV THE ONE ney Cound Lt EVER NTO FOR SED To BEG 4g \) YOU SAID You EB see by the daily papers that we're going to get dollar hair-cuts. We always felt it was coming. A dollar a hair-cut is an awful blow on the head (ex- cept a bald one), but what else can | you expect? A barber that clips hair every day yearns to clip coupons on his afternoons off. The barbers may cut hairs, but they don’t split ‘em. When they JF MAR PREUE EES BRFORR | 00 raise the price they give plenty of notice and offer no excuses. Those that don't like it can start hoarding hair-cuts at the present low scale of prices, But on and after the ‘in- crease in rates the guy that sits) down to have his thatch trimmed should have a rag and a bone and @ hank of hair, The barber will chew the rag while he cuts the hank of hair and rings up the bone in the cash register. Climbing into the barber's chair) will soon cost as Much as @ seat at the opera. One more lift in the price | Hist and it'll cost no more to listen | THE EVENING WORLD OULJA EDITOR ASKS Some of the answers to yesterday's question: What will be the future of the rent Booster? | William G., Hartom—Skin ‘em alive and then fry ‘em in boiling oil, say we. L. K. T., 119th Street—Hang them by their toes at the bottom of their own elevator shaft anu then dump ten crates of delicatessen store eggs down on top of them, John MeK—Lock them in one of Dollar Hair-Cuts |The Barber Will Chew the Rag While He Cuts the Hf of Hair and Rings Up the Bone in the Cash Regi the Barbs Have a Scissors Hold on Us Guys Now. By Neal R. O’Hara. : Copprigh!, 1920, by the Pres Publishing Oo. (The New York Evening World.) yf to the Barber of Seviile other barber. The barbs are to make their clippers as as the opera folks have Raisas. Barbering is one where cutting expenses costs the: tomer more, As soon as the union gives the word haircutting jumps from te minor league to a major ope! It gets @ place alongside a tis, When the patient orders barber to cut it's time to make ent the last will and testament—gh the wife and family all that the bar- ber doesn’t get. The anaesthetic isn't applied for a hair-cut till Me time for the barber to tell How Much, R Five years ago, when hair tonie was used to cure dandruff instead of a thirst, you slipped 26 cents im the hands of the barber and you only got a quarter's worth of gas a first-class hair-cut besides. day a quarter is just a tip, And if you fail to slip it to the barber you get a look that’s cutting but cute hair, To-day the tonsorial planning to charge a dollar for it best seller, A hair-raising robbery is what it looks like. & The barbs have a scissors bi us guys, but what are we gong do? Cutting off your nose to spite your face is just as foolish as trim- ming your hair to trim the barber. It’s as hard for a guy to cut his own hair as to locate his lap when he's standing up. It’s a sad story, mutts, jbut if the dollar hair-cut comes, we'll have to come across, The hajp- — cut fs one of the few luxuries a uy will get when he goes to jail.” ~ A dollar tariff for getting your locks trimmed is going to discourage the baldheaded men, That is, it’s go~ ing to discourage ‘em from using more hair restorer, For certainly & baldheaded guy that can laugh at go back to the ranks where roll-call consists of yelling “I’m next!" now on a shiny dome stands shiny dollars that you save, Testorer bas no future except beverage purposes, ] The dollar hair-cut x just one ‘ot those things that adds to the Unrest, It'll make us look like shevists, even if we don’t SLPRemE) Gek'! HOPE mY BOSS RecoauIz) their own kitchenettes and allow them to smother, ° Fables for the Fair By Marguerite Mooers Marshall. Copyright, 1920, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Bvening World) the Caveman! loves him, according to doctor, chief in New York. Even the great novelist who prophylactic For the dominant American female— Shudderingly disowns such heresy. Now, I agree with everybody who says the caveman is “old stuff"— Extinct as the cave bear, the sabre-tooth tiger and the ichthyosaurus— “There ain't no such animal"-— No such luck! For, lawyer and woman's club was said to have recommended him as a having made it perfectly clear that tered, dragged off by the hair— { think the woman of to-day might be honest and admit That deep down in her hear} she has never yearned for AN at times, she yearns For a gigantic, primordial Jack Londonish caveman— (Poor Jack himself was the shyest, blue-eyed boy who ever shuffled his feet in the presence of a woman, But he did know how to write the “primitive male” stuff!) In the first place, while the modern coiffure is not exactly adapted to the methods of cave courtship, Think how thrilling it would be to have a man so INTERESTED in you That he would WANT to drag you off to his lair! How ful the life of a caye girl seems Compared with that of the modern, or Shavian, debutante, Who must angle, manoeuvre, plot, lure, deceive, cajole, tantalize vamp and hypnotize The weak-kneed, faint-hearted lover of to-day. Getting Articte X. through the Senate Is a perfect cinch compared with getting HIM to become a family man; in the time of the troglodyte, marrying was just a case of “letting George do it!” she won't be dominated, mas- PHING as, flatter, Then, think how a nice, old-fashioned, Cut the cost of living! When the larder was. empty, Instead of paying 60 cents a pound for steak, He went forth and potted a dinosaur or two; And he was perfectly satisfied with plain toiled or roast, He wasn't a bit fussy about his food— | Oh, he must have been a charming man to have around the cave! He undoubtedly slept a lot, And knew how to be firm with the children, And when the neighborhood bore, or the female solicitor of funds In the Drive for Paleolithic Progress, came around, long-tusked caveman We never have a word: you aro the ‘best woman in the world is ‘Every cent I have is for money not one ceni mony! And on that Dasis peace was signed oT reservations, family for ali- My motto | The caveman just opened his mouth and said “Gr-r-r-r!" at them— Instead of basely deserting his wife and doing a quick sneak into the dining room I always have said the caveman died when woman's sense of humor was born— | But sometimes I think he died Deteuse he was too good to |i know he’s too good te be THRU! \to-dey By Sophie P rhey Women Cannot ° YOUNG woman, signing Down-Hearted Business Gir writes me a letter in which she deplores her in- ability to secure @ job, She says: “Two weeks | am fruitlemsly on the lookout for a position, I have a pasinble educa- on, general of- fice work, etc. I have answered more advertise- ments and fiked jout applications—regular pedkgree— |even gane as fur as & physical exaim- ination, but alas! ‘We'll put your application on file and let you know’ tx sald. 1, Itke many others, am only asking for work (not charity) with a fair salary, where a gitl who faces the world |alone, with no help, can live and be | respectable. 1 am willing to work | ahd only want to be given a chance to | show my abilities.” This letter sounds reasonable, but }1 can remdily understand why this young womin has not accured a posi- | on. ‘The fetter had misapelied words, bad punctuation, and al together was ample proof of her in- | commpetency. | Many times in these have written in defense of the girl who works, the young womah who only asks opportunity. A } all that ts columns I Yet there is something to be said about this kind of girl who sends ine |the above communication, She thinks June has a grievance because not been able to & position Doubtless this young woman is not she haw secure fitted. She is unprepared and wants the employer to put up with her mis takes while she n the process of geting prepared 8 is unfair, to say Ube least, And this young wom- an has ony herself to blame. What ghe ought to do ls to lake @ Copsrtaht, 1920, by The Press Publishing Co, { pect Anything but Refusal if! They Apply for Jobs for Which They Are Not Prepared. A AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAR AAA ARAR APPR PRDRAPDORADA DDD Why One Girl Doesn’t Get a Job Irene Loeb. (The New York Krening World.) tga er” | ike ‘em. It doesn’t seem accorditig: job she can do well, perhups even] tg Hoyle for the barbs to singe some manual work, and vhen if ehe is anxious for an office position she should take some course of study in her lelaure time to make hergelf ready. While naturally one always wan hire.” ‘This girl cannot expect any- thing but refusal when ahe goes forth to find a work that she would like to do but wich 1s beyond her, Many business men have com- plained to me about the gross ignor- ance of appticants who, on test, show inemfciency and who not even reluc- are efficient. But they go hopeletely on, thinking that because they have the position there is nothing more to do to de- velop themselves so that they will botter perform the work they have elected to do, They are usually the most eurprised ones, when there is no jonger any urgent need for their ser- vives, that they are the first wo be dropped. In & word, employers are not firing g00d people, but hiring them, It does happen on occasions that a worthy worker spends considerable time in landing his job, but in most cases, eopeciully in these days of scarcity of help, there is something wrong with the ability of the worker himself who ig not occupied, 1 ‘woud suggest to this young | woman that she do 4 little introwpec ; that she go to some one whe will give her a good test as to her equip- ment for the kind of work for which ghe is looking. She will goon find her shortcoming, and, if she is wise, she will not bewat her Jot and bear a grudge against the | world at large, but wil get busy and! make herself equal to the task, She will soon find that instead of | her ng for the job, the Job’ willl be for her. ty| that are almost broke. without our consent, but that's the price Hst will soon req There's only one hope for the When the to go to the side of the worker, yet| barbs start getting a dollar for har. that worker must be “worthy af his|euts maybe they'll give us halneift- lets for 50 cents. are tantly demand the pay of those who| ceprrieht, 19%, ty The Prem Publishing Om (The Now York Brening » 1, What kind of coal is used in the manufacture of pig iron? : 2. What was the value of an - lish pound sterling in American before the war? . 3. Who were the troops Wastin, cuptured after cros#ing the Delaware? 4, What famous earty explorer wae buried in the Missiswippi River? = 5. Who was the builder of the @t Louis bridge across the Mississippi? 6. What name was gtven by the Spaniards to a place where great quantities af guid were supposed to be? Who Was known as the “Sage of Concord?” . $.For what mineral product ia Tampico, Mexico, best known? % Who was the first American President to die in office? 10, What is the name of the largest type of airplane built in Italy? 11, What Governor is taking-the mos uctive stand against Probibl- tion? 2. By whom was Johany Dandee once knocked out in one round? ANSWERS TO YESTERDAY'S | QUESTIONS. 1, Pandora; Poe; 3, Liberiag & Clara Barton Buffalo; 6, George Washingto 7, Boston; 8, British Hondura' Buffalo; oe Bieyole if is mi the locksmiths would be a sucker to” — Bil ra | } | (