The evening world. Newspaper, September 18, 1920, Page 11

: “ cl SATURDAY, SEPTEM BER 18, 1920 Delilah in 1920 Vamp Dress a Prelude —Dancing Stops are ntterly vulgar; oongregution and the country tm hie New Year's sermon at Mmple Ana at his beautiful, ivy-covered home, No. 4715 Pulaski Avenue, North Philadoiphia, silver-haired sturdy Rabbi Krauskopf wasn't taking back The dean of Philadel- & Word of it. phia's spiritual guides In his particu- lar faith, and for thirty-three years as- sociated with Temple Keneseth Is- rael, he has a record for not using “weasel words” in his eloquent at- tacks on the condition of modern #0- olety. * one fblistering paragraph he summed up this condition as he sees “Turn where you may,” he “and you hear reports of » v of corruptio: f which have toward the devil, that wher erever a poeple pubs worship of gold for that of God and dulgence of animal lusts of ruin t far nt. nd the modern woman—do you hold her at least partially responsible for this state of affairs?” I asked. “Go among the women of society,” angwered Habbi Krauskopf. “Seo their luxuries and extravagances, their breakneck speed in search of di- versions, excitements, novelties; their slavish and costly subjection to the tyrant Fashton; hear of thetr facrifice of domesticity, of maternity, of modesty, even of virtue, in tho hope of securing a happiness, which despite all their racing and seeking und coaxing and masquerading and squandering and sinning refuses to come,” Poor id Philadelphia, I reflected, But of course must be waking up! didn't say it aloud, ‘This is nowhere near all of Ralbbi of the HERE 1S AN EXQUISITE | GOWN OF CREPE JERSEY. | /Krquskopf's indictment By Marguerite Mooers Marshall, Coprright, 1999, by the Press Publithihg Oo, (The New York Brening World) MAT the United States, another Samson, iy about to fall victim to Modern Dopravity, a new Delilah; that grandmothers and grand daughters alike indulge in shocking Indecencies without a blue! that dramas of nakedness are corrupting our youth _ . Lures U. S. Samson to Ruin —<+ \ Philadelphia's Leading Rabbi Scores the Undress of Women of To-Day, and Declares That Marriage Is Becoming but to Divorce. Young Women Compete With Young Men in Cigarette Smoking—Bathing Suits Expose Half-Naked Bodies at No Vulgarity. ; that dances of to-day that divorce threatens to abolish marriage altuzeth thiese are a few of the flaming oral thunderbolts juat hurled at his. ted devoted t large by Rabbi Joseph Krauskop?, D. D., Kenoseth Israel, woman of to-day. He submits other items, which recall the remarks Katharine Fullerton Gerould, in the Atlantic ie Monthly, pute the mouth of the mado ane ‘Men, that young person exouses with you if you herself, “won't dance Want & cormet." © rabbi caps a sion with his tale of Aas ail woarcely out of her teens, “who? in anawer to @ question as to how’ sho iked @ certain play, maid: ‘L enjoyed it immensely, ‘Ma eect onyf but it was not quite ‘ " he con- Pea that rouea, instead of repell- ng =young women, even attract them; that marriage is regarded but Paine or eae hy end that the of @ family is regarde: \~ fashioned, ddsolete, e on vat =e With every day more and more Wwe hear of goings on that cannot but make the true lover of our country tremble for its future. Think of the social sins and moral corruptions, of the shocking indecencies uoblushingly indulged in by ever-increasing num - bers of our women, some of them scarcely out of their teens, others in Oe Kanemether atate ~' ink of the styles of dreas—or undress—that at one time conatituted the costumes of women who wore rigidly exe'uded from decent society, and which costumes were looked on as the very badge of thelr intguitous trade, but which styles no are adopted by women who believe themselves to be the very cream of society, and who adopt these styles for reasons not very different from those for which they are adopted by Laeger] courtesans, ¥ of the abbreviated wat sults openly indulged in by men and women on the Pacific Coast, which expose fully one-half of the naked body, and which seem to be used. for the most part. for purposes of loiling and rolling in common upon the beach." This at least lets New York out, with its heavily censored and chap- eroned bathing beaches. Indeed, it may be that westward ‘the course of immorality takes its way, for Rabbi Krauskopf's next sentence was another Dlow on the solar plexus of the West. “Think of the lengthy hiking ex- poditions that have become very pop- ular in the Far West, during which unchaperoned young men and young women, the women garbed in men's make their lodging indisorim- ely in the open, Whenever and wherever night overtakes them.” After that, however, he came nearer home, “Think of young women racing with young men as to who can amoke the lancer number of cigarettes, or racing with one another as to which of them can deport herself more vul- sarily, Think of the questionable places which young women of s#0- called good households are allowed to frequent, unchaperoned and far into the night, Think of the young women who drive young men in thelr automobiles far into the country, and long after midnight, and who regale them and themselves with strong drink purloined from the cellars of thelr fathers, Think of the general disregard of parental authority, of the lows of reverence for age, “Think of some of the modern dances that stop short of nothing in point of vulgarity, “Think of the divorces, whose alarmingly increasing numbers threat en to equaljze, before long, the num- ber of marriages, if not, ultimate to dispense with marriage altogether and to substitute concubinage in ita 20, hink of some of tbe plays that are being presented upon the public stage, and ap 1 to the echo by vast audiences, plays #0 bold and bald in plot, po Unabashed in exposition of nakedness, so immoral and indecent in act and e that they can- not but cor ¢ body, mind and soul of our young, cannot but nob wamanhood of that aura and mys- tery that has constituted charm and glory, the ermine the purity of family life, the defense of domestic virtue And for the Savonarola of delphia there ia “littl what, In time, decom: that substitutes gald for God,«movy und theatres and dance-halis or places of worahk of the jazn onda of the » in forme and fall ¢ vg in mind iave little donkt as to the’ f awaits our Nation, though among nation thoroughly chanye our course. Wver- increasing numbers of our people are following the seducing strains of every form of moral depravity, In their embrace, like Samson, we will be shorn of our strength, made slave and sport of our enemics,” \ giant unless we speedily and ( My THROAT \ 1S GETTING By IGGINS is seventy years young. H He never will grow old He does things. He ‘hasn't tume to become aged While other men of his years havo one foot in the grave, he has both feet firmly on the ground. “all there.” He joves work more. than most people like to play, He hasn't # loaf Ing limb in his body, He knows something about most kind of work, He does gardening and painting, carpentry and cleaning. Mothing ts too menial that is necessary to be done, and be woes it with a smile The talks I have had with Higgins, @ man of all work, wp here in my lox y, house in the woods, have been most profitable. He has taught me much He says: "Tt is a beautiful world and there is so much to be gotten out of it “Phe great trouble with most neo- ple is that they don’t understand the joy of simple things. They seem to me to be flying here and there con- tinually bussing, busing abou something without any sense of re pose “They are the people who condemn sins in others but who are forever sinning themselves. They turn a deaf ear to the girl who has erred and they scoff at her unwanted child. They raise their voices in anger at the slightest prove cation. ‘They take advan of thelr friends at the sign of the mark, They envious of their nelghbor's miceess and are unhappy becau they have a few baublos lens than the they think they ney emse and how prate about sex fangied notlomd that thing in life to be sex te the pris {x not the firs “And young men wild oats, which they broken lives, ‘This ts deplorabbl: “The one thing that makea me sad e of all these when people and so much at stopped thinking a little so happy they only of themselves and those with whom they come in touch every day.” . * ‘These are only @ few of the philos- of Higgins gleaned from the He is ° G . POUTETSGIN Sophie Irene Loeb school of hard knocks wh of the straight cours Jolt him out of right liv He has noney, He of any man but a chane Bike e calley-thatswnll eve burial, to work Coprright, 1900, Tho Prem Thuomiane Now York Beenlog OuR TIRES ARE BIGGER THAN YOuR. WHEELS CouGH MEDICINE 7 THES& TIRES ys) Nor For WHEELS H of the corset shop windows. Plenty, There ts a bigger demand for pink seashells. brow after another to this guy. ‘Take @ flash at the male vawps boudoir at about the hour of sunset, Miladdie’s sleeping bower is always furnished with antique tallor's bills, inlaid with legal threats, Rare aromas crowd the air—the incense of fried Bermuda onions, the attac of hard-boiled eggs. You see a five-foot shelf of com- plexion claswics—the world’s bost Mterature for selective reading, “Flow to Avoid Nettle Rash,” by Lil- Man Russell, “The Manual of Arms,” by Venus de Milo. “From Choir Boy to Chorus Man—A Simple Triumph,” by Honnington de Vere, “Four In- dorsements of the Puckered Lips, by Lilian Gish, “What Nix-ain't-it Iron Did for Me," by Jack Denpney. “What It Did for Mo,” by Jess Wil- lard, Every one a book without a blemish! These silk hat vampires are the correct answer to “Why parents leave home." And can you blame tho old folks? Think of raising a baby boy that grows up to follow the fashion tips in the theatre pro- grammes and to believe all the lo- tion ada, in the Flappers' Home Joynal, Could any father love an growled Mr, Jarr. He used a stronger word than “gosh,” however, and that's why Mrs, Jarr jooked at him n indignant surprise. “I'm used to It," she eald, finally, “and the only consolation I have {# hat our dear children are not here!" h did not sks nothing ile n insure liv He ‘hay given the best of himself And Mrs. Jarr sighed. Sometimes 1 wonder, when all is sail Mfr, Jaurr simply snorted, and Mrs. and done, if he has not given r i 5 . than most millionaires. Leastwise, fern, Who wesiiDp nad ‘dread, 6 di : cher with whom ho minded him again it was time to arive, Teach © you know that you prasee bird sini fitting inside of ea o-day. Photo to sing sweetly wilh the help of thie special api well me a daw ow to Sin _—e é Sweetly. r canary bird can take singing lessons? They have os which oonaists of two large tanks ch other filled with water, which, acting like com ¥ musio such as your hing birds how shows Mrs. ‘ . f- - ~-f-- ee ————- The share famyl! 1020, by ‘Tho Press Publishing Co, (The New York Breaing World.) offepring that would go without milk in his tea to put cold cream on his cutie cuticle? Could a mother forgive a boy with eyebrows that look Hike @ pair of parentheses tak- ing a nap? We'll rest the case with the jury. “Ain't i ts t wpit he The male vamperino—there he Gawd. eee ae ‘ stands! He has the manners of a Chesterfield and the brains of a camel, In a thought todrnament with one of these boy sirens Simpie Bimon would look Iike a Rhodes scholar, Those blond collar models always figure that Adonis and Apollo lead the world’s handsome men simply on account of alphabetical order, Every wimp thinks that {f the list of stal- warts {as ever rewritten, Abou Ben Adhem will get second place There are only a few rules for Joining those bearcats, thus; No, 1— ‘The male vamp should take a snack of rice powder and @ dash of cold cream for his evening meal, No, 2 “Well, you need not try to pick # quarrel with me, simply because you wake up in a bad humor,” sald Mra, Jarr serenely, “But I have only to remind you that If you do not get up and get your breakfast and go down to your office to your work you will lose your position. Of course, that doesn't matter to us,” she added, “We can live off our woulthy rele- tives, We should worry!” These last remarks were sarcasm The Jarre had no wealthy relatives, “I'm sick and tired of the treac- moill!" remarked Mr, Jarr, a great rbacawion of nelf-pity sweeping over him, ."T'm sick of gning downtown to the samd old office, doing the sume old work and getting the same old begwarly pittance for it every When he's dolled up for an eve- Saturday!" ning’s killing, he should make “Oh, don't talk that way, please,” cried Mra, Jerr. "You'll be giving i me the biues." “Brain fever threatens,” she lied What's the use of anything? Mr, nobly Jart moaned on. “I'm tlred of high Brain fever ix a malady unknown thinking ‘and low living, and the to physiofans, tut it Is @ clean, ro- Alary I do get only keeps me in, mantic affliction, dear to the noveltat ebt, 1 fiwure it out 1 wave money It giao sounds 1 and dlenified by staying in bed!” fe It connotes “| high me “Hut you can't stay In bed a week tlonal pressure and shock, sorrow and or two weeks," guggented Mre, J overworked mentality 1 can stay In bed for yeurm!* Won't you get up and have break srumbied Mr, Jarr fuat asked M Jarr, thptoe ¢ in “Hut how will. they wet along down to where Mr. J still Lay yo rd at the office without you?" asked Mee ' ta ome, dew don't be seltien! w t n fever T 0 otter Think of yo putient ungra yh, de s without me « pled at Jia , ‘ Pm only mortal Prone Vd die, 0 H . 1 They'd have to get along without me pe ew t fy wouldn't they? wore “mane al now you k I don't { \ We 1 might try to tak 4 ttle vi Jacr. Ln ail sincerity dear breakfast” said Mr, Jorr, groanin ttle woman vbelleved it ud sitting The ffee might Well, I'm going to pass ‘om ups! make om cel bette Gimme my Mr. Javr growled, "I'm not going to bat! work thie day, nor any day any more And wearing butlirobe and slippers omyve.” And be rolled over inpeceable evidence 0 cipient brain Mrs. Jarre wont to the ‘telephone fever, the invalid limped to the break and called up the office, notifying Mr. fast table and the country raised, Jacr’s employer that Mr, Jarr was Ul, gugur-cured ham, » This Vampire Has the Manners of a Chesterfield and the Braingof a Camel; in a Thought Tournament With One of These Boy Sirens Simple Simon Would Look Like a Rhodes Scholar. ; By Neal R..O’ Hara, Cevrright, 1000, ty The Pree Pobuching BIGH-HO for the masculine vamp! life fs tough enough without the male husstes blocking traffic in tremt SUI, the,census shows there’s one be ily born every hour. That's a lot slower than suckers are born, but still ite (The Nee York Evening World) i May bis tribe decrease! This suckers. You know the male vampire, with a form ike a figure § and a dome like 6 below zero. He has patent leather hair and ture has blessed him with toeth like, pearls, Lips like’ coral and ears 1tte All of ‘em attached to solid rock, You see the male coraet slave in the parasol district on gorgeous afternoons! He also infests musical comedy plots and credit clothing houses, Life is just one handpicked eye Donald Brian look like Ragged Diek, No. 3—A torpid liver is to be pre- ferred to a prominent Adaim’s apple, Those are the rules for the bity~ tities, His clothes come from Bng- land, Hin perfume comes from Paris. And the gloss on his hair comes from grease, The male winmp- ire can see more beauty in bis mirror than a Cook's tourist lamping the Grand Canyon. If looks could kill, he'd be a suicide, The h boys knock ‘em dead where flivvers fail, When these wrist watch Wil- berts get to heaven, they'll want silk-lined halos.and padded wings, MaKe CLAR TER MAT Gram HIS beaytiful pational costume, which was once the property of the Princess Guza of Roumania, id of the Roumani Relief Committers. The gown is the property of Mra, Matke Clar, noted ae a social warker in New York, Twen- t¥-eight years ago the gown was pres sonted to Mra, Clar by the Mother Superior of a Roumanian convent, whom Mrs, Clar had saved from an njury. It wae brought to this coun try by Mra. Clar and remained in storage until reeently, when it was worn by Miss M. Clar, seorftary to the Roumanian Consul in New York, at the farewell dinner given to Crown Prince Gare! of Roumania at the Wal- dorf-Astoria, Mrs. Clare is shown wearing the beautiful eostume, whieh is probably the finest of this country, T shoe-laced torso, N& ite kind im