The evening world. Newspaper, March 19, 1921, Page 11

SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1921 Another Interesting Opinicn on she Busin Her Clothes Will Be Published Article on This Page Soon. Girl and in a Second Do Fine Clothes Handicap a Business Woman? Men Judge. Your Mental: Ability By Wearing Apparel, Says Expert sssinsezrees” Beatrice Carr, Department Head in Financial House, Advises ‘Consider Your Business Wardrobe First and Your Social One Second — Appear Crisp, Fresh and Smacking of En- ergy, Taste and Good Judgment.”’ By Fay Stevenson, Copgright, 1921, by the Press Publishing Ce., (The New York Evening World.) XE fine clothes a ban to success? A Are too many feathers and frills a the ambitious business girl? Miss Lena Phillips, Executive Secretary of the National Kederation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, is making a tour of the West, and while addressing a group of club members at Salina, Kan. the other day, intimated that fine clothes rather than lack of brains put a ban’ to the success.of many a business girl. “When women quit wearing their old Sunday clothes to work and adop’ mple, pretty style of dress which does not emphasize their sex, then and then only will they suc- eeed in busin declared Miss Phillips. If this is true then the Flossie-Mays who trip to business n white kid gloves, big fur coats, fancy silk frocks and dancing pumps better sit up and take notice, “What do you think about fine clothes handicapping a business girl?” I asked Miss Beatrice Carr, one of New York's leading business women. Miss Carr is manager of the statistical department and in charge of financial and mailing work for Robinson & Co,, at No. 26 Exhange Place. “I think that clothes help to make or break a girl’s busi- ness career,” replied Miss Carr without a moment's hesita- ion to my question. She, herself, was attired in a becoming serge frock which was “Just the thing” for business. “I very much dislike. to see a girl with brains, one I know who really wants to succeed,” continued Miss Carr, “gome down to business in party or Sunday clothes. I ilmost fee! like speaking to her, because I know her clothes are bound to handicap her in her progress. In fact I know a young girl who was doing very well in Wali Street, Her employers valued her judgment and ability very much, so much in fact that they doubled her sala-y, and (hat was the ruin of he “| suppose she became “dressy,” 1 laughed. “Yes, she went in for fur coats, a huge diamond ring and silk frocks,’ said Miss Carr, “and three months later lost her position. I was told andicap to actly as their wives and daughters at home. However, } know that many business men do not like the idea of evening gowns at nine-thirty in the morning, and one of the first things they judge a girls mental ability by is the way she dresses. “It seems too bad,” continued Miss Carr, “that so many gitls tell their ire eel that way about. the overdreased Sl! thelr salaries for clothes. They girl : tell them that they MUST bis ie . clothes to succeed in business. “Of course 1 don't mean that. the Set those very clothes are apt to be business girl must wear tailored their worst handicap.” suits and stiff blouses if her tastes «pont you think the great trouble 40 not run that way. In fact, I ait jies in the fact that most girls think the average business man want Sunday and party clothes and wants to sce his secretaries and they have an idea they can Lila the business» womén very feminine, 1 fMly, fancy ones do for both occa- sions?” [ asked. ather imagine they like to see Nevertrest’ weriy. for that On { No. 1—Beatrice Elizabeth Carr ] “ within a year or go,” laughed Mit Carr, “Her wardrobe {is sort of & pre-trousseau affair, But [ am. de- cldediy sorry for the girl who copies her mode of dressing but still clings to her business career and wants to make a success of it. “If a girl wishes to increase her pay envelppe she must think of her business wardrobe first and her social one afterward. n I wear that in the office?” should be her first. thought “Of course on Saturday I think a ‘Dusiness woman is excused for really being ‘quite dressy,’ concluded Miss Carr, “Lots of business women go to the matinee, and then there are the girl’ who commute and live way up town. If Jack or Bill has invited them to go to a show or dance-on that half-holiday 1 think the average business man is keen ‘enough to sense the situation. But a young woman who wishes to succeed will appear on Monday morning in crisp, fresh business clothes which smack of ene taste a good judgment.” BY ROY L.MSCARDELL ‘OW you'll be sure and not keep me waiting?” inquired Mrs. Jarr. “Remember the place we are to meet, and the time.” “Don't you worry about me,” grumbled Mr. Jarr, “if you kept your appointhents as well as I keep mine there would be no fault to find.” “I never was behind time when I gaid I would be at such a place at such a time in all my life,” cried Mrs. Jarr indignantly. “And if I ever have been late,.as I may have been once or twice, it was because of a traffic Jam or 1 met some one who kept talking to me and made me for- get, or something!” “Well, don't let your loquacious friends efface me from your memory to-day, and don't get caught in any traffle Jams if you can help it—and anyway that would only Be ten min utes at most—for I get especially ner- vous standing on the street corners looking at every woman that comes along’—— “Oh, I'll be bound you'll do that,” interjected Mrs. Jarr. “Especially if she is beautiful and has style, making me think it is pu," Mr. Jarr went on gitbly, “But as this appointment ts to be in a de- partment store, pleasé don’t keep me lashed to the mast. The floor walkers and store detectives regard me as a masher, or the male accomplice of some noted female shoplifter, and the salesgiria giggle when they see me getting nervous"— “You must do something to attract their attention; what is your way of acting nervous asked Mrs. Jarr suspiciously. “Well, if you think your appearance is so noticeable, and tha you cause such havoc to the sucepti- bilities of the salesgirls, you need not wait by the glove counter, you can wait outside for me by the main en- trance of the store.” “Then, ple be there more or less on time,” pleaded the poor man. “The last time I waited outside a store you went to the movies and stayed to see the end of a picture and I was in the cold for two hours. I don't like to stand on street corners waiting for people any more than you would.” “Oh, a man's all right; no one will bother him,” Mrs. Jarr declared. “What time did we say I'd be there, 3 o'clock; no four? Oh, yes, about four-thirty sharp, or five. Ili *be there, and don't you keep me waiting. If a woman even pauses on the street mashera smile at her in the most im- pudent manner.” ‘What puzzles me is that you women fix yourselves out to attract attention, and then get mad, or pre- tend to get mad, if you get attention.” “You never mind,” said Mrs, Jarn ‘You meet me as I teil yo ‘ ULL ENGAGE YOU. YOU L STRONG? “THERE ARE LOTS OF BURGLARS AROUND NOBODY WILL GET IN HERE SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1921 Lapdogs or Children? Mother of Thirteen Gives Advice to Married Couples—Wateh This Pi for Her Sound Conclusions. LET ANY BODY IN. K3 1. | Att GOING OUT. DON'T women about who are dressed ex- of girl, because she usually ma ILE? THE WAITRESS * BY BIDE DUDLEY: Copyright, 1921, by the Prese Publishing Co., (The New York Evening World.) as the Friendly “cs W FLL," ‘tron hunted for a clean waitress, lump of sugar for his coffee, “I see bones) DUG MRS, A, J. STASNY. No. 2. said Lucile, the BP there's lown op the coast of Rico. Say, where's that at, anyw “You're slightly mixed up,” he re plied. “Panama and Costa Rica have been fighting.” “Oh, that eh?” can om Lu- I thought Central America was Highting, his Panama, any way?" it’s the Isthmus.” “Oh, I Then I guess everything Isthmussed up down thalt way, eh, old kia?" Lucile laughed heartily, “All our folks are witty, she said, “But what's a Isthmus 4 It is the land that connects the Yaanares e " north and south portions of the West- pee ern Hemisphere.” NOTHBI. American woman who “Oh, lik a cow of Slameasly is earning $0,000 or more a year twins, eh And cil aughed 6 Mrs. A. J. Stasny, who is the again, “IT read all about {hone twin fe mina id hee: sa success Neither one of them couldn't go any Lala MAD ever muke a success where without taking the other along. vf the popular gong business in this Any fellow that took them out, if t ountry, Five years ago Mrs, Stasny girls, must ‘a’ found it coat nd her husband left Cleveland for It's no joke to feed girls in bunche i Phere they invested YOU Know. We had a fellow in x ‘ ae wvessee this morning that s kicking abou heir las in a song called “I it, Two girls tried to gang him." ound You Among the Roses,” ‘They “How was that?’ ee p “Why, they knew him and t¢ used their one room apartment as a A anodd 6 F Binte oa it * swooped in and sat down at the stock room and OMice, Since then the (able with him, thinking he'd buy ouple bave built up @ million-dollar ‘em a feed, But he just told ‘em to yreiness branch offices in eight- Pull their freight. Luter he told re : x snd’ wigih offidce he had only 75 cents and a quarter in large cities, aad Main of of it was for me—a tip, you know Now York ‘Did you get the t > "You know it! He gave me th quarter and then didn’t have any car fare, So I slipped him a dime. Fit 0) 7 I 1S tren cents is enough from a regular SCIENCE NOTES. AAee (feRt ts apeush from: a 5 METHOD has n de- Lucile went to the kitchen, re veloped in England for § turing very soon, Approaching the shea gr Home: infectea $ Friendly Patron, she sald: waited i " whaddye think? 1 sent. the with bacilli with electricity that ut with that quarter to get It is rendered safe human candy, and the at the Sonsumprtion. woulda t thie the money Danish expertmen have ton your life!” ponded. Lyi succeéded in using fish ofl as tucl @ cile. “That quarter was lead. Now, tor moior boats, Whaddye think of u cheap guy that won't buy a couple of hungry girl friend# a meal, eh?” The Sash Is the Thing— And You Will Like the New Straw Necklaces. Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing ©o,, (The New York Krening World.) Y DEAR: This is the time when the fetters of winter give way entirely before the coming of Faster. Nature changes her raiment from the sombre and dull to the bright and gay, and we humans fol- low her example To help us 1s Dame Fas ready, always, fact, urging us onward, revealing her thousand different Have you seen the new sashes ftering ww enliven our dark suits or frocks? They must, of course, be dignified and conservative fur the street, so to counteract the bright olor which she knows we would choose she suggests heavy, long, lan- suorous fringe to weight the ends of sash. Needless to say, the sash ends are, perforce, made short, to ac- ommodate the lengthy strawls of fringe, which measures almost three- quarters of a yard. Many girls find tying of such fringe a leisure The Ginko Is the Oldest Inhabitant VER he Ginko? A hion, al in ngenuity in ways way, the oldest living thing in the world, according to Methuselah, Noah, and latest reports. even the redwood trees of California are mere infants compared with the Ginko, Accord » “Phe Romance of Our Trees" (Doubleday-Page), the Ginko is u living fossil, the sur- vi ofa family which existed when terri, Js and winged ligarda roam the earth, A K al period came along and destroyed all vegeta. on in Europe and the Americas, in- cluding the lizards, But {t did’ not touch the Ginko, which was then in China strange tree does not wild state, though travel- searched Asia and the Orient for it. Cultivated, it’is known n Japan, Manchuria and China, Many of the trees are known to be over ten centuries old, There are a fow Ginkos in America—one at Wood- lands, Pa.; one at Hyde Park, and i. oldest on Boston Common, pastime, which is, indeed, easy and fascinating. Ribbon is usually em~ ployed for the sash in some such sub- stantial quality as faille, radium or heavy lady fair. I notice among the Easter novelties little gilets of embroidered silk or satin, an especially smart one being fringed across the lower edge with loops of very narrow ribbon, This was in brick red color. Another at- tractive gilet, which had a Collar at- tached, was of white faille, marked off In squares by means of dark blue floss, hand run. The collar was fin- ished with a double row of the hand stitching, which was marked off in squares by bars between them. Gay collars are indeed an Interest - Ing feature of the spring suits, 1 noted an especially beautiful one on a matron’s model of black satin, which was of cashmere, red color, em- broidered in white wool, amid which beads of brick red, old gold and black were sprinkled effectively, The at- mosphere it ated was of elegance and style. The Eryptian influence was ex- ploited prettily on a frock I saw the other day, which some of you of the slender, Oriental type might find be- coming. The frock was a black satin Graped on one side and girdled low with jade green chiffon which was twisted into a rather thick roll, On another frock which a miss was wearing the same sort of roil in smaller size was used to finish the round neck, Who of you will choose the new dark blue kid boots? They are \n- tended to achieve the finishing touch to dark blue outfits, and for those who can indulge I think they will This Mayor’s Job ALMER W. JOHNSON, who was the Mayor of Marion, 8, C., for six years, ie one holder who doesn’t like the P office job. He now s back in private because recently the townsfolk indicated that his services were no longer required or desired and he joyfully filed his resignation Then, editor of the Marion Mar, wrote an editorial mes- age entitled, “Glory Be!” which he set forth his glee at being released from them. His comment follows: “One man called us a gentleman and was promptly slugged by on¢ who said we were a bum ‘They heaped ail the trouble of the universe upon our weary bald pate, and then they lifted all our burdens from us by beatin’ us at Blection—Glory Bet “We wore the public complaint box and foot-wiper, “We have settled land disputes family disputes, dog disputes and » unfair accounts We have been insulted, dis gusted and imposed upon “We have locked up rite for wrongdoing, and then envied them thelr place in limbo. as in Tough? Listen! “We have been blamed for stopped sewers, blocked streets, heaven!y showers, poor telephone und the present price of » have been cursed for cut- ting down trees, and threatened with death for allowing other trees to stand, “we the and Diackiisted for policeman sterling have ‘been bum w of one ostracised for the work of another. “We have been called a Mar until we almost believe it. We have become widely known asa grand rascal, an arch orim- nul, @ deaperado, a policy-player and a bigoted fool “Mothers accused us of over- running the town with dogs, and dog owners blamed us for the deluge of bable "One bunch wanted hogs !n the own while another said there were too many hogs already “They cursed my name when mosquito time arrived “Dhey biamed us for their the many peculiarities of neighbors’ ckens, dog, man s¢rvant, maid servant and mule. Prove eatisfactory, Did you ever hear of straw adorn- ing @ woman's neck in these civilized times? You would be surprised, in- deed, to see the beautiful necklaces of colored raffiu, woven in fine Ohaine, from which are suapended weven ornaments of the straw in various forms, ball shaped and plaque shaped, weighted sometimes with gn odd colored bead. For evening wear I saw an unusual coraage dowquet that dispensed with flowers entirely, and gave the honor to delicate silk lace, wired into o rosette which was centred with « dull blue ribbon bow, and surrounde:l with spraying monkey fur. Long streamers of the blue ritibon dropped from under it, to sway aguinst tho lace frook Have you seen the new little rhine- stone buckles and novelties that are to be slipped through velvet or moire ribbon to adorn our wrists? They are pretty, but so picturesque that only afternoon frocks can expect to be graced with such a complement. If any of my readers be in doubt as to ptoper or more becoming trim. ming, design, material or finishing de- tails ‘of their costuming, 1 would be glad to aid them with suggestions, should they care to write, and iil print their replics in the following week's letter. MILDRED LODEWIOCK. Traces Found of Roman Legion REAT BRITAIN'S most ancient G military trophies, a Roman battle standard and « Roman General'n folding camp chair, have just been sold for £200 at a London “uction room, The antiquities were dug up in Eesex a century ago: Experts believe that the battle standard and the camp chair we captured or lost in the disaster t overtook the Roman Sth Legio A. D. 61, when Boadicea, Queen the Iceni, cut the legion to pieces it advanced to relieve Hoadicea's Britons, having burned Roman Colohester, turned upon the sth Legion, surprised and destroyed i The standard and the chair are in perfect preservation, The former is @ slight and elegant thing in bronze, topped by four laurel wreaths | diminishing size. Below a mie- daltion, bearing on one aide 4 por- trait of Nero and on the other an in- laid design showing the Emperor |p @ triumphal car holding a palm branch and a wreath. of rr} Colchester Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing Co., (The Now York Evening World.) No. 19—Mascagni’s ‘‘Iris.”’ RI the daughter of Il Cieco, the | blind man, lives under the glow- ing peak of Fujiyama, She is young and very fair, and is desired by Osaka, a wealthy rake, who asks Kyoto, the keeper of a questionable resort, to obtain her for him. The latter plots to capture her and comes disguised with a marionette show to her cottage, While the upon the dance, three geisha representing Beauty, Death and the Vampire, envelop her with their robes and she |s carried off. Osaka leaves money for the blind father, thereby making the abduction legu When the blind man, who has been returns, he has gone away out in a rage away, thinks that the girl pluntarily, and starts to find her In the "Green House,” Iris awak ens, to find herseif covered with fine robes and jewels. Osaka comes 0 woo her, and she is told that he is sure, Mhe is frightened, for the pelest has told her that pleasure and death are one Osaka wearies of her finally and leaves her, but Kyoto, wishing to ture him back, attives her in trans- parent garments and places her a balcony. The crowd cries ou! with amazement at her beauty, Once more Osaka is smitten by her charms, and desires to buy her. But in the owt Tris fatl n os out joyously him. St ving that she went away voluntarily, he hurls mud at her and curses her, Ir terror she leaps trom “he balcony te a ditch, far below Ragpickers are dragging the h during the night, when they discover the body of Iris.’ They begin to strip of her jawelx, and she shows signs of returning life, ‘The men and women flee, ‘The sun comes « the peak of Fujiyama, and the girl re gains consciousness. Splri voices whisper of the knavery of earthly ex istence as typified by *he men who destroyed her, and she has only enough strength to acclaim the maj esty of the sun, Then in its warmth and strength she sinks back, lo be enveloped in the clasp of nature and to begome a part of whe blossoming feldst MOST ATTRACTIVE OP; M tive opera singer appearing befere the Am an public. ‘The selgetion was made ‘by Gilbert P. Griawolc. famous Chicago sculptor, after ‘an extensive search, He had accepted @ most unusual commission, when au adinirer of grand opera ‘ordered: a bust to be made of “the most attrac: tive opera singer now appearing Be- fore the American publle. ‘ " —_—- GOING DOWN! , “(rue Sew "Yorn Bening Werlaye on q FAR ANXIOUS ONE: If ile at your work an@ * that pergon is on your payroll, i” tell your boss, for your salary s in danger. If somé one set P.. on your payroll bothers you, id kick him out Sincerely, ALFALFA SINGER SELECTED Austra CHICAGO SCULPTOR ISS CARMEN PASCOVA, noted n mezzo-soprano of Chicago Opera Association, has been selected as the most attrac Ce ee ee ee ae a ; } :