The evening world. Newspaper, May 4, 1921, Page 25

“DOLLAR ARE OUR GIRLS BECOMING LIKE THE MEN? CHASERS”’ Dr. Fisk Calls Them “Materialistic”’ Eleanor D. Brannan, Feminist, Says While ‘Some May Be Giddy Over Advancement in Outside World, Majority Are Simply Independent and Are Progressing Spiritually.” By Fay Stevenson. \e Copyrialit RE American ¢ 1921, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) 8 becoming materialistic? Now that women are in all the flelds will they become mercenary, money grabbing and give chase to the dollar as keenly as so many members of the stronger sex? Dr. Bugene L. Fisk recently assert- @d that American gins aro fast be- coming materialistic and a “real dan- jieanor D. Brannan, @ feminist active in suffrage wo a canteen worker at the French giris ¥. W. C. A. in Paris during the war and the daughter of Mrs. John Win * ters Brannan, Chairman of the New York Committee National Women's Party, ‘America has little » fear fr materialism in women. Of cour girls and women are materialistic to @ certain extent, but if we have ad- vanced in mat . we also have progressed spiritually Only the record of our just few years is needed tw prove this. “Women are interested Bient, civic work, and all Questions of lif ay thought of personal gain.” Miss Brannan herself is an example @f the thoroughly non-materialistic young woman who wish to ber part in the world and gives half her day teaching in Miss Clarke's private school. When I talked to her the other afternoon at her parents’ apart ment at No. 137 Hast #éth Street she eXpreesed great earnestness in de- fense of the American girl becoming Wo pr “But after all Baturai for won keen for pers: in Govern- the big with no t be rather more or less I asked Miss wouldn't n to b Brannan, “in cases woman has always been ihe ambitious one in the family, Don't you think many women have pushed their husbands and children a8?" > su Miss Bran. rdded head and admitted t n have been known to ingly worldly. “But at the 1 she ex- plained, “it is yman who ual and moral ‘amily will be certain n for money with s men, It is all so mew and wonderful to some girls to Fenlize t they are actually in a Position to earn big wages and high salaries that many will almost be- come giddy. Others will not care to @ave and invest but will wildly en- joy fine clothes, theatre parties, Choice bonbons, cut flowers, fumes and all the dainties and luxu- ries their little brains have dreamed think: the of education of the the “Of course women who wi the same spirit about ever since they were sweet Bixteen “But I know many young women who do not feel this way and are not in business or engaged in any Vite work with just the spirit of ‘What is there in it for me?’ No thought of personal gain enters their heads. Many of these girls have al- ways had the things they wanted at home, their do not run t the luxuries and furbelows of life and they are willir 9 put their whole life into their work just for the spiritual and moral effects “Then too," concluded Miss Bran- man, “I believe there are many girls fn business life who are willing to tart at the bottom of the ladder and work their way up just like men. Many are just as anxious to do the work they feel is a part of them, fhe work they feel they can do well, fegardless of the money it will bring as men. There are many men in life who have sought work they Ilked and giv their best hou to this work, well knowing that they would Never attain riches. [| am quite cer- tain th just as many women who feel this way “Are women materialistic? Not one Dit more than men! Some may be giddy over thelr first advancement world. This is really the first generation of women work- ers in all lines and some may feel that their heads are turned sitehtly Dut the majority of women are just independent and perhaps not as ma- terialistic as when they had to stay home and ‘wish’ for the things they wanted.” in the outsid GLIMPSES INTO NEW YORK SHOPS ANDBAGS in puma are prominent among the newest novelties. These are ornamented with gold or silver lace which is guaranteed to be made of real metal and non-\arnishable. Puma is a handsome soft leather and is shown in all prevailing colors. ‘A tag in purple puma trimmed with silver lace ts a thing of beauty. The art embroidery sections are showing novel play aprons in stamped goods. A charming model in cream Belgian Mnen has a simple running stiteh de- sign to be embroidered in vlue and black, and kitten heads adom the pockets. kiddies have fluffy s nowadays. A five- Even thi ruffled dre little dimity dress for th year-old has four ruffles on the skirt, each edged with Irish picot. The low square neck and short puffed sleeves make this an ideal warm weather dress, an important dress acoes as this f quently is the decorative tea- ture of the present modish sim- ple frock, They are being shown in large and varied as- sortments, Those combining beads of wood, metal or glass nd ney cord, ribbon or chains are popular, VPP LLP LLLP LIS LILLIA LD DDG BY ROY L.MSCARDELL. Copyright, 1921, by the Presa Publishing Co (The New. York Evening World.) IVE me the paper, please,” ventured Mr. Jarr appeal- ingly, "I want to see”"—~ “Now you go right on with your breakfast,” interrupted Mrs. Jarr. “It's very rude for you to read the newspaper at the table.” “Isn't it rude for YOU? reading It," said Mr. Jarr. “Well, if I don’t get a glimpse at it now I never will," said Mrs. Jarr, turning from the Engagements and Marriages and the Lost and Found columns, “After I once get up from this table I'll never get a chance to sit down again all this day. If you could see the condition of this house! And yet Gertrude and I nearly kill ourselves trying to keep it neat. “A Hundred Dollars and No Ques- tions Asked for Return of Diamond Lavalliere, 17 Stones.’ Well, who wouldn't give a hundred dollars? But I can't see how people can be so careless. I’m sure if I had a piece of Jewelry like that I'd be so afraid of losing it that I'd never wear it!” “Then what's the use of having it’ asked Mr. Jarr. “Oh, don't ask me!" replied his good ee You are Large lady. “I'l never have anything! So, 4s the saying 1s, I should worry.” "Give me a little peek at the paper, or at least read the news aloud,” said Mr. Jarr. “You eat your breakfast!” replied Mrs, Jarr. ‘I don't see what's in the news to interest you. What do you wish me to read to you?" “Read the sporting page, Jarr. “I will not! ‘The sporting page doesn't interest me at all, and I don't said Mr, sce why newspapers print it. Oh, look at this street dress!" “All right, let's look at it; what color is it?" “Now, that's a nice and sensible way to talk,” replied Mrs, Jarr, * want you to be thing of interest. interested in some~ the new ccs, you ask? Oh, violent colors are all’ out. We are going back to the flat, quiet culors—shades—willow gree pale tiny and dull blues"-— Mr. Jarr had his band upon the news and sporting pages, aad was gently withdrawing them while Mrs, Jarr's eyes and attention wore riveved op the illustrated advertisements of spring fashions, But a_resound:ng slap upon his hand halted these pr edings on his part 1 told you it was rude for you to read the newspapers at breakfast," said Mrs. Jarr, withdrawing — the journal from his reach. “Now, go on and finish your meal, It’s getting cold.” “Can't I see the news of the sport- ing pages while you are reading the uavertisements?”” asked Mr, Jarr pluintively, “No!” said Mrs, Jarr decisively, “I just want you to 1ead this d scription of an evening cloak.” “I don't see what you want to get evening cloak for at this time of "grumbled Mr, Jarr, ‘Keep quiet,” counselled Mrs, Jarr, nd listen: ning mantles con- tinue their note of luxury in mate- rials and linings, the richness of which happily relic one of the necessity of trimming’ "——— “Trimming who?” asked But Mrs. Jarr read on. “The fur finish of these cloaks, with the approach of warm weather, narrows to borders and edgings’ ". “Read about a nice little hat or a Mr. Jarr. tailor made sult,” said Mr, Jarr, "There may be something doing. I have credit at my tallor's a THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1921. Gan You Beat It! Copynatt, The, Brome Byaliahing co Now York Evening W 1021, ror) © COME ON To THE PARTY WITH ME | | HAVE PLENTY OF THINGS IN THIS ROOM TO MAKE A CGIOWN JUST AS NICE A GOWN AS Nou COULD CAN'T WASH \ 1 DION'T BRI A GOWN i By Maurice Ketten What Health Centre Did for a City Girl Miriam Sahn WAS Frail, Weighed 102, Tired and Ill Most of Time—NOW Weighs 115, Is Strong and Rugged and Indulges in All Classes of Sports. —— oe Building the All- Around Girl. By Marguerite Mooers arshall. Copyright, 1921, by the Pres Publishing Co. (The New York Evening Worl) HY do New York giris aved W 4a Health Centre? The story of what the Health Centre, at No. 43 East Street, is accomplishing —througrli its health examinations, its corrective exercises for physical defects, its en- ccuragement of games and ‘outdoor sports, has been told in the proe-ding articles, But here is the p story of a Health Centre girl, Miriam EB. Sahn: Miss Sahn is a t) ypical young Ni York olfic work When shu ‘3 went to the Health Centre she was secretary to a firm of wholesale deal- ers in sik, She is now the Ieaith Centre's own secretary and one of its most enthusiastic advocates “What did it do for you?" I usked Miss Sahn. Before I went to the Health Centre, only a little over a year ago,” she answei "E felt tired and ill most of the time. For several years I had had serious bronchial trouble I weighed only 102 pounds.”—Miss Sahn is at least five feet, four inches in height. “I went to gymnasiums, but they seemed to do me no good at all, They only made me tred. Then, through a friend of my sister's, I heard about the Health Centre, 1 came down here and had the physica! examination and was given the exercises specially pre- scribed for me. I enjoyed the work 80 much from the start. Instead of tiring myself with exercise in the gymnasium, I felt, after [ had fin- ished my evening's drill, like going to work, “I began to gain flesh. Now I weigh 115 pounds and I feel so much better! My bronchial trouble has left me. I go on all the outdoor hikes, and I have the most wonderful times. At first, when I came to the Centre, I was afraid to speak to any of the other girls and so reserved tor couldn't make friends. But the wan cured me of that, and now I enjoy myself thore ly, oT juat couldn't get along without the gym- TMIRIAM SAH Ty Rasium and the other girls feel the The Health that it gives t inst int rts. And game way.” ntre ecial value 1s each girl individual sim pr the it HOw AL HE Ltt Center rer RL GORD UPSTAIRS, TRUNK? ERECT, @ private institution, nor is it a char- of livin he Jearn wt hot ituble one. It is two-thirds self, to sprawi with rounded back, promin- supporting; its girls are self-r rt ent abdomen, the Up of a toe resting ing young persons who want to pay on the floor, but to keep her back for what they But because they Straight, her abdominal musc in are YOUN( because, even 60 place, her weight ly dia many of them family obliga- tributed over her foot. She tions, there is a limit to what they learns how to tirs--with the can pay trunk erect the knee bent. — The Health Centre was founded by he tand tall the National Board of the. Y. W. C with her head up, her chin tn, her A, but the Board is forced to with houlders and chest her draw even its partial support on hor | row i June 1 The Y's Foundation what are th w for Health, an math of the tn that she can w rmforta ternational Conference of Women her fect are uncomfortable. If she Physicians held in New York, pledged has a kink in tind, a troub! teelf, lust January, to maintain the 3 ai n, she gets help from Health e, but has been able t the new science of mental hygic ng re tangible than on which _D) Mann, the # up to th sent, Because physician Centre, is an small charges, gladly paid by ty the Centre is 60 per cent 6 taught how to work better, porting, but it needs betwe ex and FDBL bett s running expenses during a py S$ " rat { 8 ¢ . rmerativoly ther w 1 work New York W keep up r Is New York gvir © Healt kind in The Health Centre is not the country? Here’sa U.S. Tip For Commuters OME-GROWN fruit 1s de- sirable, say specialists of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture Because it reaches the family fresh and in best condition Because the family has fruit of which it would often be de- prived if it had to be purchased. Because, if the ted, a continuous supply of fruit of superior quality may » secured, regardless of market the possible proper varieties be sele ‘ause any surplus may be sold without difficulty, or may be . or otherwise when fresh canned, evaporate vatlable conserved fruit is not Because the care of the home fruit garden provides for genial and profitable spare-time which is in reality those who enjcy seeing things grow us con- occupation, recreation for A Bachelor’s Notebook Copyright by the Press Publishing Co TARTED to comb my hair from one side to the other to-day. ( ting so bald up there all my friends were laughing at me. The bar- ber said that would cover it up for couple of years, I haven't an thing to worry about for that long. any Maybe I'd better get married before it's too Girls are a little touchy about men having hair on the Bought another evening suit Jay, Think I'l quit wearing tux’ altogether, Lt gives me yulky appearance. And the cutaway effect of an evening suit will not ac centuate my waistline so much n stic aclence and a he «iri I know who could tell un Exyt ¢ Bho ly Wonder what ohe is doing tonight * about Copyright, of letting those guys live. The boys that tear off more rules for fashion than Hoyle did for catching spades to four-flushes, The smart Alexanders that describe a pink te like it was Michelangelo's best opus. The bims that sit up all night doping what you should wear in the morning. After mulling their stuff in the theatre programmes and the thirty- five cent magazines, you feel like you could murder your wife for put- ting starch in your white s{lk sport shirts. After you've whiffed in their dope between acts you realize that walstcoats are waistcoats and vests are vests, and never the twain shall meet. That ain't Kipling, but it’s correct If those boys dressed like they write, they'd be clothed in whip- ped cream, with a dash of laven- der on the side. The way those babies make ont your prescrip- tion, you start with your bath- robe in the morning and go through a wardrobe in sixteen jumps, T e composed a set of clothes for getting up, another set for eating breakf a special outfit for taking a walk and a snappy layout for grabbing lunch. And that isn’t the half of it, Reggie! They've mapped out impeccable costumes for every hour, and daylight saving has gummed up the dope something fearful! But don't think a chap that makes sixteen changes of clothes a day is a millstone around society’s thorax. He isn’t! Chances are that he'll de- velop into a useful guy as soon as his popper disinherits him. Because any guy that can jump out of and into a uniform as quick as one of those gimps is sure to make a crack fire- man some day. He may be a little weak on rescuing chee-fldren, but he'll hang on to the hose so long as it's clocked, ‘Those Correct Thing experts think going to a wedding in the morning and playing polo on horseback all af- ternoon constitutes a peppy eight- hour day. In the old days of corned- beef-and-cabbage existence, the lead- ing dressers had queer Ideas. They thought that clothes were made to keep you suffering from embarrass- ment. What a hardy and uncouth race were those old boy: Any one can see with half an eye—or a mon- ALE fastlONEERs, * BY NEAL R.. CHARA -: ? If the Correct-Thing Experts Dressed Like They Write They’d Be Clothed in Whipped Cream), With a Dash of Lavender on the Side. 1021, by the Press Publishing Co, ‘ 66 IVE and let live” sounds like a square deal policy till you ponder’ on those who write the fashion notes for men. It's hard to think| You know the chaps we mean—the\ brood that tell us we should be dapper or dead, and no half-way about {t. (The New York Rvening World) AFTER MULLING THEIR STUFF YOU DON'T WANT ANY MORE STARCH IN YOUR SILK SPORT SHIRTS. ocle, if you prefer it—that clothes are made to be written about in the softest dulcet tones. And when the busy Berties start scribbling their dope they eure do say it with per- fumed patois! Everything must be superbly exact, from the pomade on your toupee to the hobnails in your wolf shoes. And golf, by the way, is a game where you have to have a valet to dress in bogey. To the superior golf set that ob- sorbs the fashion rules there’s a nice and exquisite distinction be- tween a Scotch tweedledee and@ Scotch tweedledum, Oh, really, there fs! In fact, golf ain't a game for inflating the muscles— it’s an-excuse for rich guys to buy boys’ sults (with an extra pair of short pants) for some- thing like $375, plus the war tax. We might say a lot more about the male fashion criers if we could sprinkle sweet language like they do. Those boys sure chirp a trunkful when they write about clothes and shoot the latest bulletins to the smart dressers. But here's one wise crack we'd like to weave in: You can't tell us that any dresser that’s really smart would ever fall for what those birds tell him. “qi CHARITY of -WO WOMFN * BY SOPHIE IRENE LOEB + Coprrteht, 1921, HE other day some people I know were working for a char- itable cause, and I had occasion to study the work of two women, which gave me considerable food for reflection as to what real charity 1s, One woman, the Icader, went about making a lot of noise talking about all the great work she was doing, and she was constantly being “inter- viewed" for the newspapers. This woman's name apears on let- terheads of several charity enter- prises, She goes about from place tw place, looks beautiful, occupies a prominent place in many clubs; yet ’ o 1 in looking over a period of rs cannot find @ single concrete thing that this woman has done. She has fluttered around Som ee meett: to another, made a le Hieeoh at each, and that is about all. She rarely goes to any of these gath- erings unless she is certain to occupy the centre of the stage and be the shining star in the Hmelight of pub- lielty. ‘a ‘She always talks about “giving up so much for charity's sake" and hav- ing no time to herself. As a matter of fact, she »ys all the luncheons, dinners and t that are given in the name of charity, and would be bored to death if she had to stay at home. On this particular occasion, when & large sum of money had to be raised, T watched her work. She presided at a table and gave orders right and ieft orders that she would not have had the first idea how to carry out, for when she was asked any qitestion ny particular thing she simply Yh, I will leave it all to And each of these all the work. And now I come to the other woman She is a little mother, liv- ing on the east side—a more of st means, There are thre nih and her husband to care fr to her, a widow 1 leaving two little ones, and ot seventeen who colld not part with hildren. this mothe took ot on herself to lo after he th neighbors during the day wh ho girl went to work assumed this burden, but [ am confident shy docs on itas her duty This very woman came to help on this particular charitable drive, She took home a great deal of sewing, and Iam sure the wee-small hours morning found her busy at it the particular day when all forces had to be mustered to finish this charitable job, this litte mother id principal work of the wh business. She is 4 born manag un untiring worker Jd oaarvel at the skill with which she by tho Prees Publishing Co, (The New York Bvening World.) handled the whole matter, knowing all of the care she had at home Sie smiled through it all and her report shone the best of all. Many a lady of leisure was among that crowd when the returns came !n, but this mother surpassed them ali in the task at hand. Yet her name was never mentioned in any newspaper nor was her pic- ture printed. She was not thanked publicly as the lady leader who did nothing. She received no Badge, no med&l of honor. She attended no luncheons or dinners or teas. She took up the work of this special drive, and did tt. I talked with this wonderful woman and pointed out to her that she had accomplished the biggest part,cand did she not resent the fact that she Was not mentioned. I shall never forget the lovely, jook that came into her fa “The joy I et iv printed in my heart. There are Kreat big capital letters thers that dance with glee when I think of the poor people we are going to heip, “When I go to bed at night no ad- vertising in the world could. pay for the spirit of contentment that I feel when my conscience has becn satisfled. No, I would rather remain in the background and do what [ can, for then I can always be sure that I am not working for a return such as recognition for every little deed.” Who xets the greater joy of these two women? 3 GOING DOWN! Copyright, 1981, by the Pres Publianin Th w York Pyening World). ete EAR FINANCIER — To borrow money is easy--to pay it back ts often diff. ult A young man borrowed $40 ma dank. “Now," istant cashier tod Th Liberty know a th he said to the as- what do I have to borrow $4,000?" bank official answered ly, “Brin enough bonds Security of times more us hundred 1 do Think it over. ALFAL?A SMITH, now." Always, n ye ——ereeeeeseeeeeeO ox SUPERFLUOUS HAIR sues. Die RU East S5th Bt, Ne | | | 4 ne ee ee