The evening world. Newspaper, September 11, 1922, Page 21

They Want Them Long! First of a Flood of Letters Seem to Favor Retain- ing the Short Skirt, but Long One Has Some Champiens Who Fear to Disregard “Styie’. The question of the American “Shalt keep our skirts short, the way we Uke them, or lengthen them Just Rewr among than thetr ankles. would be absolutely they struck Paris, but they had t learn thelr own lessons, and ever women is, we WHAT MISS NEW YORK HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE LENGTH OF HER SKIRT WRITE YOUR OPINION TO THE EVENING WORLD. T told them tney disgraced when oO one Because Paris has so dictated?” of them came back with long skirts What is the popular verdict? and were very superior about it at The Prening World invites an ex- — thut.”’ Pression of YOUR opinion, Ad- At any rate, it seems as though the @ress your letter to Margery long skirts were being approved by Wells, in care of The Evening the elders. Is that what we are World. striving for? But this same young person knows By Margery Wells. pretty well what she is talking about Copyright, 10 2 (New Nork dventng World) on her own behalf She has not OES the American girl want the LL ea SUpeCo aL bai ad D longer skits? Well, now at 2°eP thought to the ins and outs of fast ghe is speaking for hersett, tte case. She goes on with this para- graph Bhe is voicing t “And 1 say if | am the only girl in New York with a short skirt, | will keep right on wearing it So speaks one ters (Miss EB. M.), and sho does and underlining tion of meaning what she s r own opinion “And not simply because the French women do it, but because the longer line is more beautiful and charming, | hope and believe that the long skirt is here to stay." Then who would be a of you with fervor and eve y indica- ery from positive Now the question is will s do it?) Will with long skir street public B TONY, ie to be M 1am in a business which re- quires Constant boarding of sur- S. writes: corner a favor again face cars, stair climbing to cle- short skirt to whfel has becom? Vated trains, fc. and there is go attached?) This oes on to gay, by way of acc i marks: few Parisians is long ski Inst berause a aay that the style everybody runs out and buys one, bit | zm sure that the long skirts will never be as popular as short ones, because all of my girl friends sav that they wouldn't wear a tong skirt for anybody.” That look convincing enongh They like ther d they are bound to stick t them B another determined m B, the with just as much ferve who advocates sh bt) that the re-establish- ment in the world of fashion of the longer skirt is an event to be welcomed with rejoicing by lovers of the truly beautifu Bhe who clings to yriness, She says: feel notes DO YOU WANT YOUR SKIRT LONG LIKE THE ONE SHOWN HERE AT THE LEFT—OR DO YOU WANT SHORTER, LIKE THOSE SHOWN IN THE PHOTO ABOVE? iT after eyell Jong skirt, and wh her cai “My dear, I oar young women «are r closely in her confider new ntially information into nothing more vile than hoisting one’s self up on a car step in a long skirt. It either gets in the way in front and gets stepped on or else coolly skins up to the knee in the back, displaying the runner ned ever tnis glad to see that am. s¢ wearing gkirts so much loneer these days. in your hose which you didn’t faw people have good loc bother about, thinking that it (dew that, mind you, f a didn’t make aay difference be- lady) “and to lave them covered up cause your long skirt would hide fe certainly more interesting to t it, Then, too, | am of the dverage man thin to see unattractive age for which Noah Webster or lines exposé ny of my friends,’ some other wise cracker said, ‘You she wontinued, “went to Paris last can’t teach an old dog new spring with ekirte nearer their knees tricks,’ and here | have just ac- forted by law to wear longe vietim were MUN Dead, They Want Them Short! “Short Skirts for Pretty Limbs—Long Skirts for Ugly Ones’? Among Reasons Given for Choice—Whai's YOUR Verdict, and Why? aaa) any The Jarr quired the art of swinging along with a real business like three- foot stride with nothing to ham- per my legs (which are really . very e, in fact one of my few F i sae” Sal ays et tae amily By Roy L. McCardell something to do with my preju- diced view of the matter in hand) and now the thought of what that 22 (New York Eve World) ly’ Press Publishing Company, stride will cost me in the way of FARR looked hopelessly at split side seams and ravelled generous second helping hems, should | adopt the long to chocolate pudding that skirt, makes me howl with rage. \ Mrs. Jurr was giving him—and pay- I don't like ’em and | don’t want !N& no attention whatever to his s ty Wake tern nifleant looks, He never ate choco ¥ “ late pudding cept under compul- So she lays down the Jaw. But in gion, for it always loltered, heavy another minute she capitulates, She cold and clammy, in His diaphgram— ays down her hands and calls for the but he had been told to ask for a ‘ond helping and that this would hion designers to come and walk signal for Mrs. Jarr to scream over h as she writes: “However, being one of that Jatr also looked appealingly class of poor, weak sisters who, trude, the maid, who, too, was like sheep, dutifully follow the t that was to bring about the long visitation of the ss of Mhitladelphia, 8 well as Mrs. Jarr, zing at the bargain of bellwether, | suppose I'll go slithering along with the rest of the bunch (if fashion so decrees) impor 1 lace sheet veils that the Cackleberry girls had bought down- town und were showing at the table. The plot, the signal, all was for- gotten. Instead of Mrs. Jarr fainting when Mr. Jarr asked for more choco- late pudding—and then the two ses Cackleberry would be com- led to quit visiting and would up and o home to Philadel- there was, as Mr. Jarr said afterward, he whole bunch of skirts crazy over and gabbing in veils!" was nothing for Mr. Jarr to » eat or conceal his second chocolate pudding and then another helping to give Mrs more her cue to faint As there was no place to hide the chocolate pudding unless Mr, Jarr slipped It in his inside pocket, he ate the second helping and—as he also wanted to get rid of the visiting flap- usked for a third helping. And look at this Russian embroid- ‘ cried the younger Miss Cackl four about raln ry. “Only dollars a yar¢ I'm going to use it on my crepp de chine shirt waist. “Did you hear that the very latest ' thing was to use Russian embroidery # on Il I'm going to use it on all is of m and here, the dreadfully ay bold 4 ng no heed whatever to y Mr ushes, named right out i the « gurments she intend f ed to ¢ with R n embroid- ; ery In his agitation and embarrassment Mr. Jarr hammered on his saucer ; With Mis spoon and cried toudly, { *Puddin puddin’, 1 want + more 4 And then seeing that his wife was so interested in the Rus- sian embre for the contidenttal { lingerie in stion that she ; him not, Mr. Jarr gave a loud shriek and threw a fit himself, He pulled - the table cloth as he went down, dragging the inverted bowl of choco- lute pudding which struck him fait in the tuce, as he lay on the floor Kicking his heels Bone Gawget aus Mrs, Jarr and the Cackleberry gi sr to their feet in wild alarm, the Mixses Cackleberry drop thoir with my dress tail swishing up sheet -veils and Russian the dirt and a pained expression which Mr immediately se on my face, which is not nice and could be concealed instead of his delirium chocolate nd proce pudding off his my legs just as well and with “T've fallen out of my glider! I sh much greater satisfaction to never hop the continent in my motor- everybody concerned." less airplane now!'t he gasped ‘ Fy ‘ood gracious! What's the matt This person disappointed me. Sho 0 ne mat made such an eloquent stand for her ba Mr. Jarr He has been drinking ideal in the first half of her letter and wi Hib Irene Cackleberry . then she just naturally succumbed to 1. ! 7 ihe ileohol that. the the influence, though {t but hovered [7e! Lesa » day tha ¢ rol ime Ways BL POYE elr ey in the offing, that women from time grives them ane, and serv immemorial have succumbed to. What are we going to do about this? Won't any class of women tak a stand and stick to 11? And the deductions T this miscellaneous lot right," cried Mi 8 Gladys Cacklet And yet Mr. Jarr had not drinking at all, He had only eating chocolate pudding to ¢ he was trying to do a good deed: for the sake of his wife and home, fel: draw from of quotations * are. more or less bewildering to me. ing a nervous collapse that his wife T Have maintained such high ideals might get rid of chronic non-p for women in the matter of thelr guest dress. And here f them raising ~ And Mrs, Jarre ; a questions like thia as important ones: and smelled his breath Are my legs good looking? I’m for short skirts if they are. My ankles are thick. Give me long skirts. Grandma says long skirts are ‘| Courtshi good. I'll wear long shirts Only one sti out for su And one considers erik, 10a Glew York Ever ness—slightly! Well, there are hundreds for short 6 @P\EAR MISS VINCENT: | skirts unreservedly. We'll tell of am engaged to a very thelr “viowe ‘noxt AAG! HBS splendid type of young have hundreds of opponenta who ay man, but he has one outstanding wholly f 4 may have their su Perlaps we ean fault, which bothers me a great evolve KoMme sort stand without deal. Many times he has insulted too much compron Meanwhile, my parents and held arguments write to me and tell me what you with them, which greatly dis think about it all pleases me. My parents dear to me and the man | marry Ido, 11 are very must respect them ke Random Facts this young man very much indeed, FRENCH society tit has 1 but it breaks my heart when | nciecer vesiinmtes, thet consider the way he treats my re are é 600 the world. parents. Please advise me what I really ought to do. “*AINNA," Hoientists at a Wisconsin labora A ctatiG i j tory ace developt dairy catue . the a } f from soft wot dust chem ‘cuily reented would, 1 am afraid, | and fnsiilting to t Bi there are 25, Gaudi onaneales ‘ne women than men in ane , difference being greatest in Ru: uf pa. ? A 1 to be q voa SEM Bow heeded W. What's A Lay _Can You. HEY KID! Gol Beat It! N MY CAND AND GET NE THE WHAT RIND OF KNICKERS Qtew Tor! By Drees i Pub. Co. 4OLD TIPPED {BiG PLAID 2 KNICKERS C ) TO VouR y- GRAND M Na’ & it HEY KID! THESE ARE NOT MINE I DON'T SMOKE a5 You Gor THE WRONG IKNICIKERS ! THEY BELONG You NEVER. “oe TELL. | One Dozen Duds hile Others List Our 12 Best Beauties, We Name the Worst gee the Matter With This Dozen, and Dozens More, Skilfully Related by an Expert By Neal R. O'Hara. pyright, 19 (New York Evening World) by Press Publishing Company. TER four years of war we get Peace and then some one starts naming our dozen leading beauts. It looks like another battle, eneral, Faces being mobilized. Seent of talcum powder is in the air. The streets will soon be running with rouge, Lafayette, here they come! A million of ‘e Beauty cup snatche: Hollywood kers, Miss Kansas Citys and Miss Painted Posts, divas, swimmers and ww me 1 ip and Marriage By Betty Vincent ag World) by Prem Publishing Ce, st plain beauts, ‘ Choosing twelve t patootie wrens from picking your stolen filv from fleld these | 1 well and befor you Consider this take t i “Dear Miss Vincent: 1 young woman of eight am a nN and en- gaged to a young man of about the same age. by my people would It was understood that this young receive a certain amount of money when he mar- ried me, but now as we are about to get marréed he declares man he wants more money. Does he like mo or is he after the money? “PUZZLED.” ttlements of money and real love m to go hand tn nand denn age of ours eo out and earn her ridiculous to to marry you sto use the money put it into now capital T thi uld be most unwise to contract rriage of this type, In AK own Itvt of 4,800 second-handers. a question of nerve and luck. It's simply But always loping Into view with an armful of ‘Zippy Stories," “Sassy Ancedotes" and “Paprika Tales" in Our girls may jerk too many can '°™ openers preparing our meals, but they sure look natty on dress parade, GWENDOLYN KNOX. — Her You don’t have to rate high im bobbed hair gets in your teeth, Vsyche-analysis to grab off their sous beauty at one fell glance. Lamp ‘em gL 1zaBETH MULLIGAN.—An or- uny way you want to—from llmb to naiment to any landscape, taken by limb or tip to toe In land where market, super-lookers is from your own front lawn beauty nominating like drug on can do it three times a day takes That ti merit counts and exper ps to fore. leading female blanks. where ment lec With charity for none and toward all, we name America’, moxt impossible women, Yea, sible—Dut at the same time, alt too frequent and wo lead the world In dimples and accessortes, is soothing Any one* an expert in non-partisan tac- tics to wallop out a list of our twelve Wearlng cigarette With clauses of ndict and large, But overweight on ount of her six-pound drop-forged ear- rings Jury of picking weeds MAUDE PROULX. — Looks very fetching In any shade of yellow, but drags that But it color scheme too far stains ardund by her sa teat frst two Angers. t judg- sitet NELLIE McTAVISH. — Scratched from any beauty sweepstakes. Wears malice petticoats ke mother used to make. ‘a fore- impos- ogether MARIE SISK. - Falr to look at , mont socompantiig same They aie riarss many tom xortnta | Feed the Brute South Favorite Recipes PHOEGE GLUTZ Saltmnibeatie By Famous Men brown stockings wit)) black pumps and J three tin bracelets on either wrist, Chairman U. 8. Shipping Board. ALMA McFADDEN, —Sweet enough Chicken Paprika, to luok at, and ow A I] quota of Say a five-pound chicken-—do It any Hut Ai wears a sack | this way and see how you like it let powder w range Slice four small onions, Put ds one-sixth pound of butter Into pan, add onions and let ec er? DORA SCHLITZ.Two 18-karat | UAtH soft and a light wg in teeth, with an/open' face anda apcnr- | Soler. Add two tes ils of seine nhvonient paprika afd put in t iicken, piece by plece, fitting into kettle Add 1'4 tablespoonfuls of salt, FLORA NISH Dainty latticed cover tightly and cook until soft work silk shirtwaists that peek- | (two hours or more) a-t wit eo ‘got Remove the chicken and into the wl ainayea gravy add 1'% tablespoonfuls of eanned tomatoes ko Ina table LULU O'GRADY we 10 1 Nour and stir weil ia {p t Golare: ra suur ere and stir . ; ~ Strain over the chicken; heat GERTIE BLUSS.—A ‘neat eyeful, | 8&8! and serve shapel complezioned 1 a bou By ALBERT D. LASKER, s" | icongrt by the Bell & Cy quet, | ——— above the neck, but much too healthy from her Adam's apple south. All of which wouldn't be so bad If she'd only, give those form-fit sweaters to some shivering Russians. LILLIAN TULLY.—She carries elght pounds of colffure ballast in her hair. aera FOR THE HOUSEWIFE’S SCR BOOK, If the window sticks take hold of the two window cords and pull them upward both at the same time, then let go with a snap and the window Repeat the process If nec- Usually the most stubborm window will yield to this treatment. will open. essary. One thrifty housewife saves the paper In which the butte? is wrapped and uses it to grease the cake pans. Be Careful What You Wash Your Hair With Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali, which is very injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes the hair brittle The best thing to use is Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo, for this is pure and entirely greuseless. It's very cheap and beats anything else all to pieces. You can get Mulsified at any drug store, and a few ounces will last the whole family for months. Simply put two or three teaspoon- fuls of Mulsified in a cup or glass with a little warm water, then moisten the hair with water and rub itin, It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out easily The hair 3 quickly and evenly, and is soft, fresh looking, brinh ffy, wavy and easy to handle. Hestdes, it loosens and takes out every particle of dust, dirt and dandruff. Be sure your druggist gives you Mulsified, Tyree’ 's owder antiseptic for genera! eee. ae more i ‘ed Sy dea women