The evening world. Newspaper, September 19, 1922, Page 25

Short. or Long Skirts--- What Is the Verdict of New York Womene > THE “LONGS” TAKE THE FLOOR Here Are Their Chief Arguments— i—Long Skirts Make Girls Look “Ladylike”’. 2—They Cover “Beefy” and “Stovepipe” Legs. 3—They Make a Woman More Alluring. By Margery Wells. Copyright, 1023 (New York Wvening World) by Press Publishing Company ar girls who are rooting for longer skirts are just as sure of themselves, if not more #9, than the ones who want them short. - How they must have suffered through all these short years. Or perhaps it {6 just a sudden awakening in favor of the longer styles. ‘There ie no dowbt of the fact that the longer skirts are pretty when they are well done—made by tho most fashionable of dressmakers: I will warrant that tf any advocate for short skirts wére to sit in the salon of ons ofthe Fifth Avenue designers just about now, she would find ber princi- ples materiilly weakening: She might have character enough to stick to her point, but the chances are against her, for all the world of womanhood loves a change, especially whth it is a beautiful change. Ané it is not as though these longer skirts were merely “Jet down.’’ No, they are built along guch new- and auch very graceful lines that they ac- complish for the béauty of women— young and ‘old—what “the. shorter skirts ‘aye never dune “and could never attempt to do! Some sorts’ of young girls, you know, look younger im long #kirts than they do in’ short ones and even the older women, if may have very fine limbs, to dis- plry them so that fellows on every corner can talk @bout her, then sho has. much to learn. “Bring the long skirts in fash- ion atid maybe the young ladies will) be able tp get acquainted with finer men, They , should stop the dizzy-way of dressing— excuse my expression. from B. D., who knows good dressing When he sees it.” Well, that's pretty hard on the girls! Tt dught to do much to turn the tide toward longer skirts. This is an interestigg letter from a girl whose’ business it is to wear model gowns and to show them off for the benefit of buyers: “At. first, I thought, I. never could get used to the longer skirts what with my bobbed hair and the short, gay things I had been wearing for so long. But now, actually, I really. like the long skirts, and IT would not go back to the others for anything. I wus the short skirt type too. But now every one who sees me pays me many more compliments than they ever thought to give me be- fore: ¥ “Let. the. gisls try -the’ longer skirts before they raise such a cry against them, They don't know what a good thing they are turning down. Goa" Thea—this from! a girt-wee works in an office: “All want to say is that, cot Life Is Getting Kings and Deuces Palace Lessees Every Day By Neal R. O’Hara TUESDAY, Tougher for the Copyright, 1922 New York Evening World) by the Press Publishing Company. The More You See of Royal Routine, the Gladder You Are That You Were Born a Two-Spot. ¥TER bard summer session of A yachting and golf, royalty digs in for terrific autumn. Those boys ‘have hard times—those royalty guys. Seventeen kinds of gilt coats to chase the moths out of. Fourteen courses of royal food to tinker with at every meal. Important state prob- lems and imperial worries. Like “Where is my wandering Crown Prince to-night?’ or “Who invited Kipling to spilt the razgberries?” The royal purple buneh has its ma jestic troubles, even a you and you. Don't think life in a t4-karat flat in one sweet piccolo solo. Even Kings and Queens have neighbors—except jn more sumptuous form. When Khedive of Bohunk wants week-end in London, royal hieroglyphics are scratched on postcard apd shipped to King George. Khed gets picture card by roturn mail, showing Buckingham Palace and tender nies- sage reading, “Wish you were here, too."* When royal neighbors drop in for week-end yisit, ruling families behave like regular folke. Kink grabs his fur pants from guest chamber closet and throws ‘em back of sink. Queen digs up outfit of natty guest towels and drapes ‘em over imperial wash- stand. Then beast it quick for next- door neighbor's to borrow gold-filled chopsticks for visiting Khedive. When’ Khed arrives he borrow's Kink’s favorite razor and gets royal guest towels spattered with blood. Royal group then passes royal eve- @hey study themselves and the sub- fect of lines, will find many youth supplying features im the longer styles and many age substracting ones, Not every youthful lines is a short one—not by any means, But to the testimony in favor of the lines that are steadily dropping. This from one of the letters: “Short ekirte—or. long? |! say Tong, long, LONG. Not too long to sweep the sidewalks, but long enought to cover ‘beefy’ legs and “stove pipe’ legs. If women do not use their common sense and wear. what is most becoming and suita- ble for them, then fet hion go * ahead .and dictate ‘LONG SKIRTS, Mrs. M. H."" Then there is this from a very young thing—seventeen she is: “IT want my skirts to touch the round ind to stow only the tips of ny toes so that T will be as al- Juring as the ladies of the old- fashioned times were. I want to Iknow how it feels to be a fascin- ating ledy. Aw.” The Yeminine craving for variety expressed in this: ‘After a- year of flapping around town in twoeds to my Knees, I welcome the passing of that much-reyiled type of jeune is fle. And, now when I've joy- fully adopted - long, rhythmic modes, I find mysel€ und col leagues still the subject of ques- on and eriticism Why do women's styles arouse this eternal comment when every one must realize how short-lived they are “Women of taste and refine ment have adopted the long akirt and of course the rank and file will follow; whieh is as it should be in this case, for the long: skirt is moro graceful ‘and. ¢harming and adds the delightful fascina- tion of revealing concealment, “However, why worry? The feminine taste craves variety and no fashion can hold sway for any, length of time, B. PF. Kk. And this is a surprise letter: “The long skirt makes all the young women look more ladylik \f a young lady thinks it is any- thing to her credit because she * ‘ Keep them happy, too. 1 Freedom for our country, why not for the feet Onward, tlien, ye fashloners, long skirts defeut, Resolved to save our money and keep our tempers sweet Any’ other country cotld not our policies dictate Much trouble would dévelop if they did Each and overy one to their Rash and freaky styles we'd If feminine America will have American styles , fair damsels out and write Come, th Averse to Long Skirts, She * Writes a Verse to “Shorts.” (Read initial letter of each line downward.) Short skirts are sanitary, safe and sure, Help keep them here, my friends, Original styles for comfort and health R—the styles that should endure. Then away with you draglengths forevermore. Short skirts make the fair sex young, {n unison their praise we've sung, R—we going to let them go! Take your stand-in this matter great Short skirts we'll have and no other make liking celebrate, then be rid And give your opinions as frank us your smiles Now, will it’be short or long and tight have been wearing one of the longer akirts | have boew a-great deal more comfortable at my work, 1 don’t have to be contin- wally looking at my knees to see whether they are showing. | dog’t have to ‘fuss and drag at my short, seant skirt to try to look ‘fabio. But the longer skirt falls into place #0 naturally and easily that | rejoice every timo | realize how perfectly covered up 1 am and with no extra worry placed upon my shoulders. “OF course 1 wouldn't like to jiave trains to Hold out of the wet when T am going to work in trains and things, but I don't be- lieve skirts would’ ever come to thet again. “They are reasonably long now, and’T, for one, itke them that way, oo" Here is @ letter from a man who ‘so Dachelor of scionce, Ifo knows what he Is tafking about, tdo. “The ghirt of to-day is even Show what you're made of and stand up for the right K. E. ec a a sa | than reformers are clamoring for “After the war munitions plants: shut down, forcing millions to be- come idle all at once. The proh- put the masses to more the Iom was to work. Style was directed by the economic conditions so as to pro- vide work for at least some of the masses of the unemployed Hence we had forced upon va beaded work, embroidery, panels, tunics, ruffles and pleats all of uire much work, “Now we have the extremely long skirt This also ly a neces- sary and a dictated fashion. The mills of the world, especially of europe, are again producing. The wares must be Immediately con- sumed, All of Europe's products must be consumed to bring tt to its feet again Mr, M,N, What do you think about it sti? Write and tell me, ning at home, listening to choicest jaaz band records and panning Shah of Abyssinia, Rajad of Bangkok ani other mutual acquaintances. Finally they call it a night. Kink slips Khed one of the royal alarm clocks and Queen asks him to make due allowances for ployer'n eggs he's soing to get im the morning. Then all make quick exit, suppressing royal yawns. Evon as you and I, All the crowned skulls of Europe and other insolvent continents get the regular proletarian tough breaks. Squatting on a throne these days ain't ‘Me cinch it's oll-painted to be. Queens can have asthma and Kings eararrh, and both cam have guests to knock their cooking. Even as you and I. There is no advantage in being royal— you can’t even pull off a private fight. After a hard night’s bridge playing with some dumb duke and his wife, a kink can’t loll on the monarehical mattress and let morning spin away its hours. Every day in the life of a kink some lodge has a cornerstone to be plastered with @ trowel, and some county seat has an annual fair to be busted plumb open by the royal index finger flattened ag@inst a gold-plated push button. Kinging is sure a hard assignment since the leaders of the ermine set started getting fratty with the tax- payers. Now, a kink’s got to be in the public eye just like a Pittsburgh Tt isn't reigning reign to those it's raining dates and appear, ances, No vacations, no old age pensions. Year in, year out and vice versa, it’s the same old king in different gold braid at each and every functipn. Se- rious business all the time. (And, in addition, they greet knock-kneed am- bassadors in short pants* without cracking a royal smile. Can you blame a Crown Prince for wishing his old man the best of luck with his dyspepsia? , Feed the Brute Favorite Recipes by Famous Men BY WILLIAM SLAVENS MoNUTT, Orange Compote. RANGE compote is my favorite dish. After my fourth I begia to forget that I'm a human be- ing. After my sixth I can feel myself drifting into a blissfully comatose state—with only strength enough left to call for a seventh. Orange compote, at its best, may be obtained in any small Turkish or Ar- menian restaurant where the coffee is good and the dishes aren't too offen- sively clean. When made at home it is never q je same, I don't know why. This, ever, is the best work- ing substitute that I am able to con- coct: Take aS many oranges as your system is capable of absorbing and peel them, removing all of the thin white inside skin and all of the film- like jue that divides an orange into sections. I forgot to mention that the oranges should be large, luscious,’ juicy and free of seeds, Place the oranges tn individual serving dishes and pour over them this sauce while hot: For about six oranges you will need one middle sized jar of orange marma Jade and one small can of Hawaiian Pineapple. Put the marmalade, the Pineapple—cut into smal) cubes—and the pineapple juice into a double boiler and cook briskly unttl the liquid begins to thicken. Then pour it over the uncooked oranges and allow them, each in its individual dish, to stand in the feebox until dessert time, Just before serving sprinkle with a few pine nuts or salted almonds. Pine nuts are best. (Copyright, 1922, by the ell Ayndicate, Inc.) Going Down EAR WIFE OR HUSBAND When married life gets monotonous and you feel if you really would like a rest from one another, why not in- jeot some curiosity into the situ- ation? Why not ask your hus- band or wife where your mar- riage certificate is? : Life would not be very inter- esting without a peep into the unknown; and when you know all about @ person, you most de eldedly love interest in him. Therefore, keep your wife inter- ested in you, or keep your hue band curious and where he be- longs; stir up the curiosity and the active imagination. Married life is very enjoyable when you know how to handle the sitaution. Yours truly, ALFALFA SMITH. SEPTEMBER 19, 1922, Can QUIET You HAVING A By Sophie INDEED, PLLNOT INVITE ANYMORE WEEK-END Guess - _ WHATEVER THEY Do Ee C E THE ie INTHE WAY AND IF THEY’ Sram IN THEIR ROOMS Yo “IF THEY ARE LIVELY AND GAY You SAY THEY THINK THIS [S': A CABARET. AND JF THEY 4RE ) SAY THEY ARE NOT _/ Dead Men’s Wives Beat It! THEY STAY Irene Loeb Copyright, 1022 (New York Evening World) by the Press Publishing Compapy. HE is young ond good to look S upon—full of vigor and hope and enthusiasm. And she is in love with a young man who adores her. She is very rich, a widow. He 1s very ‘paor. , Then why don't they marry? Be- cause a stupid and selfish hus- band put into his will that if his widow married she must lose all the money he left her. And there they are. This young man ts loathe to have ber forego all the creature comforts to which she has been acbustomed all the years, al- though she ts willing to do so. And these two are kept apart be- cause of the chains of a dead man! If there is sucb a thing as o place of punishment after death, I do hope this man is getiing all that he de- serves. Of all the traits of selfieh- ness, to me this is one of the worst— the man who is going to regulate his wife's life after he has gone beyond the grave. He is going to direct her Iikes and dislikes, her hopes and am bitions and have her live her life on the grave of his dead self, Somehow I caanst help wishing there was a law against such « will, Just as there is a law that 1 man must leave a certain amount of money for his wife or else the will can be contested. The day will come when @ man will not be permitted to decide his wife's life after he is gone. Either he should leave her whatevor he wants to in the way of worldly goods or not, It is grossly unfair to put @n iron ehain to his bequest that acts Ike @ veritable jailer What does a’man get out of thing of this kind, anyhow? Nothing but miserable memory, Instead of having beautiful thoughts of him and love and respect, when he is gone he gets nothing but hatred and reproach for his imeonsiderate clutch on things earthly. Inutead of the memory of him being delightful, it is despised. I know a woman who had two chii- dren. She had married the man for the sake of an invalid mother. He was much older than she, and When he died he left @ similer will, that she could not marry or else she would lose his fortune, and the children were also practically disinherited. This woman's whole life, from the time she was a young girl till the day she died, was one long sacrifice be- cause of this man. Not satisfled with keeping her from every pleasure and following her heart's desire during his Iffetime, he insisted on keeping her tied to him and his whims after he was gone. Of course, there are those who will say “Why not ict the money go and do as you please?” But there are others to consider, and women are often, after long servitude to a hus- band and children, unable to make thelr way, and the alternative is very discouraging at best, There are, of course, brave, strong souls who do throw away such filthy lucre and choose happiness instead, for if there ever is tainted money, in my humble judgment, this i# it-- money left with a hardship’ attach- ment Don't such men understand that they can't hold affection by putting such a premium on what they leave? Will greedy husbands never realize that the best thing they can do is die and do seme good by leaving their money free? And will they never learn that no amount of money in the world will keep a memory alive any longer than when another comes along and has real love to offer, and that money, no matter how much it is, cannot bar one heart going out to another The stop ® nat- ural law with one of his own, just because he has the weapon of wealth, if he could come back would find him- self the most disliked man im the world. If T had money to leave T would leave {t with as few strings attached as possible, Loastwine, I would like to feel if I were such a husband that U had left money in the pursuit of happiness end not to maintain misery, man who tries to IF THEY DON'T KI SANE IF THEY DRESS UP PUTTING ON AIRS By Roy L. LOY Ci ; TO GORGE THENSEINES ap EAT You SAY. IF THEY TAKE A BATH S6uU CK BECAUSE THEY USE ALL THE HOT WATER AND IF THEY DON'T You KICK TUST THE YOU SAY THEY ARE The Jarr Family © _—at a8 McCardell Copyright, 1022 (New York Evening World) by the Press Publishing Company. Commissioners of East Ma- oe you ‘are one of the Fire ‘ Mr. laria,"* Jonicins, “Sure,"’ replied the bookkeeper, ‘I have méver bragged about it at the office but now that you have come out to spend the week-end at our house, together with Mra. Jarr and the Misses Cackleberry of Philadel- phia, and as you hear our leading citizens of East Malarta salute me as ‘Commissioner,’ I'll have to tell you all about it.” “How much salary do you get as Fire Commissioner,"’ asked Mr. Jarr. “Why,” replied Jenkins, ‘‘thé office, while of great importance and re- sponsibility, is purely an honorary one-—-there are no emoluments."’ “You mean there is no pickings, no graft?” Mr. Jarr inquired. Jenkins looked around cautiously before he answered. **Well, you see,” he said, “I wae elected on the reform ticket but the Fire Commissioners did get their expenses paid for a trip to Syracuse when we purchased the ninety-foot motor nertal fire’ truck.'* “A ninety-foot aerial truck?’ re peated Mr. Jarr. ‘What use would a big hook and ladder apparatus of that sort be in a town where there in no building over three stories high? Of course, an aerial truck of that size. would cost @ lot of money and perhaps the commission was worth eplit- ting” “East Malaria is the fastest grow- ing suburb in this country,’’ Mr, Jen- kins hastily interrupted, ‘‘we expect to have skyscrapers on our business streete—and in case of fre we will be prepared to cope with the flames that might devour these giant business buildings, now that we have a mod- ern Fire Department with a ninety- foot motor aerial truck.’” “How can you turn it around in these narrow strecta?’ asked Mr. Jarr. “We don't turn it around within the city limits,’ Mire Commissioner Jenkins explained. “If the fire is tn the right direction the motor track reaches it all right. If it is on another street the motor truck Is driven out- side the town, say at the brickyards or at the fair grounds, and turned around there. Here is the headquar- ters of East Malaria Hook’ and Ladder Company,” added Jenkins proudly, as he pointed to 4 low, rakish building at the corner. sald Jarr to “Tt looks to me as though it had been built for a bowling alley,’ said Mr, Jarr, —I believe it was a Mr., Jenkins admit~- ted. ‘But, you see, when we broughd the ninety-foot aerial truck from Syracuse we found.there was no bulid~ ing in Bast Malaria that would house it; fortunately the Volstead eet hag just gone into effect and Boumgarte ner's Beer Ga and Bowling Alleyo had to go out of Ousiness, soxit was taken over/as temporary quarters for the aerial truck,” “Great idea! Saves the town the “I'm sorry to say that our pocple and focal contractors are about it and threaten to building and the Reform tration that went into platform of economy ment. However," Mr, Jenkios. “we will have a hundred dollar bond issue and erect a house that will be a pride to “But if the old bowling the bill?’ ventured Mr. “But it doesn't fll the Mr. Jenkins testily. “And get busy we'll be swept out and the grafters and exploiters treasury looters of the old corrupt litical faction will come inte power again, to gorge on the spoils. No, if there is any progress and limprov ment, the Reform Administration capadle of looking after it i E g ff gi ip e ag Th) Cocoanut Oil Males A Splendid Shampoo Tf you want to keep your hair in good enaditicn be cerefal what you pet it with Most soaps and prepared ‘shampoos eoutain too much alkali, This dries the reulp, makes the hair brittle, and is very hermful. 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