The evening world. Newspaper, September 22, 1922, Page 29

ly Short or Long Skirts--- What Is the Verdict of rw RS New York Women? SOME WOULD “COMPROMISE” “Keep the Short Skirts for Day Wear at Home and at Work,” These Girls Suggest, “and Accept the Long Skirt for Dressy Afternoon and Evening Wear.” By Margery ‘Wel's. rien es artes Sons, te ‘HILE many of the letters that ANY "couse tn on. this long shie- short skirt proposition take a decided and unrelenting stand, there are others that are distinctly for a compromise of one sort or another. They see no reason why skirts should suddenly leap to the knees and then Just as precipitately sink to ankle length, They are the reasonable ones of thg world. But, will fashion ever follow their ideas? It hardly looks that way, for fashion is so fickle—so inclined to take the world by storm and to dash wildly to a crazy. extreme. At least, it seems crazy until after it has a good start and then, with surprised eyes, the feminine world looks about it { ¢ponder why all the fuss has been making the atmosphere misty. There wil be a compromise doubt- less, for a few months, but after that lower and lower will go the skirt hems until those who call themselves smart will have quite trailing skirts, For those who believe in compromise per- haps there will remain the mid-dis- tant skirt hem. At any rate, this ts the way they feel about it: Dear Misa Wells: Short skirts or long skirts—a pretty question te settle, Long skirts. Nothing is more beautiful than a long skirt. Short skirts. Nothing is more comfortable than a short skirt. Let us compromise. Let the young woman in bu: ness wear short skirts for morn- ing and afternoon, She will be able to move freely without hav- ing something tangling her feet. 1 need not go into detail. We have all found out for ourselves the wonderful comfort of short skirts. In the evening, for dressy wear, let the long skirts come out. If we really could effect this compromise I doubt whether any more fuss would be made. Every one would be satisfied. 8.1L. Doar Misa Wells: . I am a modiste and have al- ways been devoted to art and beauty. I would suggest ankle length as the proper length for street and dress costumes, It represents art and beauty in the world of fashion at all times. Knee length should be confined to the school girl only and the stage, Going from one stage to another is bitter nonsense in every instance. Sound common sense adopts the happy medium at all times. Every refined woman haile the longer (not too long) skirt with pleasure. It positively improves the appearance of young and old. One cannot look well dressed in an exaggerated, abbreviated skirt. 1f some people ih to continue ‘wearing the short skirt they must remomber it’s being A style of the Past, void of all art and beauty. 1 am truly glad that the display of limbs, beth shapely and un- shapely, in public places and ev- erywhere is out of fashion—a style of the past. MRS. K. D. Dear Mine Wells Personally, { have always felt antagonistic toward that expres- sion “in style."’ For it seems to ine that the only “style worthy of beauty and obedience is the judividual demand of beauty and comfort. Why must we be eternal copy Feed the Brute Favorite Recipes by Famous Men | By DON JUAN R@y GAYANGOS, Ambaasador to the United States from Whiten it in salty Spain. Kiyg Plant au Gratin nd ary Vey in butter, with salt sprinkled on each piece. Place in a dish with grated cheese, tomato sauce and mushrooms which have been cut tnto small pleces and EEL the egg plant water, ; Put thickly between the layers of egg Plant Take until well cooked in a :od- by Ball Gyndteats, tne) cats of Paris or even our next door neighbor? I'm sure if the word ‘‘style’’ was eliminated from the feminine world we would In- stinctively plan a wardrobe which would yield harmonieusly to sup- ple limbs. The problem of the fickle femi- nine’s lovd of change would be solved. She could still wear her short skirts for busy, practical hours and then change into the ‘limsy indolent draperies of the long skirt in the evening—if she wishes. yA. OD, Dear Mise Wel It is not what Paris wants or what New York wants. Every one gets what they are forced to take. Fashions of late years have been dictated by economic conditions rather than by style creators. DO YOU ACCEPT THIS COMPROMISE? en a¢] ‘ cover i a “See o SES | il MAXIMS ‘Of a Modern Maid By Marguerite Mooers Marshall Copyright, 1922 (New York Evening World) by the Press Publishing Oompany. The male philanderer is the broadcaster of romance; he isn’t tuned up to any heart in particular, girl who “tistens in.” but tells the same story to every INCE the modern girl's love letters are talked over the phone she can’t carry them next her heart, but neither can any other member of the drawer! for him is @ man’s to be @ thousand ti “to be humble and up for it! ‘This is the time of year when all family read them the day she forgets and leaves them tn the bureau The avowal that his wife is a hundred times too good | favorite curtain-raiser to his attempts Imes too bad for her. In the days when a well-conducted wife was supposed silent in her husband's presence, how she must have talked about him to his back to make private sienographers are particularly busy—listening to the tale of the number of trout the boss caught on his vacation, or how the very day befor course in eighty! e he came back he went around the | A beautiful, graceful, amiable gi these Volstead cocktalle—everything t rl without magnetism is like one of here except the authority. One reason why young married couples quarrel so frequently may bo ‘hat each reconciliation is merely a peace pact, when it should be a dis- armament conference, Fidelity is the favorite virtue of the unimaginative—and the terror of the rest of us, Better have a young man for a da , SHORT AND KIRTS FOR DAY USINESS WEAR A. B Dear Miss Wells: Some of my skirts I insist upon having very short because while I am wearing them T am doing the things that demand that sort of dressing., But I certainly wish to state that when women go out in the evening they should have sense enough to wear flow- ing lines and long skirts, In an: thing else they look perfectly ridiculous. They make marks of themselves for ridicule 1 am one of those that hope to see long, even trailing skirts for dress wear and the short snappy ones for sports just as we have been wearing all along B.W. Dear Mise Wells hope you will say for me in The Evening World that the ma- jority of girls in my town are for short skirts, and that | am with them. | notice the women who Which Girl Has the N SKIRT FOR GeRine OCCASIONS d the styles wearing dressec that almost touch the ground. Do you think that they will keep on doing this? | hope not. | am pér- fectly willing to adopt the style, if | must, for evening wear but 1 could possibly think of wearing it through the day and during my busy hours. V. W. Dear Miss Wells I am writing you from out in the country, where we have been so happy in the short skirts. I will admit that we were loath to adopt them when they first came in, but we now like them so much that we do not see how we can give them up. However, I and some of my friends cannof help but remember how bhhppy we were when we had long skirts and how unbeautiful we thought the style when the short ones came in haps we will like them just ag much again. Who knows? I think we should be ready for any change LM, rling than an old man for a slaye! | Look Your Best {_ By Doris Doscher Dear Miss Doscher: 1 am coming to you for advice, 1 am sixteen years old, weigh 141 My height is 5 feet 9 What should | weigh? have a rather flat nose. Also | Would you kindly tell me if there is a way to improve it to its normal shape? G. BD. B. You are very tall for a girl of your age, but your weight is about correct. I want you to be exceed- ingly careful to hold your body in an erect position so that you will not look awkward by being stooped, Learn to move gracefully and your height will be an added attraction. The nose may be moulded into bet- ter proportions by a gentle pinching movement, working from the bridge of the nose down to the end. Be very careful to breathe deeply, If you do this you will mould the lines of the nostril which will give the nose a better shape. Dear Miss Doscher: 1 have what I think is a freckle on my lower lip. Please tell me what will remedy it. L. Ww. Bathing the face with oatmeal water, buttermilk or diluted lomon Juice will help to bleach the frecklé out. Dear Miss Doscher: Could you tell me what to do to cure enlarged pores 'n the skin of my face left by pimples? N. D, Encourage the natural functioning of the skin by massage, good bodily cireulation and hot and cold applica- tions and ice rubs, r Miss Dosche Would you please tell me if there is any way in which | can get rid of my freckles? ANXIOUS. ‘Sry bathing the face in buttermillc, or lemor juice, or glycerine to which a few drops of spirits of camphor have been addea. Protect your face as much as possible from the direct rays of the sun and the freckles will fade out. st Beautiful TAKE JOHNNY To THE DOCTOR ~< AND THEN TS THE / DENTIST To SEE THE DENTIST STHe DENTIST CAN’T SEE ANYBODY HE HAS A TOOTHACHE ‘By Emile In New Yerk Shops Hoffm; Copyright, 1922 (New York Evening World) by the Press Publishing Company. ALL openings in millinery have F attracted the atfention of shop- pers during the past two weeks. Large hats are prominent, the tri- corne in its various adaptations is much in evidence, and smart turbans in novel drapery effects form a larg portion of the displays, Hats for gen- eval wear are in colors, but sales- women say that women prefer tho black when \t comes to the large, dressy shapes. Brown in all its vary- ing tones is seen in profusion, Henna seems to have settled on a new wave of popularity, which may be due to the fact that henna harmonizes so nicely with the fashionable fur shades. Gray is being much favored and it looks particularly well with black or Eyebrows? PARIS JUDGES PICKED THESE THREE WINNERS IN A CONTEGT—BEFORE READING THE STORY BELOW THE PICTURES DECIDE IN WHICH ORDER YOU WOULD HAVE RATED THEIR CHARMS. There was recently held in Paris an unusual kind of beauty contest, It was to determine the girl with the most beautiful natural eyebrows, Those who had followed the fashion in the ‘‘pencil line” eye- brow were disbarred from the contest. Only girls with eye- brows of medium weight were se- lected by the judges, who were prominent artiste. In the line above the photo- graphs we have Invited you te de- cide which of the three girle, in # your opinion, has the most beau tiful eyebrows, Now see if your opinion coincides with that of the judges. Photograph No. 1 shows Mile. Myr May, winner of the first Hee and. adjudged to have the longest and most siender natural eyebrows. Photograph No, 3 is of Mil Estelle Cre second prize win- id to have the most allur- ing eyebrows. Photograph No, 2 exhibits the eyebrows of Mile, Nina Rosny, which won for her the third prize tige most beautifully shaped. navy blue, Almond green promises to be very popuiar and is frequently seen combined with black velvet or as a trimming on black felt hats. Soft toques in delft blue velvet are shown in the displays and novel combina- tions are produced, Combined with metallic fabrics, these small hats are dressy; a roll of the blue and henna vet is effective on the blue, and one draped turban combines the delft blue with gray, red and o golden brown velvet, Children’s dreges in a combination of navy blue and flame red are de- cidedly attractive. The skirt portion may be in blue in pleated effect and the upper portion in the bright red with blue trimmings or blue embroi- dery, in which the cross-stitch ts fa- vored, Naturally, there is a defined iow waistline, which is a new note-in junior modes. These dresses are shown in crepe, flannel and serge. \ novel combination of fabrics is produced in a gown seen in one of ‘ur prominent specialty shops. It 2 gown of black velvet combined with embroidered white organdy, and monkey fur constitutes the trimming. Ly the way, monkey promises to be the favorite trimming peltry this fall Now that we lave become avcus- tome to the round-toed shoe and like it very well, along comes the latest importation, and it has very pointed toes. These have been accepted in Paris, and smart American women re- turning from Europe are wearing them, so it is quite likely our next purchase in footgear will have the tong, polited plain vamps, and to be real modish the fall shoe must cover the ankle, this is fancy tongut 1 buckle The handkerchief counters are very attractive nowadays, und on every glimpsing tour something new is seen, Tho latest whim ix to have bord plain and the design ir ventre square metimes this is an alloy floral pattern or it may be a cent of scattered posles or butterflies. The bright colored handkerchiefs ure still much in demand, and those with white centres and deep colored borders, with a corner embroidery, are popular White hantkerehiefs with a frill of black tulle or point d'esprit net are selected for the black and white cos tume. 1 WANT To SEE THE / : By Maurice Ketten The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCard WE'LL Go’ TS THE DENTIST NOW JOHNNY Copyright, 1922 (New York Evening World) by the Press Publishing Company. Jarr’s brilliant scheme to commandeer coal from the adjacent yard of the Kast Malaria Coal Company and fill the empty bins in the Jenkins cottage cellar, they thought it a desperate and dar- ing thing to do. “Are you sure you won't rested for taking the Mrs. Jarr. “What Judge or jury would convict us, eh, Jenk?” remarked My, Jarr. “Jenkins will pay the market price for the coal after we have carried it in, He tells me that there is a night watchman at the coal yards, but that he is running a still in his kitchen at home, spends his time there seeing that the still doesn't blow up, and the coal piles are not guarded consequence.” “And serves him right, if he is a drinking man or a bootlegger, if the coal is taken,” sald Mrs. Jenkins, the moralist. “We are only the we while we Weis the ladies heard of Mr, get ar- * asked coal,” in visitors here over k-end, and it may turn cold in self-pro- Jenkins get Mr, Jarr, here, #0, help are tection we should in his coal for the winter,’ the arch plotter, went on. uP & moonlight coal t surprise party. The cos be the surprised purty when he A to his yards in the morning and finds wbout ten tons missing we oan all take buckets and baskets and have a jolly lark bringing in the sheaves I mean the coal.” For some perverse reason, the idea, although it entailed tolling and soil ing, appealed even to the two Misses Cackleberry. It was a jolly adventu they declared. So all arrayed them- selves in old odds and ends of ap a parel trom the discards of the Jen- kins's wardrobe, and with coal buck- ets, market baskets und an old wash boiler, they stole out of the back way and through the darkness to the coal yard A reconnoitre by Mr. Jenkins, while the others held buck in the darkness disclosed the fact that the night watchman was nowhere in evidence And there, piled high, was a great heap, a hundred tons or more, of an- thracite coal, evidently good, clean vithracite In Lunps as big a8 a man's fi I'l tell you what we'd better d whispered Jenkins, “There is no dan- ger of the night watchman coming back. ybut if the nelghbors see any q lights in our cellar, and the coal is missed, they will betray us. We will keep a light Mt upstairs, but we will enter the cellar by the.cellar door at the back. There will be light enough through the cellar windows and the open cellar door to find our way to the coal bin. Thus we can carry the coal in ard fll the bin in the semi darkness of the cellar and no one wil! suspect what we are doing.” This was agreed upon, and almost all night long, imbued with @ spirit of buccaneering and adventure, Mr and Mrs, Jarr and the two Misses Cackleberry tolled with Mr, and Mrs. Jenkins, carrying buckets and baskets and wash boiler loads from the coal- yard to the Jenkins'’s cellar bing mm the darkness. ( ‘The work was hard, but they fal- tered not. Mr. Jarr and Mr, Jenkins would occasionally secretly refresi: themselves in the dark from the fire water Jenkins had cached in the fur~ nace, but the four ladies kept reso- lutely at their task with no other stimulation than pausing ever apd anon for a cup of hot tea and sand wich in the dining room, after having emptied their baskets and buckets an the cellar. But Mr. Jarr and Mr, Jenkins aid the Hon's share of the work. They carried the wash boiler fufl\between them, and a bucket full in their other hands besides. The coal yard was only a hundred yards or so distant and toward dawn Mr, Jenkins proudly announced that the bin was full—ten tons! Then they all bathed and went tw bed and slept till noon next day, Af ter mid-day breakfast they all went down in the cellar to gaze with pride on the results of their toll all through the darkness and the night. Yes, the coal bin was filled to over flowing, why did Jenkins groan and st rand why did Mr, Jarr ex claim, ‘Merciful heavens, look!" Well, because they had worked ali hight to tote in ten tons of broken stone!