The evening world., 1901-11-21
eTERNLY BAR
SHORT SKIRTS.
Holy Trinity Girls Who Dis
obey Order Can't Sing
Tonight.
TROUBLE AT REHEARSAL.
Rector's Wife Had Tape-Measure,
but Chorus Were Let Off
with Warning.
TROUBLE AT REHEARSAL.

Unless peace 10 declared before this
evening there IL likely to be d!scord In
the rendition OF the Chimes OF Nor
mandy" at the Carnegie Lyceum by the
young people OF the Holy Trinity
Church. at Ono Hundred and Twenty
second street and Lenox avenue. The
advocates OF short skirts and the advo-
Gates OF long skirts are having = tug
Of war.
Tho ediet has gone forth that II any
one OF the Normandy peasant girl chorus
dared to step her dainty foot on tho
Carnegie stage to-nlEh, with the bot.
tom Of her skirt more than eight inches
above the door she will be told to 60
home.
An inharmonjous janglins was the
order for tho rehearsal held last nixht
In tho church
chaperon. don't any OF you dare to
come to rehearsal In q skirt worn higher
than eight inches from tho floor"
Don't wear your skirts until the
night Of the performance" was the
warning tho short.skirters whispered In
each other's ears. SWELL fool Miss
Noble"
Alas! that admonition was disreEa.dcd
by some OF tho Normandy peasant girls.
and they appeared last night with skirts
anywhere from ninc and a half ID thlr-
teen inches above the carpet.
Then Came tho Rector's Wife.
When the hour for tho beginning OF
the rehearsal arrived in walked the vile
OF Rev. Harry Nichols. tho rector. There
were little screams from the half dozen
peasant girls who had come in skirts
that were too short. They bent their
skirts look the proper legnth. but In
vain!
Here. Miss Noble" the rec;or's wife
said, holding up the tape measure. "and
out whether those girls skirts aren't
too short"
One bold boy. Morgan Taylor By name.
went to the rescue.
, ITS not right" he said.
ut Is" Insisted Miss Noble. Then she
confidcd to one OF the girls: Its not
my fault. It's Mrs. Nicholas. She say,
we can't disgrace the minister"
Morgan Taylor heard this. He blurted
out: "Pshaw: I've been a minister's son
all my NE. and rs no reflection on q
minister II girl wears n short skirt In
n little Entertainment
''But he amt ministers son. Miss
Noble" Clipped In q sweet little miss.
His father Is professor In Vassar
College. That's all!'
Ono chorus girl Of the anti-short skir,
persuasion. Alice Needing. made strong
objections.
III the girls can't wear skirts OF a
decent length why don, they get out.''
she asked.
.'oh. oh. oh. OH" nuttered the short
skirters. hear her!"
"Gir!s and boys" interrupted Miss
Noble, 'we must conform to the rule
adopted by the rector. Eight inches
from the hoor. you know"
Aeasurements Postponed.
All this time the wite OF the rector
held the dreadful tape measure threat
eningly. Miss Noble came TO the rescue
She assured Mrs. Nichols that II would
not be necessary to measure the skirts.
I'VE won't measure the skirts" said
Miss Noble. well warn the girls that
they'll have to lengthen thetr skirts or
they cannot appear at the public per-
"oh. this is awful" WHISPERED
@sen b. baldHsman asn ncss VAS "siTs0Gr sss II.
we had no such time as tais DR..
N.1hels ss.s. Is fanny ain! N,aS;,. h; nog e.,
She amt used to our ways In New
York. said another.
By this time Miss Noble had got the
TO iensthen their skirts. Finally the
rehearsal began.
tis' as' .:. xss chsSwss h.G%Hs .pars Iaf s eiss s'
ass feet could not no, re:i,. I the music.
ana :.a a., ee9ss assaxsk Mss mS,n GssH"'ss ss
,ha. The music was resumed. rhe
Niles Noble sent the little dancer 10
bas esnsss srsy Of Mss sss 1sfs Eas bsi the M
BY the way. has posed In some OF the
pretty Gibson !ableaux; Miss Mclean
- g ssanch ant!.short skirt advocate.
the centre OF the stage. And then the
music again. And then the little feet
Eould dance again and M too hIgn
SssI. Sssn S.s hs ssr SrSs sy., ~as MdEne,nE MIS-
The girls eyes flled with tears. and
then she fed from the rehearsal.
skirts Are Lsnxthenrd.
Away from the church the short
sbffisfs l0osened their tongues again.
some vowed that they would appear al
Carnegie Lyceum In shor, skirts
whether or no. But some Harlem
mammas sat up late last night piecing
skirts longer, while the maids said
thingp about prnies.
the "chimes OF Normandy would be
sung this evening and Tomorrow even
Ing, admitting that there nid been a
dtnerence ot opinion AS to tho lrrgth
Of skirts to be worn by the clioru. girls.
s'You know that We must adhere TO
the wishes Of the minister relative 10
the matter!' she said sweetly. "But
theree no trouble. The Chimes OF Nor.
. mandy will be sung In great harmony.