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Y New York, M Y.-The score todsy;
iB in favor OF woman, lovely woman
Had they kaown, what a storm, they
were going to let loose. At u.s. not he
lieved ttat Dr. dudley Allen Sargent
director Of gymnastics in Harvard mil
Sersity, and Join W; Alexander, pres
Ident OF the National Academy OF De-
Sign, would have made their criticisms
Of the increasing nannishIess :of
American women ,5s.f q
Latest reports are to the effect that
sargent is sbarricaded In lis Cam
bridge, MISS. office and that Alexail-
der Is; undertook and key in the acad:
envy of design building in this city
70 escape the fare back that Is re-
sulting from their attack OF, the fem
lninity OF women. 4 Z, e 5, * 4. rs
4. Following isiai, cpitome OF the crit
!cisms by Sargent and Alexander Of
some Of the many replies that they
have called forth: S.is w 4, Z
i.faVoman's physique has become rev.
oluetonized and already approaches
that OF the other sex. DR., Sargent, I.
III woman continues her.yiolent iex-
erc!sc and outdoor life. In a few years
She will become SO man-llke In figure
that she viii look ridiculous in wo-
mans attire.',-John w. Alexander.
women on the street may appear
to have larger feet; that Is because
theylno longer wear shoes that pinch.
Their waists may appear more ample;
That Is because they are. not lacing
themselves i8 s. N
Their hips may appear smaller;
that is because 1t is fashionable to
wear stays to make their hips Nat.
But woman Is undergoing no actual
change toward mannishness. -Harri-
son Fisher. artist. who has drawn
10000 women in the past 10 years.
!. Our American women may have
more generous lines than the woman
Of 20 years ago-due to reform In
dress and the care OF their bodies
but they have all tho charm OF the
woman OF 20 years ago and Of 200
years ago'-Dr. Mary Hoffman
Jones. ~ Z. 4
1--WE women OF today are Just. be-
ginning to get hack to our normal
proportions. or course our hands
and fcotSare larger; welsuse. them
more. But the woman of today is
Just as charming In her feminity as
her mother or grandmother." Miss
Elizabeth Burchenal inspector of
athletics Of ;the. girls branch Of the
public school Athlete league: ;'2 q I
Venus Is mich stouter than we
are. We still have lots Of room to
develop before We acquire; her pro-
portions. We simply are arriving at
the common sense age:''-M!ss Lou
lisa Mann Wingate. treasurer Of the
public school girls league.
DIR. Sargent is talking rubbish.
What he forgets is that as women
develope the sense tof the beautiful al
SO develops and women will never
let their figures reach the point
where they cannot. be made to con
form to the lines Of beauty" DR..
Adelaide Wellerstein. h, Sr;
"hlore and more people seem to
realize that all around development,
mental and physical, makes the best
mother, Just as it does the best faith
er. Twenty years ago women pad
ded their hips Ton years ago the
straight front came In. Today they
are padding their heads."- Ab.
astemia Eberle, the well known wo.
man sculptor n