The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-11-13
SURE Make! ANGELS
wear SLIT SKIRTS,
RED ONES AT THAT!
Idea, That Now Style Of Dress 10 Dew
Ire Invention, Not Supported by
Old Masters Paintings Of
SANITY Ones.
New York-when

New York-When the Rev. Oh. Len
g. Broughton. pastor Of Christ church.
Westminster, London, preached In 8
sermon in the Tent Evangel. In Har-
lem, that 10 woman who wore q SLIT
skirt in this world would be found In
heaven, he challenged the credulity
Of authorities on art and at the same
rfous times in the worlds history has
~perturbed feminine humanity.
Michael Angelo, the inventor OF
women's portraits, was seriously OPP
posed to the slit skirt and the dia-
phanous gown, according to the pic
Metropolitan Museum Of Art. HE
never clothed q woman with any
thing but q cloud" said one Of the
attendants yesterday as he pointed
to the pictures. and when 1t came
to angels he left off the cloud eff
wings"
DR.. Broughton declared that in
heaven we would not know our loved
ones II on this earth they wore a
modern slit n diaphanous skirts,
both Vaccinations OF the devil. In
fact. the distinguished clergyman
said he would want no better post
than being the devil with the privi-
lege Of walking through Broadway
and Fifth e and picking of the
girls who 30 exposed their natural
beauty. He said they were bound
straight for hell and that in heaven
all angels would shun such gar
ments.
The Proper Curb for Hsavsr.
In q desire to determine what vas
the proper garb for heaven efforts
know most about II. Anthony Com
stock refused to be interviewed. It
was explained that he was preparing
q specially copyrighted edition Of q
volume which would give full and
unabbreviated particulars of all known
been seriously opposed to the unclad
angel and goddess. and once tried to
pull Diana from her pedestal on
! Madison Square garden.
At the Metropolitan museum.
where the experience OF the art au-
thorities is limited to such authorf-
ties as Betteceiii, Michael Angelo
and Gustave Dore, 1t was said thai
there was eminent authority for thu
| slit skirt and that there was no au-
/ thority fol- angels in the conventional
dress OF today. Not N OF the myriad
angels portrayed by the masters coulc
be found who wore q corset. Not on
1 wore q bracelet or a wrist watch
None had q diamond dog collar
None wore the fun length skirt
with shoes and other fandangoes o
modern dress.
Wings Principal Adornmsnk
Every angel consulted in IN
Metropolitan museum tried to sc
| along with ~ little dress rs posi-.
| bic. True, Sir Joshua Reynoldl
painted That's with a gown slit q
far that one may eco far above he
knee. Also 1t Ii true, that Pau
i jacques Anne BAudry portray
-Diana Driving Out LOe" clad In
small silk handkerchief. Trees max
an effective background.
But all other angels arc describe,
by the master either in h nude 9
in long. Moving white robes. wit
feathered wings sprouting. out 9
stitched opening cut on h bias. i
~explaining this discrepancy betweed
hfs theory OF an angel In a non-sli
skirt and the theories Of h oil
masters who lived back In the tim
I-shAn angels were made, DR.. BrOugh
ton said In his Apartment u g
Gotham hotel:
aTho angels you see on h canva
ara no in heaven. and neither arc tn
artists who painted thern. They don
have To 70 to heaven to picture angel
of that kind. Most OF The famous ar
ffsta picture ideals, dead things, an
dead things don't hurt anybody It
the 1--we. Kicking beings who do tn
most harm. I don't think the extrem
sfyIes Affects the level headed worne
81 the world: 1t Is only q small per
centaRe tina wants to be consptcuoui
and they don't amount to anything
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