Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-11-14
SURE Mike! ANGELS
Wear SLIT SKIRTS;
RED ONES AT that!
Idea, That New Style Of Dress IL Dew.
IFS Invention, Not Supported by
Old Masters Paintings Of
SANITY Ones.

New YOrk-When the Rev. DIR. Len
G.. Broughton. pastor of Christ church,
Westminster. London, preached in a
serm0n In the Tent Evangel, in Har-
lem, that no 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
time started q discussion which at va
rious times In the worlds history has
~perturbed feminine humanity.
Michael Angelo. the inventor of
women's portraits. was seriously op-
posed to h slit skirt and the III
phanous gown. according to the pic
lures Of his which are now In the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art. HE
thing but a. cloud" said one of the
attendants yesterday as he pointed
to the pictures. land when 1t came
to angels he left of the cloud eff
feet and screwed on a couple OF
wings"
DR.. Broughton declared that in:
ones IL on this earth they a
modern slit OF 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-
Ac6o VI WdlhAnS lNEOu8n oIOdUWay
and Fifth avenue and picking on the
girls who sc 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 0arb for Heaven.
In a desire to determine what was
the proper garb for heaven efforts
were made to e those who might
know most about it. Anthony Com
stock refused to be interviewed. 1t
was explained that he was preparing
a specially copyrighted edition OF a
volume which would give full and
unabbreviated particulars of all known
species of angels. Mr.. Comstock has
been seriously opposed to he unclad
angel Int goddess. and ono 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 authOri-
ties. as Bottecelli. Michael Angelo
and Gustave Dore. It was said that
there was eminent authority for the
slit skirt and that there was no au-
dress of today. Not one Of the myriad
angels portrayed by the masters could
be found who wore a corset. Not one
wore q bracelet or a wrist watch.
None had q diamond dog collar
None wore the full length skirt
with shoes and other fandangoes 81
modern dress.
Wings Principal Adornmont.
Every angel consulted in the
Metropolitan museum tried to get
along with as little dress as posi-
BILE. True. Sir Joshua Reynolds
painted That's with q gown slit SC
far that a may see far above hel
knee. Also It Is true. that Pau
jacques Anne Baudry portrayi
Diana Driving Out Loe" clad In 9
small silk handkerchief. Trees make
an effective background.
But all other angels are described
by the master either in the nude OF
in long. flowing white robes. with
feathered wings sprouting out o.
their shoulder blades through q hem.
stitched opening cut OF the bias. II
explaining this discrepancy between
his theory Of IN angel In q non-sli,
skirt and the theories OF the ole
masters who lived hack In the tim,
when angels were made. DR.. Brough.
II Nt4AFIE ET.E-