Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-13
sure Mike! ANGELS
Wear SLIT SKIRTS;
RED ONES AT THAT!
Idea, That New Style Of Dress 10 Dew.
lis invention, Not Supported by
Old Masters Paintings Of
SANITY Ones.

New York-When the Rev. Dr.. Len
g. Broughton, pastor Of Christ church,
Westminster, London, preached in a
sermon in the Tent Evangel, in Har-
lem, that no woman who wore a slit
skirt in this world would be found In
heaven, he challenged the credulity
Of authorities On art and at h same
time started a discussion which at va
rious times in the worlds history
feminine humanity.
Michael Angelo, the inventor of
portraits, was seriously OPP
posed to the slit skirt and the u
phanous gown, according to the pic
lures Of his which are now in the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art. He
never clothed a woman with any
thing but a 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
feet and screwed on a couple OF
WINGS"
heaven we would not know. our loved
ones II on this earth they wore a
modern slit or 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
UAN EAAtAA VENUE dIu QlChlIA8 OA tAAC
girls who 50 exposed their natural
beauty. He said they were bound
straight for hell and that in heaven
all angels would shun such gar
ments.
Tho Proper Garb for Heaven.
In q desire to determine what was
the proper garb Tor heaven efforts
were made to see those who might
know most about 1t. Anthony Com
stock refused to De interviewed. It
was explained that he raj preparing
q specially copyrighted edition OF 9
volume which would give full and
species of angels. Mr.. Comstock has
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-
sthorities Is limited to such authori-
ties as Bottecelli, Michael Angelo
and Gustave Dore, 1t vas said that
there was eminent authority for the
slit skirt and that there was no au-
thOrity for angels In the conventional
dress OF today. MOI one Of the myriad
angels portrayed by the masters could
be found who wore q corset. Not one
wore bracelet or a wrist watch
ANoAo Ndu uAAHlOnO uOS CO1ldC,
None wore the full length skirt
with shoes and other fandangoes OF
modern dress.
Wings Principal Adornmsnk
Every angel consulted in the
Metropolitan museum tried to gel
along With as little dress as posi-
BILE, True. Sir Joshua Reynolds
painted That's with a gown slit sc
far that n may g far above hel
knee. Also II Is true. that Pau
jacques Aime Baudry portrays
Diana Driving Out Loe" clad in 8
small silk handkerchief. Trees make
an effective background.
But all other angels ire described
by the master either in the nude o,
In long. flowing white robes. With
feathered wings ~sprouting out ol
their shoulder blades through q hem.
stitched opening cut on the bias. II
explaining this discrepancy between
his theory Of an angel in a non-sltt
skirt and the theories Of the old
when angels were made. DR.. Brough-
ton said in his apartments In The
Gotham hotel:
ssThe angels you SEQ on the canva,
aresnOt In heaven. and neither are the
artists who painted them. They dom
hayesto go to heaven to picture angels
or that kind. Most Of the famous ar.
lists picture ideals, dead things. ant
dead things don't hurt anybody. It'll
Ethe live, kicking beings who do the
most HARM. I don't think the extreme
styles affects the level headed w0mer
OF the world; Il is only q small per.
cnntagc that wants to be conspicuous
and they don't amount to anything