The Washington times., 1914-06-16
By FLORENCE z. YoDER.

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With nothing else to do, poor
overworked, bored New York has In
vented q new handshake After the
thrill Of creating the latest thing
In the tango" had worn OF. and as
some of the fashion settlers had q
moments breathing space between
the midsummer and fall styles, they
IDLY cooked up a different method Of
greeting. (At least that Is the way
the story goes, but oan provo that
It is false-)
II did not talre q full minute to do
II. and they only had a minute, at
that, for the felt hats have already
been launched. which WIS q good
thing. Suppose they had been able
to spend an hour or two on lit
Ye godsi Instead Of the simple
little ennui-inspired pat that they
have decreed. we might be forced
to 60 through a whole series OF sot-
ting up exercises beforehand Tne
simple formula following 10 tho hap
py outcome:
One meets q frieno. How DO you
do" smile. First speaker, the shak-
er. extends right hand not TOO en-
Enthusiastically, throws rlght mp OUT
ward in debutante slouch' sho h,
lows tips of four fingers OF .leht
hand to touch palm OF hand OF
shakee for one secono
Ehakee. doing debutante eloucn
with left hip thrown outwaru risnt
knee sunken IN. keeps elbow OF
rfght arm bent Her right hand Is
held palm open ano upward 10 re-
rx-d nat from IQ
shaker.
When the shaker Is a man and the
sbskee a woman, the same process
is employed, minus the slouch, IL the
male creature is over twenty-six.
Here's the Expose.
Now, although New York has
claimed the new hsndshake and Will
probably 20 down in history as the
originator, feel authorized to state
that New York had nothing what
ever to do with its success or with
its original conception. Like many
other customs, which have suddenly
become popular In country, sucn
as being a militant suffrageIte, or
bomb thrower, the conception cannot
be traced TO one particular person.
The very reason for the success OF
widespread habits is due to the fact
that they break out In several places
at one time. The spreading OF tho
news Is merely a secondary Hat.e; y;
But so simultaneously do affairs OF
this sort happen, that some one al
ways makes a claim to the distino-
ton of being the originator.
New York may have boen tho
prophet OF the latest mode OF greet
ing, but II New York had said nary
a word II would have come upon US
.,,.& ba RaCauS6 Wly2
All on account of the fashions
Right here l wish to state that no
one but a woman could have written
this expose, for the simple reason
that the deep truth relates solely to
a portion OF q garment made ex-
clusively for women, the hmono
waist.
That portion Of aforementioned
garment is the sleeve.
So strangely fashioned, 30 weird
in its construction is this kimono
and sometimes the raglan sleeve that
the arms can neither be raised nor
extended when incased therein!
The moment the arm goes up, or
out, there is an ominous r-r-rr-r-i-p.
The dropped armhole is fastened
almost into the waistband, and bars
all calesthenics which might cause a
movement of the arm Neither can
the head be scratched, nor the hand
be extended in greeting for any dis
tance from the body.
Read, Ye Males!
Since this article has to deal par
ticuIarly with handshaking. no moro
can be said about this kimono waist.
but II will do no harm TO relieve the
feelings OF some OF the males who
may read.
No. ye who think sequentially, the
hat cannot be put on or removed
with any ease in the kimono waist.