Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-16

places safer and nearer home. Homburg
ls anathema. lie Tocquet, Paris PLACE and
Irouvile are dreams of the past Home
sweet Home" there's certainly no place like
home-in war time
Are the American seaside towns like
lhe English seaside towns?" a pert little
Harper of my acquaintance inquired of me
today And are the American seaside girls
anything like us?"
looked at the speaker. No, not in any
American seaside town had l seen her
counterpart
Like the heroine of the immortal ditty.
her golden hair was hanging down her
back-though her years numbered at least
~. The said couture was secured in stif
English pigtail and tied at the base with
an enormous orange bow. The very set
OF that bow spoke volumes. There was
an air of pathetic invitation about It, a
please come and pull me off" appeal that
never failed
THE FLAPPERS HEADGEAR.
The flapper's headgear was childish af-
fair. of the Tam-o'-Shanter variety and
pulled down. so completely to obscure
the right eye. But in no way did this mat
ter. since, as she herself informed me, she
could see more and do more with one eye
than most people could with two
The flapper's skirt-of severe pque and
Immediately cut-eXtended just below her
Knees. Inc ulSplay OIL dHhle WAS W say
the least of It, generous.
startling sweater of alternate orange
and emerald stripes complete her outfit.
But she was amazingly pretty and at
tractive, in spite of this. The one visible
eye was beautiful. deep blue and with de-
cidedly gladstone tendencies. 1t was
wandering eye. 1t roved around with un-
erring instinct whenever anything in khaki
or naval blue passed.
The papers are filled with articles con-
demning the little English seaside happer.
The headlines amuse me. The tlappers
F'lirtlousness." warning to Mothers The
Awful Responsibility of our Growing
Daughters" where viii the Modern Flap
per End?" etc. etc.
AS matter of fact the fapper IN
nice little person and not nearly SO So
phlstcated as tho kill-joys paint her She
is a gladstone child And II she does have
a gladstone eye for all and sundry, It Is
only the outward sign OF a happy heart.
The differences between the English and
the American seaside town are many. There
are fewer piers, fewer amusements. less
elaboration in the English town. At the
same time ther is dazzling natural beauty
of scenery, of cliff and rock, of rolling moors
and cool green woods which grow almost
to the waters edge.
Eastbourre. on the south coast Is typical
of English landscape. The English Channel
lies before us, very blue and vivid. The air
is keen and bracing. -Four miles OF stone
promenade lined with immense hotels (also
of stone) extend between two rocky prom
ontories. Not a single wooden building is
to be seen.
The Sussex Downs, vivldly green and
wooded, extend behind us and on either side
down to the sea. Flowers grow In profu-
sion. The hir is scented with them.
/ see the good points of both American
and British places, The larger American
resorts seem to be built more for amuse-
ment, the English more for rest one can
obtain health equally in both, although 1
think 1t is easier to recuperate In England
than in America.
Today in Eastburne talked with some
American girls. They were deplorlng the