Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-17

y>en the gift-giving season an
nroaa,es there is invariably "A pappIe
nf - ssip concerning furs. one OF
tho -honored gifts that Amer
cans make to each other Is piece Oh
peltry. large or small ..
AS far back as one can look mo
tho annals of American fashions the
nossossion of a sealskin coat was ac-
counted supreme happiness. Inc
woman who had such garment
linked with n pair of diamond ear
rings either strutted III hef VANITY w
tried TO look unconscious of the envy
OF her neighbors. ,,,
Other times, other wishes. lhree
decades have passed since the seal
ssin coat was a desirable possession
and the diamond earrings swinging
from n long loop that went thru =
MERGED hole in the ear speedily sa-
into that blackness of barbarisii
from which they had sprung
The fur coat and the diamond ear
rings are with us again, ana asain
human nature responds to the same
old call. They are not in the shaPe
I'm which they prevailed Tor SO man!
decades among our best fainiiles' !
Lacking back on the pierced ear with
,ts nendant bauble we have IA Shuu-
der of horror to think that ehilsh,
ened and Christian nations snou.u
have really permitted their women W
retain this bit Of savagery "l'hou'
bitter protest. - to,ood
as children. and possibly we dld' 100
a. ve were born before the barbarish
was abolished Gentlewomen, these'
our mothers and grandmothers' Mho
thot il improper to mention the Worus
he'd or bath in mixed company anu
who we're Mortified at the idea Una.
4 Aalg nf
of her toilet except in the presence Oh
intimate friends Surgical operations
vere no more discussed in mlNeu
company than other subjects that
were considered indicate II not nm
pure Those were the days Whei,
women did not talk about the price u.
things even among women, nor po"s'
of poverty when II didh eHls. .nts s
tell how cheaply they couid pu9 'h''
or that commodity of life.
All the sins, all the vices We're ~
rampant among men and women thef
MS now, but much of life was cohsiu
cred too delicate to he mentloheu
and altho the men of the lamiiy ma,
have drunk their bottles OF port ut,'
they were lifted from under the tao.'
Inv the servants and put To peu u
sleen off drunken stupor, IN
women of the family usually consld
cred it the role of gentleman "i'
not a sot. A., o,,,
Women's greed then was the sam
MS women's greed now. They iuesirc
above all things sealskin coat az,
barbaric baubles hanging from no,
cut ont of their flesh. These demur
vomen did not realize that In TN
latter adornment they were oniy
row inches away from the wome
who wore ornaments hanging iro,
their noses. How could theN DO II
How could they regard with w
\ serenity pictures of African saVas
and not realize that between the Id IA
tor and themselves there was "a po'
No, ebou,d have been immediate
These stern Victorians shudder'
-, ,hc thot of the body being g
pcsed, and it is probable that u u
was ~ only thing in the savage III
shocked them but they ana not :
alize that that precious par ol VI
mond earrings for which they siaV
and toilod and begged and sometln
n,orried. was Just bark back TO
nrimitiye passion for adornment'
- ran,t vou remember, If 1t was
von dav the millions of little q
that went to school with uhy s.la
stuck thru the ears, put IL WIZ Ho
in the fact that TINS P'e'I'sH',,
nrocess was the beginning OF
nnhonnel that would lead to diane
onrr;nyso There was often pain s
rounding these bits of straw I
stuck thru theears, but 1t was st'
with heroism because 1t was done
tbe name of vanity. What would
think today of vast schools iiiieu "
children who wore straws STUCK |
thoir ears? And yet 1t did not ere
smile or a tear then. THESE sur
we're n matter of pride, ana whe
,,,,,o girl was old enough to nave
nar. nierced and these bits OF Eei
,,cks nut thru, she entereo
scboo,room with the feeling that
was beginning to tell on her ana
shc was at last taking her pace
the social system
There are thousands or us nov
hear those scars we cover ~, N.Y.
with tabs of hair or, better sun,
ornaments that clamp over 'he
lust to hide the ravages OF an ga
epoch. tho barl
haubles the world Is 100 ~, Soun
ask that denial of women tne 9
,no.,on of colored stones, cheap
nrocious may come as CIV.
prosses itself more inslstentiy int'
acioi scale and women VIII u
mon have done In giving up a.,
is ornamental and RESISTING 'ho
of the barbaric A., o,
Long. long ago II was 'i,e ,,ie',
- wore the gay plumage OF lile
,hoir women sat and spun ana
~ home even in the greatest G.
80 Europe. Nearly every ori
sashion taken up by women IN
,ast dozen years has been porr