Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-14
One Omaha Debbie Takes
Issue w it'll Grandma
On Imnodest Gowns
A Ray of Light in the Gloom-One May Now Be Both
Fat and Fashionable-If You Are rs and
Unmarried Cheer Up-the Best
is Yet to Come
By oABBY DETAILS

r UST few evenings ago, one OF
u Omaha's prettiest "debbies"
- donned her newest dancing
frock and tripped into Grandma's
room to receive due admiration.
What in the world are we coming
tor" gasped the astonished grand
mother as she noted the sleeveless,
decollete gown.
Indeed" said the granddaughter.
Just remember your own gowns
which you wore to balls" And
thereupon, Miss 1919, to prove her
point, brought forth from its secure
hiding place Grandma's scrap book.
Yes, yes, how we'll the kindly old
lady remembered that violet bro
cade frock she wore the FIRST time
she met grandfather. II was such
beautiful thing, . charming hoped
affair, with yards and yards OF skirt
but with no shoulder covering at
all. Not even 50 much as 4 beaded
strap was used and the neck was
cut ever so much lower than the
bud Of today would dream of
wearing.
When the comparison was fin-
ished, Grandma was forced to ad-
NIT that we are not Coming to but
coming FROM" and being a fair and
a broadminded woman, she gave to
the girl of today all just praise.
Those who have been fretting
over our fashions should take out
the family album and soon they will
be convinced that the gown Of the
present is quite modest when put be-
side those of 1860. The modern eve
ming gowns are just right and the
fact that they may be made in any
style pleasing and becoming to mi
lady is another thing that is "just
right"
T T is easy to be fat and still be
fashionable, at least Health
Commissioner Royal S. Copeland
OF New York thinks so. Wear silk
hose, short, flimsy skirts, V-cut
waists, high heels, corsets, wells, and,
yes-even paint---with his consent,
if you like. If graveyards yswn for
the wearers of the modern not
much-of-anything, or if the insane
einporiums1 are overrun with de-
vote of the high heel and tight
corset, DIR. Copeland knows nothing
about it. In fact, the whole solution
of the female apparel problem is ad-
Justment. If we wish, we may attire
ourselves as Eskimo or FIJI Island
ers with equal certainty of escaping
ill-health, by accustoming our bodies
to whatever we wear.
A few years ago we heard of the
danger of wearing high heeled shoe.
the spinal column was to be
thrown out of proper alignment, Sc
rious nervous disorders were to fol-
low, and even mental arrangement
was to result from this So-called
serious attack against the nervous
system. In spite of high-heeled
shoes, however, the sanitariums for
nervous people and the insane asy-
lums have received no unusual num-
Der of patients.
Later, the face veil, especially the
veil with large spots on it, was con-
demned as factor in impaired eye
sight and even blindness. on the part
of the fair wearers. We continued
to wear wells, and no oculist will
contend for a moment that eye
troubles are now or were ever more
prominent in women than in men.
Always, there have been those
who fought against the use of cos
metics and face powders, but no seri-
Gus harm has resulted from them.
When it comes to a question of
the use of hair dyes the doctor balks.
He admits that many such dyes con-
tain harmful ingredients and their
use may result in injury to the en-
tire system. However, such dele
FERROUS effects perhaps are suffered
by men as we'll as by women, as the
use of hair dyes is not confined to
one sex.
Bless my soull If the dear ladies
want to wear silk stockings and
high heeled shoes or aught else that
appeals to their feminine hearts, let
them indulge the desire and forbid
them not. There is, after all, some
thing wonderful about the powers of
the human body. Nature has
adapted the human animal to live in
every condition of civilization or
barbarisn. Our powers of adapt
ability are unlimited. We can con-
form to any environment, to pomp
and circumstance, and to any style
of dress or undress.
VIZ GUILD you like a bit Of infor-
w nation about the prince of
" Wales, how he acted-whom
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