The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-11-21

81 the race adorned herself with
* leaves instead Of rose petals. We
women. In the selection Of clothes
have been the subject Of Jest. dia.
tribe, ridiCule and criticism more on
less harsh and indelicate from both
press and pulpit and not infrequently
from the pews
We either wear too few clothes on
too many We lapaiack nlr faeeA
paint our eybrows redden our lips.
peroxide oar hair wear high heel
shoes. wasp our waists. and do an
sorts of things to furnish food for the
sits In ministerial robes and editor.
tai sanctums
u one piCks up an ancient newspa.
per or magazine one b. shocked 10
see the brazen way in which our
dear grandmother were slandered.
IA the SOS, who notwithstanding
their balloon hOOpskirts and cosmet.
ics. proved themselves real heroines
In hospitals and al the battlefront.
often. very often. where danger lurk
ID.
When occasion demanded they
wrought their silk shawls into battle
flags and aFrayed themselves In the
product Of the spinning wheel and
iOOm
And then. too. they took the man.
agement Of the farms and fed our
armies in the ield
Very little II anything Is said OF
abe periwigs and knee buckles the
men wore in washingtons day but
the powdered hair OF the women 4
not forgotten
And Notwithstanding their heroic
sacrifices, how our poor. dear moth
ers were berated for arraying them.
selves In Dolly Warden costumes. dis
figuring themselves with "bustles'I
aud the unshapely "Grecian bend"
So the editorial photographers and
pulpit wits have fallen heir to the
custom and immOdest criticism is
not unexpected or surprising
II Is moss grown chestnut
The ubiquitous fashion In woman 5
dress" Is the way that very becom.
ing fashion OF wUmans dress OF the
present time Is styled. and so some
of the heightened publications have
taken IL upon themselves to make
an inquiry as to what other women
think OF the prevailing modes.
Here are some OF the replies
Miss Rose Young editor vi the Wo.
mans Citizen. says
Women are tired of mems eter-
nal criticisms Of their short skirts
and peeka-bOO waists. Let the men
keep their hands on OF the fashions
and women. left To themselves. may
evolve something co wear which may
cover both their needs and mems
bushes.
Miss Mabel Forte Weeks head of
Brooks Hall. wOnan's dOrmitOfy of
Barnard college. makes the following
repy:
THE fashions are the fashions and
good taste Is good taste The clothes
OF today are not Objectionable in
themselves but the wrong people
wear them The modern woman.
particularly the young woman. is apt
to copy the standard style without
considering whether il suits her per
sOnality But while the rest of the
world tends towards extremes. Bar
nard girls are growing more cOnser-
vatiVe. making dress matter OF
comfort rather than OF fashion"
Mrs. Thomas j. Vivian. president
Of California club. makes the follow
ing comment
THE critics OF womans fashions.
particularly those of the male sex.
appear TO be- troubled not so much by
her lack of clothing as by its geo
graphy. There Ia too much in the
middle. too little above and below.
IL Is the old story of the yelled wo-
man. In our grandmother's time 1t
was an accepted convention that wo-
mems feet were pinned to the edge
Of their skirts. When men chose To
wear their trouser-legs prodigiously
tight or their Prince Albert coats as
long as a polOnaise, | cannot recoliect
that women made them a subject Tor
nuhIic ridicule or condemnation.
~ neither the pancity of the one gar
ment or the extraordinary lavishness
Of the other appealed 10 the temin-
inc eve. women undoubtedly felt that
smen vanted change and were work
inc out their own salvation IN their
own mysterious way. That is the
case with women nOw-they want
change"
Dr. Guilliema Alsop. college physF
clan Of barnard college. comments
as follows: