Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-16
RESS.EDUCAT|0N !.
URGED FOR WOMEN
France Sends Extreme in Style
to U. S., but Wears Others,
Miss Locke Says ..
GIRLS MUST BE TAUGHT

Americans imagine they will see in
Paris the most immodest and extreme
things in women's dress It is not so.
Such modes are designed in Paris and
. sent to us in America. 81, ...
Such was the statement of Miss Kath
crime Locke. who spoke at the Bellevue
Stratford today on Politics and
Dress" American women, the debu-.
tnntes Of politics. Miss Locke believes.
should dress with care and taste. To
her dress is an important feature of
public work.
dressed modcstly and properly today un
less she has had some one to show her
correctly, said Miss Locke as she urged
her audience of women to themselves
dress right and show the business girls
how they should dress.
"Eduration is needed among men as
we'll as women. 1t is fact that 1t .iS
! difficult for asgirl who dresses plainly
| to get good position. np ,rbrh adShi
business wearing tuxedo, coafs. pumHf
! and evening shirts? No.. But the girts
hwcar diaphanous. waists and dresses that
should never be seen outside the house.
THE French woman is not pearly S0
handsome as the American. but she
llluhNSa lIlt ulbSl VI ltI AuOhH' - Wv
never see her pulling out her powdeRs
puff ana iir sritK m public Shp~ nntc
use them, butHonly in her boudoir,
''In Paris talked many times with
Worth. the French master of fashions,
! lie WAS startled and-shocked, he said.
by the gowns. worn by our women. ASt
he didn't want them to change, hecalihc
he sells all his eXtravagant and cN-
trcme things to our women. No nation
spends 80 much on dress aS America
No women have so many clothes or Sc
many kinds of clothes as Americans
They spend too much on clothes
French women wearing short skirts
Yes. was shocked when | first saw
them. But ! never saw n Frencl
woman wearing silk stockings. l aSkct
Worth about it, and he reminded M
that when skirts were so short, th
French women wanted heavier hose.
Another thing-a French womal
. never wears n low shoe when she car
wear high one. Why? Because til
high shoe keeps her ankles shapcly
! Then when she needs to wear slipper
with proper gowns her ankles ar
nicely shaped.
French Women Aren't Fat
'"rhr French woman never allow
herself to become fat. She frankly tell
you fut isn't caused from heredity. bu
= from not eating properly. Not man
: French women wear corSets. Whc
G they do the garmbnts are made by ar
, lists. And the dress? Monsieur Wort
exclaimed over the fact that our womc
cut themselves in two with their whit
Y shirtwaiSts. We should never wear
q whit" waist and dark skirt without
g coat. Il" said. The French dresses ar
mere slip overs and sashcs. The whol
, genius and creation of the gown lies /
the sash. The slip is easily made. bu
always Of exquisite material Tl
: "aShes model the gown. | saw one sas
I twenty yards long that wound an
II wound about the form.
= "Our hats are all wrong. accordir
]" to real fashion. French women n"v,
r wear stiff hats. The hat should be
d frame for tho face. soft and alluring.
above all things. the French wolac
C are nnttt9Ess to faaS. nor do they hay
II ii new RtSlt.evcry year. Every woma
n wears what * most becoming to h.
It As ". Worth said. we should not judi
% garment by it's lines, but judge it n,
70 cording to the way it fits our lines.
- "Nu well dressed woman will wcu
gaudy. extreme styles on the stree