El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-02

Street club. the Irene Thrift club, an
] organization OF chorus girls and A.
I Mitchell Palmer, whose interest IS
/ IN squelching not so much gladness
Z as extravaganza
While the campaign Is invading
/ even our drawing rooms, with the
I idea OF clothing them little more
[ fully and less fancifully, Il is par
/ ticularly directed at the modern
! working woman Young women who
wear distracting clothes to the Of
I flee. whose Eladness effervesces and
/ spills over into the sObsr working
hours, and who monopOlize bust
ness telephones for protracted, mirth-
fui conversations with their various
/ acquaintance. and who insist upon
[ joyfully vamping the boss when the
poor man Is anxious to get through
the dictation and out to his golf, are
not expected to occur in the future.
The Wall Street club Is taking these
species Of gladness under its wing in
the hope OF definitely saddening
them.
Miss Elizabeth Sibley, president Of
the organization, has very decided
views on the subject which she con-
fideutly expects TO impress upon
thousands Of young women employed
in the Wall Street district. during
the coming year.
Need Word Of Advice.
mot everything that It is neces-
sary to know IL one IS TO succeed in
business office IS taught IN pre-
paratory schools or business courses
declares Miss Sibley. There are
questions Of dress and deportment
which are most important Older
women who have gone through the
stage OF office work, which these
girls are just entering can give them
word or two Of advice which we
feel should be OF some value"
ing. according to Hiss Sibley, that
one woman, the head OF a large bank
ing house, recently became so en-
barrassed at the diaphanous attire OF
the other feminine workers that she
raised all the windows in the Of
flee and then tactfully suggested
that the girls put on their coats so
that they would not take cold
At the recent convention Of the
National Federation Of Business and
Professional women here. where the
subject OF dress reform received
great deal Of discussion. Mrs. Chris
tine r. Kefauver, supervising N
spector OF the bureau OF Industrial
hygiene Of the New York depart
ment Of health, created a mild stir
by her assertion that many 2 VIE
becomes unduly suspicious OF her
husband II he has In his employ
girl who dolls up Ike a fashion
model" In her opinion Il was up 70
the modern business girl TO suppress
her glad appearance in order that
she boss's wife might rest In peace
and comfort
Ms. Kefnuver q not especially
interested in the welfare Of
bOaH'B wives except IN 30 far NJ
they interfere with the success
OF buHInesH women.
realize Il. but Il Is not fair 70 her
self to dress for the office in insult
able clothes" she says. The time
has come when entering business I
with woman does not mean merely /
the filling OF q gap between school !
and marriage It means as much to- /
day TO a girl as II does to her brother I
She must therefore avail herself OF !
every opportunity 70 make Il a sue
cess What would We think OF q man I
who wore q dress suit to the office ]
in the morning? And yet women 90 /
into offices in gowns suitable Tor I
tea or dinner"
Mrs. Kefauver knows OF one case I
where a young office worker, doubt I
less a victim OF glad propaganda 1
race az you only look on the bright I
side OF thinEs), lost her position I
through dressing tribe too exuOer-
antly for the role OF a clerk Happily I
unconscious OF the unfavorable impress
sion she was making upon cynical 4
public, she went about the efficient 4
Derformance OF her duties until one I
day the wife OF one OF her employers 4
clients happened into the office and /.
saw her
That lady Immediately de-
handed that her husband take
HIS legal businell TO some other
office where the young women
employees were less gOrgeOusly
aftired. which 50 upset the
young clerks boss that he fired
Il the present reform campaign
we're confined TO the dress and
manners OF office workers one would I
not attach so much Importance 70 it.
but even chorus girls have become
infected by the desire 10 be sober
minded. It Is not unusual 10 lind T
whole companies OF chorus ladies
knitting while waiting for
the cues IN the wingss while one com
pany playing here in New York has
organized the Irene Thrift club
which Is an organization for promot-
nE the wear Of sensible, muslin
lingerie. These girls have repudiated
All frivolous apparel OF this type and
nave espoused the COARSE practical
md economical garments Of their
yrandmcthers' days
nE an autipathy TO frivolity, the
.uture holds much hope for the ex- :
.inction OF gladness. With so many :
-eforms under way and gathering
lurious momentum, there will soon :
% nothing left to be glad about.
Tes; there would be much hope for
he weary IN the future were it not
or one disquieting possibility. sup
,oss everybody went right on being
slad. anyway
o. L.. J..