Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-07-30
RIOT OF NUDITY AMONG WOMEN.
FAMOUS ENGLISH EDITORS YER
SION OF WORLDWIDE Pile
NOMENA-THE GROSS
AND GROWING M
MODESTY OF
WOMEN.

LONDON SUNDAY EXpRESS.)
What is the meaning of the riot
of nudity into which the world of
womanhood has plunged so fran
ticaliN? Here touch a very dang
crouS SubJcct-a woman. Nearly
everybody who touches her burns
ms fingers. After thousands of
years man knows very little about
This battling and elusive creature,
and what he thinks he knows is in
variably wrong.
The war has profoundly disturb
ell the feminine mind. MANY mil
hons OF young males have been
slaughtered. muliiiatcd or dcranged.
mere is a Worldwide shortage OF
males. The strange hcrd-saul of
woman, moving in the mass, has
taken fright al Inc sentence of cclib
DacN which has been passed upon
her. There arr not enough TO 30
around. Before the war The rivaIry
OF woman was acute To-day if is
frcnZled. InsiinctivcIy the herd
soul OF woman is doubling its al
lurcmentS. i:colins its wileS, quad
rupling lis bats.
II has cast moucsiy TO the winds.
1t has abandoned all its reserves
and reticcnccs. All is, fair in love
and war. and the herd-soul Of wo-
man is resortinS to The most auda-
cIou" devices in order to captivate
and capture The surviving males.
The vogue OF the jazz dance is
one symptom of this frenzy. The
violent outbursts of vehement colors
in feminine raimcnt in another
The hysteriraI cccentricity of fcmi-
nine attire is another. But the most
alarming symptom is the absolute
~ braZcn display of feminine
charms. ! have always suspected
that man is the shy sex and that
woman is The shameless sex,
but now ! know il. In pure-or
impurc-clironlcry women today
arc the equals. if moi the supcriorS,
OF the women Of any epoch.
The growth Of feminine shame
lcSsncss has been so gradual that
We have become Injured TO ii. We
can hardly remember the days be-
fore the war when dcccncy was
still praclicch in the public theatre
and the public restaurant by re-
spectacle women. II is moi easy TO
recall the era of The weld calf.
But the climax in cTrontcrN is
The vogue Of The bare back. The
other night II thcatcr the bare
backs in the stalls suggested that
The stage had ceased to compete
with society. \ man said to me
that he fell inclined TO go TO the
thcaicr in future armed with Il
rubber stamp. Before him sal a
lady with nothing on her back,
which was cnamcicd with some
pink liquid. IL should like" nc
said, "io brand her in red with The
words wet paint"
II is not pleasing TO sec a marion
Of forty or fifty summers with DIV
cd hair, rougcd lips. painted checks
blackcncd eyclidS and eyelashes,
branhishing her adiposc back at Il
disguised crowd.
Worse sill is the abOminabln i'm
modcSiy Of The young girl who apes
inc manners If not the morals of
the courtcSan. The age of child
hood seems 10 have passed. Girls
are grown up at twelve. blaSc at
thirteen. hrarilcSS at fourteen. birds
OF prey AT fifteen. cynics ai sin
teen, and sour at seventeen.
IT is the fault Of the mothers.
They no longer guide and restrain
The plcaSurc-loving girl. They al
low her to rub Off the bloom OF
youth in dubious resorts with
doubtful companions.
And the Tide Of corruption flows
more and more strongly every day.
'Thc dcCadcnt and dCgcncrat poiS-