The Washington times., 1920-11-24

ouutry and can say pour 10 the
men
Not that | don't wash the men 10 al
nirn/ me. I would not be human IL
| did not hk" admiration, but II " a
mistaken idea Ia think that u fronch-
woman, as | am, must be senEs tional
and naughty in order 10 succeed.
TRY in all that | do to win the women
and not To offend them"
Dr. James i. Walsh, N. H., Ph. D.,
medical director of Fordham Univcr-
sity school OF Sociology and professor
OF physiological psychology at catho-
drai College, said: 81 haven't given
much thought especially to womep's
stage attire, but OF one thing ] am
1 quite convinced, that on or off the
stag women have gone altogether
| to- far in the elimination OF what
used to be regarded as proper cover
ing for the feminine body. There Is
no question in my mind that the
movement Is prompted and guided
wholly by Sex appeal. the appeal of
the woman 10 the man.
WOMEN APPEAL TO MEN.
II, have not considered the matter
OF whether stage women's semi-nudity
appeals more 20 men or women, but
taking tho proposition in u general
sense, II seems obvious that women
dress for women and undrcSs for men,
both Of the stage and on the stage"
Mrs. L. W kingsland, president OF
the Daughters OF Ohio. one OF the
most active Of New Yorks club WON
en-, said:
THAT liz new one on me. There
| will always be sensationalism on and
I IF the and
never can have classic dancing by q
woman with "a conventionaIity clothed
! figure. | never undertook To analyZe
| the emotions that one sort or another
Of stage exhibitions appealed TO in
others. Each one sees these things
with his or her own eyes. and | never
thought there was any difference be-
tween men and women in that re-
spect."
Austin Fincgan. president OF the
Catholic Theater League. church
organization for the censorship Of
plays, issuing a white list" Of those
which are considered within the
bounds for nice people to attend.
laughed at the conclusion OF Miss
Pennington that the scantiness Of
stage attire appealed more TO women
than to men.
That is ridiculous" be said.
while I believe myself that women
like saiacious plays better than men
do, they do not want TO sec the par
TALLY undraped figures OF the women
on the stage. That is for the men"
MIR. ZIEGFELD's IDEA.
r. Ziegfeld. jr., believes that per-
! sonality plays an important part in
deciding the fitness OF feminine cos
tuning.
"A scantily dressed woman minus
| porsonality takes on the look of
hardness" says Mr.. Ziegfeld." but a
woman with poise. beauty. grace and
personality may wear the same clothes
and give an entirely different impress
sion"
Personality gives an indefinable
charm 10 clothes that might DO other
wise considered bizarre. There are
women in certain musical shows who
appear scantily clad. The audience
Immediately graspS the idea that il
is merely vulgar display of flesh
and do not even applaud.
"And yet the finished star may ap-
pear in n diaphanous costume, and
by the sheer force of her magnetic
personality sweep an audience fgur-
atively of its feet In the art of
dressing personality is, and ever will
be. the deciding factor"
Prof Philip o. Badger, New York
University, said: Men are really to
blame. In the beginning they led
women toward extremes in clothing.
and the women, with their gradually
increasing power, in time took con-
troll OF the matter altogether, and
there is no question Of their having
carried IL II extremes"
Mrs. Ellen O'Grady, Fifth Deputy
Police Commissioner, said: IT think
Miss Pennington is talking nonsense
don't believe that the draping or
non-draping OF the figure OF the
actress is the first thought OF either
men or women. II Is the art OF the
performer which makes the music sp-
peal"
Miss Martha Lorbcr. principal
dancer in Mecca" said that in
her opinion IL is largely matter
of whether or not a dancer has
good figure, rather than what she
wears. that contributes to her sue.
cess.
so far as dancing is concerned"
she added. "it is impossible to dance
with a lot of clothes on Both men
and women are not interested in so
much what l wear as in what ] do.
The flgure is what counts far more
than any drapory."