Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-04
men ARE TO BLAME FOR
W0MEN's DRESS STYLES
Letters to Beatrice Fairfax Say I'M
modest Creations Meet Mascu-
fa line Approval.
'ioDEsTY IS NOT DEAD
All Girls Arc Good Sorts, After All.
Whether Tailored or OF Dccollcttc
Variety in Giddy Whirl-Com-
nonsense View OF Regular Girl.
ny BEATRICE rAlI,l,Ax.

d y few weeks ago l gave over my
column TO 4 letter from Il YUM: mar
named I.Innard. let him "xprcss
here and openly his view on the ;:irl
% ,oua-- and her compromises with
4 Inc standards OF dignity and dc:'cncy.
didn't comment. | iust let Len
z nard have his say anu showed i TO
all of you for what ii was worth.
The article brought me rAny IN
( tcrcstinE letters. want to thank
the girls who wrote Inc 50 frankly
and fully i'll regard u tns matter.
i want 10 tell them that their splcn-
did sex loyalty would--if properly
applied and cnforced--lo a lot 70.
: ward solving our complicated social
? problem OF today.
But I'm going to restrain myself
I'm going 10 say nothing. And again
/. the column shall be given. over to
many letters. They a-e interesting
{, bits. aren't they? They tell u story
they sy. comment 6, on toaay SOM day
the column belongs to the girls to
!. whom Lennard sent his challenge:
S with protest:
FrsciiIn'S Letter.
Your Clarion Call for Modesty."
in the Richmond Times dispatch. has
a 10 qssser ere 70 as59n a shSnd s, E
accusing Eve. and just as unfairly as
ever.
Modesty is not dead; she is pl >keL
away. in moth balls with great,
shsii a%ias s {ashiooaa around "d' 10 ,hS hem
When the majority of men refuse
TO be attracted by the snowy girl
the majority OF women, Will cease
man oe the weaker vessel? lie seems
fe-eTv: yielding. so easily, TO tcmpta-
Please issue 2 call for men who
ca stand alone OF thc narrow ledge
~ ;7 etsaeS; Ideals and can help Z
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--Es-
The d-eSs-a1.=-s department. stores.
etc. merely :9,.e~ th@ fashion mat
so far that w.thc-. any great apti-
tude 'owarc prophecy. think can
say lmat It Won't pe 50 very long
ion once more.
We, women are. beginning TO real
ize tina, j, is wha; Is ia the head
that counts great deal more than
what shows or The body. and in
cidentaliy. what shows on tho body
is the result Of what IS In The head,
4 course. but ! can speak for the lit
tie group OF which ! happen TO be
% %ne a aed n w'ln to sssgrs yoG nat
spinsters or homely lacking girls hu.
just the Regular Girls" OF the same
Y type OF our sex tina; Leonard" is
Here's n Question.
Frankly now, i-cnmard. isn't il the
2 ner and 70 the ti.tatcy. i.wnen You
take a girl? VOC S.. you talk husi-
ness 10 the girl with tn, linen blouse.
just as though she We're fellow.
But she ism, fellow. and. though
she may like 10 talk business with
EoH why not Try 10 remember that
& underneath that linen blouse there's
= an awtGlly decent sort Of "a girl
heart, and its probably an awfully
lonely one. TOO. and perhaps it's wish
Ing you'd stop regarding i: In the
y light of a machine and wOulG want
its friendship ana compauionship in
stead OF just its opinions on business
r. matters?
III Why not try taking little Miss
4 Tailored Blouse out for q good tim.
some evening. and get some OF ycur
young men friends 20 do the Same
You'd be surprised. y you ono.
showed a preference for the tail
ored girl. what an overdose o: tail
ored girls YOU'D have In YOU. once
g. It's the men that are 10 blaln.
= for the girls immodest dress. They
4 seem 10 like il The girls merely
q do il to hc popular Were AM I,
pretty good sort. after all whether
3 we are OF the tailored or oc the
h dccoilctte variety know. because
x have friends IN both classes
why not write TO the men and
& ask them TO show preference TO the
tailored girl? assure YOU wed all
4 live happily ever after
MERE GIRL.
And so say