The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-11-04
MEANT TO ADORN
Feminine Garniture, Ascribed to
Vanity, Not Modesty.
Writer INDUCES In Fantasy Concern
ing Woman's Apparel From Dom
ming Of First Flower Wreath.

All the psychological research or
this subject, writes James Hopper In
Leslie's, has gone to prove again and
again that clothing came, not through
mOdesty. but through the desife-or
necessity-for adornment for height
ening the sex attraction.
The beginning is when Miss Bo-Bo,
strolling au neturel beneath the palms,
absent-mindedly weaves a wreath OF
flowers plucked from the passion vine
and by chance throws 1t over and
about herself. And Immediately
causes a sensation-MIss Bo-Bo finds
that she has increased her attractive
ness Immensely.
But after a while all the ladies In
, Miss Bo-Bo's tribe initiate Miss Bo-Bo.
They're all going about, now, each
with one wreath hung upon her. Time
comes when this ceases to arouse any
attention whatever.
Miss BOBo vanishes into the woods,
and reappears draped In two wreaths.
Again sensation. But Of course
the same thing happens as happened
with the first wreath. Everyone be-
comes used TO the two-garlanded STYLE
Miss Bo-Bo disappears among the pas
sion vines, and returns with three
wreaths on.
Sensation again; general marveling.
Each time that Miss Bo-Bo feels that
she is failing in her power, an ir-
resistlble instinct within her causes
her to add another wreath to her
charms.
Finally we have the pretty Miss Boz
30 altogether covered with flowers.
Here, of course, for some time Miss
Bo-Bo Is stuck. There is no more Of
her she can cover with flowers. She
may go on for a while by superim-
posing, placing wreath upon wreath,
and changing her outline to the
pleasure Of all--for while. But this
also has its limit. Staggering be-
meath her flowery burden she finds
that she cannot add another blossom,
another petal.
She remains in this state, you may
believe, long time. But chance, at
last, brings her dellverance.
On very hot day, by chance, she
takes eff her uppeTm0st wreath.
Sensation, commotlon. II Is not
cute, 1t is not chic; isn't 1t bad and
bold and delicious
BO-Bo remembers. And when once
more things have become little fiat
and uninteresting she takes off an
other wreath.
Sensation, commotion. Look, here
is a maid, and you can see the wee :
hint of her soft neck. II is not so
naughty! Oh, dear, I'm going to wear
my wreaths with one wreath less!
Thus the process. goes on, till finally
little Miss Bo-Bo stands beneath the
passion flower vine exactly In the state
In which she stood when she was
weaving her first wreath.
Does she remain thus very long7
fancy she docs not.
She is after obeying the great law
which says: BE beautiful or the
world dies" After a while she puts
on one wreath. Then after while
another. Then after a while third.
And thus, till once more she is all
covered up with them.
Upon which she starts taking them
off one by one.
And this Is the process which, In
vented by Miss Bo-Boi with flowers,
has been going on ever since. In silks
and brocades, in velvets, calicos. or
candies and ginghams. And this IL
what I call the ACCORDION Law Of
dress.
In the late nid-victorian times we
were at one Of the points In this per-
petual balancing which corresponds
to the moment In Miss Bo-Bo's prehls-
toric life when she had on all the
wreaths she possibly, could carry.