The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-27
Modern Maids Are More Clean
Than Those of Olden Times
BY EARL c. REEVES.

LONDON. March 10. -- Elindr
| Glyn, reported to be resting somr-
whore In California, had better biGte
a while. in the opinion Of Miss Edit ID
ShaCkelton.
quito "A bunch OF very modern
young ladies may give her a recep-
tion II she returns just now.
The famous novelist has said
something which Miss Shackletoih
and other very modern young ladir 3
interpret as infering, IL not sayih e
bluntly that women aren't as clea n
as they used TO be. She is revolte d
by modern females putting smoE q
at you, and quite disgusting. to one
sense or another, to be near" Slr
holds up IN contrast the women of
the beginning OF this century "e :
fined to their lovely finger tips, gen I.
tie voices. perfect scenes anil
clothes and manners, exquisitelF
fresh creatures whom II was Oh >
vious that a man would want to
kiss.
Mrs Glyn." says Faith Shack, 20
ton, writing with spirit in the Dali v
Sketch, "is q courageous woman 10
make such charges even from the
distance of California. ] should not
be at all surprised to hear of hfir
being attacked by thousands OF i'm
loorahs, and buried under n mourn
tain OF bath salts and tooth powde ..
after being severely produced by "A
millioTorange sticks, for TO say thgt
the woman of 1872! is personally less
dainty than her predecessor of 1901
is about as easily defensible as saw
ing that a medieval castle was
more hygienic than the Middiesux
hospital.
Sure She Takes Bath.
''It could never have been mo re
difficult for the animated to deci ie
whether a girl in evening dress W as
bound for ball or for n bath than
II is in London today, but, at a ny
rate, she has had the bath. II wot Id
be too obvious II she hadn't.
"Ar efficient bath, too. Aim, )st
any London business girl of tod ay
is better bathed than. say, MI .ry
Queen Of Scots was Mary had a
silver bath filled with warm ed
wine, but il probably wasn't half so
effective as the hideous plumbing In
our thousands of geyser- fitted su-
burban bathrooms
THE late Victorian cotsets alone
was enough to have started a res
thence. II was an elaborate, eXp en-
sivo affair, OFTEN II could not II ave
been washed The modern girl. for
all stale smoke, has not q skeleton OF
that sort in her cupboard"
Then Edith remembers the ONE
time heroine OF romance who, on
awakening was always throwing q pen
the windows 10 let In the pure morn
ing air. Edith shifts, with her sis
ters who would rather have a sn Ow-
drift in the bed than sleep with the
windows closed"
No More Camouflagc.
What do they buy? That Is o test
of what folks are, says Miss Sha kle-
ton. Twenty years ago, she finds,
they bought frames 10 puff out their
hair. false curls, switches, stiffe ming
for absurd sleeves, binding for hor-
rible street swteping hens. Nova
days the shop counters are he nped
with nail brushes and manicure sets
and shampoo powders while We have
no evidence that Juliet even pos
sessed a toothbrush.
THE modern debutante, WITH her
airy garments and airy knees. gOuld
wonder what to make of the rC mark
or a jealous chaperon at Dublin
ball In the nineties: NO ca ptain.
Mary is not for you this polk.i. I'm
keeping her cool for his exec loncy.
"The modern girl OF 1921 Is ~
best washed being who has yet joined
the human pageant"