The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-16
Sims Of the Times.


a Niotcr is at its height vet windows
are filled with early spring hats and
already milady goes shopping filled
with curiosity as to Just what she
really wants as change to the
heavier headgear which she has
been wearing now since september.
uints and signs are out as to what
is TO bc "iust the thing" and II we
arc bright eyed, W ecan perceive the
tendencies. Just at this season of
the year there is u Chapeau known
as the mid-season hat. II offers
a change from the weightiness of
the typical winter hat which is 80
grateful to the face that needs some
what more of lightness to constitute
IFS frame. and 1t leads by a gradua-
tion to the hats of the spring. which
will be even lighter and more grace
Jul
\ The hats just now and the hats
prom!scd for the coming spring
form more and more that ideal
franc for the face which the bes,
mill.ners have always set for the
height of their standard. They say
that no hat can be considered IA dec
Grafton or "a trSmming-that to be
thoroughly acceptable II must be
simply an all-embracing series of
lines that bring out the face to the
full Of its powers OF light and ex-
preston. Now, often that ruling
is scoffed at by those who are ar
lists in name only, but never by q
modiste with true sqrtistic sense.
Concerning styleS the New York
Times writes Interestingly. under
caption, "Rebellious Young Set" and
has much to say about a custom and
naturally. n next thought is How
do We do here In Tulsa?" The arti-
Gle reads:
The Younger generation continues
to startle. Discussion RACES in
magazine articles and at dinner and
tea tables over the manners and
morals of the young. The subject
OF present violent discussion is
about a sort OF mutinous use. of the
Tuexdo. This time-honored gArn,ent
was to be worn only at stag" din
ners, at clubs or possibly Informally
al home-Dever to be seen at n din
ner where ladies were to appear.
And now watch the young men as
they line up from IL o'clock on at
any debutante dance. How many OF
them appear In anything but the
u
nave been to a formal dinner first,
md, even then, how grudging is
their donning of the swallow-t tail!
Unless the ball is a decided excep-
lion to MOST, where numerous older
men. friends Of the family" are
present, wearing conventional eve-
ming clothes, how few and far be-
tween are the full dress suits today?
The opera seems to be almost the
only surviving institution in New
York where intrepid youth does not
venture in the beloved dinner jacket.
There the old tradition seems to
hold.
Commenting, on the opera situa-
ton, youth said: "One night, re-
.cently. one man in our box wore
dinner coat and, across the way
was one other man or boy--he
couldn't have been more than Ia
who also wore Tux. He was prsb-
ably there from boarding school
But II you are going to write any
thing about clothes. do stand up FOR
the dinner coats! They look so much
more comfortable. Girls alwayl
Ike them better. And why should
"a hostess think you are insulting
nor If YOU appear In one.?' oi
Scourse the reaction of the Older
generation is quite different. 1t has
its own point of view that is summed
up thus: When girls put on bal
dresses there is no reason IN tht
world why these spoiled young mey
can't wear real evening clothes. Din.
ner Jackets are absurd for forma
balls, Ten years ago, or even flVe
a man who appeared at a ball In
dinner jacket would hardly nave
been permitted to enter. Now the
Young men come wearing anythint
they like. How rarely today do yot
see a man coming to n ball with
silk hat, conventional full dress
gloves and a gardenia? They come
wandering in wearing any sort OF
soft hat and impossible soft shirts
And the situation seems to be get
ting worse. This winter one seei
J more dinner coats at debutant'
dances than ever before"