The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-07
W0MEN'S
CLUBS IN
STIR over
'AFFR0N1'
W. C. T. U., Churchmen
and College President Join
to End Exhibition


Indignant church and club women
today declared war on Seatfle's pret-
test ankle,
In round terms they denounced the
prettiest ankle contest which is be.
ing conducted this week at the auto
show as a disgrace 10 woman.
kind"
Fired by an attack made on the
contest by Jerome Shaffer. a school
entertainer. speaking before the Par.
ent!Teachers association at the
Rainier school wednesday afternoon,
they hastily organized a teicphone
protest campaign TO-DAY.
TELEPHONE DEMANDS
CONTEST BE STOPPED
Under the able Leadership Of Mrs.
II. u. Sinton. $40 42nd ave. s., heads
OF church and women's Organizations
were importuned TO start all of their
members telephoning 70 the head Of
the auto show. demanding that the
ankle contest be stopped. Moreover.
they announced that they would per-
sonaliy attend the contest tonight 10
confirm the reports they had heard.
-
sinton said to The star over the
phone today. when Mr.. Shaffsr
called our attention TO the fact yeu-
terday afternoon that Seattle e1rl,
and women are parading behind :
screen. displaying their limbs 30
promiscuous crowds OF men. We vero
all shocked and Mortified"
The contest IL being staged each
night at the booth Of the Browns
Foot DINNER Co. A cash prixe -
400 Il the bait that 10 being daHsa667
before poesessors Of pretty ankle3
the Judges ere composed entirely
Of men.
Last night Miss Mar5orfe Bolton. :
model for the MacDougalI scuthv1cSI
Company. was awarded first honrr1
for the evening. 4.
On Saturday night there win Be a
elimination contest among the Win :
ners OF the nightly honors ana tho
300 will go TO the ankle adjudroA
the trimmest of these "runnertuns :
DR.. Shaffer's address Wednes6ny
afternoon to the Parent Teacher -.
sociation was entitled "Jaxx ana
Common Sense" He called attent3oo
70 the contest and aroused the WON.
EN- by his denunciation OF II.
PROTEST MOVEMENT
GROWS LIKE A WHIRLWTND
within an hour and a half thu
morning. Mrs. Sinton told The Star.
she had enlisted the sympathetic af6.
OF pastors. club leaders. the W q
4. .. and Mrs Blanche Mason. head
OF the women's and girls protective.
division. M
These included Mrs. II. f. Maltbv.
secretary Of the Federation OF WON.
ems clubs; DR.. Tiffany, president of
Pacific college; Mrs. +. l.. G. Clark.
a women's legislative worker: the
Rev. Fl. I. Chatterton. president of
the Seattle Ministerial association.
the secretary to the Rev. NJ. A. Mat
thews. and Mrs. Jackson Silbaurh.
legislative representative OF the
Western Washington w. C. r. n
They all denounced the contest she
declared.
Mrs. Sinton said that she would
attempt TO have all these people at.
tend the auto show tonight and view
the ankles on their own behalf. and
that on the strength OF this a public
mass meeting Of protest might b.
called later in the week. IL II was De.
cided a mass meeting would do any
good.
Mrs. Silbaugh voluntarily tele-
phoned The Star today.
Il wish TO protest against the con-
test IN the name of my organixa.
tion," she said. II have a feeling
that a show like this is entirely out
Of place"
Miss Bolton. asked by The Star
today what she thot of ankle con-
tests. said 1T depends altogether
upon how you look at IL. suppose"
She added:
II think II Is perfectly all right
IL girls want to show thir ankles"
Informed OF the campaign against
the displaying OF ankles. she said:
Don't they show them on the
street every day."