The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-04-20

promises herself by thus advertis'
ing her defects or what she thinks
are defects, and since she Is tne
principal sufferer, and the rest OF the
.people are saved or offended, accord
ling to their respective views OF THESE
matters, 1t resolvs itself into mat
| ter of trying 1t out with the pubic
until it adjusts itself on Its merits
1t is a sensible thing for the pub.
lie, and especially the great mass OF
| observers who do not IKE THESE
practices, to make the best OF dis-
agreeable situation and try not to
feel annoyed by it. If it is disagree
able they naturally show less inter-
est in the person who follows TINS
practice, and If it is agreeable to oD-
servers they will probably snow
their preference for these decorated
crations, so in either case it will not
hurt the public and It Will be settled
on It's merits.
Now is the time to give full swing
to that old maxim, III people want
to make fools of themselves, there
Is no law to prevent It."
Women Might *14
Try 1t $780, ..s't5 n
People who are worrying about
the low neck dresses and the short
skirts and the danger that the two
may meet, can take fresh courage,
for there is possible remedy Tor
them and. for the people who feel
that they. or their friends, may be
unfavorably affected by tt.rs g ~
For d thousand years, mariners
have been trying in vain to find
some preventative or remedy for sea
sickness, and now comes forward an
inventor with a Curator to keep YES
sells from going to extremes In rock
ing upon the waves. 1t is designed
and operated on the principle that
controls top spinning so rapidly
that it cannot fall over. If 1t tips
over on q slant, the speed makes 1t
right itself and brings it up steady
again. BY building big metallic
top and planting it on a shaft in a
central position on the vessel and
keeping it whirling at high speed, I'll
so steadies the vessel that it cannot
go to either extreme to right or left.
Applying this to the low neck and
short skirts, or to the think-tank Of
the persons who feel the danger Of
being corrupted by the vision of
calves and knees, it seems quite |
probable that some kind of gyrator
might be used to keep all concerned
from going to extremes on the sub
ject.
OF course, there are lot Of folks
who claim to me normal, who quite
enjoy meeting their friends in frank,
open, unconcern as to the size and
shape of their legs and knees, who
rejoice in the added freedom of
movement it gives as well as to in
sure greater safety in accidents or
where quick, free action
Is necessary to safety A good many
girls would rather be alive and we'll
han to be dead or crippled by be-
ng tangled in skirts at the moment
If an accident. There are good
many women who have made the
discovery that skirts of today, chop
Jed off about foot at the bottom,
10 not pick up the dust and mud
ike the old style skirts did. They
re easier to keep clean; easier to
wash and iron; easier to walk in and
elieve them of considerable weight
hat used to cling about their waists
# hang from the shoulders where
hey Ike to be free.
Fashion or custom or habit seems
0 decree that man shall wear coat
hat is padded all about the
houlders to keep 1t in shape, and