Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-11
Beauty May Be Spoiled BY Unafrachiue Ankles

FEW YORK-(Special Correspond
IN .ence.)-The heightened skirt is
= here, there's no doubt about that.
The smartest girls one sees on upper
Fifth, Park and Madison avenues, at
the afternoon affairs at hotels and
restaurants. are wearing them at least
eight inches from the ground. Al
ready the extremely short skirt looks
the style of a yesterday, every woman
understanding just how passe that may
be. And as the tendency is to narrow
them at the hem. the business OF learn
ing to walk with a much less strident
step is again upon us. -.
But it was not of the new skirt
length / intended to talk today. ex-
cept as it applies to the ankles. Inc
short skirt will die hard with many
Of us, for it was a free and easy cov-
ering as far as it went. With the
emancipated feeling and the actual
muscle freedom. one could get where
she was going in time as correspond
ingly brief as the skirt.
The slender ankle craze has been
with us during the abbreviated skirt
allowed by the greater distance from
heel to skirt hem was more kindly
in the long run (no pun %intended) to
the average girl than the eight or SIX
inch skirt length. This latter leaves
nothing but the ankle itself to be view.
ed. Consequently. it requires a neat
turn to complete a pretty picture as
the eye travels downward.
Pep, Energy and Persistence
Before going farther. l warn the
troubled in this regard that reducing
ankles is no easy job. You have to
-,s .Soo -uoh IF if-and q deal
Of pep and energy and faithfulness into
the exercises / am about to recommend.
Not before four solid weeks. including
HOLIDAYS. holy days. and Sundays. OF
energetic kicking and stretching need
you expect a noticeable difference:
Then every week after that there will
be added improvement. I cannot guar
antee any stated number of inches re-
duction in any given time. because mat
is entirely up to you and depends upon
the vim and vigor with which you tackle
the slenderizing job.
One of the curious freaks of nature
is to turn the ankle of a woman over
weight by 40 or 80 pounds with the
grace and dimensions of the most exact
ing sculptor; and, again, to deposit
upon the legs and ankles of an other
wise underweight girl avoirdupols that
simply appals her. There's no ex-
planning it.
Beware the White Stocking
First. let me call attention to the
necessity of neat stocking-ing where
the ankle measurements are out of
proportion by reason Of adipose.
New York has often been said to
have the best shod women in the world.
There's reasonable ground, too. for the
proud boast that the women here dress
from the ground up. Their feet, as a
rule. are asy to look at. But even
rule, are easy to look at. But even
tante with the gross ankle encased in
white and beige and silver stockings,
when darker cOlors would serve better.
The one person who might be justified
for great extravaganza in finest silken
hosiery is the heavy ankled. She should
afford it for her wi happiness. be-
cause. as every one of us femmes know.
the thickness and the sheerness of a
stocking have great Influence.
But more important :; the adjust
ment of the stocking so that the seam
in the back runs a straight and even
course. and not in . drunken, Keeling
line which distorts the shapelest of
pedal extremities. One wouldn't dream
of putting a hat On with corresponding
carelessness. And it is such a trifling
responsibility. EedHE-tniS uTdNlnS tne
stocking into a straight line from heel
to the knee back, when you consider
the difference it makes. 1t might be
said in passing. too, that it prolongs
the life of the stocking to adjust the
weave as it was made to be adjusted.
Kick Like Everything
Now. for the shifting of the weight
that presses upon your spirits and
upon your ankles:
1. Suspend a pillow in the doorway
high enough to insure a good stretch