Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-22
N. Y. NOT HIT
BY WOMENS
DRESS RULES
By FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

New York, March 21.-The heavy
bombardment of dress regulations
which is being hurled at the poor,
surprised working girl in SO many
American cities has made no I'M
pression upon New York. Here
working girls can still wear VIVA
they please. Their employers have
laid down no stern and arbitrary
rules for them. When Chicago dc
nartment stores frown upon bobbeG
hair and rouge for sales girls anu
when Newark banks FORBID tolieu
stockings and peek-a-boo waists n
their formal precincts, New YORK
ers merely shrug their shoulders
and smile q superior sort oil shille'
So far, they have developed noilo
of these prejudices.
"Short skirts and bobbed mar
have nothing to do with moralltS
and efficiency" declared the heaa
of a large New York mercantiie
house when questioned on the SUP
iect. whether the skirts OF our
.emnloyes are six inches or Twelve
Inches from the floor does not con
ern MS. We stress neatness ana
dignity. but aside from that-there Is
no effort made to influence Oh
corece our workers. Dress Is
matter of taste and habit. wear
ing the hair short or long is a per
sonal matter which has to do WIN
the individual and no one else
we feel that our people have the
came right to exercise indlVldual
Taste in questions of dress as the
dahutante or the society woman.
yes" Joined in his junior par,
ner. disgust in his voice, All SUI
prohibitions are nonsense-sheel
nonsense. Business women shouIu
be permitted to dress as they
please, lust as men do. we 90 NO
object to bobbed hair for oui
saieswomen any more than we ODD
iect TO bald heads or side whiskcr'
on our statesmen. In fact, wher
Won come to think Of it, bobbed nan
lis not half so offensive as no nan
ot olI. is it?" And he smiled az
he stroked his own sparsely-.coVer,
ed SCALP. "Then the question OF
dress is a sensitive one, with Wo'
men thew won't stand much cru,
cisr on the subject. They are APP
to get sulky and develop a grudgee
and an employe with a grudge Is
worse than no employe at all
suggestions, Not Regulations.
There is one department store II
New York employing about Sow
women, which does have certain
regulations concerning dress. bu
they are tactfully offered as sug
gestions rather than demands. Al
| advisory committee on this import
ant matter, elected from amons
the saleswomen themselves, doe
the advising when necessary. Giri
who wear thin waists. for example
are gently informed that it would
/ he in better taste If they confined
themselves to inconspicuous under
wear, and girls who appear IN eX
travagant decollete are politely re
auested to desist. Otherwise, tn
advisory committee seems to pos
sess rather liberal ideas.
Not even tnese limited restric
lions are placed upon the 400
GIRLS and women who are employ
ed by large insurance company II
this city. When questioned as 7
this seeming lack OF discipline,
business executive of the firm as
serted that the company was con
cerned entirely with the efficienc,
Of it's employees and not with thei
clothes.
IF the girls want to wear shor
skirts or wear their hair bobbed o
in Mary Pickford curls they may
Some of the company's officials
of course, have their individual
prejudices. BY the way, funn.
incident happened here the othe
| day which you might be able t
use in this connection. A girl cam
in to apply for q job as stenog
rapher in Mr.. (we'll call hin
Smith) Smiths office. She wa
the regular flapper type. will
short hair and short skirts and he
face streaked up like an Indian