The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-06

~HERE is not n particle OF doubt |
ri that tho fiapper's day IL over
the napper. that is-as some
~ writer has said--as "a state OF
mind rather than an actual person.
Flappers. according to the bnBllsh
Idea. are awkward, growing girls Oh
adolescent age. The English happer
is tall. shy girl. all arms and iess
and with her hair IN braid she
Is expected 10 have beautiful manners
but Is not supposed to speak until she
In spoken to when older people are
about She 10 n typical example OF
that immortal maiden who Is 'sthhu-
ing with reluctant feet whore 'he
brook and river meet" Not muoh
like the American flapper OF tho past
year or so, Is she7 Not much OF the
shy, reluctant maiden, tongue-ted III
the presence of her elders about the
American napper who has OF late
nlled the columns of tho SUNDAY sup
plements and the pages or nctIoh'
with her earrings and her cigarettes
and her decided opinions and her con
tempt for middle-age she Ia pro
nounced personality indeed. But her
day is almost over. Long skirts VIII
make an end of her!
Longer skirts Lend Dignity OF
Carriage
Who could be a typical napper In
an ankle length frock and with done
up hair?" For as surely as the night
followoth the day viii hobbed heads
depart along with abbreviated skirts.
Short hair and long skirts make
combination. not cute and saucy, but
blue-sto tockingish-- tho thought
Already come reports from the bar
bors and the salespersons who handle
halrnets that bobbed tresses are beng
allowed TO grow and are being coaNed
TO look like colfiures by the addition
OF switches ana hairnets.
The new long-skirtcd costumes look
very dignified-almost prim--after so
long an era Of short skirts; but grad
ually one ia getting used 10 them and
already q very abbreviated skirt be-
gins TO have that sad and ugly look
OF garment hopelessly out OF style
on Fifth Avenue now you see occa-
slonal tailored suits with skirt hens
touching the ankles, and. OF course
most OF the indoor frocks have panels
and drnperies that drop below tho
skirt hem and give huggestion OF
length.
WIN Sweeping skirts Rcturn2
A great many women are asking
anxiously; "Wll those skirts that
swept the pavement return to fash
lon?" Who kuows2 The writer would
not venture to predict what fashion
may do when It gets started on what
YOU might call the downward tran--
IN petticoats. IL does not seem that
women who have sacrificed and suf-
fered through the war years, who
have found out tho comfort or freely
swinging walking skirts and low
heoled boots, will ever consent to the
foolishness of skirts that have to be
held up IN one hand to keep them
out OF the Nth OF city streets. Il does
not seem so! You say you won't do
Il; and / say l won't do it--but shall
we have the courage OF our convic-
tions II all the smart spring costumes
have those trailing skirts7 who
knows7 At any rate skirts are not
yet at a fearsome length: the autumn
street suits--some OF them-touct
the ankle bone, but most OF the new
models are In a sensible, graceful
length--just above the ankle ant
well out OF the way OF sloppy pave
ments.
Many OF the dinner and restauran
gowns have draperies that drag oT