Evening journal., 1922-07-20
BY HEDDA HOYT

(Written for the United Press.)
NEW YORK, July 20. Omitted
Press I'm accordance with the
evolution of dress. fiappers are
destined to be relagated to the junk
heap Of forgotten pasts.
The little knee-length skirts and
saucy hats are doomed to rest in
the garret with the hoop skirts and
bonnets of other days.
The bobbed headdress is to re-
ceive the same fate of the spit curls
of yester-year. The household cook
is to fall heir to the low-heeled san
dals.
And the culprit who wished all Of
this on us is-the long skirt. There
is no use arguing about it. the long
skirt is coming back. Some JOY -
Killers say it is here already.
what does the long skirt have
to do with ousting the flapper?"
you ask. Can you imagine a long
skirted female with a crop of short
hair? 1t can't be done.
The little bobbed heads simply
demanded the bobbed skirts and
now with skirts reaching within four
inches of the floor, the fapper is
certainly UNDERGOING zone of the
crises of her life"
Taste i'm Dinner FroclSs.
American women are better
dressed on the streets than when in
smart restaurants and roof gar
dens," commented a French con-
noisseur Of gowns who returned to
Paris this week.
1T is surprising" he said, Ito
note the difference between the eX-
cellent taste Of American street cos
tunes and the lack of taste in dim
ner frocks. On the Avenue. one
finds little distinction between the
shop girl and the debutante. They
are all beautifully shod; their
gowns have the chic of the French
creations; their bearing reminds one
of the ancient Greeks and their
figures are superb. But" he added,
they could learn the art Of dress
ing for the dinner hours and for
the roof gardens from the European
women. In America there is either
too much over-dressing or too much
under dressing at informal gather
ings." &
Those of us who. resent foreign
criticism of American women's dress
will do well to glance about us at
the smart restaurants. II the de-
butante, the shop girl, the society
matron and the manicurist can not
be told apart upon our streets. they
can there. The debutante is usually
too overpoweringly gowned in even
ing frocks that should be worn ex-
clusively at formal functions. The
shop girl with the out-Of-tOwn buy
er is either gowned in a home
made replica of the gown of the
debutante or in a street dress with
a street hat. The fiapper flaps at
the dinner hour just as she has
tapped all day-fringed skirt, wool
en- hose. sweater and with a sport
hat Hopping over one eye.
In a room of two hundred wom-
en- perhaps only thirty will be ap-
gowned. We are an odd
mixture of weeds and orchids.
At public places. where anyone
who has the price of a dinner may
there should be the
semi-evening frock. These should
not be cut too extreme in decollete
and should have some semblance of
of sleeves.
TO F1apper.
The flapper should out of her flap
per naiment at the dinner hours into
a sheer little organdy. or into
pretty. colorful georgette. She can
look just as girlish in a little snug
fitting bodice with tiny puffed
sleeves and a full. fluffy skirt as she
can in knee-length plaids which are
only suitable for sport or day wear.
The shop girl will find a mauve or