The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-11-11
ELLNOR CLYN DECLARES
CLOTHES REFLECT TIMES
Denounces Huntress Type of Woman Who "Balts'
Unsuspecting Male.
Deplores Idioc Treatment of Muscles by Women Sport
Enthusiasts.

more adOrnmcnt became the fashion
and in the early Renaissance the SuS-
grSiluu Of the mother as against any
thing Nolup;iuuS, became the ideal. You
Wi, notice how tightly the bosom Is
suppressed and how The abdomen Is an-
varrcd in sculpture and painting OF th'S
, date. Then in the later Renaissance
the ideal IS Ruhencsquc and Noluptl"as
I'm the extreme. becoming refined in the
Charles | pcrod--r!ch and severe ana
diguilicd. but rot too tightly corstrd,-
and 80 on 10 the next outbreak. under
Charles II, when art deliberately en-
posed or concealed all charms in women
In the way most to excite desire. de-
Cprum rcuSSrrtrd itself under William
and Mary continuing under Queen Anne
and then later in the 18th century
I creating purely artificial line of hcau-
". much the same in the iron Of tts cor
sets as IN the El!Zahcthan periods. but
I less distinguished. and less uncomtor'-
able and with more scope to express
! voluptiOuSncSs. There can he nnthIhE
50 suggestive as Louis Nv priht Oh
! n rrnun Of fashionable court ladies'
| DISCIPLINE. department and good man
nrrs were the things expressed in tho
18TH Century, as even among tn" street
4 women in the "BcEgarS Opera but rs
, the same time Il strong appeal to the
senses, and a suggestion "t the come
: hithcr" and the glad eye and the &C.
sire To attract
Before the great revolution in France
. :hc extreme stiffness had begun I" rcia
aud after that there was wild rush
back 10 the GrUck.-But even IN me
mos, extreme moment OF the Empire
rcriod women were never 50 thrly claG.
. or so naked as they are at present.
Prudery Gains Sway
Twenty years had passed after the
J revolution before the expression or the
rcrlinr Of the moment demanded more
restraint araiu--whtCh gradually, under
Queen Victoria. became the main idea;
prudrry rc!cucd and every open SnS-
pcst!un of desire To captlvat" the other
sex hv an appeal to the senses hecam"
anathcmn Look at the garments ~
the fourticS tiftics and sixties! The
waists become smaller and smaller---
3 shoulders are exposed in full dress hut
, no, TOO much huSom.--Thcrc are guam
, titles Of pctticoats. shoes are fiat' and
shapclcsS and ankles even more things
. not to he seen.
During all this time fashion had nev-
or once been regulated or Influenced b.
a thought for Hygiene. II merely &C
curatcly expressed the spirit Of the
time-and Hygiene did not interest any
one.
The marvel Is that children were born
well shaped and undcformed hut prob
ably only the strongest survived. AMI
the great self control which discipline
and department had instillcd into every
female mind would have prevented
! much "' the had reaction from unnatur-
nj suppression demonstrating In !he
physical.
The clothes Of the present day are the
Indication Of It's idea and cx:gcnc'es, as
, has always been the case. Now let us
! aualysc them.
They have grasncd the necessity for
hygiene They show determination
to he free. ana unhampcrci IN move
rrent. They give scope for individual
taste. they lot the body grow rs 1t
plcaSCs and take on what habit Il
plcaseS There Is no department or self
cuniro! IN tho wcarcr's make up ana
the clothes follow suit. In the day time
they show the leg nearly up to tho knee.
and in the evening when ! left Paris
about three months ago. nothing was
covered OF the body except the actual
points Of the breasts. All this expresses
n b.aStant desire 10 attract the male
a SuhconSCiuuS striving 20 secure rare
creature which the war has killed off In
It's thousands. IT IS Ike hcaptnE on
more and more fuel 10 make train
engine 20 faster and faster IN the hope
&C winning the race. Whether IL attaihs
It's aim - rnot IS another matter, but
Il Is crude attempt Ia do so.
Flirting a Sport.
TcacrownS combine comfort and al
lurcmcnt. Women like 20 sing into COM
Portable seats with a cigarette and free
dom tu allure They really enjoy sport
So they are not So particular about tho
sex appeal in their sporting costumes
the actual sport is the main aim then
But in the evening the capture OF man
begins again--and the bait must be eX'
posed
Al! this Will he Indignantly denied
probably Ivy many wom"n-but Il IL the
rruth.alI the same. although individuals
are perfectly unconscious of II. 1t Is
as II were. a large flock Of sheep fol
lowing the leaders action. not each
uu! deliberately thinking for Itself and
planning wha: Will and what will not
attract man The conscious idea to Mt
tract man has probably never entered
/ numbers Of their heads. II Is like 4
huge shnp-The head decides what the
: public wants and the assistants sell the
goods The head in this case l. nature :
inS!sIant desire 10 reproduce - the
dcar,h Of males regulate what the pub
, lie wants. and woman IS the shop as
Sistant selling p"rForcc what her mas
ire. the head. thinks hest.
I If there could be n sudden ad juStmcnt
] of numhcrS--so that there were an
: equal amount Of men and women--the
expression of dress would grow alto
gcthcr different: and II the men could
be in the majority again. the dress of
! women would become elusive and tan
| talizinE. covering far more than II en-
, posed. and the dress nf men would per-
| haps become more CntiCing.
1t was when women began 10 grow
into the ma jorlty that mems dress start
cd to become ugly and monotonOus
There was no NOR" any need for them
t. nut forth this attraction. Woman
has suhconsciouSly become the hunter
Man could safely look rs he pleased
taking him cn-Gros. Taking him en-
DEAL when he wore uniform. especially
the scarlet and blue and gold Of pre-
war days. he was able To arouse the de
sire Of Il much greater number Of WON
On that he would otherwise have beer
able To do. But in the countries. like
England. where women were already II
n" ma jor'ty strangely enough. mcI
seldom wore uniform and only on state,
occasions beyond the Cuards-and a!
| everyone knows n Cu1rdsman IN ful
10 lrrn SiCt hi