The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-05-12
She Repudiates Organization Re-
puted to Promote Promiscu-
Gus Filtration.
SUCH A SOCIETY NEEDLESS
She Founded the Original for "Jazz''
and Pocket Money--Now BvNJ Pop
uIarixing "Necker" and Other
Slang Phrases.

New York.-Life is just brimming
over with excitement for the fapper
these days. No sooner has the fnme
of one exploit ceased to be nine days
wonder than another comes along to
take its place. A few weeks ago she
was reveling In the glory reflected by
her adoption of thu turned-down ga
losh as footwear for promenades on
fair days rather than protection for
stormy weather. Now it's the activi-
ties Of the Society of Shlfters that have
again turned on her the spotlight Of
publicity.
She denies, however, any RESPONSE
bility for the organization which, ac-
cOyding to Gertrude Robinson Smith
of the Vacation association, under the
naue Of Shifters. Is promoting pet
tirg parties," and fiirtations. AS n
Inftter Of fact, the interest of the flap
per In the Shifters is gone and when
the name did mean something to her
1t wns not such an organization as that
described by the head of the Vacation
association, with a Fifth avenue head
quarters and an ornate badge.
I'VE don't need badges or secret or
amy other kind Of societies to have
petting parties,'" said high-schooi
fiapper after the latest version of the
purposes of the Shifters. "nnd who
would pay for the privileges of join
Ing a flirting society when one can
have one of her own? That's all junk.
30 far as we're concerned. Somebody
may have taken up the idea and be
trying TO make regular business of
II. but we started 1t just for jazz
Inspiration for Pocket Money.
The original Shifters, she explained,
horned by group of high-school flap
pers, had no officers, bylaws or head
quarters except in the heads of Its
members. 1t was founded, first to pro-
vide new sources of pocket money,
and secondly in the spirit of the old,
familiar schoolboy game of pass It,"
Her pleas for different sweater for
every day in the week and several
pairs of ''last hopper" shoes (those
low-beeled, horse and leather sport
shoes originally designed for golfers)
getting beyond the resources of the
parental pocketbook. the tlapper was
forced to evolve some scheme for pro-
ridins the articles without which she
Felt herself debarred from association
With Yer kind.
srnxim, There's one born every min
Nte," to the ianate prediction of
eTery schoolgirl to belong to a society
nad wear a bNdge. She took brass
clip, such as used In any business
;asfice, with l-s characters 20. K.'
stamped on 1t and with 1t fastened to-
Eether the two ends of the scarf she
bad purloined from her fathers stock.
This clip, worn In that way, became
the oficial emblem Of the Shifters.
! The badge aroused curiosity. All the
virls asked the original group Of found
. crs what It signified.
"It's the Shifters' badge" they were
told. Its new society. Everybody
: II Joining. I,on't you want to come
IN? You can Aecome a member by pay.
ing me a qua-ter. Then I'll give you a
badge. That gives you the right to get
% many me,nSer us you can.
Girls of convincing tongues and Ia
tent selling ability collected as high
M $12 week for membership while
the going was Sood. The membership
tee ranged from quarter to as much
IN the traffic would bear. but was re-
stricted chiefly to the smaller sum. So