The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-28
new YORK MINISTER
APPROVES COSMETICS
and PRESENT STYLES
[From the Brooklyn Eaglel

from the EdSl6J
The painted lady," n C a social
pariah, now appears in the best Brook
Ign families, where the lipstick and
rouge are accepted as nonchalantly as
talcum powder. AS a straw which
shows which way modern winds are
blowing, the Rev. Claude f. Morris,
pastor of the Prospect Park Baptist
church of New York, unlike the Rev.
DR.. John Stranton, said recently that
he approves of a moderate use of
cosmetics.
Il do not believe that the average
girl of today smokes cigarettes" said
Mr.. Morris. However, most girls do
use rouge, lipstick and eyebrow pen
Gil. In moderation, l believe these
harmless cosmetics improve their
looks.
Personally, l approve the moderate
use of them by girls and young mar
ried mt The temptation, howev-
er, is to initiate chorus girls, who per
haps use cosmetics to excess, and fire.
~quently appear on the street with an
excess of paint, which would look
well only behind the footlights.
Worn For Style
ne IuOuCIu olglC VI OACoo "AN
its tight, short skirt, bare knees and
no corset, is worn mainly because 1t
is the style. The average girl Or
woman does not stop to analyze the
reason why she wears certain styles.
1t is the style, therefore she wants it.
If in the near future style DEGREES
longer skirts, covered knees and cor
sets, then she will follow the style.
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certain style. There always have been
immodest dressers. Immodesty was
here when the skirts reached the
ground and collars reached the ears.
Personally, l prefer to see women
dress comfortably. Short skirts are
more comfortable and sanitary. Bare
knees are all right for children, but
a little out of place for high school
lassies.
Styles, Morals Don't Mix
81 think style of dress has little to
do with our morals. A long skirt and
a high neck on a woman's dress will
not dam up the stream Of evil thought
in the mind of a degenerate man. On
the other hand short skirt and a low
neck will not degrade the thought of a
clean minded man. Morals are not
made by women's dresses. Morals
! come from the inside out. Not that
/ which goes into the mind defiles it 50
much as that which comes out from
the mind.
However, I do think that the mod
ern girl is too flippant, perhaps, in her
| attitude toward religion, marriage and
her elders. But l think the ancient
| girl was flippant, also. There never
! has been a time when some girls were
not considered zoe flippant. FIippancy.
however, is not an objectionable sin;
it can be forgiven and also can be
corrected, to a very large extent.
Boys are FIippant
'"The boys are just as flippant as
the girls. at least outwardly so. They
may think a little more deeply and 4
little more seriously than the girl, but
they succeed in hiding the fact pretty
well.
81 do not believe u young people
drink as much as their parents did al
their age. They do not drink nearly
so much as they did before prohibi
ton went into effect,
Late hours may be a little more
common now at parties and dances
than a generation ago, because the
younger generation seems TO have
more endurance and vitality than we
did a generation ago. However, l dc
not think that indicates any less NOR
atty.
Men do not refuse to dance or pay
attentions to a girl who does not pet.
smoke or drink. Beware of the weak
brother who looks for these things il
a girl. Men, real men, like a modest
girl. Many a man has refused to have
anything to do with certain girls be
cause they did these things"