Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-26
Bodied HGir All
Right; So Also
Are High Skirts
Miss Pearl Thomas, Candidate
for State Senate on
Liberal Platform.

TOLEDO, Ohio, April 26.-Bobbed hair,
bobbed taxes, light wines and beer, COM
plete approval Of prevailing fashions in
woman's dress, vigorous opposition to
interference by males In such matters as
woman's self determination, less graft
and more work for State employees, better
telephone service, Justice for war veter-
ans, fewer strikes and more arbitra-
ton.
Those are just a few planks that will
be included in the platform now being
constructed by Miss Pearl Thomas,
twenty three year-old manicurist Of this
city, who has set the politicians scratch
ing their shaggy heads over her an
nounced intention Of running for the
Stare Senate on the Republican ticket.
Miss Thomas two years ago won first
prize IN a hotly contested bathing re-
view here.
"Bobbed hair is aH right" Miss Thomas
"And so are short skirts, rolled down
stockings, low waists and rouge and
powder. l believe in all Of them.
bobbed my own hair because my head
ached from carrying the load. 1t is just
as sensible to have your hair bodied Is
it is TO have your tonsils or teeth re-
moved or to have your appendix put in
a bottle. As for short skirts-do men
dress just as comfortably as possible?
I've never seen a man letting his morals
interfere with his personal comfortl
FAyORS LIGHT
WINE AND BEER.
I'm in favor of restoring light wine
and beer. Nobody ever got the d. It's
drinking wine or beer-but I've seen
men, after taking one drink of the mule
" lv 10 ~
best homes, 20 out on the street and try
to sell passers-by pieces Of Great Britain
Cor ten cents each. There are institutes
all over the country which thought
they'd have to close their doors when
prohibition came, and today they are
charging their quarters to handle the
former drinkers Of light wines and beer.
There is no reason why women should
not enter politics. Men want them every
place else-Thy not in public office?
The only men I've ever heard say that
women have no brains are those who
are married to womeT who have enough
brains to save sufficient money out OF
household expenses to buy Christmas
presents without demanding additional
funds.
Men treat public Office as Joke.
They think the minute they take pub
lie job 1t is part Of their work TO study
the gentle art of How to Extract Graft
Without Pain They aren't responsible.
A woman is. Nine out Of every ten
women when they land a responsible po-
Sition take their work to heart and give
their best. I think women are better
savers than men; they have TO be be
cause up until now they've had to be
content with what man gave them-and
in most cases its been mighty little"
SERIOUS ABOUT
HER CAMPAIGN
Miss Thomas Is serious about her
campaign. She says so herself She
isn't just seeking untoriety
I've had a good chance to study men
and l like most Of them" she said
They are like little children, though
You can't boss them, but you can coax
them. They like to be mothered. They
never grow up. They like to be re-
lieved Of responsibilities In fact, I
wouldn't be a bit surprised if in another
fifty years the men, through sheer relief,
would turn over the affairs Of the uni
verse TO be conducted by women-and
I'm almost ready to say that believe
the universe would move along more
smoothly under such conditions!
II don't believe we can do too much
for the boys who went to war. They
deserve our fullest appreciation And
I certainly pledge myself to them-I'm
for them, bobbed hair, paint, rouge,
short skirts and eyerythingH
And then Miss Thomas took a male
voter by the hand and calmly led him
into her den of beauty