The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-05
BY FAITH HERONYMus.
Every generation laughs at the old
fashion

Every generation laughs at the old
fashion
but follow religiously the new.
--Thorvau.
The cold last week caused q sud
den revival OF ovcrcoats and cloaNs
and talk on the part OF the monfolk
about tho clothes women wear They
resumed their Sintcr-lonR habit OF
looking askauco at the silk-stock-
ingcd and low-shocd apparel Of
their women kind as they freely md
frankly spoke their minds concern
ing same.
In this TRADE they had the moral
and verbal support ut certain grand -
mothers and great-aunts who have
not yet been caught I'm the currents
OF moderuity and who climax their
homilv ON the subject or dress hy
the self-rlghteous chant;
In my day it was different
But was It? Distance londs enc
chantmcnt TO custom sometimes and
each succeeding generation has Its
quota Of horrlficd one who so'
STYLES through indigo snoctaclcs and
dolcfully predict TuuatiUu uud de-
generation as tho result OF them.
The Tulsa grandmother who can
acclimato herself to the short
skirted and oyp-hruwod plucking
habits OF her young flappcr grand
daughter, and the father who tears
his hair because his daughter won't
wear heavy stockings aud high shoes
merely sec in Miss 1929 what the
caustic-tongucd Mrs. Trollopc saw
in Miss 1882 and passed ON that
all might read I'm her Domestic
Manners OF America"
To Hang with Seasons.
"Thcy do not consult the seasons
In the colours or the styles of their
costumes complains Mrs Trollope.
q have often shiycrcd at seeing a
young beauty picking her way
through the snow withsa pale rose
colored bonnet set on top or her
head. They ntvcr wear uuffs or
boots ana appear extremely shocked
at the sight " comfortable walk
ing boots or cotton stockings even
when they have to step from their
sleighs over the ice and the snow.
They walk IN the middle of winter
with their poor little toes pinchcd
into miniature slipper, Incapable
OF excluding so much moisture as
might bcdew a primrose
II Fashion Is I'm "a Callous mood
now, az opponents T low-uccks nld
short skirts and silk hose I'm winter
believe she is. the mood is but a
repetition Of former tcmperamcntal
spells. As far back as 1SO2, "a
Journalist who might have been sur
fering from dyspepsia complained
that "bodiccs are cut extremely low
and display "A very great amount OF
neck" Another e about the same
period who utilized the press for
communicating TO the world at
large his disgust at fashions walls.
1T IL impossible 10 divert to the
state OF female manners without
noticing a stlll more melancholy
proof Of the decay OF those feel
ings which are the grand bulwlrk
OF feminine virtue, than even n
growing indifference to the Charac-
ter OF those who are admitted irtC
the parties OF fashionable life" go'
ing ON further to state that he re-
ferred TO the mode OF dressing af-
fected by women Of hi6aest stand
ing and copied verbatim by women
Of every rank.
But the wheel of fashion T. Ike
the Wnecl or fortune II ~ ANYWAY .
turning back. And in virtually
every whim and dictate of what
women shall wear is a reflection Of
some style ~ a day gone by. Petit
coats frinstance.
The BIoomln' Bloomcr Question.
Now men and very many WON n
believe that the abolition Of tho pet
u coat IL a modern iiycntiOn, The