The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-12
Knickers Taboo
On the Street

Perfect ladies do and will wear
knlckors-but not on tho street
Since tho advent Of tho fret fem-
inlne wardrobe in tho garden OF
Eden some cons ago there has never
yet been a time when any radical
change IN style has succeeded iu
robblnR tho garments that women
wear Of their essential fomlniu,ty.
The world has passed uuheodIng by
tho Amnzons OF ono age. the Doctor
shaw OF another. tho extremists ot
any time who think they T"o in the
apiug ~ masculine attire tho Focug-
ing Of freedom from what they Doe
Hove are tho bonds ~ privilege and
lack OF equal rights ot the Hrt
ono doesn't hear rp much about
equal rights uuwldIra. For ihr
same reason that ono doesn't chla"
a ffrrpfulr H'r.Ilr caught. but
more or loaa uuruueoluuHiv iuo su-
ypiled atruug.mIuI,d woman cone
tuucs tu drmouHrDtr her iudopcnd-
once hy tho Kind of clothes guc
wears ana no We have tho fovorr
gu1 mluuish tailored hat ana tho
flff. cullarpd tailored rhIrt and
along comes some Clovor designer
ANA Introduce tho knickorH. There
s. oven Whispering campaign
whose glst ia the fact that 10 won't
hc long until they'll ho worn on
tho street. iust Ike any other Kind
Uf n street suit FOR shopping, FOR
walking, etc. Indeed, 90 the whlH-
por8 go. they are already wear
Ing them, Just Ike that ln tho
cities.
wen. mobbc 30, mobbo no. But
Just aa matter Of preference, tho
word ~ a Tulsn buyer with ono uf
the biggest downtown stores car
rlcs lot more weight than The
vague rumors that cndow Mrs Chi
cago on Michigan boulevard and
Mrs New York ON her Flfth avenue
with bclted coat plus gently hlouTgd
and piquiut knickorH. And Mrs.
Margaret Bray buyer Tor IiallIbur-
tou-AbbOtt. haa yet 10 see her first
pair OF kuickors ON Fifth avenue.
Not that Mrs. Bray Isn't fur kuick-
ors, understand, She IA for them.
Hut she believes that American
women hayo time aud place Tor
everything and that they fcol that
dho street is not tho place FOR knick-
crs \ great many Tulsa women
ara buying them. Mrs Bray ays.
hut euch purchase ~ alwnyB made
for golfing, for motoring or for
hikes And la tlhs Tulsa women
don't diffcr from the women of any
other city.
II have heard" said Mrs Bray.
chat women IN New York have
adopted knlckers for street wear.
But | am inclined 10 question tho
authenticity of that rumor FOR |
have never seen a pair of them on
l'fth avenue, and | doubt very
much whothor they will over be
worn except FOR golfIng or motor
ing. They are dcscrvodly popular
Tor such purpose, nnd tho three
pleco suits are especially practical
For Instance, 1 know of one woman
who bought threc-pioco suit last
week, for golfing. when shc ~ on
the links she viii wear her knlckcrs,
but should she desire to como into
town after a game, or wear her suit
ia the morning perhaps occasional
ly downtown, she viii have hor
Hkirt that viii give her n most Of
toctive sports outfit. Women mak-
Ing motor trips find it very con-
venlcnt to have a skirt TO slip on
over their knlckors before they
enter the hotel, whore thcy are stop.
HlNk NN'InltUis VI 'oulhfs lUlh lH
Just my personal opinion, but I very
much doubt that women viii over
adopt knlckcrs as an accepted mode
OF dress"
The knlckors In many Of tho
stores and shops have held tho ccn-
ter Of the stage this spring In vim
dows fun OF colorful ana fascinat-
ing spring things. There isn't such
lot that is absolutely new 40 far
as styles are concerned this season.
There are tho usual lovely fruckS,
the cunta and cnpcs TO wear with
them, the suit In which, II there are
any changes whatever noticeable
gives II a tendency towards greater
severity OF line; the colorful hutg
with their bright vcila, the rrarta
costumes, tho trnil and lovely sum
mor dresses, ono new and bright