The Washington times., 1922-07-17
FLAPPERS WEAR
GRANNY s CARb
AND GET HA-HA
Real low-Down on Present.
Day vamps Given by
-~'' Wiseacres.
BY International News Service.


Webster. authority for all things
answers this oftenest-asked que,-,
tions OF ls22-''a young, wild duck
Mrs. Grundy. lown Ia the next
block. has a different version. y.
THE little hussy" is her upinicn.
Sweet mamma" is the designa-
ton Of the. cakes" and Jelly
beans" on the corner.
But they are all wrong" says
Miss Marie Williams. High roller"
that's "flapperanto" for 'presi-
dent"-of the Ewes Fraiis"-
translated II might be Ewes Daugh-
ters." In Kansas City.
For Miss Williams, with Miss
Hazel Craig, whose title Of low
roller" signifies she is the secretary
Of the organization has enlisted
1000 Of Kansas City's flappers into
their organization.
And we are not just a silly crowd
OF bobbed. haired girls out man.
chasing" Miss Williams announces.
Proof Is Submitted.
Miss williams and Miss Craig sub
mitted their "proof' to Kansas City
by actual demonstration.
Folks are always attacking the
flapper. Some seem to think US i'm.
moral because we bob our hair
others because we seek to be com.
Portable by rolling our own" Miss
Williams explained, crossing one
knee over the other and demon.
strating where the title she bears
High Roller of Ewes Frails"-orig.
mated
why aren't the girls of today
like the girls Of grandmother's
timer" is the question we hear
asked every day.
Wen tell you why" Miss vii.
liams declares.
This week." the leader Of Kan
sas City's flappers went on. Miss
Craig and ] put on our grand.
mothers prettiest dresses-great
fluffs Of the prettiest things, with
lace and hoops and-and everything.
Then we started out.
Briefly. our experience was:
I'VE couldn't get through modern
street car doors. When we bent
our hoops and. with the aid OF a
cussing conductor, got into a car
aisle, we did not dare sit down
hoopskirts are too revealing.
Chased From Street Car.
when we tried to get into a street
car at the rush hour our laces and
frills were torn by the pummeIing.
pulling mob OF men who were fight.
ing their way to seats.
Say a conductor told US. You
danes go rent a taxi-there afnt
room for both Of you in one of these
carsr
I'VE couldn't crowd into a mo'yie
theater seat with the bustles and
everything we wore.
I'm the office where ] work the
boss told me / was immoral, wear
ing such an outfit when hai to
climb up on our pully ladder to the
top filing cabinet.
But our dresses were pretty,
and IL we were just seeking men
all US flappers would dress just
like grandmother did in her day
why the modern flapper flaps
as she does is but the girl of to.
day fitting herself for the condi.
tions Of today.
Our clothes now are designed
for comfort and to take away part
OF the handicap a girl meets in
the business world.
THE man who criticizes us the
most-the staid business man
wouldn't hire us in grandmother's
costume to serve as his stenog.
rapher. or filing clerk-even to
clerk lin his store. We couldn't get
around fast enough-'nice girls, but
no pep he would say.
Flapper Clothes Modern.
."Flapper clothes are just 1922
clothes-a skirt in which we can
fight our way to a street car seat
| with any man; those With stay up
In comfort without the chains Of
woman's slavery-the corset--sweat.
er coats which will withstand the
dirt and dust of city street and
business offlce-hair that can be put
up without the girl getting up at
o'clock in the morning.
I'VE flappers have stood about
all we are going to stand from those
who attack us. We are banding to-
gether, and when we have our SO.
ciety fully organized we're going to
demand just one thing
THAT the public call us just what
we are-the 1922 girls. dressed for
conditions OF 1922-business WON.
defense Of Ewes Frails," while
Miss Craig muttered her full ap.
proval between puffs Of her cigar.
cite.
Both girls have extensive plans
for the promotion Of their society.
1T has nothing to do with boys
particularly with the cake-eater
and jelly beam" Miss Craig ex.
planned. I'VE seriously consider
putting a ban against all youths
, who wear oil.smeared hair, hats set
on a level with the eyebrow. and
jazz-bow ties. and be;l.bottom
trousers.
Ewes Frails' will have no so.
cial features for some time at
least.
What we hope to accomplish is
to list oil merchants who are
heard making remarks about girls
who wear tho flapper dress. Then
rwe1l establish boycott against
these hypocrits.
We're going to do lot Of other
things, tco--go into politics, marbr.
| We alreuGS have q candidate for
governor in Kansas-Miss Helen Pet.
| tigfew. We're goiJg to ask ali the
flappcrs there to support her. Then
maybe we'll show them just why
and what the flapper is"