The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-24
Signs of the
Times

weeds cut short for comfort and
frank display. 1t all happened very
suddenly you will remember and
after much talk about It that Il
could not happen. And now it's a
fixed fact that the time has come
90 take STOCK OF Il and what IL
means. Perhaps II means more than
meets the eye. And what meets tbo
eve Is much. You have only to stroll
along Broadway or Fifth avenue
In New York or Michigan avenue I'm
Chicago or the famous Peacock alIov
an Washington at the willard or the
Raleigh hotels, TO see this. Alas.
Tulsa yet is TO accustom ito fash
ionabie women to promcnading the
avenues. Perhaps the new Mayo
VIII have a Peacock alley. But to
this matter OF dropping dresses
Overnight this thing happened
one night when according TO the
social calendar. everybody's ward
robe contained short skirtcd frocks
and gowns. Yet Is seemed the uext
afternoon, as 10 were, long skirts
were visible everywhere. Some were
new gowns, others were the older
ones with hens let out or draperv.
falling uneven or I'm points TO the
fashionable new length Just above
the ankles. The avenues were newly
Wv hs fNih Allfl no kilN the
sllkmaEers or Erance are TO blame.
Now the secret Is out. SO saws FL
lery Rand In the New York Times.
Continuing, tho writer saws: AT
all events there IL was. And whether
the women wanted IL so in their
hearts or had this now fashion
thrust upon them, the new fashion
has already become in this town as
much OF n Uniform OF the sO-called
wel-dresscd as ever was the old or
any other fashion in two brief
months Short skirts still llnger, Of
course. quite n lot OF them, and
more than quite short. many OF them
But they are leftovers. The change
was so sudden for all the warning
they'd had, that many were caught
unawares. also many were stubborn
unbelievers. And their unbelicf Is
suitably punished as they walk, not
diaped. but merely and briefly
dressed.
That lends an unwonted variety
10 the last summer street spectacle.
always a notable thing In this town
as the real people begin TO drift in
from the country and abroad, and
the stage people come in from
wherever they go, and the provin-
Gals flock In from ,the provinces.
most notable. There are ladies' whose
legs still simply brave the sun to
the knee, and there are ladies whose
arttully, shiny footwear peeps in and
out OF drdpery unevenly descendant
10 the ankle. we were near forget |
ting that there was such a thing as
an ankle in the show--and yet the |
poets
But We are not here concerned |
VI &c a.
ures in these trailly things are in |
their imperfections strangely more |
apt to be revealed thereby than con-
cealed. 1t might seem that IL took |
female of the species naturally |
more faultless in shape and carriage
to wear a long, drapod skirt than a
snort, straight one. with the short .
skirts still lingering so plentifully .
ana 80 short, this comparison Is pos
slble Later we may have to rely
upon mere memory of the short
t"lrted effect. 1t is fairly arguable .
from the evidence now available that /
the average of female legs Cto the
knee; we are not here concerned .
with the bathing breeches) Is better
than the average OF female figures
al the way. Regrettably often, the
Mearer Of these new trailly, slimpsy
Things looks dumpy--and lumpy.
let she wears them as complacontly |
as she lately wore the flappcr trap
pings. BY the way. the principal
utterencc In any one Of those dozen
lrocks from any other one was in the
sleeye-all trailly sleeves, like the
lrocks' and all cunningly designed to
reveal a part (but rarely the same
part OF the wearer's arm. That,
you must have noticed, is where the
master man -miiliners, shapers IL not
makers OF the fashion, have this
season concentrating their ingenuity
IN unexpected revealment and mock
concealment. They have especially,
YOU may, have observed-especially
ana with deliberation-disc
the elbow. almost, like the ankle, a
forgotten weapon in the panoply of
peauty At this moment every elbow.
,noWso 'er in these years past neg
,,ected-every elboy is potentially
NE that famous right one OF THE
Mlkado' Katisha. at has n fascina-
uon that few can resist and is on
.Mew.' only the spectacle IS not lin
Ned 10 Tuesdays and Fridays or
yealousiy restricted TO the bearers
oI visiting cards. There Is only the II
ulck arrangement of the revealing |
sleeve TO say when or how much.
This is only one indication-of
many IN the approved new style OF
saressing--of what is I'm the wind. i
me man-milllners OF Paris, London l
ana New York determine how sim
PIE minded multitudes OK males are
9e vamped each season. BY these
"Initers of the elegancles. 10 whom
perhaps more than to herself woman L
ives her reputation for infinite vari-
ety. II has been decided that she
VINO has been so frank and boyish
Yer since the war Is from now on
.i9r a while) 10 be obviously art
~ ~ Her dress is to be supersophis-
ugated and she must assume a now
,tppnlsticatlon a. OF manner to match
lhe new dress"
eIhaps II was not only Paris that
whipped the women into line. II
i;may De, even, that something rose
,hhau9sent In them 10 rebel against
..HtelI own eXcesses. Partly, too. Il -
:" ase-old craving for something |
~" tnat has brought them around |
ne girl Is tired OF being scamp, |
ii dressing like one and behaving |
nv one and being expected to be-
ba'Ne IKE one. She wants to play at
ling a lady for n while, to try dig
NY instead OF effrontery, the arts
"a suggestion instead OF the direct |
coe93cs' the seduction Of the half-con-
sGT,led ceG,e Instead Of the stentatorian
81 OF the obvious and all-reveallng.
III snps INTO her new role so easily
snet s we can hardly hear the cogs
st1te' That artist model f. not the