The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-23
SKIRT IS REJECTED
 BY WOMEN

SAN FANCIsCO, Oct. 22.--"They shall not pass!"
 Such seems to be the attitude of San Francisco girls toward the de- cree of Dame Fashion that skirt hems must bite the dust.
 survey-reluctantly undertaken shows that 90 per cent of the San Francisco girls are still wearing 'em short despite Fashions decree.
 In the hotels, on Market Street, at the Beach promenade, and in fact, at any windy corner the visible as- sortment of silk hose may be taken as prima facie evidence that the de- cree calling for long skirts is but a | scrap of paper.
 In the fashion salons, of course, one hears a different tale. Says one manager of a suit and cloak house: Perhaps by another three months they will come around" She voiced 1 this confidence, but at the same time admitted that the ratio of wom- en wearing the longer ones was not more than 25 per cent.
 "The women here, will never con- sent to do the work of the Street Cleaning Department with their skirts" it was whispered. "We think they will adopt the fashion-con- servatively."
 It requires only fairly acute eye sight and only a modicum of obser- vation to back up the original state ment-not more than 10 per cent of them are "longer," and one has to be careless with figures to arrive at 10 per cent.
 But if the short skirts are staying the flapper is becoming extinct. We have the word of the State Depart ment of Education that cold statistics vouch for the passing of the pleasure loving, empty headed, aimless bits of 1 fomininity classified scientifically as flappers.
 The California flappers have turned to the pursuit of knowledge I and in so doing have gone about it in such thorough fashion as to en- tirely eliminate the possibility of a charge of "aimlessness," which is, according to the authorities, the chief cause for castigation of the flapper type.
 , Six months ago, when the type was at it's high ebb, educational rec ords showed that Intellectually, the individuals making up the type were } at a low ebb.
 l But today the girls in the schools of the state are making better rec ords than ever before in the history } of the department. Out of a total o 5 243,314 girls enrolled in the element t ary schools but 2O,743, or less thar g per cent, are classified as repeat CTS" This term means retaking worl of a preceding semester.
 !, In fact, the erstwhile flapper' 5 promise to put to shame the present l day "flippers," as the he-male species D of the type has been characterized l Be it said, however, that the he l male flippers have new style tt Q occupy their attention. It's th' }, toreador trousers, with their bell-lik l. neither openings. The style is sal r to have originated in Los Angele d and is now going the rounds. Fash e toned of corduroy and constructe with high waistline. it is considere r quite ''shiek" among the flippers. Bu e one welI-knOwn firm advertises tha r while it has them in stock they ar
 a type of trousers mo self-respect ing young man will wear" This pal
 ticular firm reports no rush of GUS toners.
 Another type of dress again wi become popular. The Navy has re , sumed recruiting on the Paclfl Coast after a period of quiet. Like
 wise the Army and Marine Corp y As a result the navy blue, the arm khaki and the marine green al U again wing with civilian styles. Re u cruiting is reported, however onl
 fairly active.