The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-12
DAILY NEWS LETTER
SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN STICK TO SHORT SKIRT;
 HAMPERS FADING FAST
By ELLIS H. MARTIN, International News Service Staff Cor
 respondent.

San Francisco. Oct. 12. '"They shall not pass."
 Such seems to be the attitude of San Francisco girls toward the de- l cree of Dame Fashion that skirt hems l must bite the dust.
 A survey-reluctantly undertaken shows that 90 per cent of the San Francisco girls are still wearing lem short despite Fashions decree. In the hotels, on Market street, at the Beach promenade and. in fact, at any windy corner the visible assort- ment of silk hose may be taken as prima facie evidence that the decree calling for long skirts is but a scrap of paper,
 In the fashion salons, of course one hears different tale Says one manager of a suit and cloak house:
 Perhaps by another three months they will come around" She voiced this confidence: but at the same time admitted that the ration of wo- men wearing the longer ones was not more tban 25 per cent.
 In another home of fashion Christ mas was set as the date of the prob able equalization of the feminine re- volt in San Pranciscios although even there 1t was admitted that Dame Fashion would have to make some concessions.
 ''The women here will never con- sent to do the work of the Street
 
 skirts" it was whispered. We think they will adopt the fashion-conserv- ative1y."
 But to return to the matter of the eyesight and only a modfcum of ob- servation to back up the original statement-not more than 10 per cent of them are longer" and one rive at To per cent.
 But we'll keep watching. Maybe the change will come :. If so we'll tell you about it and stop watching
 But if the short skirts are staying the fapper is becoming extinct. We have the word of the State Depart ment of Education that cold statis- tics vouch for the passing of the pleasure loving, empty headed, aim less bits of fen1ininity classified sci enttfically as f1appers
 The California fappers have turned to the pursuit of Knowledge and in so doing have gone about it in such thorough fashion as to entirely elirn- nane tne posS1D1Itg tg of charge of the authorities the chief cause for castigatton of the f1apper type
 Six months ago, when the type was showed that, intellectually. the indi- a low ebb.
 But today the girls in the schools
 
 ords than ever before in the history of the department. Out of a total of 243,S14 girls enrolled in the eIemen- tary schools but 20,743, or less than per cent, are classified as repeat CTS" This term means reta king work Of preceding semester.
 In fact. the erstwlhile ffappers promise to put to shame the present day "fippers," as the he-maIe species Of the type has been characterized.
 
 Be it said however, that the he- male f1jppers have new style to oc- cupy their attention. It's the torea- dor trousers, with their bell-lille neither openings. The style is said to have originated in Los Angeles and is now going the rounds Fashioned of corduroy and constructed with a nigh wafstline it is considered quite shiek'' among the f1ippers But one well known firm advertises that while It has them in stock they are a type or trousers mo self-respecting young man will wear."t This particular firm reports no rush Of customers
 Another type of dress again will l become popular. The Navy has re- 'umed recruiting on the Pacific Coast 1 after period of quiet. Likewise the | Army and Marine Corps. As a result 1 5he navy blue, the army khaki and he marine green are again wing with 1 civilian styles. Recruiting is report 1 ed. however, only fairly active