The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-03-27

AWAY SUNDAY
Explorers Seek Them in
Churches But Re-
turn Puzzled.
F STREET is EMPTY
what Is She?" Clergyman
Asks-Absence Of War
Paint Noted.

What does the iapper do on sun
day morning?
Nobody knows and few others
seem to care.
F street is empty. other rendez-
vous are barren wastes.
But the fapper is about. She
may be seen on Sixteenth street and
other fashionable avenues between
10 and IL, in her familiar garb,
gay as a crocus.
What could she be doing?
1t was suggested, timidly, that
she might be going to church Per-
maps she is not as pink as she Is
painted!
And so a survey was instituted.
Columbus mission was less pro-
found in motive. He only wanted to
discover the short cut to the Indies.
Here was a moral condition that
might be discovered!
War Paint Absent.
The first house of worship the
explorers reached was a Presbytc-
rtan church. After a long wait
IN which fat men and thin pen. ana
shabby men and shiny men, and
'righteous-looking women and we'll
dressed women, and some children
and many intent old persons were
seen to make their way within
a group of three young women ap-
preached. They. had all the ear
marks of the fiapper-from brushed
wool hat through colored homespun
suits, scarves. and sporting shoes
and stockings. But when they ap-
preached there was something
wrong. Anyone could see it. War
paint was conspicuous by its alb
sence. So the group was permit
ted to pass unmolested.
The next specimen of f1apper vas
bona fide- She was on the arm Of
a youth wonderfully and brilliantly
Dlumed in golf socks Of gorgeous
and varied hue. and corduroy vest.
And she herself was complete, even
to the green earrings and insignia
Of the Mystic order of Shutters on
her lapel
A New Experience.
Where are you going. my pretty
maid?"
Going to church, old dear" she
sigEled-
Why" breathed the reporter.
already seeing the exposure Of the
critics in black headlines.
Wanna see what ones like. don't
We. Eddie? Come along"
The next church on the way was
an Episcopal institution. Some
what subdued and a little hurried
were two girls about SIXTEEN. They
were a little mussed. the least bit
on the perfection OF toilet that
characterizes the happer. They
were beaminE. as usual. as IL max
ing the best OF a situation,
Mother Made Her Go.
why are you going? the re-
porter began again.
For goodness sakes ask me aft
erward." exploded the periwinkls
blue one.
Our mothers made US go to
church. and we don't want to miss
it ALL" the orchid one explained en-
PEASANT.
Picking within the edihce re-
veaIed but little of the spIashes of
color that brighten high school
French class. One raspberry ere
alton was sitting near the back.
but someway. the features made the
frock an anachronism, Obviously,
the fapper wasn't therei
Waiting outside Baptist church.
the throngs who filed out, with their
serene countenances, numbered
among them a few more of the
younger generation.
They Like Church.
Three young women in tan looked
particularly pleasant.
why do you girls go to church? ,"
demanded the reporter.
II go because l want to-" de-
clared one slim yOungster. Alas,
she wasn't a fiapper after all. Her
face was turned to the sun quite
guiItless of decoration. regardless
of her unifarm- and Shifter signal.
Il like IL, and 1 think we ought to
go, and lots OF my friends go too"
she finished defantly.
The next young woman beamed.
II let my daughters talk for them
selves. she promised There are
lots Of boys and girls who go to all
the churches. Those who don't,
fail TO go because they've never
been taught in their youth"
He Says They Were There.
The last church approached was
a prominent Methodist institution.
Although the expedition looked in
side. and waited and watched the
outcomIng congregation, not a
single happer appeared
whats the reason:" was the
question asked the pastor.
what is a happer?" parted the
clergyman. I'VE have them in our
congregation. They were all here
this morning"
And yet they paraded up and
down the street from time to time.
whence. and where?