Evening star., 1922-07-16
young devile! commented

I6sTHE young devils!' commented
the 1929 fapper with mock hor-
ror. "And in place of the flapper walk
they evidently did a wicked jiggle.
Listen" and she read:
Some girls have a trick of jig
Cling their bodies; they shake all
over as if they were hung on spiral
wires. Some do it only on en-
tering a room: others do it every time
they are introduced to anybody and
whenever they begin to talk to any
one. 1t must have originated in en-
barrassment and a desire to do some-
thing without exactly knowing what.
Being adopted by some popular belle,
it became a fashion in New York and
spread thence to other cities.
And the writer fairly weeps over
the younger generation" said my
lapper. Just as they weep over us
now. because so many Distinguishing
traits of a high-bred lady are lost"
The f1apper laid down her book
few moments later. Glory" she
calculated. Here we girls go flip
! ping about in knee skirts and think
ing nothing of it. Our grandmothers
actually spent valuable time practic-
ing how to draw their skirts in close
their ankles or pantalettes as they
held their skirts up when they walked
down stairs. This way of holding the
skirts up the book says, is effec-
| tual without exposure and we'll worth
practicing to acquire What self
conscious modesty!'
Another passage from '"The Young
Lady's Friend" that amused my
youthful neighbor, concerned the
"desecration of the person:
BE not lifted in and out Of car
riages, on or off a horse; sit not with
| another in a place that is too mar
row; read not out of the same book;
let not your eagerness to see any
thing induce you to place your head
close to another persons. II
q finger is put out to touch a chain
that is round your neck, or a breast
pin that you are wearing. draw back
cept not unnecessary assistance In
putting on cloaks, shawls. overshoes
or anything. of the sort. THESE
and many other little points OF
delicacy and refinement deserve to be
made fixed habits. and then they Will
sit easily and gracefully upon you,
heightening the respect Of all VINO ap-
proach you and operating as an almost
invisible, though a very impenetrable,
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desecration of the person"
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0NIoW I ask you. isn't that quaint!
~ Warning a girl against the dam
ger Of reading out Of the same book
with man! Today it's cheek-to-cheek
dancing that will burn our wings, pr
hooch that will scar our souls. BY the
way, there's a paragraph here ABOUT
how a young lady should drink wine
Where the old fashion Of challenging
ladies to take wine prevails 1t generally
begins directly after soup; II you are
asked. do not refuse. because that Is
rebuff; but accept the challenge gra-
cfously, choose one Of the wines named
to you, and when your glass Is nileo
look full at the gentleman you are to
drink with, then drop your eyes as you
bow your head to him. Lift the glass to
your lips whether you drink a drop or
not. II challenged the second time. ac-
cept. have a drop added to your glass;
and bow as before
How idioticl--1ook full at him,
drop your eyes and bow when he
asks you to indulge. suppose that's
q formula for concealed disapprovai.
Nowadays women have the courage
to say yes or no, I should hope.
Actually, II I had to 20 back now