The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-06
CONSERVATISM IS TENDENCY
 OF STYLES
'' 'Flapper" and "Cake Eater" Must Be Served, But They Are Passe.
By KENNETH HARRIS News Service Staff Cor
 respondent

International News Service Staff Cor l respondent | Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 6-COn6erVa-
 tive clothes for ladies and gentle | men.
 That's to be the vogue this fall and
 winter, according to local cloth1ers- short time back the fapper and the
 ''cake eater'' both went to extremes
 in dress. She wore short, snappy | styles. He wore clothes which but toned semi-c -chokingly about his col Jared neck and corduroy trousers whose bottoms foppety-fopped about his ankles. This type of patronage will be served, but the clothiers say those who demand the unusual are rapidly becoming fewer. 1 ''The extreme in dress as typif1ed by the fappers and cake eaters IS | disease,' explained Louis S. Roths- child. president of Rothschild & Son. clothiers. However, it is being ex- terminated rapidly, in my opinion. East Is Blamed 'I firmly believe it had it's incep- ton in the East. I recall wildly that youngsters attending college during 1s1s,- shortly after the war were de- toward the English effect. They wanted to get away from the four | button coat which was popular at that time. The natural evolution in styles since that period has produced clothes that were different, and good ness knows he has had them. | Tt would be impossible to predict what the lads of 16 to IS years of age will wear this winter They are the unknown quantity. It is Chinese puzzle to carry apparel in stock which will prove to their liking. Thank heaven, conservatism in dress has finally arrived, in conjunc- tion with other forecasters of nor rect their offspring toward a more sane mode of dress than has been pre- valent the last three years. This is to be hoped. It will make for sound CT Americanism, l am sure"
 Prices Drop Somewhat
 Awaiting his inspection, at prices slightly lower than at this time last year, the man who demands the outfit, according to Rothschild:
 Hat-The styles are pointed toward the telescoped an creased Shades of brown and gray predominate.. In ''cake" will continue to smash his kelly and wear it at a rakish angle.
 Collars-Ribbon effect is slightly passe. There are many new offer ing3 in shape and texture. Soft col lars continue to hold their popular itay.
 Ties-Knits and bows virtually are dead. non-mussable silk is expect ed to prove a good seller.
 Suit-Trousers will be cut fuller, 1 and the bell effect at the cuff will not | be so daring. The three and four button coat will be popular, and a l wide choice in plain, belted and box backed models in shown.
 Waistcoat-A distinct move toward l the wOolen sweater vest is noted. This l is done in a rampage of co1ors, with | brown and blue proving the most popular
 Shirt-The colored p1eated garment has staged a come back" The plain | white shirt is not, expected to make a rapid "turn-o However, it is 1 anticipated that the white soft shirt 1 with collar attached will be much in demand.
 Shoes-Punchwork decorations on the toes will be nil, but the toes will remain wide.
 Topcoat-Violent colors are the rage. Gray and black are taboo. f popularity until there is only a scat tered demand for them.
 E9epperism Fingered
 To return to the feminine: Statis- tics, show that 1apperism fingered | quite a time before it's death j.
 T am sure I don't know where these young misses ideas about what to wear originate declared the man. f. ager of one of Kansas City's women's outfitting stores, who asked that his l: name be not published. While I am not entirely in favor of the long skirt i: yet I am sure it gives promise of inn proving the morals of the youths of l today. However the short skirt is the healthier of the two.
 young men and women, so far as dress is concerned, is that they abandon dressing to the extreme; dress mod erately and simply most of the time and listen to parental advice in re- gard to these matters oftener."