The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-04
FEW SEN0RITAS
AMONG FLAPPERS
Modern Girl Appears in
South America, But
Not in Extremes
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times
black velvet eyes. mantillas and
spanish fans moonlight serenades
sung in rich bassos-and siestas be-
hind closed doors. But they tell us
that "the eyes of Spain have given
way to the--business grill From
chile to Mexico's blood and sand.
hlyhborn senoritas are flirting-not
with fans-but with typewriters.
One Of the surprises sprung by the
recent Pan American conference
\ was that the genius known as "busi-
Z ness girl is a creature not now In
digenous to our own big cities alone.
You can see our special New York,
de luxe brand every time you step
off Fifth avenue bus, every time
YOU beat your way into the gulley
of Wall street. She is pretty thing
tweed suited and crepe de chined
and scurries out of subways into
office buildings on the tremendous
business of earning salary. That at
the stroke of 5 blue-blooded senori-
tas should also throng on TO the
big white business blocks of Rio de
Janeiro. of Santiago. of Buenos
Aires-how about that?
Yet it's a. fact. Chilean million
aires are opening the beveled- glass
doors of their offices to their daugh-
ters. Indeed, the young things are
getting pretty stiff doses Of dicta-
tion, these days-with only two
hours at midday for cafe con leche
during the. hot season. Brazilian cof-
fee Kings permit--nay, encourage
the younger set of the hacienda to
stake up "a complete and practical
method of bookkeeping" The uni
versities are sending out catalogs to
poor but aristocratic beauties anent
courses in card-indexing and filing.
And, naturally, It Is becoming quite
respectable for daughters of the
middle class to emerge from the
home in pursuit of the weekly pay
envelope.
Automatically come visions of
rolled socks and hobbed hair where
mantillas and Spanish combs ought
10 be. Heaven help us! Can the
gentle, guarded senorita be eating
dollar table d'hotes with her younE
man in bohemian restaurants arc
dancing with him on top of roof
gardens? .--
'Do--do young ladies cease to be
serenaded in your country" was
asked a modern-looking young
Chilean delegate 10 the Pan Ameri-
can conference. Dark and slim, she
appeared as II she had slipped into
one of those cool. chaste creations
Of a Fifth avenue modiste.
Her brow clouded for a moment.
then her smile flashed.
You people in the States are so
funny" came in excellent Eng
llsh from under her wide black hat.
you think because we live in South
America that we are Spanish. Non!
We are American. You still call
yourself English, eh. after eight
generations i'm America-nevain!
"Zs-st! Our young ladies are not
80 heavily chaperoned that a man
must stand beneath her window and
strum guitar while she make eyes
down at him. Certainly, the home
and her head bobbed regretful-
y-"and not the office. is yet con-
s'dered the proper place for young
people TO meet on a social footing
with papa and maman in the sala
looking that nothing indecorous is
done"
That seemed to give ground for
nope that, at least, the flapper had
not arrived in Spanish America, that
string of beaus and a date every
night had not usurped the place OF
something so much more romantic
- Az least one might hope that this
~ Ufi II she rides out after sunset in
nlsh powered cars has a big, fat
auenna on the back seat
IT'S true" the fair Chilean said"
We haven't many flappers yet. We
IRE too young in our country. But
Ses would say that a few of us
the traces!s
so It remains that our South
american cousins and our neighbor,
fanama and Mexico own to a
modern girl. She evolved, as did
Uur fippant younger generation
uu''hg the war and after. When the
war cut in half the expectation o.
altpeter, coffee and beef of Latir
american countries the fortunes o
q average family were likewise
N nalf, Then came the time OF
Hnpostant family conclaves, terrif.t
ueNslons of etiquette among con.
'enuonal households.
mere we are, five unmarried
daughters" was the cry. "and no
I've pesos TO go shopping with or
D Ky FIaza. Foolish maman, why tn,
I a'uAens all this rot about somethin,
,HeIlng IN earning an honest pen
M by we enroll at the employment
'uIeau-at once!"
o, 6ut before reactionary daughter
1s.,s aared strike out on their owl
ovuount an unsuually pathetic drama
as enacted by maman. For rathe
"ah nave blue blood mixed will
aS ink-"begging" seemed inf
nilely preferable. Actually beg
ing OF a refined kind, to be sure
s,,, consisted chiefly of packing littl
aet Graciela off for prolonge,
gsr,..s TO her aunts, allowing Mar
a ga TO refurnish her dwindlinI
f1usooe by tactfui hints to kin,
anus ANUS borrowing PESO here an,
DOR with, " '
II was difficult.
ihus stern necessity forced In