The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-25


Dear Miss Grey am sending
this letter 10 you instead 81 MI
Smith. because I want everyone
% know what I have TO say. MAY,
BE- when Jimmie sees this in
PRINT he viii step down some ot
his evaporation
Poor misinformcd Mr. smith
Did you get all your Information
first hand or do you live In an
"old maid" district wonder
how old you are Married or sin.
glef Perhaps II YOU were a sin.
gle. young man. and were taking
some young lady 20 social az.
fair. public or private, you would
want her 10 wear a nice black
skirt that reached az least 60 her
ankles. n waist that fitted snug
az her chin and nice long sleeves.
her Browning glory" done up In
knot on her head and. as cos.
mefics are forbidden. her complex.
ion would undoubtedly be shiny
You would be proud OF her and
show her 10 your friends and coll
her your ideal of womanhood.
As said before; II you were
n single young man. you WOULD
NOT. You would be human. You
would want her 20 be up-to.date
and in style. You would want
her to be lively. viyacious and at.
tractive.
The young ladies OF today are
not becoming dcgenerated. They
are beginning To show that they
have brains and know how 10 use
them.
N they wear skirts that are
slit, II Is for comfort. Imagine
yourself In long tight skirt.
downtown and In hurry TO
catch n streetcar or trying to get
somewhere without ''slow.mo-
ton" Women have a right to
hurry. Or imagine yourself try.
ing TO dance with an outfit ON
like that.
How do you know that the
complexion creams are fakes?
Wave you tried them7 Are those
swagger sticks so terribly i'm.
morul7 They -yill probably be
out OF vogue In three or four
months. and upto-date l have
heard OF no one being killed or
wounded with them.
Smoking has been discussed be.
fore and personally | don't be.
lieve you have seen a woman
walking down the streets OF our
fair city smoking a cisaret. pipe
or cigar. Have you?
You don't know Of anything
moro disgusting than women
doiling up on the streets. Ell?
You have undoubtedly seen
DRINKS staggering along the
streets and stil you think il
more disgusting for a woman to
powder a shiny nose? I would
rather be seen with a lady that
powdered her nose than 10 be
seen on the streets with a drunk.
en- man. And I think most peo.
pic viii agree with me.
Also. am quite sure you
haven't seen the women OF today
running around in a nude condi.
ton. Personally / think you
would be comfortable on a hot
day with your coat. tie and col.
lar off and your sleeves rolled up.
Wouldn't you?
Please let the women wear
knickers. Imagine yourself on a
hike up the mountains or on a
tramp thru the woods with your
black skirt" and then come
back and give your opinion.
You say that the man that
marries one of the females OF 10.
day. takes an awful chance. It's
like buying bum auto with
fine paint job. But listen. There
can be just as true a heart and
as broad a mind behind little
powder and rouge as there is be-
hind shiny. greasy complexion.
And II n man keeps company
with woman for even a short
while he will find out whether
there IS or Is not Faith and Love
beneath this "sIsin-deep beauty
OF course II man sees a pretty
face and marries It couple Of
hours later. he Is 10 blame II he
Is disappointed. same as the man
who buys car on the paint job
alone without trying the motor
or testing the car in some way or
another.
am young man and ] fin.
ished high school three years
ago. have Travelled a good por
fion Of the U. s. a. and 7 can
truthfully say that there are
more pretty and respectable girls
in Seattle per square mile than
any other city have ever been
In and they have been many.
] think that the most OF the
intelligent people win agree with
me on what have just said.
HORACE KELSEY
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