San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-25

Boy. page Miss Lydia Languish
You know her kind-the baby dol
with the Undetermined waist and tbs
hysteria specially that made her the
life of every party. Tell her to take
her rinElets out of paper, uncork the
well known tear drop and don her
| pantalettes and crinolines. For shes
become the fashion again and We won {
be happy until she does swoon or
two into our adoring arms.
As for the bold hussies with the
basket ball rccordS-the sunburned
viragoes in hiking pants and swim
ming suits-thcy'rc OUT. Their day
is done. They're a disgrace to their
sex and the sooner we're rid of them
the better.
How Gomez"
Ask DR.. Herbert r. Stolz. state su-
pcrvisor of physical education in Cali
fornia. Hes the lad who started it.
The feminine sex is in danger OF
being unSexcd because of its partici-
patton in competitive SPORTS" says
DIR. Stolz.
In words strangely reminiscent of
snuff boxes and smelling salts, he de-
plored the entry of young woman in
inter-city athletic contests, and
strongly condemned baseball, basket
ball and certain feminine track activi-
ties. g.
1.-THE emotional and physiological
needs of women differ from those of
men, and should be developed along
other lines than the present tendency
or women will lose their fcmininity,
says he. Feminine symmetry and
balance of figure are in danger, if
girls continue to indulge in strenuous
athletics"
Which certainly makes the future
look dark for Boyish Betty and Wal
Looping Winnie. Then along comes
Mr.. Will c. Wood, superintendent of
public instruction. Mr.. Wood says
he is thoroughly in accord and adds
the appalling statement that practical
ly every member Of the State Board
of Education believes as he does. He
says:
Men do the heavN work of the
world and women do the light work /;
it stands to reason that their diver
sionS should be different. | am glad
that competition between girl ath-
letics is being discouraged, through
the supervision plan now in effect in
the schools, and I hope to see the day
when there will be no such thing as a
girl athletic star. The mannish girl
has a certain vogue just now, but she
never will have the popularity of her
feminine sister. Girls to be at their
best should be strictly feminine in
dress and department"
And to make the return of the
Female Lollipop doubly certain. along
comes Miss Winifred Van Hagen. as
sistant to DR.. Stolz, with the follow
ing rhapsody:
There is nothing so sweet in this
world as the girl in lacc-the girly.
girl. She is the exact antitheSisl of
the mannish girl, who goes in FLOR
strenuous sports, apes men in dress
and manners, and thereby loses her
chief charm-wOmanlincss
The "GIRLY-GIRL!" Shades of
Susan 3. Anthony and Annette Kel-
lerman-has it come to THIS?
However there's still one voice
raised in the defense of the Sun
burned Sisters. Miss Philomene Ha-
gan, superintendent of San Francisco
playground work. despite her classic
name, is all for Modern Mamas. In
sturdy defiance of Messrs. Wood and
StOlz she declares:
IF l believed girls should play only
light gamcs-like tiddle-de- winks and
croquct-Pd be running a sewing
school instead of doing playground
work. l teach girls baseball, basket
ball. tcnnis-all the boys games. but
under girls rules-and don't think
they have lost any of their femininity.
nor their health, either. There is
nothing so broadening, so health-giv-
ing, nor so conducive to charm and at
tractivcnsS-if we must bring that in
IFS participation in properly super
viscd sports. This is proved by the
California girls, who lead the country
in sporting activities. I'm for the
athletic girl, and athletics for girls. "
And I'm all for you, Philomene
With all due respect for the excellent
educational work performed by Mr..
Wood and DIR. Stolz I'm here to state |
that their recent utteranccs sound to
me like too many banana splits or