Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-07

No one seems very much stirred up
by the forecast of Booth Harrington
in regard to the disappearance Of the
feminine article Of dress known as
the skirt in the course OF the next
half century. That woman will dis
card the skirt II she wants to is con-
ceded. But what she viii want TO
is not something that can be decided
now. according to the press OF the
country, which finds the problem q
happy bit OF Summertime discussion.
sBooth Harrington has nosed his
brother novelist, Sinclair Lewis, on
the first page by issuing 4predictlon
to the effect that In 80 years that
feminine garment which by courtesy
Is called the skirt will have entirely
disappeared, notes the Omaha World
Herald with the lament: Alas and
alack. few of US who have taken
real interest in the phenomenon OF
the skirts disappearance VIII De IN
at the finish! 1t Is only the children
Of the present generation who have
a life expectancy which win carry
them to the skirts final demise. And
it will not interest them, because they
will have no recollection of the days
when skirts were skirts and women
screamed when they saw a mouse.
Analysing the method by which Mr..
Harrington arrived at his conclusion,
the Louisville Times observes: Mr.
Harrington may be making calcu-
lation based on the length OF the skirt
now as compared with its length in
1909. automatically. he would be
correct. From full length to half
length in rs years would indicate dis
appearance in half a century. But
STYLES do not follow mathematical
rules" argues the Times; they do not
even follow the lines Of logic.
&k2&
ar the prophecy is true" declares
the New York Herald Tribune, the
time for all good women to come to
the aid of the country is all too
short. Instead of stirrendering with
out a shot, why does not Mr.. Tark-
ington organize g. society for the pres
eryation of the skirt? Reduced to
yestigial remains, It would obstruct
no EFFORT of the leg or body, and II
would help even the least Diana-like
IL retain a hint of flowing, grace"
concIades the Herald Tribune, admit
E{ing that its perturbation Of. mind has
been caused by having lived through
4 week end swarming with mixers IN
knickerbockers. worn without regard
to sex or figure.
The philadelphia Inquirer, however,
calamity asserts, apropos Of moving
rrace: AFTER all, the secret must be
less in the particular cut Of q garment
thar, n, the fact that women intuitive-
~ know how to wear their clothes Ell
fectively. AS source Of beauty her
self, woman imparts the quality to her
clothes instead Of deriving 1t from
them" The Eimira Start Gazette, also,
Ii serene over the prospect. 1t says:
1--WE guess we can stand II, Il we
must Bloomers are not so bad, any
way. though they used oddly to shock
us early IN this revolutionary century.
or Il. It's to be trousers, that, too,
probably doesn't matter much. We
can get used to anything. They'll still
be the same. women"
Tarkington's statement, In the
opinion Of the Rockford Morning Star,
doesn't arouse the CONSIDERATION It
might have aroused O. decade or two
ago. We are not easily shocked any
more. Besides continues the star,
there is little left Of the skirt now.
1t seems plainly evolving or deyoiving
into nothing right before our eyes
In this thes Trenton Evening Times
facetiousIy agrees, saying Of the skirt:
ut Is now above the knee, and there
IL not much LETT or It But who
cares2.s
Looking at the question from an,
other viewpoint, the Lima News re-
marks: Before accepting Tarkingtor's