The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-15
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Says She's All
Around Us
BY Beatrice Fairfax
who Occupies Unique Position ~
Gre Writing World as an Author

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who Occupies j UNIQUE Position y
the Writing World as an Autn0r-
ity on Problems Of Love
<<rNHAR MISS FAIRFAX" be-
gins d breezy letter that
.rrived Z Few days ago. The
raseatI,n. what has become Of the
Cd .Nasl lioned- giri2 u, think
very simply answered.
aNothinR has become of the
oId.fashioned Girl. Under tho
raudy. giddy COSTUME OF our 1yzo4
model Napper lies the same heart
that beat beneath the friily xrQck
Of long ago.
aThe next logical question III
why dO girls of today dress and
act "a ridiculouaIy2 The answer
to this question ~ also simpl
Man. 70 make woman dress
seneibIy, xiii off al the men
WHIT girl has not q secret
longing to be attractive to naesiI
This IS human nature. II has
naade Variable freaks Of SONS
women.
what must q girl b like 10
attract men? Show me q man
lust one who adYnires b girl VINO
passes ~ wearing q dress only
eight Inches from the floor,
! hat perched on wad OF hair
pinned tight with hair-piIis, with
.ouk rouge or Hpsticl blAh!
What masculine eye does not
glance over or past this type to
take long. lingering look Ut
the slender, 1.-THE little flash III
color stepping confidently and
iauntily along In q knee-length
dress and cream stockings.
these are the girls who enjoy
the good times that should 30
with youth dancing, laughter,
shows, gaietys The other kind of
I girl stays at home not from
choice.
she dreams and waits until
some man who has had his fling
and rs tired Of the bright lights
and the funny little foolishne
Of youth; seeks her out and mar
ries her because she's q demilre
little maid who -wi1i cook all his
meals and sew on all his but
tons She VIII have to spend her
evenings. after her marriage,
wal itching the smoke curl up from
behind q newspaper and listening
to q series OF yawns.
Men ask what has become Of
the old-fasl1ioned girl They
themselves, have banished her.
Let men begin to really admire
old fashioned girls and the 1926
herself into the most demure, coy
little grandmother you can
imagine.
# think the masculine line Of
talk about the old.fashioned girl
is all APPLE SAUCE"
Your reply my friend. to- the
question, hat Has Become OF !.
the oId.Fashioned Girl2a is I'M
deniabIy true and should dispose
OF the controversy for all time.
The old-fashioned girl Is one It
heart with the newfashion
girl or flapper.
GRANDMOTHER was true to her
time, Miss 1926 Is true to the
spirit and styles of today. Why
hair, wear snorr skirts, loose,
comfy frocks warm little cap
like hats and. sensible sport togs.
A man dreams OF an old-fash-
ioned gfrl-~not as q girl In hoop
Skin - anu CEluollu0 4Da4lOOu SlSSRSA
and a Wasp-waist. but as q girl
Of. sweetness and goodness Ike
his own mother. This type Of
girl fortunately is still legion.
When q man finds this girl Of his
heart he weds her IL can win
her. whether she's the quiet OF
E vivacious type Of flapper. whether
she's popular or retiring.
niP1ATEyIir1 m 8 lsT-fne a ~ che
loves is living her romance, even
though her husband is quietly de-
pendable and mattsr-of- fact and
smokes his pipe In peace while
they enjoy the evening papers.