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Evening star., 1927-04-04
SkePticism Creets Prophecy
Of Female Fashion Revolt

Neither the forecast of a feminine
rebellion against Paris style dictators
Dy Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait nor
even the prophecy of Paul Poiret that
women will be in trousers within 80
years seems to have profoundly stir.
red American opinion Editors who
discuss the subject think the possi-
billty of a revolution remote and
many agree with the theory of the
New Orleans ItemTribune that the
field is poor one for prophets.
Prophecy is safe in few fields" OBJ
serves the New Orleans paper. Some
fields are more hazardous for prophets
than others. Womens styles are per.
haps the most hazardous of all to
forecast. What they will or won't
wear in future not even the 'authori-
ties know"
Mrs. Gait has a noble ideal of
feminine independence, says the
Kansas City Post. "All that is needed
to make 1t an actuality is enough
women who think. Unfortunately,
when 1T comes to styles i'm clothes
there are just about as many women
who think as there are men. And it
will be recalled that for years men
wore the torturing hard collar simply
because it was style. The only place
you can get women who think is from
the women who actually exist, and
the women who actually exist were
unable and undesirous of ruling out
the short skirt. 1t seems that NJ.
Poiret is a smarter style dictator
than Mrs. Gait" The Post. recalling
history, remarks: Remember when
corsets were denounced as barbarous?
Did a mass of women who think arise
and cast away cOrsets? Certainly
they did-after NJ Poiret and his col
leagues pronounced corsets passe."
I'VE are not aware of the existence
of any fashion trust in France or else
where" the Toledo Blade remarks.
Anybody, anywhere, is free TO orig
mate and promulgate style. The
difficulty lies in obtaining public APP
proval for it. In that respect the
French are the most fortunate or the
most skillful Mrs. Gait adroitly
evades an expression of opinion on M.
Paul Poiret's prediction that women
will be in trousers within 80 years,
but contends that in the first place
trousers were women's garments and
without apology were stolen by men,
Evading the intricacies of detailed
plans and specifications, Mrs Gait
paints with broad brush a picture of
the new and more or less standardized
dress for emancipation of brains, con-
science, arms, legs and feet; to all the
people a dress of beauty and elegance
combined with utility and comfort
Standardization" the Blade con-
cludes, mo doubt. would precipitate
some lines of business into bank
ruptcy. cause some unemployment.
but it would result also in an ultimate
stabilizing of industries which have
been upset by the change from long
skirts to short, from cotton hose and
gowns 10 silks. and from long locks
to bobbed hair
On the subject of priority in the
matters of trousers the Worcester
Gazette comments: Descriptions of
ancient costumes in the Near Fast
and Far East are not readily avail
able. Today Chinese. Japanese, Turk
ish and Indian Aioslem. Sikh and
Hindu women have native dresses
which includekPme kind Of trousers.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

AS the birds seek themselves new
| nests at this time of the year, so the
hearts of mankind turn with renewed
longing toward new homes in the
Spring
Build thee more stately mansions,
0 my soulr' was not spoken of the
soul alone, but of every fiber of being.
The urge for new house is the funda-
mental basis of realty prosperity.
If the world was content to stay
put" there would be precious little
building, and less selling. A house
may be ever so good, it becomes old.
or just older, and the inhabitants pine
to move.
Perhaps in no great city is the
moving bee" more to be heard and
seen than in the National Capital.
Transfers of Army and Navy people,
transitions caused by changes in Gov
ernment personnel and the normal
fuX of population account for ii.
Before the World War it was COM
mon practice for many persons in
rented property to move once a year
regularly. Thus they secured a new
home, freshly painted and papered--
as was the custom then--at the same
time they satisfied the spirit of the
nomed which is found to some degree
in the most conservative souls.
While Moving day" has not held
since the war the same fixed position,
it still is a power in the city. Espe.
cially at this time of the year the urge
to get a bigger and better home is felt
by many.
Let us see what it leads one into.
X X x
Mary Rogue, temperamental "fx-it''
rfrtI If.sto a
the City Directory, owned a small
home suitable to her needs
Marys last fling at real estate, re-
counted in these columns more than
a ear ago. was only a glancing blow.
She had not invested, nor had she al
lowed her client Col Loganberry II.
Ball. TO do so. Whether she was wise
or not we leave to the reader to de-
termine.
This Spring, however. the golden
haired, the bright-eyed Mary, whose
eyes shone like stars, determined to
seek herself new abode, more suited
her personality.
Mary loved flowers.
Th gladiolus, especially, intrigued
her fancy. Despite the fact that this
ore bloom on its upright spikes, for
a given square footage, than any
other flower. there is a limit to how
many bulbs may be grown in a Ger.
tain space.
Now Mary, being somewhat tenn.
pestuous, wanted thousands of "glads. "
She wanted to revel in them. A vision
of a 'gladiolus farm" with acres upon
acres of the gorgeous creations in
flower cama to her in dreams.
An approach to this dream. she told
herself, might be secured in a sub.
urban home with more ground than
she at present owned. AS her time
away from her Office was limited, she
decided that a good.sized back yard
would do. Later, she told herself, she
might go in for acres, instead Of
square feet.
X x x
This narrative today is not of a SEN
sational nature. and will appeal only
TO those who are interested in homes
and in the age-old search for one, al
though foreveri new TO the happy
prospector.
If pep" is what you seek. dear
reader, turn to the first page at once
and read about the Chinese situation
or peruse the latest crime. The news
of the cities is as intriguing as de-
tective story. Only last week, in one
day, warning fruit men in one city
blew up building, bandits made the
Evening star., 1927-04-04
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Cultivation.


Do you cultivate a garden
Where the flowers blossom gay,
And the songbird says, 'Beg pardon
If ] loiter by the way?
Where the perfume of the blooming
Tempts the wandering honey bee,
In his enterprise presuming
With the honey TO make free?
Do you cultivate a garden
Only through a passing day,
Then allow the soil to harden
Back into unfriendly clay?
Do you greet the fieeting showers
AS friends who know your needs?
Do you cultivate the flowers,
Or only just the weeds?
Evening star., 1927-04-04

So do some Of their men. But tbes,
Eastern trousers, shared with the men.
seem 10 De the only basis on which
I,odefn woman's claim TO pants must
stand or fall. The pantalettes of earlv
Victorian days were more often
bounced garters than genuine pants as
MRS. Cats grandmother could have
told her. No, we cannot concede that
women nave any historical or much
on any other claim on pants. And we
can't imagine their wearing them if
they mad. For the average woman in
pants appears as ungainly as q piano
In the back seat of a flivver. And
what woman wants to look like a
piano in fiivver?"
Even for the sake of her priority
rlght to trousers" advises the Detroit
Free Press, modern woman ought
not to surrender liberty of choice. IL
she decides for trousers, it should be
III spite or whatever the man Poire1.
may presume to decree in the mat
ter. The position of Mrs. Gait. vet
eran that she is in the struggle for.
womens rights. is ineligible. We
don't see why. if women ever want to
go In for trousers, they should be
umed or otherwise influenced in do
ing so by Partisan fashion magnate.
At the same time we fear that tba
revolt demanded by the suffrage lead
er might in it's vehemence go as FAR
as already it has gone in other
places" Citing Mussolini's action in
taxing control to avoid confusion
atter the French fashion dictatorship
had been routed in Italv. the Free
Press asks. rs Mrs. Gait sure thar
by abolishing the sway of private
fashion trusts the women of Amer.
lea will avoid establishment of a Fed
eral bureau of fashion control?"
Mrs. Catt's statement that the wom.
ems rebellion will be ruthless and
thorough" and that lit may precipi.
tate the world into bankruptcy, close
factories and turn millions into unem-
ployment, is challenged by the Peoria
transcript, which replies: ITO the
SNUG male the indictment of womens
fashions will be amusing and not
nearly so alarming as Mrs. Gait would
like 1t to be. He will admit that Mrs.
Catt, turned author, has the right to
speak for the militantly individual
portion of her sex which fought so
long and valiantly for the ballot, but
he will wonder whether she is not
she assumes that rebellion of
women against the dictates of what
she calls the French fashion trust
VIII have anything to do with eco
nomics or finance"
Admitting that Paris does dictate,
the Admission Star suggests that ''it's
a pity that Paris style dicrators can
not be induced 10 do some common
sense debating, such as declaring the
extremely high-heeled shoe for women
put of style and sheer stockings with
short skirts in poor form for wintry
wear" The Morgantown New Domin-
ION feels that 'even the American
industry can probably endure
the temporary upset for the sake of
women's garb ultimately
Dn standardized basis of beauty and
utility. When that great revolution
comes. manufacturers viii have reason
TO hope that the permanent models
hey are making will remain in vogua
Tor at least one whole season"
Evening star., 1927-04-04

A rapid recovery is expected for
Henry Ford. The collision which
forced him over an embankment is
regarded as an accident. Neverthe.
less, the driver who collided with
Ford's car Is one of those hit-andrun
performers, whose escape is always
to be regretted.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
High Prices.

What has become of that man who
paid thousand dollars for a seat in
the Legislature?'
He's disappointed, answered Sena-
TOR Sorghum. when he got to the
Legislature he took a look at the seat
he had bought and exclaimed, Gosh.
Amt furniture high these days."
Evening star., 1927-04-04

The manuscript of the poem Silver
Threads Among the Gold recently
sold for SO. Eben Rexford originally
received $5 for it. This makes $S in
all, but the author did not live to
collect in full.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

Modesty is shown am mention of
President Coolidge to succeed himself
Republican observers content them
selves with a frank admission that no
contender at present looms with for
midability.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
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Evening star., 1927-04-04

Japan's frequent earthquakes com.
pei concentration on the study of
geology. but do not lessen the keen
national interest in matters of politi
cal geography.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
The Victorian Notion.

From the Cleveland News
The King of England says he would
be more pleased to see women ride on
side saddles. So would his grand
mother.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
100 Per Cent Effective.

From the New York Herald Tribune.
II there is anything in the theory
of like cures like, the current whisky
ought to render harmless any snake
bite ever bit.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

AS mark of particular respect the
King Of Italy is permitted to wear his
uniforms instead OF being compelled
TO put on a black shirt.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

The ancient rhyme asserts april
showers bring May flowers" In the
meantime April also brings the chance
of chilbains.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

From the Boston Herald.
Some day we shall all see that since
evolution and Christianity do not
clash, evolutionists and Christians
need not.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
Likened TO Called Came.

From the Boston Herald.
The Senate has left something OF
the same unfinished feeling as a ball
game called in the seventh.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
Another Paradox.

From the Boston Transcript.
The trouble swith being thrown on
your own resources is that it so often
happens when you haven't any.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

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Evening star., 1927-04-04

Frop; the Boston Herald.
4 Ae gallows, as a NeW York bureau
say may be no cureAgor crime, yet
eveIy little helps. z
Evening star., 1927-04-04

Henry Ford needed a bodyguard.
He did not realize how important
he is.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
Mixed Emotion.

you were going 40 miles an hour. ="
said the policeman. reproachfully
I'm no deliberate lawbreaker. y
said Mr.. Chuggins. I'm ashamed Of
myself but I'm kind o proud of the
old fiiv."
Evening star., 1927-04-04
The Dove DiseonsoIate.

The Dove of Peace, a gentle fowl,
Upon the perch doth sit:
And say as gunner grimly prowl,
i hope l don't get hit
Once on time I hoped with elee
TO be a world commander,
But now | only seem to be
Am innocent bystander.
Evening star., 1927-04-04
Excavation.

mat ancient mummy was a king
Inspiring deepest dread.
The worlmen didn't do a thing
But stand him on his head.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

Money" said Uncle Eban, is like
tire-useful when YOU makes II work.
but dangerous when you begins to
play wiz it,
Evening star., 1927-04-04
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Evening star., 1927-04-04

Jud Tunkins says one Of the funny
sights is man who can't sing open.
ing his mouth and pretending 10 join
in the chorus.
"A boaster," said Hi Ho. the sage
of Chinatown, tells much OF what
he Is going to do. but very little of
what he has honestly done"
Evening star., 1927-04-04

Secret diplomacy may now be out of
date, but Washington newspaper cor
respondents, intent on reporting the
day-to-day news developments of Amer.
lean concern in Latin America and
the Far East are having some I'M
happy experiences in their quest for
information from the State Depart
ment. A case in point was the recent
Evening star., 1927-04-04

Q. Were any Of the crew saved
when the snip with Lord Kitchener
on board was lost at sea A. S.
A. The cruiser Hampshire, on
which Lord Kitchener lost his life,
was sunk by a German mine off the
West Orkney Islands June ;, 1915.
Only 12 sailors survived. These were
able to reach the shore on a raft.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

20. What is meant by wrapper to.
bacco and filler tobacco?-J. s. c.
A. The term wrapper tobacco"
means that quality of leaf tobacco
which has the requisite color, texture
and burn and is of sufficient size for
cigar wrappers, and the term "hller
tobacco" means all other leaf tobacco.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

@. How much oil is produced per
day by the biggest wells?-V. w.
A. About the maximum was
Mexican well, which produced FIVE or
six years ago 100000 barrels a day
Most large producing wells are short
lived.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

Q. How many lepers are these at
Carville?-E. r.
A. The leprosarium at Carville, La.
is under the supervision of the United
States Public Health Service. There
are now about 800 patients at Car
vile.
Evening star., 1927-04-04

@. What physician attended Presi-
dent Garfield at the time OF his
death?-R. G. n.
A. DR.. Z. W. Bliss was the attend.
ing physician when President Garfield
died. The other physicians present
were DIR. Frank Hamilton and Dr.
Hayes Agnew.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-28
Here and There
In Sport World
by United Press Leased Wire

GLENCOE, Ill..-Bill Tildcn and
y. l.. Weiner, Philadelphia, triumph
cd easily i'll their doubles match in
the Illinois state tennis tournament,
defeating Braudt and o 'Connell Of
the University of Illinois 6-l, g..
CHICAGO-Johnny Wcismuller is
favored to win the Chicago River
marathon swim Saturday.
CHICAGO-,Bill Tiiden, tennis
star, characterized reports he had
accepted a $4,000 coaching posit-
ion IN the east as "a publicity stunt
prompted by professional tennis in
terests to Injure the amateur
game.
NEW YORk-Paul Berlenbach,
attempting a comeback, VIII fight
Bob Lawson in the first summer
, show at Madison Square Garden to-
night. If he wins he will earn a
chance to meet Jimmy Slattery on
the same card that Mike McIigue
and Tommy Loughran headline Ior
the light heavyweight champion
ship.
CHlCAGO-Chicago s new $1,000
/ 600 horse racing track at Arlington
Heights, sponsored by, the American
National Jockey Clup, viii be reaGy
to open September "a. IL. ID. Brown,
! Calnornla tur1man Is one OF the dir
cctors of the club.
/ OAkLAN Ioung johnny Burns
! CT Oakland and Joe Roche, North
Beach middleweight, fought IL
! round draw
! SAN FRANCISCO-Speedy Dado,
tlashy Filipino flyweignt, battlcd
lU rounds TO Il draw with frankie
Murray of Philadelphia,
POMPTON LANES, y. j.
Young Burns, OF Newark, was
Knocked out III the second round OF
scheduled 10 rounder by Frank
lacco, OF New York.
AIRACtS Sc, y. Y.,-Jackic Bra
! dy, Of Syracuse, was awarded draw
with Honeyboy Finnegan, of Boston
II 10 rounds.
| CLEN ELAND-Tony Canzonori
of Cleveland defeated California,
Joe Lynch in 10 rounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-28
Julian Probe
Takes New Turn
by United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, July 2S.-Al-
though the grand jury was reported
to have adjourned until Monday,
the inquiry into the Julian collapse
gained new impetus today that may
result in the indictments of individ-
uals heretofore unnamed.
Chief Deputy District Attorney
Harold l.. Davis was preparing to-
day to leave for San Francisco, it
was reported for the purpose of OBJ
tanning evidence that an attempt
had been made by Bay City finan-
ciers to block the original inyesti-
CATION.
1t was believed here that many
of those indicted would be recalled
before the grand jury on new evi-
dence now being prepared and that
number of new indictments would
be returned.
A committee composed of three
directors of the California Eastern
Oil Company, the concern which
took over the Julian company, held
secret conference yesterday to
study the proposed reconstruction
program offered by 5. c. Lewis,
resigned president of Julian Pete,
No announcement as to the result
of the meeting was divulged.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-28
LOCAL BOXERS
END TRAINING
FOR ARENA CARD

Battlers who will appear in the
fistic show to bc staged at the
arena tomorrow night were putting
i'll their final licks at training to-
day and will rest up tomorrow TO-.
the night S work. Frank Richmond
has booked four good battles for
the program, featured by the clash
between Harry Lee, speedy FL Cen
tro boy and Ad Ahegrlnl of Los
Angeles.
while Allegrini is slightly favor
ed to win over Lee the local boy
has exhibited lots OF speed and
punch IN his workouts at the arena
inns week and he VIII have plenty
OF followers when he hops lhoo tine
ing. Alegnni OF Olympic fame and
1olmer national amateur champion,
however, packs considerable wanoD
ana Is very apt to give Harry i
Lnp to drea4nlahd.
me bout Will be the third in
which the two boys nave met and
III the previous encounters each
chalKcd up one Knockout aIter his
name. HAIRY scored the INST OF
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-28
SPORT NEWS SECTION

! these while Allegrini evened the
count in Denver about two months
ago.
While the main event is attract
ing considerable interest the semi
final bout is also subject to CON
, siderable comment. In this battle
"kid Mex will meet Tommy Shull,
EI Centre.
"Kid Mex and Tommy Shull
have long been favorites in local
fistic circles. Tommy has smiled his
way to the front with repeated
victories i'll the valley but ''Kid
Mex is out to wipe away the smile
and some speedy action is promis-
ed.
While Tommy is not listed among
the notables as IA k. .. king he has
been working hard to bring his
punch to Il point where it carries a
sleeper. He hopes to spring a sur
prise on the fans by sending kid
Mex into the land of slumber. But
Tommy is picking out Il hard boy
to floor in "Kid Mex and the
later, like Tommy is out after a
scalp in the encounter. The boys
clash in siX-rounder.
\ Aspecial six round event will
bring De La Fuente of Calexico to
the ring with Pedro Conception of
Sandia as his opponent. Plenty of
action should be exhibited in this
60.
In the curtain raiser Monte Hill
OF FL Centre will meet Alberto
Nirpo of Sandia. Both boys have
been working out at the arena for
the clash and promise to open the
show with Il whlrlwind contest.
The first bout will start promptly
at $50 o clock.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-28
RUPERT SCORNS
IDEA OF SELLING
BUSTER CEHRIG
Suggestion for Breaking
Up Home Run Combina-
ton | S Laughed At.
By HENRY L. FARRELL
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)

NEW YORK, July 2S.-While
the New York Yankees are stepping
along II games in front OF the
, nearest OF the trailing pack, there
is little to hold attention IN the
American league except the home
run race between Babe Ruth and
Buster Gehrig.
A slump in the pace the Yankees
, are setting as team may be pos
sible but the time has passed wnen
Gehrig, the young first baseman,
could ue looked upon as an accident
or u flash.
Before today's game Gehrig and
Ruth were tied with SO home runs
and not clear out of sight behind
| baSenIan.
Gehrlg is not only tied with Ruth
III the nome runs Dut ne Is batting
.592, just one point behind AL Sim
mons IN first place. Gehrlg, however,
has been III elgnt more games than
the Athletic star and as Simmons
has been badly hurt, Gehrig techni-
cally Is leading the league.
| Inc chunky first baseman who
was picked up as a bargain from
the college lot at Coiumula is ON
the way to several Indlvlduai re-
| cords. lie has chance to score
tie largest number OF runs, the
greatest number OF hits and extra
! bases and number of runs knocked
| IN.
He already has knocked in more
than loo runs and has scored an
/ even hundred and Is leading the
| league III extra bases.
olnce Ruth ana Genrig began TO
entertain the ieague-DUth Ieagues
IN tact-wlth thvlr htlIe family
! battle, discussion has arisen as u
tnelr relatlve hitting strength.
1he players 90 not agree. Some
MAINTAIN mat Gehrlg hts the bail
just as hard as hutn; others string
| with the power OF the Babe.
some cities nave maze the sug.
gcstion that something ought to ue
a"ne to break up the sluggmg com
| DlnatlOn of the Yankees,
1t was even suggested that Gehrie
should be transferred torcIbiy u
some other. cluD.
'such a silly idea, Colonel JAKE
Rupert, owner of the club, said
- erhaps they would be willing tc
pay me the waiver price for HIM
Ihere ism t enough money in the
league to get hlm away from tn.
Yankees. -
Tine colonel no doubt is awar,
that his words will cost HIM some
thing when Gehrig gets ii new con
tract but Gehrig doesn t have to bt
told that he is worth lot more thar
the 5000 he is getting.