Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-10
OUR WOMEN Won1en's Clothes
of the Past and Present; No Cause
for Concern Ouer the Short Skirts

head; two feet in air, and bloomers ex-
posed to their very waistband. The other
girl was not so fortunate. although she
tried again and again, while l stood by
and encouraged her. Finally she. too,
managed TO go heels over head. and ]
went on my way rejoicing at this new
freedom enjoyed by the girls OF the pres
ent dey.
At one time men wore skirts-and long
ones, of which trousers are but a modi-
fed edition. Those worn by the Arabs
are seemingly a wide bag drawn up by
a string at the waist, and fastened in
some mysterious manner about the
tening to the knees. Our own men still
wear skirts TO their coats. and Sir Harry
Lauder advocates the international adop-
ton of the kilt. which is a short pleated
skirt unaccompanied by bloomers. Yet
Scotchmen. old and young. with
straight or bowed legs. hairless or COW
cred with a thick hirsute growth, wear
the kilties in sublime indifference as to
their appearance, or what is thought OF
them. and so far this style of dress APP
parently has never hindered their matri-
monial aspirations.
An English humorist. who treats the
subject of women's abbreviated skirts in
a different manner and with no prelim-
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tongue correctly. says:
THE man today who hides behind a
woman's skirts is not a coward-he is a
magician"
Rather clever. this, of Lord Dewar.
Other than boys can laugh at it.
The school board of Malta has APP
pointed Miss Edna Center principal Of its
high school. Miss French formerly
taught French where she is. now in
charge. 1t Is not so very long ago, when
no woman could have been appointed TO
such a position, as discipline be
maintained, and the common opinion
was that brute force, alone, is capable
of keeping the youngsters in proper sub
jugation. 1t is encouraging to learn that
the world is moving right along. and
taking Montana with 1t.
The large class of the Great Falls high
school has for its 1927 valedictorian-the
highest honor that can be conferred on
a graduate-a young woman. Miss Belle
Taylor, and other girl holds second place
on the program.
That the end justiies the means, even
to lying If necessary, in order TO induce
women to wear q hoe of the right size,
was maintained by MIR. Fred H%olbrook, of
Butte, in an a-fter-luncheon talk at the
OdlFdtlO1 <1Illy IlJdQtl. ut IldllltQ Jlldl
it was the heighth of charity for a man
to fit a GEE shoe on the foot of a woman
who has told him she never wears larger
than a "A, and afterwards look her
calmly in the eye while asserting that
her new. and ~unwontedly comfortable
shoe, is the size she stated. He added
that a woman's slipper passed through
the hand OF no less than 100 workmen
before 1T reached the customer. With
shoes at the present high prices. one
may be excused for wishing that what
ever is the number of the workers who
make the shoes, they would not make
the mistake of substituting paper for
leather in their, or its construction; for
it frequently happens that one sole of a
pair is genuine leather, while its mate is
of some s-hort-wearing material.
In a recent examination given the girls
OF the Billings high school by Miss Janet
Walls. health education director of the
Billings Y. w. G. A., it vas discovered
that but few of them were drinking the
10 or IL glasses advised, and thai about
90 per cent too baths but once or twice
a week, instead OF daily, as they should
in order to keep the skin in hygenic con-
dition.
Miss Walls explained the danger of
wearing high heeled shoes, which tend
to weaken the muscles of the foot, and
cause fallen arches or what is commonly
known as fiat foot, n stated that there
are exercises for ~remedying this defect.
At the convention of the State Music
Teachers association, held this year at
Livingston, Miss Ella Swartz of Missoula
was elected treasurer; Mrs. Whalen OF
Helena, first vice-president; Mrs. Benson
OF Miles City, second vice-president; Miss
Martha Buchanan Of Billings, secretary
The president, Ralph Rauh. is also OF
Billings.