Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-14
ONDON CHRONICLE.-Now that
women's fashions are becoming
more and more feminine every

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women's fashions are becoming
more and more feminine every
IL day, let us hope that the won-
en- themselves will undergo q
change, too, and lose some Of the ap-
palling hardness" they acquired along
with boyish figures and masculine at
tire. Wherever you 90 nowadays-
theaters. night clubs, Office or shop
you will find the place full of agrees
sive women. At a dance we went
to the other night the women made far
more noise than the men. It was not
that they we're shrill or hysterical; they
Just spoke in loud, unmusical voices.
and made themselves far more notice.
able than their menfolk. Some of them
smoked and drank quite as much, too.
Many wore the new long-skirted gowns,
but they did not look at all at ease
in them, though the men seemed
greatly taken with the idea.
And that Is just it. Men would
welcome o change from the dictatorial,
dominating type that has become so
common in this country since the war.
Not that We want return to the fash
ions and manner of rs years ago, that
would be impossible and absurd, but
surely women can occupy their new
position In the world without being
so coarse and aggressive about 1t.
The aggressive type, with her per-
petual cigarette. her back-slapping at
titude toward the opposite sex. her
complete lack of what used to be called
"rodesty," is not a lovable person.
Perhaps that is the last thing she wants
to be, but II you do happen to come
across a girl with real feminine charm,
plus intelligence, does she not outshine
the other type in every way? You have
only to observe the attention she re-
ceives from men to find the answer to
that question. Women have changed
all over the earth in recent years, ex-
cept in France and other European
countries where 1t Is more important
to be woman than anything else, but
surely the English type OF modern
woman Is the hardest and most ag-
gressive OF all.
The American type is modern, but
feminine, too. She is pampered, hui
mored and flattered. and generally
spoilt In a way that most women over
here would despise, but there is some
thing to be said for her methods.
Lad browns
After Saving Another.
La Nacion, Buenos Aires-Recently
a group of students from the College
of the Sacred Heart departed on
little excursion to the neighborhood of
Lules, and while bathing in the river
there they noticed that Ricardo
Tejerizo had got beyond his depth and
was on the point of drowning. Without
a moments hesitation, companion,
Ricardo Ledesma, threw himself into
the pool into which Teierizo had dis
appeared, and succeeded In dragging
him to point where he could be
reached by the other boys. The ex-
ertion, however, was too much for
Ledesma himself, and the noble rescuer
was drowned, his body being brought
back on the train by his sorroWing
schoolfellows.
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French Troops
Leaving Occupied Zones.
Cologne Gazette.-Duren, near Aach-
en-, in the Rhein province, has just
been evacuated by the last of the
French troops. This was one of the
first towns to be occupied by the al
lied troops.
At noon the red, white and blue Of
France was run down from the flag
staff. and the flag of the German Re
public hoisted instead. The French
commander, Mai. Pretet. called upon
the mayor Of the town to say good
by. The parting was upon the most
friendly terms, and nearly all the in
habitants assembled to see the French
soldiery In their final march-out,