The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
BY MAuDE

AN& 49, @A&1taOAA 10 o.
most over womankind has quit
debating about the qualifications
of the various candidates and has
gone back to the highly impor-
tsnt question of whether to
lengthen or not to lengthen-
meaning skirts, of course.
For that is the burning ques-
ton that comes up when ever
gals get together.
Along about 1923. if the writ
ar remembers correctly, this
question was as keenly debated
as it is now and the prophecy
was made then by a woman wise
in the ways of her kind.
THE fashion may be adopted
by extremists but the rank and
file of women know a good leg
when they own it and they are
not going to hide its curves I'M
der even a semi-long skirt. The
modern woman needs the free
dom of short skirts to get around,
to say nothing of what 1t does to
her allure"
Sure enough, the new long
skirts began to shrink until they
reached, in some cases above the
bend of the knee-an unsightly
thing, as no one likes to view
the workings of muscles and 9th
ef gadgets that speed a woman
on her way.
But there is a happy medium,
and its not the ugly length that
the manufacturers of goods
through the garment makers are
trying to inflict on the public.
The prettiest part of a wo-
mans leg is the curve of the calf
When this curve is cut off by a
skirt. a woman no longer has
legs. only shanks, for that is
what she looks like she is stalk
ing about on.
Out west, according to the
radio, the women are forming
clubs "agin lowering II that be
so, now is the time for all girls,
young or old, to rally to the de-
tense of the length they want,
With this in mind interviews
were sought with leading club
and other women of Jackson
county concerning what they
think about the longer skirts
Registers Delight"
Mrs. Manuella Taylor, vice
president of the Pascagoula- Moss
Point Bank of Pascagoula reg
istered delight when approached
on the subject as she is so def
nitely against the entire new fash
on set-up in its entirety that she
was beginning to think that bus
mess women, at least. should or
gsnize against il, She thinks the
new length so ugly that she would
rather see women in clothes that
sweep the ground. or climb to
the knee, than in this midway
fashion that brings out the ug-
lest part of a woman's leg. Mrs.
Taylor is also protesting against
prices. She stated that on a re-
cent buying trip she was shown
a suit. almost identical in ma
terial and make to one she had
purchased last year and it had
nearly trippled in price.
Mrs. John Cole. president of
the Pascagoula Woman's club
likes the skirt length that pre-
vailed during the war, about Is
inches above the ground, but
thinks skirts should be wider.
She believes that such length is
more comfortable and easier TO
get around in and is more flat
tering to the average woman,
though tall ones may look well
in the longer version. She thinks
that women should be allowed
to year the skirt length best
adapted to her statue.
Mrs. Philip Ware. president of
the Anola Woman's club-"Per-
sonally. | like the new length. but
then I'm tall and with high-heel-
ed shoes find the new length
becoming"
Mrs. julius Virgins, president
of the recently formed Junior
Womsn's club says that she does
not approve of extremely short
skirts but that she does like them
just below the knee and intends
to wear hers that length as long