Show LI r J I iv- iv m e V Yf r A t w 1 i vj 4 In Dress Tg 1 r u 7 rF I J Jr r W r Wf I a n. n d s. s r rr J k I Ir fi r r Modern Men Are Fed Fd e ec Upon Up o Sophisticated S h c Femininity i Says Leo t r W f I vr Tk Stage Lover Who Yearns for fora 7 2 i j S r a Return of the Old Fashioned r A Y y yr yr r v vv r f V Girl of Romance With Her V 5 V 1 S a 4 p Store o re of Common Comm on Sense v vi iJ i- i V a Q P J 11 4 j C- C S I J T. T c 4 f J J- J rv r t v t tM tto x a Vf if c T m r rf v 1 r 1 tt 1 i N S i o E Wy 2 4 rd r l v S M S I t rv v S. S A i iv N w MI MIM v J f fJ o J to 0 a r 10 a p Q i o 1 D S- S x i e S 'S 1 I S S M r o t tS t'S i M i C W An overdose of bare arms andr and r S. S bare backs has robbed femininity Ir NS it ity of much uch of the the charm and nd f Ji lure which went with rustling 1 I I J. T J L n nI TS S' S IT true that while the modern wom woman n 4 f in her knickers or backless frock may maybe mayr r be freer more daring and arresting to SS look upon than her prudish sister of yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- she's lost that most ya valuable littie little lit lit- tIe tle weapon in all a womans woman's bags of tricks tricks the the ability to fascinate a man 1 Is it a fact that modern women rio no no allure men that they've lost the mystery that used to halo them with charm back in the Vict Victorian rian days when 0 they were Vere protected that they've iy i thrown illusion and enchantment to the winds by giving men an overdose of bare re rearms arms uncovered backs and too frank conversation conversation conversation con con- While bare limbs prance boldly on the stage figures and anatomy revealing costumes whirl about the dance floors at the sma smart cafes what cafes what has been the result It had to come The masculine world is at last weary of a feast overdone Feminine figures have been so cheapened l and exploited that hitherto ardent swains are arc tired of looking at it The new habit t of talking and acting with utter freedom has pas so palled palle that men are frankly I bored As a result they are openly sighing sighing sighing sigh- sigh ing for the good old days pf gf the gentle f f rustle r rustle of the silk petticoat and praying 11 that fashion the reform society or the lt feminist movement will ring in any r change under the sun which calls for that r j novelty no of novelties novelties-a a woman who 7 wears wears ars clothes clothe all over her and who still 1 remembers how to blush Y f f ALL ALL LL of which is part of a sincerely i meant protest just voiced by two men ir nent in the professional world who because of the requirements of their calli calling call caU- i ing ing must s study udy pretty thoroughly the k panorama p of l life e. e One is D. D H. H s kE Lawrence the English author who intrigued in in- in- in rr trig ed the attention of busy New the other day by coming out with the Gt statement that young men and particularly l laxly young men who attend universities sire i are re not so much interested in women as they th y w were were ten or twenty years ago He went on to say that women have lost the themy my mystery tery of of the hedged fose Victorian days and that the growing freedom be between between between be- be tween the s sexes is resulting in the loss 1 of zest on the part of men and forfeiture forfeit forfeit- h ure o of their i interest Leo noted actor and i known know 1 traditionally lly as the eternal lover of the stage is the hc other member of th ma masculine culine to voice his feelings on n a i. i z question more and more rising in a a a. universe threat threatening ning inch by inch to resolve resolve resolve re re- solve itself into a perpetual ladies' ladies night at a Turkish bath The current legend haloes Ditrich Ditrich- stein as a figure of romance mance but to tell teU the truth the tradition built about his name is strictly one that belongs to his stage roles To contemplate his career and to spend an an n hour in his company is isto isto isto to refurbish ones one's belief that true distinction distinction distinction dis dis- and g great eat success are born of brains energy a sense sense of humor and a profound knowledge and observation of life extended over a period of years Morning light cheerfully flooded th the hotel sitting room where in inthe inthe inthe the course of leisurely conversation wandered wandered wandered wan wan- dered in philosophic mood into the subject subject subject sub sub- of women as they evolved since the war His charming white-haired white wife of v twenty-seven twenty good long years of happy married maried life fussed about the room putting putting putting put put- ting things to rights as he talked He was tired He had been working very hard over his production of Calderon's Right is Might in which by bythe the way he br breaks aks away from the role of eternal lover and comes magnificently before the public as a peasant father however is essentially a thinker a scholar The subject of woman in transition tran tran- transition transition caught his fancy so the tired look lookin lookin lookin in his eyes slipped away He let the telephone ring and the knock on the door go and talked with conviction These women we see see around us today have lost their fascination their charm their spell What man looking about him can deny it With all her efforts to lure with h her r unconventional way of ot dressing and talking modern woman fails because she reveals all both inwardly inward inward- ly and outwardly Mystery reticence reserve reserve reserve re re- serve holding him with riddles liddles that are never quite told told that that is the great secret of a womans woman's attraction for a man Take one of our modern young ladies dressed in Sin the height of fashion today Watch Vatch her hel come down the tho street It is obvious she sho has hns none of these attributes She is her clothes reveal nIl all the lines of herr her figure her maimer manner of walking is free What is the result who is a grandson of or the celebrated E os considered by some the greatest of Hungarian novelists talks with that same delightful slight Viennese accent he has on the stage He He lie gave a little lc gesture of dis disgust st st. J Who wants b J bf These women we see around us today says Leo h have ve lost their charm Holding men with riddles that are i ever ver quite told has always been the great I secret s' s cret of ofa a womans woman's attraction But with her her unconventional way of dressing and talking the modern woman fails fail s because she reveals everything that sort of thing It is disgusting This illustrious actor is a playwright of the same ame fame Since he came to this countr country r thirty years ago a young man who had achieved eight years years years-of of success in light opera in the gay capitals of Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope he has appeared as author co coauthor coauthor coauthor co- co author or adapter of twenty-seven twenty plays He has played in seven languages Eng languages Eng lish German Russian Rumanian French and Italian Italian and and delved assiduously assiduously assiduously into the literature of every nation that has bas one It was to history and literature literature literature liter liter- he turned now to support his con con- HISTORY has not put it on record that the toe great women charmers of all aU ages paraded about wearing as little apparel as possible In the olden d da days a woman did not have to lure The wise woman of all ages is the one who lets Iet man know as little e about herself as possible pos pos- sible who sible-who who has built around her being a wall of mystery and enchantment She charms without effort because she sho is to toman toman toman man the unread book the play to which he cannot guess the ending In his black satin dressing gown which clothed a straight distinguished still youthful figure paced to the window Far below a seeming mIllion mil ml lion modern young wom women moved like so many manikins in parade on a busy street On the billboard of a theatre opposite stretched a length full-length figure of woman briefly clothed It is very much changed today Take the recent instance where Mrs Ford Henry publicly reproved reproved reproved re re- re- re proved those young women out in Michigan for coming into town in off cut-off overalls and short stockings That is significant I approved of Mrs Fords Ford's stand I believe we have the war to blame blamo for all this It was the inevitable which came out of a suspension of con con- Born in Budapest of a Hungarian family that had held position at the thelo lo royal al court o of Austria for many generations generations gene gen rations spent most of his Ius early years ears in Vienna As a student at and gymnasiums as aswell aswell aswell well as later an officer in the army he ho l s r l r rr f f CT LT T t s l I 1 1 France took cognizance of nudity on the stage by imposing imposing im im- posing fines which were were inversely inversely inversely in in- proportionate to the amount of clothing worn by bythe bythe bythe the actress This led to donning of veils and Mlle Mile 0 S 'S Rah ah a Parisian favorite as she appears when conforming conforming conforming conform- conform ing to the nude anti-nude law is shown in the etching participated in many episodes of aristocratic aristo aristo- cratie cratic and court life He lIe has distinctive unforgettable features He lie is kind thoughtful and has the manners of a courtier But although has t Copyright 19 3 by Public L Ledger der Company 4 F J on the stage lives in In a pink mist of roni romance and girls and women too sigh at athis athis athis his artistry in making love-making but in real life he is a wholly different man been for years a a cherished matinee idol of the woman world facing him the visitor gets not the slightest rustle rustIe of the floating garment of a Romeo Here lIere in indeed indeed indeed in- in deed discussing the technical problems of putting on Calderon or other dreams tucked away in his heart you get rather the clear picture always of the man who took the long hard real artists artist's way of reaching the top rather ra than of the Belasco Belasco Belasco Be- Be lasco star who has had women by the block fall fan in line waiting to get tickets to his performances Once he gave away the secret of his popularity with women As a rule he said he selected a play with some strong appeal to women because it itis itis itis is they who are the main support of the theatre Without them no play can suc- suc coed Their preference is asked when one invites invites them to the theatre and from many plays they will choose the one in in character character character char char- which they find some similarity acter to themselves ITRIC general views o othe on D the subject of women are worth noting He believes personality and the ability to be bo interesting count far more mOIe than beauty or mere outward appearance The prettiness of a woman of course attracts a man at first glance but if there is nothing else there in the longrun long longrun longrun run seeing c a pretty woman day after day pay becomes no different than seeing a homely woman day after day In either event you get perfectly accustomed to her looks therefore standing alone either beauty or ugliness becomes fied You may soon learn to read a pretty silk and filmy laces face by heart he be said a little later when he had sunk once more in the comfortable cretonne-covered cretonne armchair and was once again the reflective philosopher looking out the window on life Its It is the heart the mind the personality of a woma womax that a man may never know completely These are what interest and hold in the thelast thelast thelast last analysis Each day he may be in inthe inthe inthe the company of an interesting woman and find something new and delightful in Her lier How lIow different it is with the merely pretty face A man may learn it once and forever RS LEO is not of MRS the theatre and never was She has bas devoted all the twenty seven years of her married lif life to quietly helping to tomake tomake tomake make happy a man whom fortune has bas called to the glittering but trying role of genius She is friendly comfortable and homelike homelike and and with that a charm and appeal that is hard bard to define and which makes one suspect that this actor- actor philosopher author-philosopher has imbibed much of the wisdom of life not far from his own fireside With Mrs for a daily ideal it would be very difficult for a man even even one whom ladies Indies of all aU ages have deluged with scented notes notes to to find th the free obvious and ultra modern type of at woman appealing Mr however does not despair of the present state of womanhood Like others he is willing to predict that the reaction will soon come and that six months from now there will be a rush back to the days dars of old fashioned romance when women counted on hidden graces not revealed to win out in the old age-old contest for a mans man heart Fashions and customs have a habit of coming and going in cycles First there was the scantiness of dress of the Egyptians Egyptians Egyptians in the days of Cleopatra when a women's garb left little to the tion Then as northern civilization developed developed de do more clothing was necessary and voluminous garments became the vogue which in modern times touched their zenith during the War of the Rebellion Then the up to woman was gowned in a n voluminous garment that covered her from neck to the ground Years were required for the complete transformation but eventually it came until the model 1923 woman runs a close parallel to the Egyptian woman of Cleopatra's Cleopatra's Cleo Cleo- patras patra's time Now the climax has been reached and the pendulum of fashion has swung as far as it may Y |