Show dl i Jr J I 1 J I V- V I t H k t T rr V V J f I J t. t m i fA G L. L i 1 I v i r 3 t J j. j tIT r r yR bM F r y yA a n r 6 0 A nn e t J w k Diaries and Love Letters of i 7 Colonial Belles Recently t tr t J Y HJ i 1 1 f for 1 Y e t Uncovered for or Film Tell e On Oni i F F H li I the Girls of 76 v r r I t l S B M i f r i J u The 1 f t j vanity t y 1 case cas ere ere- re replenishes t f f her l J r store of beauty 1 J tt I and her daring V t dress enhances y id or she thinks it y r T r I a e enhances n h a n c e s 8 h her e eT aal d r charm and she PI 1 yd l nv K r has her Zi line of N Afrank y frank g gossip s sip i s is boyIshly boy boy- o open en n in discussing dis dis- cussing I ri I I- I i i A. A I J t n F J ljj r r l 1 t. t GEORGE WASHINGTON was not only the Fa Father her of His Country he was also the father of independent woman Meticulously conventional in regard to rules governing the dress and habits i r of ot his Cabinet he was was was' far too wise to toA A attempt to dictate to the wives s of its c members il I Before the American merica Revolution women looked u up to their husbands as infallible beings just dust as the men looked up to the ruling kings and overlords when they imbibed the doctrine of the fallibility of those sovereignties from the lips of their men folks they in their turn revolted against home govern govern- ment mente The flapper and frivol frivolous us women of today have nothing on their ancestors of years ago For every caprice and impropriety practiced by femininity in v 1924 there is a corresponding j ity to be found in the records of the he social season of 1776 It took D. D N W. W Griffith one of the leading lead lead- x ing picture motion-picture directors just about 4 t a minute and a half to make the above statements but it took him more than two ye years rs to collect the data which led to these corollaries America a a ten ten reel reel f feature e eat a t u r e iti Y founded on the story of the American Revolution was Revolution was was nearing completion at atthe atthe t the Griffith studio on Long Island when the director paused for half an hour to tor r give some interesting sidelights on life and customs at at that period The picture pic- pic picture pic picture ture had been made at the request of the Daughters of the American Revolution z diaries and letters penned b by y belles and beaux of the period had been r. r taken out of their cedar tombs to add h necessary human interest human interest details to th the themore e more precise and prosaic records of historical historical his his- documents or current periodicals So you really believe that the birth o othe of f the flapper took place during the Revolutionary Revolutionary Rev Rev- Vr period he ho was asked t Positively the director answered cheerfully The liThe letters and diaries w we e found prove provo it It all started when tHe Ule e women women- folks listened to the men folks folk s I discussing the coming revolution Rev- Rev crenco for superiors had always been n unquestioned The men paid obeisance obeisant e to the king and his representatives an anthe and d the wives and daughters gave an equally blind obedience to husbands and fathers But when the men began talking about all human beings being free iree an and d equal they in their thir turn turn questioned th the a t authority of their own home own lords The result was that the the new philosophy was wa s adopted enthusiastically by all th the e r. r women folks 4 i Up HUp to that time e women had never ba had d i much to say in In regard to what the they y it c ho should should-do do or say or wear They had al- al al always r ways ways taken take 1 such restrictions as i fl k i Girls of toe tod they smoke e are told the the girls o 0 othe the worl 4 10 I 7 l 7 sary eary evils but it didn't r require quie much pressure to make them r revolt volt make remarks Many men these days which are rather derogatory to the ladies but they're not a aT ar patch on what they used to say i in t. t those ose days das of of old when knights were bold and supposedly and ly gallant AND A N ND D from one of the many books of 1 reference re the following extract from froma a sermon pre preached ched by th the R Rev v. v Nathaniel Nathaniel Nathaniel Na Na- thaniel Ward a distinguished Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- clergyman in Boston is taken When I hear an n inquisitive gentle- gentle dame inquire what dress th the Queen is inthis week what the modus operandi of the court I look at her as th the very gizzard gizzard gizzard giz giz- zard of a trifle the product of a quarter quarter quarter ter of a cypher the epitome thing scolded the dominie She is fitter to be kicked if she were of kickable substance sub sub- substance substance stance than either to be honored or humored This excerpt was brought brough Griffiths Griffith's Griffith's Griffiths Griffiths Griffith's Grif Grif- attention Oh yes the ladies were used to that sort of thing especially in New Eng Eng- land Jand But they had lots of fun on the sly How did they compare with the modern modern mod mod- ern girl as described recently by Dr Charles Smith of Roanoke College it was asked He drew a perfectly horrible horrible hor hor- horrible picture of her as a hard-drinking hard puffing cigarette-puffing licentious Amazon He excused her on the grounds that she was an extremist that she hadn't found herself yet and was the victim of rapid ec ec economic and industrial changes which h haw havn left her without an anchor As a matter of ol fact he replied quickly the modern girl gid has found her her- self The flapper has taken nearly yeas years to come into her own but she has done don it very successfully So far as smoking is conce concerned ned whether one approves of young ladies smoking cigarettes or not it must be bo acknowledged that it ib is a daintier habit than sniffing snuff That wasn't considered consid consid- e ered cred ed proper of course even In those days Sniffing snuff was exclusively a masculine social habit But the young belles of the indulged in private I I stayed for two months at the Carter Carter Car Car- ter home in Cartersville going over ver old and nd diaries letters lettery King Carter was the first American millionaire and was considered on a par with royalty BUT UT at least they didn't go to prize e fights That is quite a modern innovation innovation in in- novation it was argued You said the 1770 girl went fifty-fifty fifty with the mod modern modern ern girl The 1770 girl did worse retorted the director grinning She went pigeon shooting It certainly was much more cr cruel l than modern prize figh fighting i g. g i Y fi j lay day are chided because 5 I cigarettes and they y have more vices than f any other period in ind's ind's inid's ds d's history but but but- Back in George Washington's day the girls engaged in the less dainty J habit habit on on the sly of course course of of sniffing snuff 1 As bad as cigarettes cigarettes cigar cigar- I ettes wasn't it f 1 r 5 1 1 4 3 tI y y L fi ti rj q v l 1 r r 40 cl n rby i I nv w ark rk H 4 rw r r. r S t r tI Ir a ar r a t r r rII II l V r Go h 4 rl 1 Z yS Ir I f V Y I l. l S k v I k o n r V HI n The modern girl athletically inclined in- in dined elined t the o thrill hunter likes nothing so much as a seat at the ringside in the boxing arena or at ata a 30 a wrestling match but bu but y j Of course she wasn't supposed to go But we found records where girls girla dressed up in boys' boys clothes and attended these affairs It is recorded as the scandal of the social season in the annals of a Southern family that a prominent young bud had attended a shoot and had fainted when she witnessed the cruelty practiced on snared birds and was thus discovered How did the girl of the break loose How was the the- flapper born and who was the ringleader was ringleader 1 was the next on the list of questions After Washington became Pres President dent he insisted on the men powdered powdered powdered pow pow- dered hair but the ladies insisted on ongoing ongoing ongoing going red and nd the Father of His Country was far too wise to interfere with them He had plenty of troubles without that Dorothy Quincy was the first fl flap flap- p- p per At least she was the first piquant beauty who became known for her ready Wit and smart costumes Her bons were muc much quoted by the younger set By the way the modern slang t terms lobster originated originated originated she's a bird and hes he's a at this' this time Evelyn Byrd who was considered the most beautiful girl in America was much admired by King George Meeting Meeting Meeting Meet Meet- ing her in Lo London d n he paid her a pretty compliment Said Jie he hee I knew there were beautiful flowers in your country but I didn didn't t know they had such beautiful beautiful ful birds there The other expression was found in a young girls girl's diary where she wrote wrote that that she wished her mother wouldn't invite those lobster lobster-b lobster backs British red-coated red soldiers to their home The beautiful 1 Evelyn was was old old-fash ione in independence independence independence in- in and didn't approve of the new dependence of her chums and when her parents parent refused he her permission to marry the Earl of Peterborough with whom sh she was was very much in love she pined Vv- Vv j x r I 1824 by br Pul Pu i i i p Because Miss America of 1924 likes bobbed hair short skirts and sports cos costumes she is denounced as bold and bad but but- but but- iIii The Colonial maiden was as demure as her sister of today is bold and she relied on arts which seemed more to conceal than reveal in her social accomplishments but her longings for freedom a and n d self-expression self were as keen as those felt feU now r v i 4 F z j J Jf f x 5 r V HI I I One hundred and fifty years ago go i X the Colonial belle dressed herself in t male attire and sallied forth with 1 the boys to witness a cruel pigeon shoot i. i I I I 4 l t I IThe It t The Colonial flapper openly revolted against the cumbersome cumbersome cumbersome cum cum- hoopskirt and refused refused refused re re- re- re fused point-blank point to powder powder powder pow pow- der her hair R Y er ye Aa 3 J v t 1 away arid died at the age of twenty- twenty seven Rn There was was much indignation expressed ex ex- expressed expressed pressed publicly and privately against this thi emancipation of women Why Dr Smith was very polite when he called the modern girl an Am Amazon izon That's a compliment to her athletic appearance her high spirits and indomitable wilL wilLIn In the old days they named the up to date girls daughters of Zio Zion Zion and and much worse v A AND ND D just as hegi so of tod today Y enjoy dances which originated on the Barbary Coast the i girls girls' of to originate dances foun founded ea on n the scalp and other wild Indian dances s. s No to in indeed indeed indeed in- in deed they didn't confine their their- terpsichorean terpsichorean terpsichorean terpsi terpsi- efforts to the minuet They had plenty of bf others such as the Allemand Valleys De la the Innocent Maid the Successful Campaign Priests Priest's House Blue B Bonnet and OrangeTree Orange Grange Tree t What about rough and powder it was was demanded Surely they used rouge and powder he replied but after the women stopped stop stop- stopped ped powdering their hair it was the men who used most of it Not only on their hair did they use it but on their faces also All the dandies carried powder pu puffs s which they used frequently Men in those days used to go over overto overto overto to London and then come back and throw all kinds of dog Whatever the styles were on the Continent the the Colonials Colonials Colo Cola nials used to exaggerate when when they returned returned returned re re- turned home They would wear three watches for instance and the colors of the silks and velvets of which their 1 elaborate a were made were al always al- al ways very much more ore brilliant than J. J r they had found on the other side All or nearly all of the extreme d however was killed before the war George Washington himself us used d to wear very rich fabrics of velvet and silk but they were always of one color J a John H Hancock was a great dandy It J wasn't the lounge lizards who went in i for these fluffy ruffles rumes it was the most important men of the day iI But it is to be noted that the revolt I of the flappers and their mothers was wasa a very very healthy one and when they doomed the terrific and larded larded lard lard- larded i ed hair they were laying the foundation foundation foundation I tion of the real wholesome brilliant young girl of toda today i l 11 X C 1 Ir if j ll k Ii o p. p 1 M i ll t td j t I r f Ii d II 1 h 1 I r h Illi P FN JJ i ruh jf j l 1 f i r 1 j r i 1 j n ri j r 1 X j Wicked beyond all aU redemption are arc supposed to be the Barbary coast dances and the South Sea Island hula-hula hula of today but but- but bile lio 1110 I c Comi 7 a b r. r g B e b The first girls of the American Republic were wont to originate and engage in dances founded on the Indian scalp dance 1 |