Show I N. N Y Debate 1 Decee re S p of Long L ng Skirts Dont Don't ont Want of Meal Ticket Se Seek Seek- Seeking k ing Frenchmen NEW YORK ORl Dee Deo o 12 AP AP For Foreign eign entanglements In in tha the form of the long IonS skirts skirls decreed by Paris style dl dictators tors have havo been denounced d dby New N York by c After hearing the skirt debated at length yesterday at a a. meeting m e ln sponsored b by the New York State Federation of ot Club omen U the e delegates Indicated catec by bl t approval al of ot a a. statement that American women cannot be dictated die dic tnt d to by a a. small coterie of ot meal ticket seeking Frenchmen In Paris i Six models three dressed In the sh short rt skirts of cit last year tear ear and three thie e ln n the new Ion r style were called calledo to o tho the platform The short shott skirts won a n. popularity vote from the theau au audience Gertrude Lawrence English ac access actress te- te tress cess wearing a 3 skirt twelve Inches from Crom rom the floor defended long Icing skirts She Sho said u MORE ORE ESTH ESTHETIC Tho The new with their long graceful lines aro are more more esthetic Uc They arc are easier casler to look took at and that should bo lo a a I determining reason for tor us They make tall women look less ess like liko bean poles short women ook luok taller and fat women look more more sIc slender Under the old styles limbs limbs' had become le legs s knees were no longer Joints but Institutions lons and common cornman com com- non mon charity demanded ded that tho the I legs of oC sono Women should be he COred covered cov CO red ered Even Eyen l. l legs Ics be benefit by y the v ne new st styles styles' Jes b b suggestion tion lon Is v always ya be better l r. r than rovela- rovela Hon tion I They say the tho short style tyle mak makes s women free t e. e I I t th n k the tho new stylo makes o en more moro fr free Q be beCause beauBe because be- be cause auBe It Is more feminine Fem Fern Ints lots him hirn have 0 her wa way waz Rita Welman short story writer er arrayed In ln a n. frock which was wis Rev sev- sev Inches from the floor voiced d the declaration of ot American Independence Inde inde- pm enc of or paris paris' style tyranny tranny In Ina int a 1 t ch championing ing the short skirt Sho She said PITTED AGAiNST AGAINST W WO LD My Iy task Is almost al n helpless I Iam am pitted against tile the entire world of or f fashion hion and commerce an and 1 a against mu much stronger stronger- the sheer charm of 1 Miss Miss Lawrence But w we must fight tight They want ant to lengthen o our dresses and shorten pur OUI waists Th They i are cutting us short where wo YO ought to to o. o be boo long and vice versa val sa I After years cars of ot comfort W we e fInd ourselves trying to manipulate te dresses that drag g on tho on-tho tho danco da floor with Ith their tulle bows bowa arid and Jounces flounces The Tho first thing thins y you fi know Iino now t they e will have e us behind funs fans n I again J I 1 agree that every woman likes to cross cros a Q or era n a floor In a trailing dress s. s But we must remember the dust we plc pick upi upi- up They are trying to to- tomake make Us look quaint again We Va must not let them make ua us look I III dont don't believe e In knees except In bathing su is But I Ilo db believe In hon honesty sh The rhe new styles stylea aro not honest I dp do believe bellove that there isa Is Isa a a n. femininity consistent with lion hon esty And I do believe bellove that Amerl- Amerl I c cart n women should refuse to bomeal d tickets tickets- tot the foreign style etyle mong- mong I ers NEUTRAL SI-I SI SHE SAYS Mrs Mrs' William Dick first vice president of the federation who presided declared she was neutral Sh She Sho wore a a. skirt that felt fell ell to her While the question of or skirts was being debated Miss Je Jeanno Vina Vinn la Ia laMax laMu Max Mar dramatic soprano and claimant claimant claim claim- ant of ot the tho female featherweight title of r tho the world paraded outside i In a n. pall pair of ot wide trousers worn vorn witha with a green velvet blouse It takes a little courage that's that's all aU she nbc sa said d. d |