Show Women Are N Not t Flirting With Death I I I I II Ily lIy RUTH nUTH S If It you are a man and ad d think you ou are g going to tell your wife sister or sweetheart sweet sweet- h heart eart what she should wear win t ter er to keep from catching cold If It you think she Is flirting with d death eath just because she goes around w ws with ith low neck low shoes and only s silks to protect her against the chill w wW winds Well L yoU yoi would better read what br Dr M Mary Iary ary Halton head of ot the women's department de de- de- de p of ot the Broad Street hospital h has as to say Dr Halton Haiton was told the verdict d or ot m mere man as represented r J ti in a statement state state- it m ment ent from London by Dr Or J J. Alexander B BT Browning Browning- of the Institute o of Hygiene T The he idiocy of women's dress with re respect respect re- re B to climatic conditions was the t theme them of his hla remarks Fashion decrees that nothing warm s should hould be worn when on pleasure bent in i n the evening and women go o from a warm room to the of the night i in n the t J he e declared Wh Why that that's alt all bosh h Vehemently a at answered the clever woman doctor from froni I t the he Broad Street hospital If If It he would take the time tp investigate he c would find that more mor men nen lIe die from pneumonia p tha than do women Just go gc i into any restaurant and see the women womer I s sitting there In their low evening d dresses and Cresses and clinging silk dresses S Have tave they goose flesh over their arms arms arms' Are their noses noses' red and chilled Are Arc t they hey blue with the cold No And Au why ik Simply because c they the are r swathed swathe i in n layer upon Ou eli layer O of silk lra A And h s silk ilk Is a nonconductor of heat ar and l protects the body from the variations i in i temperature Anything I loathe continued Dr Halton as she energetically set t to work to fast fasten n securely and becomingly becoming becoming- l ly y the long loose sleeve of her very s stylish distinctly Parisian dress dresS any any thing hing t I loathe is a tailored costume Tweeds Tweeds' her voice mocked the word I i itself Tweeds are abominable Is a L woman comfortable with a neck high-neck tailored blouse and tight fitting tweed tweet I suit No And Is sh she any warmer NO Have you ever had on a mans man pair of pants pants' No No Then you do no not t know how uncomfortable they are I wish men would get Set to the stage when they would stop being and an I all go around wearing the same sort Dort o of f suit When they get to to that stage stage- they can tell women what to wear Dr Browning has s said ld that women r catch cold going from a heated room roon 1 1 II 1 l i Li r 1 l' l i ito to a colder atmosphere In their light clothes Dr Halton wa was reminded It Isn't a sudden chill chili which will give one a cold Dr Halton Haiton replied its It s the prolonged chillIng When Ium a girl steps from a warm room loom into the cold nI night ht and passes quickly Into a awaiting awaiting awaiting waiting car she car she Is plunged suddenly Into a a. cold atmosphere re that Is Invigorating tal al tI is I orating It t is like t taking taking- a cold fd plunge In the morning That will warm and stir up the blood And just so when a 1 woman comes cornea out Into the cold air at night she Is filled with sith renewed life lIe and vigor I tha I just come coma from rom Englard the animated voice of ot this very feminine tem fem mine doctor went on and you will wi i find that over there babies are raised raise d without any stockings stocking's or shoes C on their feet Their bare legs become becotT L hardened to atmospheric conditions I In n Paris this year you found youngsters around with socks very socks very short short- short short- and bare legs almost up to 10 the waist wale t. t That Is la the Parisian idea too And An Id it is ts the way with the Parisian woman worna a. a She has discarded tailored clothes 01 entirely en en- 1 tirel Sport clothes are the tao most et sensible f the e most healthy A And ein eino in this is country there are een more feminine W wo women gi gito men since women o received the ut to vote vole If a woman wants a sweater tr now she will go out and buy a S pretty iy feminine silk aUk sweater She will vill bt buy ly these pretty little silk pant at and id silk Russian n blou blouses es Take the m man for Instance Ce continued continued con con- Dr Halton lIe He will go around downtown Tn dressed In a stiff bosom shirt and ta tailored tailored tai tai- taLU 1 lored bred suit But Jf If that same man LU wants to go Over ver to the east side and at id engage In some manual work worle how U un- un cost costume would be No If It Ithe he to be boa painter he will pi put Lit on a smock or or blouse of ot some thi thin pin n washable material If he wants to do to some farm work he will put on overalls over over- alls ails Just so with the woman she is going to we wear Wea at what is most sensible is i for h her herAnd r. r A And d how abo about her shoes hoes and stock stock- CAnd C- C lags Ings The girl Irl here her is wearing the co correct correct cor cor- C- C root thing was th the 1 rep reply Wool Woolen in stockings or silk and Wool In Par Far s they have something w which we ha have not tOt got here the here the knitted silk stock stock- c- c Ing tag And nd fur coats coats o was s asked If It a a. girl can afford a fur coat coat all all LII allright right was the answered A ni nice Ce black seal coat will not spot pot or she show w the dirt Velvets will not spot But nut Just you o go back cle and tell t the themen themen men mep for me Dr Halton declared as she ehe pushed e a softly t clinging veil aw away sy from her face a es to r let It fall f gracefully graceful iy again over a small becoming turban sn made from the same soft material as asher her dress just dress Just you tell them m that an as soon sCIon as they can find a woman sitting sitti Ig around In a II thin dress and at the sat same time having a rEc red no nose gooseflesh si and skin skin only only then can they eta start rt to tell a wom woman n what what to wear wear ear Dr Halton was not asked what she s he thought of or the long dresses from a hygienic r t Her long gac gracefully grace grace- e- e fully ully draped dress was answer e. e |