Show J 1 Style j Jt de I d e r By DR FRANK CRANE I IThe The r reign ign of style is universal At t a wedding the other day the bridesmaids were all tall slim girls There seems to be n. n style In Int inthe t the e he height of i girls r The style of won women in Turkey runs more to embonpoint embonpoint em- em than the standard of beauty In the United States The style in Oriental countries of having several wives is challenged by the style In western of having but one while in some countries the trend seems to be to have none at all I We Ve to wear pointed shoe shoes high he held d dresses chignons hustles bustles arid and long long- skirts What would our grandmothers rs say to see the I ladles ladies nowadays wearing skirts that come only to the knees dresses must appear positively indecent inde- inde cent to those who are brought up upon the Idea that thata a perfect lady should have nothing at all between her ankles and her chin at least nothing to speak of oC Bobbed hair is In style and smoking s seems ems to be on the Increase We Ve all notice hoW queer our ancestors looked ed with theIr high stocks and other of out date date clothing in old portraits Styles of oC dress have changed since those times and they will probably change again In another But style is something deeper mere appear appear- anCL ance There is' is style of oC opinion It was was' once the style to speak reverently of kings and of oC the church Nowadays Nowadays Now Now- I it is the style to poke polte fun at them more or orless orless less openly But the mst most thing of oC all Is style In diseases diseases On Once upon a time nobody ever heard heald of oC appendicitis Now it Is quite th the thing to h have ve your appendix removed and certain doctors make malie a fortune for for- tune by hacking out the appendix to your Intestines People used to sport short a lot of gold In their mouths Nowadays Nowadays- fillings are less conspicuous People used simply to g get t tired Now they have nervous breakdowns If you OU are going to be sick It behooves you to choose a fashionable malad Dont Don't have the old fa stomach ache or sore toe but look about for some new name for these commonplace ce diseases And if IC you rou are gre going to die dont don't select an old out woin-out complaint but keep up with the sion Get some new fashionable trouble and pass away in good so soCiety There Is no sense In dying like a horse or a cow from sonic some common disease when you can die like a gentleman and a scholar by taking up with a new one |