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Show "Flapper" of Olden and y Modern Day Compared fefadge rjellumy. stsr of "Lorna Toons," takes Issue with ths statement that modern girls sre more brasen than the maidens of. ancient times. "Olrls of todsy do not differ at all X. from those of early English history," aistes Mlrs Pvllsmy with conviction. "I read reams and reams of history and romanrf-s of .those early days, In addition to R. I. OUckmore's novel, before I started filming this role, and can't see much difference. "In reading of the court scenes, which ws hsd to reproduce. 1 noticed much slmllsrlty between the lovely maidens being presented to ths royal society of King James and the flappers who dsncs about today. The same vlvaclousness, ths same flirting coquetry thouffh not quite a braxenly frank as that art Is today the same little feminine ways "True, they were not ss athletic as our girls are now. (Jolf and teni.ia were unknown and would hsv proved too strenuous exercise for their muscles. Biit would they? I wondered, when reading of how 'they used to dance from minuet to sunup. If those exquisite. doll-like r restores wers really ss weak as historians have pit'-turod pit'-turod them. I have sri Mee that their fralllty was partly ramouflaKe. an artful art-ful mantle worn )y them to ensnars masculinity. i "The women In those days accompanied accom-panied the Hants on their hunts, riding rid-ing slde-SHd'lle of ourse, with voluminous volu-minous ekirts cov erins neat ankles, and If somebody w. so fortunate or so cruel as to shoot a poor weak pheffsant, the dar thhiRa turned their pslned eyes sway. Hut just the same, they were ready for the hunt again the next day and could make long Journeys In the coache over bumpy roads they had no paved highways or automobiles In those days, remember without fatigue. fa-tigue. If a modern gtr4 hsd to ride- a mile In one of those atrocious convey-snces, convey-snces, she would feel like going to bed for a week. T hsd to msks many such scenes whsn, as Lady Iorn Dugal, heiress of the Earl of I,orne, with my Invalid mother, t was supposed to be traveling homo to court. Our art director had obtained an exact duplicate of ths roaches used at that time and I ran assure you I bore bruises for a we ok afterwsrd. "I think that theory that maidens of other days wers fragile creatures who might break In two at a cross word should te laid sway In mothballs. Cilrls hsve grown more frsnk snd Independent, In-dependent, but otherwise they're still .w "sisters under their skins' with their V. rreat-rrandmothers." |