Show 7 f r nr 11 L r r. r 10 r. r t r t r 1 t 1 f I I r rt f i. i J I a I. I rJ r j A o a g rouser rousers 1 I nr t JL u t Not Always in Public c 7 Like Liae Mrs rs Version Vernon Castle and Other Of Riders f But as a Comfortable Expedient for the Home or the Studio ii 1 I F J And B lh ey I r i Ji L 1 S- S w. Y 4 4 1 r LIke Freedom of iA Action That r r N i r Goes Them with r ri rt t g s r f 1 4 Oi 4 t r r ff C y r t r w r TS a y 6 r V aLmS lf v- v W x wL S s i i t t af t 1 r w t I I i. i k f r j s l O d r ri J. J Id I i I Billie ieN Norton orlon Who Learned on the Stage How to Wear Ii Trousers and Has Since Adopted Them for a House Costume I. I By Madge Marv Marvel 1 t day I spoke to a 1 hUy oung Young woman of ot n P lle 11 modern rn sor sort t that that you your ou r In fa ar any of ot our larger Iu-ger clUes cities oaten ra for tor Women or reply m menta was as en enl rely char chal charof of the ue tt feminine attitude e. e be d delightful she said gall do It y ho would ouM BEGIN DEGI It 11 iS Wal er did It She ire t nn and with ith a athe and hat 1131 and a mans man's shirt e th Ibe d the blessinG of the thele le at the neck now nOt in I 1 e bele the cruse cause of I t l radically all do does not ll o alone olano nary K V So 80 i set Bet myself mY to tod tol l aoE-an aoE l a n d l 1 to finding whether I l I had heard that many IF trousers today ln In late hour hours a IO plaZ b. b t one W Would 1 1 t an nn snore morp nor J Independent r er- er en t Plc so 50 that It ti was Vas aa no 4 to find a sculptress In Ibs P is ls a y youn Young ung American J r mcd from wI Parts Paris In hOP her e r was as at work on of o the t bete r. r u Bar Bar- Barn n s Olga a dO Iho eho Stood clothed i JD no noa a corduroy y trousers a and and nd a a. blue coat that h tN alto talco oro smoking s' s said MISS P h. h l wh why on earth there Is so much trouble about women's wearing trousers trous trous- ers I first began hegan to w wear nr thorn In Jn Paris In the stu studio lo There as here there was a lot of or tinkering to o bedone bo be done lono setting getting up and down stepladders stepladders ders and all aU that sort of tiring thins Now Wow I am certain certain that I If a n man were asked to do such work In skirts his language Would be somewhat t shocking shockIng shock shock- I Ing g yet et women are arc supposed to wear petticoats c even when they aro are least practical er I put on trousers and now all of m my friends know that I wear them In the studio In fact I have e some ome girl 1111 friends who have o tried the the- Idea Ideo and now stick to It that those ore the easiest and most practical working togs toss th the they y ev ever evor r hadIt had If It one Is la going to do good work I that she should be unhampered unhampered h by things that annoy her For Instance I wear near my hair short Ahart for tor forthe forthe the very Aery J same ame reason that I wear trousers while whilo working It Is 18 less trouble And now that I have got rid of hairpins you OU cannot Imagine how far Car more comfortable I am Now and then In Central Contral Park people people peo pee plo stop atop and wonder who the the- very handsome boy may mar be bo seen acen riding a beautiful chestnut horse Tho The onlooker onlooker on on- looker wakes with a shock when he heis hela la is told that it Is not a smart youth at nil ull but Mrs Vernon Castle Castlo whom hI ho may have admired so 80 much but Jut tho the night before while matching Watching the little lady In her professional proCessional dancing Many women have havo taken to wearing kT rV r i nod n a I coat ott T j Mrs fIrS Vernon Vemon Castle I- I r 1 in Her Mannish Riding Rig h. h j P a below tho the knee for Cor riding but Mrs Irs Castle goes oes thou thorn all just one better and wears perfect fitting long riding trousers a Do well fitting coat not coat not too toe long and long and a derby hat You aro a Do wonder onder If you ou can tell teU at first glance whether It Is Mrs Irs Castle or somo some lad who knows how to ride and ride well at that Miu Mis Mi Contention But for tor out-door out sports there thero are other Women omen who ho ha e taken to tho the male male- attire Miss Maggie the singer who Is a n pioneer does not believe bellevo In la tramping over golf solf links In skirts Just the tho or ordinary costume w worn orn by men for Cor and walking Is about the most comfortable thing you jou ou can Imagine for tor out out- out door sports says she ehe There Is coming corning a time when hen Miss Gertrude Brugman Wears Trousers at Her Country Home r N i 7 4 J l F Ft t I I k A i ii i s 1 r ri rr rt a f i i t r fir y if rM ry I. 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C y a G 9 1 r women nomen i will wear car the knickerbockers long stockings s and a a. short coat or ors s sweater when they golf sol tramp or ride It Is far for moro more sensible and when It ItIs ItIs itis Is once looked at from that point of vIew lew I am tun certain It will be bo accepted and recognized as sane l I If you jou OU o ha ever er played golf gal you vou certainly know what an effort and bother it Is la to go goo tramping about with witha Hh a n. skirt on Xo No matter If It Is short there Is an inconvenience an and lack o 0 of Creed freedom om that once you jou havo have hJ had tho the knickerbockers on on you cannot standMore standMore standMore stand More Women omen would walk alk and take talco healthy health exercise If It they would Or could dress as the men do and ln I cannot cannot can can- not see why they cant can't Watch It though It will come come it It Is gradually coming corning along now non There are arc two women who nho learned to wear trousers trousers from from their experience experience ence on the stage Miss Dime Billie Norton Nor orton or- or ton for Cor instance simply lo es trous- trous TS era ers Truly declared she laughing If women omen only knew how comfortable comfortable comfort comfort- a able le their men Coll folks s aro are they would bo Ire jealous and try their trousers If It tho the men dont don't like women to wear near trousers why trousers hy It Is too bad ball Of or course one ono ma may put it tho the other way around and say women dont don't like men to wear skirts An And yet jet with some home of or tho the fashions of men today that Is what thc they aro are almost doln doing f r It R tr iJ a t f AY 1 t r fa K s A N r fi F Xh i G GI I f And as for tor their house lounge r robes Well Veil there thero are aro many that are more elaborate elaborate- than those women wear ear earIt If It the iho men want to turn up their noses at us for tor wearing nearing trousers we can simply sit back and do the tho same sarno at them for wearing such eye eye aching aching robes at homeNo home No Danger of Tripping Another thing I have to do a lot lotof lotof of practising at nt homo home both in learning learning learning learn learn- ing parts and in dancing And I have ha found that tho the freedom of the trousers Is wonderful One Ono can ean ne never 1 A S r rc c z My air r E. E 41 y a Miss Marguerite Gale Who i Wears Trousers n on Automobile Excursions 1 r Y sl y f. f i. i p I r V J 1 Miss Renee i Who Who Wears Trousers in Her Studio tell ten when she will b he called upon to wear them on the stage stace and In wearIng wearing wear weare ing Ingo them In her homo she becomes accustomed accustomed accustomed ac ac- ac- ac to them and so 80 makes a better appearance ce in In front of an audi audi- ence There Is la no denying the tho fact tact that I 1 like to wear them and mean to keep doln doing so In my home borne Miss Mies Octavia Ellis EJUs is another New NewYork NewYork NewYork York young woman who ho of ot late lato years ears has hRS worn tho the much-discussed much trousers In to her ber home She Is a a. decidedly active ac tlC- tive Uve and energetic young woman and when visited recent recently she she- was busy S with tasks about her flat task tasks tasks' which she followed with the physical freedom of a man My h dear she said If It you want to find hous housework work easy wear clothes like these Ono One of ot the very first things you will discover er is that there Is Il no tripping over skirts tearing I thorn thom bringing a lot of pf mending upon yourself and more moro than once getting Into somewhat of ot a n bad temper Stepladders are used more mora fre tre- frequently in house lse cleaning than one ona sometimes realizes Also women omen are aro b bound und to get up on tables and chairs to dust things thinS's placed high Try it with t skirts Nine times Umes out of at 10 they aro are so 50 narrow that they make you trip or you step on them and fall taU I 1 J O 4 t tS S I k l Y J Y t o J.- J. r. r J 1 f b tI t- t t I E 0 ij V 1 A 4 r. r it i 0 t I t w. w 1 s K i M 1 ii r l 7 1 o Mc f ii D r w 2 s C i r l t WC lir j ci I v. v t f fr tl r r J I 0 fC j h. h r o JJ j J r f on t 1 d 1 ii cV b. b tm 3 l lV V sS sSt if ift t sr ji l J j 4 J q t t- t t r J tl il Jt Itt I 5 t- t l ii I rl k Yr afi l J a ISY I f 1 ft k 1 r 1 i. i U A a Qt 9 r n 1 4 r. r 1 t 1 1 r. r 1 t tF r i. i F I I f Miss Octavia Ellis Who Finds Trousers Convenient When She f r Wants to Enjoy Mechanical al and Household t Duties and Pastimes d r I IMore More than one olle accident of at a serious kind has occurred just on account of ot these skIrts and then the mon men of ot tho household sit back In great cat scorn scorn LII und and declare that women have havo no sense anyway and arent aren't fit to do O such things things' While on tho the hand there thera are ore as man many women who can drive a a. nail straight as there are aro men But take off ort tho the skirts and dont don't spoil your our accomplishments by tripping up and hurting yourself tom 1 r. r t The trousers and icer- icer certainly er- er Ide ideal for tor housework an and l' l loins loins- loung ing No won wonder er men are more comfortable com comfortable com com- than women Their cl clothes thes' thes make them hem so so an and from long habit the they have havo come como to bo comfortable in th these se clothes No I wont won't exchange my trousers for tor skirts at home not home not nota a bit of ot It it And so there thero you OU are arc Women are wearing them at last and last and probably In more Instances than you'd suspect |