Show The Tho New York police pollee department rocs Joes not think so badly of ot the flap flap- per Jer er Though she deals with flap flap- ers in all stages stage from the gi giddy dy In the thc dance li hall to the ess ingenuous type on her way to toi toh i h reformatory Mrs Mary l E. E hamon ham ham- on patrol woman on the rs staff of the New York police department de de- stood u In the flappers flapper's ers pl-er's defense old fashIoned the tIle flapper napper Sirs Mrs Hamilton Hammon said more than old She's medieval rile flapper is a throwback to the renaissance and I am for her er Origl Originally nally lall woman woman was the tho temptress a housand feet below man level Then ame the tho renaissance and woman became the tho slut a thousand feet J. J above ove mans man's head Now we wc have the renaissance and like al to an all ancient fashion he style tyle returns with a difference iMie difference in this case Is that thal n ii the second renaissance woman lops 1015 down from Irom her pedestal and stands lands on the tho level with men In my time girls were hypo- hypo rites They Thoy were not any better nan han the girls of today but they pre pre- ended to be mincing mollycoddles anything is better than thun lie hE ie and ignorance the in ty both mental and physical of oC the girls irIs when I was one of them Suppose the le flapper Happel docs does we weir lr hort skirts Is an ankle any worse than nan a wrist Suppose the flapper r i 3 3 disrespectful to her parents parent hat of it What are arc parents The orld belongs to the present genera genera- ion You have to be he disrespectful orne times to assert yourself An Any loneer knows that Of course ome orne of the Ole flappers go too far But ve ve known hundreds hundreds' of flapper nd as a rule rulo they are good girls aerel merely a bit intoxicated with free free- om and a bit emphatic In enjoying i. i t. t t. t If th the great w war r had lead come in mothers mother's time shed she have been i. i sapper apper too I wish it had Flappers God Flappers God bless them Neither oleither below men nor above bu houlder to shoulder The They are are tin lope rope if the tho world Here an and there a voice was voice was rais rals- d in agreement with l Mrs rs Ham Hamil on Flapper Is Ig Sensible Give Ghe the flappers a chance aid lId Mrs Frank Frank- A. A lu heal aj f the thc New York State 1 Lead 0 tL d. d o 0 omen lomen Voters I a few fla flag fla ers myself and nd they are more in fu intelligent th thou than l' l I was at their age The rhe flapper is a fine mo lerr irl with good c common sense Miss Mau Maude n HIJ Roy Jo jc lay laj preacher delegate from Gle Great Greit u Dr ain to the American Y V. W W. C. C A 4 The flapper said Dr gee ee A Stone hea head of the of health is a fe female vho rho has lived down thousands o 01 ears ears' ears of hypocrisy and amid has become i h human being said Miss V. V Adams president of the Oxford ollege for women in Oxford Ohio The flapper has learned to analyze o understand She will be tie a l more mother than the girl j ul JJ ven yen ten years ears ago H Criticism of the flappers flappers' rs' rs dress 1 l h evenly divided pro and con is lS a study of the newspapers pers hu fad fad- ia i- i a sates ates tes Flappers will buckle their galo- galo hes lies when men give up sloppy belts bolls or 01 neat suspenders remarks the Ind and they will stop stop bob bob bob- ev Frank E E. E H Hopkins of the First church in Michigan sing ing their hair lair like ile a pineapple then lihen men stop shaving theirs like i t chrysanthemum Dr F. F J. J London specialist joined various merican physicians in condemning Ilk hose open coats and thin shoes n cold or rainy weather But the or short skirt is a sensible arment he lie added and while omen wear too clothing men mcnear ear too tea much On the other hand rank Yank A. A Parsons president of the Tew lew York School of Fine and Ap Ap- Ap lied Arts said saM that the women on avenue in the afternoon and andt t t the opera in the evening were nore more than other women warnell time began exposing the ugly carts larts of ot their bodies showing a to to- al lack of common sense in dress affecting the lowered vered waist line which throws the body entirely out of proportion l Meanwhile le girls cannot wear knickers to the Brooklyn high schools nor in the classrooms at Vassar and Connecticut college Michigan State Normal college will not knowingly permit any young woman to remain in the Ule school who smokes And the Fidelity Trust company at Newark N N. N J. J joins with department stores at Wash- Wash D. D C. C in barring flapper dress for women employees the Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic City school superintendent forbids his teachers to follow the styles with styles with discretion And the Arkansas courts have just decided that no school can expel a girl student student student stu stu- dent for bobbing or Responsibility for is variously placed both by those who approve flappers and those who do not Mrs Emma C. C Chase district superintendent of schools in Sullivan Sullivan Sullivan Sulli Sulli- van county New York said that boys and girls became flappers because the they have their breakfasts in bed Dr Alfred E. E Stearns head master master master mas mas- ter of Phillips academy Andover Mass Bass blamed the parents who surround surround surround sur sur- round their children with home homebrew homebrew brew and jazz One and all however put some phase of responsibility on the world war The war did id it whether er r. r you praise or blame the little lady credited with everything from powdering her knees and attending opium parties to scorning hypocrisy and saving the world |