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Show TIIE WEEKLY HE FLEX KAYSYHXE, UTAH r Xr Jo -- Those Were Times of Recalling That Period ' When Most the Gibson Girl, of Us AliE la 1925. Skirts receded to the knees, stockings below them. Garters (were) worn visibly below the knee. The collar passed. With tt and almost the corwent set Itself." Tracing the rise ef bobbed, hair, Mr. Sullivan points out that women workers (during the World war) discovered that tinder limitation! ef time and otherwise, work and car would be facilitated by short hair. Women In ammunition factories found that powder got Into their hair and was War-timphotodangerous. women showed graphs wearing ore a quarter ef a century remember with any degre of vividness the fascinating arenea and events that made up Or th American yeara of are you of the younger generation hlch wonders how Its parents managed to exist without motors, movies, jars bands, radios, lipsticks, bobbed talr, and k nickers t - But they did exist. And more. They bad a good time, and In addition were oa hand to witness some of the moat remarkable changes ever packed into one generation. Your grandfather who now pilots his whlzalng flivver over smooth, hard roads can. remember the time when Lis ox team plodded high-bone- 1 carpet, with huge, highly colored designs, underlaid with padding and tacked down." On the walls are two or three ef Charles Dana Gibson' drawings with the "Gibson girt," magnificently pompndoured and corseted and jerhaps A sketch of the old southern darkey by Kemble; ue ef Remingtons Indiana, or eves a Parrish. "Within the usual American home Monday was aiwayi wssh day,, attended by a soapy, steamy aceut of Vater suds," Mr. Futllvsn recalls. In carried be to had frequently but lets from a well some distant from the house. Clothes were 'put to soak' the night before, and washing waa begun as early as four in th morning. It waa a matter of pride to have the washing hung before breakfast, and neighbors would vie with each other In seeing whose washing appeared first on the Una Tuesday waa Ironing day,' and th Irons wert heated on a hot stove. , , , Women's and children's clothing was made at home, and usually th ahlrts of (he men. . . , No mao was ashamed to wear an honest patch. . . . Friday waa'cle;inlng day.' Saturday was To uo much baking day.' takers bread' waa an Indictment at one of a housewife's Industry and of her pride In her calling. "To the relief of thla routine there earn first the Chinese laundry, and later the community laundry at a business Institution; the dry cleaner, the electric washing machine apd wringer, the electric Iron, the vacuum hlgh-chlnne- d; -- Max-fiel- d ' i - A - . y U h 'v-- Jt j familiar figure In the late 90s and early 00a (very one rode In thoae day and despite the panle ef 189 the bicycle makers prospered, fer people- In most moderate ' clrcum. stance would rigidly economic In other things for the sake of buying cycles. i I . I through muddy trulls. Your grandmother who pindics a button to flood Lor room with electric light can the tlmo when the candle timid, twelve long tubes of tin, Joined together, wus still a c minion household article. Mark Sullivan reviews It all for you In The Turn of the Century, 19001904," the first volume of his series Our Times, the United Stated 19001923," published by Charles Scribner's Bona Ills 002 page of teat. II lustrath n a, maps, .bid stalls-tlca- l t aides lay before you not only the full pageant of theae glorious 'jeara, but also the preliminary event which were tsktng place before the dawn of the rentury, Reading along, you are Impressed that things In thoae ,aya moved with leu apoed and mdse. In the cities at alx In the morning workmen, some on bicycle. some afoot, are going to their toll They get 1J23 a day. but they ere singing and whistling. For a man could buy a suit of riothes fo $L an overcoat for M, a pair of shoes for $220. Dressed In gingham at 0 cents a yard, bis wife goes to market, where she buys a dozen egga for 14 cents, a pound of butter for 24 cents, and all the sugar she wants for 4 cents a . pound. Crossing the quiet street down which speed no she enters a -- dry goods store, whore she buys a pair of shoes for $1.93, a corset for W cents, and a length of hOdnch all wool, sponged and shrunk French cheviot at 7 y rents a yard. Her shopping done, she goes home to a common boxlike or house. "The parlor of 1900 was usually, with Yhreplece' ret, Mr. Sullivan says, "These were upholstered In red or green plush, gaudy successor to the horsehair, then Just beginning to be looked on with disapprovaL For bedroom and dining-roosuites, golden oak was In vogue. On the floor was an Ingrain "devil-wagon- s, d fur-nlshe- d. e In the ... m X. ay,-- w 22X222222 sm vrvr r'xg , plm t ylm by gasoline motors were devised, which furnished light for buildings, he!(ed tb housewife la her dally tasks, and pumped water for domestic uses. Electricity or gasoline began to milk rows, curry horses. "Release froju much bard physical labor (i hue) actually came, but life did not become more aim;!. New needs, new d&lres, were stimulated. Luxuries became necessities. Instead of comparing his state with th past, instead of reflecting that h was far richer in material comforts than Georgs Vartdnijton, whowas Hi richest American of his genera-Uo- n Instead of that, the average man made his comparison with the richest of his own generation." Looking at the outward surface of American life, Mr. Sullivan tells u that one of the most marked changes was In womans dress and adornment "Just before 1900, th vogue of tb bicycle had begun a revolutionary Innovation, which, after 1900, waa carried further by a greater participation In athletics by women tn colleges, by Increased employment of women .In business, and by certain cnrtoua consequences of the (World) war. . . , The bicycle, authorities agree, started th revolution. In the late a80e and early Ws, when th high wheel waa supplanted by th safety, women began timorously to ride. Previous to that, almost the only sport frevly permitted to women by convention had been croquet Women had ridden horseback, but only on aedato aide saddle and tn n riding habit In which the amount of covering and cloth was even greater than the long tralus of ordinary dress r "Manufacturer began to make a safety bicycle adapted to women by nets to protect skirts from becoming entangled In the wire spoke. Gradually and daringly a few women began to wear shorter skirts, weighting the hems down with llulo strips of lead." Then rama "lawn tennis, accompanied by modification of stays and corsets That met with outraged Ministers exhorted their criticism. congregations to eschew tb ungraceful, unwomanly, and unreDned game which offended ail the canons of womanly dignity and delicacy. But sports for women began to bo adopted in th women's colleges, then begln-lnto expand. , . . The more daring began - to appear In bloomers. These were ridiculed In the press and denounced from the pulpit "It took years for th change In firms to pass from costumes for spdrts Into ordinary wear. Skirts ending at tb ankle for street wear in bad weather were ridiculed, where not more gravely condemned. In 1900 th standards of style la appearance and dress ran to 'stuallnesa,' and called for high, tight-lacecorsets, tight kid gloves, and shoes usually a size or (nor too smalt The standard of beauty In waist called for one that could be 'easily clasped with two fry gr gaicj run vovru dWtvxrt on evch park are, I.U d owrxrjB HV1Q EVNCH OK Mtrn (arm (vr aal. rlht pric, writ- K. W. FEAaK. Oak. GHKI.L.EV '.La rravT : U .if 11,9 I V. IS - w - -v !: I water Ca. e f .,xu 41. It Ln CK-- Adams Jack iKjft v ..- -, cover of charactertstle dlm-v- l th bO. Compared with some of novel ef 1928, they the were "chaste, ethical, and even flowing with rectitude," according to Mr. E. L. Pearton of tho New Yerk Public Library, two-doll- ar " - sweeper, th electric sewing machine, the tireless cooher. Housework was completely revolutionized. The adaptations of electricity for housework began to arrive about 1900 la .Ih cities. By 1923 the long antenna of the power stations bad begun to reach along country roads, and the conveniences that the city woman had enjoyed were now made available to tho farmer wife. Gererators driven ... d hands.' "By 1925 th Sunday best, had passed awty; woman tried, to look her best at all times. , . , with other change, dresses that required ten yards of material were supplanted by ton requiring less than three. Cotton stockings almost disappeared, and silk took their plate. Tb long sleeve of 1900 receded to none at all K4 ,.,m, Oo e r Established forty-seve- n for business or property. Many a player in th orchestra of life spends all his Urn merely tn tun. , ing up. ntry ears, Cou- town. MacLeod, New York City, 143 East 13th St. W. N. M, Balt Lake City, No. 23 1921 alia, knickers and with hair bobbed. Other women noon took, up ths practice." Finally it became a fad. At th end. of tb war It showed' aoma slgui of dying out, but was revived by motion picture actresses. By th beginning of 1924. bobbed hair was practically universal. Nearly all new spring hats were so small that only bobbed heads could get Into them. , Many women were forced Into th vogue. to find a bat It waa almost large enough fur a woman with long I Tb CUcag. WIA- - Laa4 A 03 Cs, Hdi Sc a t. Ws .IIL KlNEWall Finish DISTRIBUTOR SALT LAKE GLASS & PAINT CO. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH vj1 O mao c.ia.i g , Th kind ef vie president some per. son Roosevelt weuld expected make. A cartoon from th n Rest 'Twenty days after he wee elected Roosevelt wrote t a friend: "I de net expect to go any Wash-Ingto- further In potltlca style ef bobbing were InwomFlappers, middle-ageen. grandmothers. Invaded mans last retreat, th barber shop. Men complained. Finally an Ingenious barber la California put out a alga: Shop for Men Only." What made possible the Lue and cry ever Free 8Hver, g and New Freedom ? lie tril us it was the end ef free land, the Immense Increase In population, the reduction fa sine the Civil currency by one-hawar. and the decrease of liberty following th law that "th amount ef regulation the Individual must endure Is directly projortlonal to the density of population multiplied by the re oclty of Its unit." hair.- - New vented. d gray-balre- d T-arb-er Trust-Bustin- Jbkm ! Vhatm! An vordr tht end with and nights free from (lies and in Drive them from your porch. Destroy daj-- g ENJOY them indoors. Sfcray Flit. Flit spray clears your home in a few minutes of fjes and mosquitoes. It is clean, safe and easy o use. . f lf . Kills All Household Insects Flit spray also destroys bed bugs, roaches and acts. It search out th cracks and crevice her they hid and breed, and destroy insects and their egg. Spray flit on your garment. FLt kils moths and their larvae which oat hole. Extensive tests showed that Flit spray did not stain th moat deiicat x . fabrics Flit to tb result of exhaustive research by expert entomologists and chemist. It to harm)rg to mankutd. Flit ha replaced th old methods because it kills all the insects and ' does it quickly. Get a Flit can and sprayer today. For sal everywhere. STANDARD OIL CO. (NEW JERSEY) Z2 l sue Mowd you like to go back to thvtg ? Lefl to right: Bathing eoxtumea ef 1900 from Vogue ef June 21 ef that yeaV; princesa slip, 1900 model from Vcgur February 8, 1900; 1928 model from recent issue Pictorial Review; street costume, 1500, from Vo jug. January 11, 1900; tame for 1828, from Western Newepeper Union advertising cut and copy eervlce; eporU clothe from. Vogue, February 22. 1500, whiric recommended tM eklrlj "Thor I Th skirt Just escapes th ground, or perhaps a little mors. nothing so sensible, comfortable and clean. ... . Hardware Store - for Trade ISeill-am- s FOR INDIGESTION 5$ and 75$ Pkfs.Sold Ev'erywhera accurate-forHer 4 an eaampU-oeasting by a prophetic cartoonist, Homer Davenport, who In 1899 published this drawing, "Tho Passing of tho Horse," In th New York JeurnaL , rnou Mitchell w.v Eve a IM.au .. C.l. waive For SORE EYES 'LLP Sure Relief ?: I to hzak Jaik-.- . f gaud , farm fur aala. Wising Cickaaga. Daavar. Culm . CASK ram for Sastsi laid, sld Siscstdag gtalas awsoada rusts Csa sv ratsrs stall. Bell-an- s Hot it, WV j) lAtSTlOfr 6 u physicians everywhere recomnicij ' Hold It Therm I aooe n :i To avoid ioutatkmi, always took for the signature ef Cut T9 Taj MOUSC Cas-tor- han Substitute for Castor Oil, Far. pone. Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, especially fit; :cj for Infants in arms and Children all ages. Sure Relief caea&wrp Fletcher's is a pleasant, Instructor What la the- next element yon are going to analyze for me I Student J know It, air ; It'i on the tip of my tongue. Instructor Welt, don't wallowvtt; It arsenic. The Automoblllst . rrv Unit ... . A MOTHER- :- - 80 is ixxXxxxxxxVUxxxXxxxxxvxxvxxvvxvv,j g, ... later 90 Charles Dana Gibsons drawings la sheer black and white largely displaced the. threats and achieved en almost universal vogue. Mia characters, always dean and fine, composed the models for the manners ef a whole generation ef Americans, their dress, their pose, their attitude toward life, Mr, Sullivan says. (Cepyrlght, by Collier's Weekly,) t k d tight-lacin- - Jmmm 'Xsr?zrryA Corsets By PROEHL HALLER JAKLON you old enough to look fc , Bicycles and Were Very Young 1900-1901- ,WWWW'WVWVWVWVVV U Lj-LDL- I DESTROYS Flies- - Moequitoe Aata Bed Bugs Moths Roaches 1???" !! i |