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Show A few weeks ago some chorus girls In Chicago wero required by the police po-lice to put on stockings. To the police po-lice of Chicago it seemed Indecent for girls to exhibit their unclad legs. A week ago tho federal district attorney of this city poured o jasoade of sizzling siz-zling words on, tho head of a young woman whom ho regards as anathema because she makes a living by appearing ap-pearing on tho stage In tights. Tho question suggests Itself, "Why should women of tho stage be under greater restraint In tho matter of dress than wonien of society? It Is certainly Illogical Il-logical to bar bare legs from tho foot-a, lights and countenance bare bosoms in tho boxes. Also It Is Inconsistent to object to tho wearing of tights on tho stage and not object to skirts that serve the same purpose on the street. But perhaps District Attorney McNab has been misunderstood. Indeed wo are sure such Is the case. Though wo do not pretend to be privy to tho innormost meaning of his sonorous philippic against tho women In tights we are certain It was not the Puritan in him that mado him feel like giving giv-ing her a spanking along with a scolding. Mr. McNab may cherish tho Ideals of tho days of our grandmothers, grand-mothers, otherwise known as tho early Victorian era, but he Is a wideawake wide-awake young man, and he knows that the standards of right conduct havo changed, and that the manners and customs of today are not what they were twenty-flvo years ago. Reticence Reti-cence in anything Is old-fashioned, out of dato. Tho philosophy of clothes Is in harmony with the philosophy phil-osophy of everything else. The delicacy deli-cacy that marked tho conversation of former years Is now regarded as tho prudery of a false refinement, a seri ous limitation to the freo play of thought and observation. Marriage is now seriously discussed as a shameful shame-ful traffic in love. Eugenics Is a topic of drawing-room conversation, feminlno upllfters aro curoijs about the social evil and they talk glibly of clinics for fallen women, and tho desiarbillty of race sulcldo as a means of minimizing tho miseries of tho poor. Theso aro progressive times. Woman is completely emancipated-oven emancipated-oven from clothes. Sho has become an esthote, and esthotlclsm has rev-l rev-l olutionlzod her Ideas respecting Immodesty Im-modesty and tho symbols thereof. Tho cult of tho worship of th beautiful fomale form is -universal, and the paramount par-amount purposo of dress Is to reveal. Tho only garment now tabu is tho .petticoat, which never had any but a utilitarian value. A skirt cannot cling to a figure and accontuato the graceful undulating lines If a pottl- icoat is worn beneath. Ilenco - tho scrapheap for tho petticoat. It will soon bo as much of an anachronism na hoops. Every now device In dress ie designed to disengage beauty. How bettor to undrapo beauty Is tho problem prob-lem of tho hour. Tho silt skirt la growing In popularity, and evening Areas Is becoming less restralnful. Assuming that Mr. McNab has a projudlco against tights as worn in tho theater, if he had attended the Mardl Gras ball ho would have perceived per-ceived the unreasonableness of his crotchet. An actress wears tights be-' ' causo It is her business to do so. Tho ladies of our best families who woro nothing to speak of at the ball were probably moro self-conscious than tho average actress In tights. Surely Mr. McNab would not presume to censure theso fine ladles, who, after all, In their dress are but reflecting1 tho very genius of the age. Town Talk, San Francisco. ! i. Mrs. J. "W. Houston announces from San Antonio, Texas, the engagement engage-ment of her second daughter, Miss Grlzello Houston, to Harold Brans-ford Brans-ford Lamb of Salt Lake. Mrs. Houston and her daughter are spending spend-ing the winter in Texas. The an-tnouncement an-tnouncement was to have been made earlier In the winter, but was delayed de-layed owing to the death of J. W. Houtson, one of tho most prominent real estate men in Salt Lake. The marriage, which takes place In Salt Lake In May, will be quiet, owing to the recent bereavement In the Houston Hous-ton family. Mr. Lamb Is now In Pasadena, Cal., where he has been visiting his uncle, Col. D. F. Holmes. H6 will leave- shortly for Texas to visit hla fiancee. The announcement announce-ment of the engagement of Mr. Lamb and Miss Houston Is no surprise to the friends of tho young people. Mrs. George S. Ganett was the hostess Monday at a delightful affair, af-fair, a luncheon at the Bransford, at which her guests wero tho old ladles in the Sarah Daft memorial home. Tho long table laid for twelve was beautifully decorated with flowers, and gifts and favors were at each plate. Mrs. Kato Waller Barrett and her daughter, Miss Barrett, left Tuesday for tho east to be In Washington in time for the Inauguration of President Presi-dent Wilson. They were entortalnod quite extensively during their stay In tho city. Miss Barrett was on her return re-turn from a stay of some time with friends In Canada. Mrs. Alice Stobblns Wells has arrived ar-rived from Albuquerque, N. M and is a guest at Rowland hall. Miss Col-burno Col-burno and Mrs. Wells received qulto Informally Tuosday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. James Edward Smith and their small son and Mr?. C. M. Lucas, Mrs. Smith's mother, left last Saturday for Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Brown have left for a three wooks' visit tq southern California. Mrs. Frank Dole of Colorado, Colo-rado, a sister of Mrs. Brown, will be in tho city during her absence Mr. and Mrs. James A. Follgok, who have been touring California on their wedding trip, havo arrwgd In Salt Lake and are at tho Hotel "Utah for a stay of a few weeks. " 5- Captain and Mrs. John McAullffe Palmer, who were here with the Fifteenth Fif-teenth at Fort Douglas, sailed from San Francisco on February 5 for Manila to rejoin the captain's regiment, regi-ment, Mrs. J. S. Donelson has gone to Wyoming Wy-oming to join Mr. Donelson, and during dur-ing their absence their daughter, Evelyn, will be the guest of Miss Marian Godbe. Mrs. L. W. Emerson has been spending the past few days here with her cousin, Mrs. A. J. Gorham, on her way east, after a visit In California. Cali-fornia. Captain George W. England entertained enter-tained at a delightful dinner at the Hotel Utah prior to the departure of "The Concert" company last Saturday, Satur-day, several of the members of tho company being former friends of his in New York. The guests at the dinner din-ner were Miss Katherine Tyndlll, "Miss Margaret Bloodgood, Miss Wlther-spoon, Wlther-spoon, H. Nye Chart and S. A.wMAgln- Mr. and Mrs. Culbert L. Olsen left Wednesday for the east. They will go direct to Washington to bo present pres-ent at the inaugural coremonles, and will visit New York and other points of interest before their return. |