Show AMERICAN WOMEN SLOUCHY 1 Uy Ill Carolyn n Every E clY little while the tho women of or America find out all al themselves them them- selves Thc They read regI it I in Iii a book hook published pub Pub- b by some En Englishman l hman or Frenchman or oth other r foreigner who comes over o to this side tlde on a voyage ot or cry discovery and who ho failing to at attract attract attract at- at tract notice in an any other manner write a book They all al do It the thc they choose the American women for Cor or a ou subject Because the Uw American woman is ao so unlike the women women of their own coun- coun tl try iry which the foreigner under understands not riot at all all that's that's al-that's that's why he writes But Dul It has haK remained until no now Coran for Cor foran foran an American to write a u book boole criticising ln lug ing the American woman oman He lie 10 com conies comes from Chicago and from tram the thc University of course coun From that It ity of Chicago Iy institution there there hits has hut emanated more moro than slush of one OIW sort ort and anti another fluth from all ul the 1 rest t of nf the tho Institutions of learning in the country put r. r Professor J. J Lawrence Laughlin Is la lathe the creatures creature's name He lie I is of the thC political economy department of time tho Vie university of kerosene an and He objects to the American woman Not particular class from an any particular par par- an any American cl city or state but to In general women general The Time American women are arc living In drew dress much in a n state slate of or manners stud intellect and unc language tuc What hat we ve we need IH is a sense of form orm I It is 11 that I. I very ery scarce among somethIng nothing ery people It is the tho rarest I American TH I is IR in iii this country counti Ju Just t there 8 n o took look Jook at the way women walk wale on the tl The TIme wiggling away away- and Bt sla-ge sla ant Se have hu made them he the ing of or all Europe Engl English h. h ridicule al with women walk wih French and G German wal AmerIcan but the young dignitY young some Home women have a and glide glde undignified and wl wiggle fc that Is ungraceful theres there's what whal are And Oi theres there's r J. J Laurence Laurenc Lu Laughlin who parts his hiM name In the middle thinks of us I Time They hey say a that thai th the Chicago women are aro up in arms against t Professor Profesor J. J Laurence lurence Considerable feeling has been icon arou aroused ed and the only grain grIn of nf comfort the they tty find Is the fact that the professor puts put the ban on all al women not Chicagoans alone It I seems teems to me that Professor sor Laughlin might have been in better heter business than criticising women I am am Inclined to think however that his observation of women has bias been very ery limited With Wih his statement In mind I went vent ent out upon the tue street yesterday e and ant If IC there was a day calculated to show oil off offa oila of a n womans woman's walk yesterday was sas the theda da day In the thc first place It rained in inthe inthe inthe the second place It I had snowed and the combination of rain rin and slush made the sidewalks exceedingly I slippery slip slip- sll- sll pery lery and nast nasty But lut of oC if all al tho ho women women wo wo- men I loo looked at who passed the corner cot cor ec nero ncr but three were slouchy slouch One Ono of these was a woman who 1 led leda t a n little child b by the hand She wa was poor and anti wore vore a u skirt ht that had evidently evi l c dently been intended for feU some comae one el else e. e for 01 or It was threw three Inches incItes too long all nl around Holding the child b by the hand the Uhe other uthel engaged in holding an um umbrella rela It Was as Of oC course Im Imposible Impossible Im- Im possible for Cor or her to lift IUt her hem skirt from the sidewalk so she slopped along through h the the rain rin across the sidewalk and over the car cr tracks t lop slop slop slop She was not of or the class that could well be Included with wih the he typical cal caI American AmerIca woman of whom Prof J J. J Laurence wrote about PO so o she realy didn't count The second woman real really was ungraceful un Wi- graceful rac Cul She was wa as ful Cu tel and ant ha had a double chin She Rhe waddled like a duck and und her mountain of o if llesh Hesh quivered I every time her lid heel landed upon the the pavement Surely slut she a was an nn ungraceful un un- graceful sight but sight but h she was obviously ob ou Teutonic and alc she didn't count count I A third happened along and as watched her wiggling oong through h the tho rain 1 I decided that here hrc was at lea least t one cite 01 who lilted Jilted the pro pro- fetor's description She Sho was an American le woman all al right and sh she he I was really realy ungraceful but bu it didn't take a n second to discover the tho rca rca- son She was wearing French heeled shoes shoes' and really realy I dont don't think she counted either Do you ou For those shoes or rather that style sUle came from Prance France and the French were ere at after r all al responsible for or her wl wiggly I ungraceful ungraceful un graceful and undignified manner I think If Pro Professor fc s. s 0 I J J. J Laurence will wi take ake the trou trouble le to Investigate 1 lit Iw le writes rItes another hook book I bout about A American Amen Ameri can women he hp will viiI wi el discover cover sonic some things that may be of oC benefit to tn him Because e the American Amerian women are arC graceful and dignified and anti pretty and amil all e everything II Hse nice that an aim any one can think 0 of We Vo women know it H. H and anda a great many other people know It i. i oven If the time professor does coes noL miot JoL He lie will wi ili find Onel It of these days |