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Show XuaUaifa--fa " 1 : . - PREVAILING FASHIONS Right here in Delta there are two topics of conversation that are always al-ways in season the weather and woman's dress. Two that have been criticised crit-icised and found fault with more than any other or possibly all others combined com-bined and men above all others- are the chief sinners. Ever since wo can remember women and girls have been criticised for what they wore, or what they didn't wear. When they wore long skirts the men said they were unsanitary that skirts should be short. When they wore them short the men all over the country "threw a fit." When they wore the skirts tight the men preached against it; and when they cut a slit in the skirt the same men were shocked. Probably never since women commenced to wear clothes, and that dates back to the tlm6 of Eve, have they been free from the sting of criticism. We believe both men and women-should wear clothes that are comfortable, com-fortable, healthful, convenient-and reasonably attractive. The prevailing styles for both men and women are now more nearly meeting these requirements require-ments than those of any since the old Roman times when the loose-fitting toga was the form of garb worn by all classes, and when sandals were worn on the feet. While a lot of us iuay never hecome reconciled to the short skirt, we must confess that compared with the old hoop-skirt or even later the long train sweeping up the dust, mud or filth along the street, it is an Improvement. We may never get used to "bobbed hair." But If it serves to ward off scalp diseases, then we have no criticism to offer. Possibly after af-ter all we had best remember that "to the pure, all things are pure." And to the one with the "evil eye" Good night! |
