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Show IT'S BAD FORM INDEED FOR WOMEN TO SWOON AS IN FORMER DAYS In gentler days gone by swooning was supposed to bo the natural icsponai1 of a young woman to any untoward stimulus, ln the novels she swooned Into the arms of a convenient youth of stalwart proport ions, who carried her to safety. What she did In real life whon there was no sturdy oak about which she could twine docs not appear. We have always suspected that she thon trotted off upon perfectly per-fectly efficient legs, postponing hor swoon until succor was at hand. Today To-day nobody is surprised that the Wellesley younc women marched out of their burning dormitory with entire scjf-possesslon. They urn praised for their intelligence and pluck. But nobody wants them to f.iint. In fact, we should be thoroughly thor-oughly ashamed if they had attempted at-tempted any such nonsense. What was fashionable. In fact quite de rlgvieur, a century ago Is now an annoying bit of Idiocy. We do not know thai female nerves and courage cour-age and physique have changed extensively. ex-tensively. But fashions unquestionably unques-tionably have. Perhaps the femin- ists and anti-feminists of the hour can explain why. |