, , THE SUNDAY OKEGOMAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 20, 1908.
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MISS ROSE STAHL TELLS PORTLAND
WOMEN HOW TO HOLD THEIR SKIRTS
Comedienne Gives Hints for Getting Around Problem Which She Says Dr. Mary Walker Is the Only Woman Who
. Ever Solved. .
BY ROSS ST Ail U
TO DR. MART WALKER belongs the
honor ' of solving the skirt-holding
problem. No-other woman has ever
done It. Some have , come near looking
graceful when lifting the hem of their
garments m M to escape the ground,
but there has always been room for im
provement. The only way to be aura la
to wear bloomera. Then you are likely
to be looked upon suspiciously by the po
lice or to be dragged into a little social
gathering, of lunacy experts.
Poor woman, this world to no proper
place for her.
Considered from every rational, broad
minded viewpoint, skirts are Inconven
ient and a trouble. Had feminity only
got the right start the sex would hare ar
rayed Itself in knickerbockers or bloom
era. Man. who at beat la a most unbeau
tlfnl creature. a-ets along comfortably
in trousers, while woman dras herself
abont In a mystic maze of torn ruffles
and heel-tripping hems. It's a wretched
elKinse. "We dislike all dress reform ideas
and consider masculine garb hideous In
the extreme, but there's no quesUon
ctbout it. something better than skirts
might be discovered, invented or de
!ned. No chance at all to climb a
fence, you're aure to be left hanging
from a picket. If you are at the sea
hore you can't roll m up and go wad
ing; you must hunt around for a bathing
suit. The best you can do Is to wear
walking skirts cut scandalously short
and console Yourself . with adorably
beautiful shoes and silky hosiery. That's
some cosnfort If a woman ever experi
ences such a feeling.
On a rainy day "Washington street Is
a. Jiving funny page. The way the wo
men hold up their skirt is a scream.
Occasionally you see a foolish damsel
who has dared venture out of doors In
a long-tailed costume, the rear portions
of which spread out like a peacock's
train. Has she troubles? She has! When
the atarboard side is carefully kept out
of the wet the lee portion Is having' a
grand time lapping up the puddles. It
goes after them with a thirst that seema
almost human. The only individual who
can successfully manage such a volumi
nous robe Is a two-headed girl who has
four hands. In momenta of great desper
ation the normal two-handed lady with
the long kirt has been known to decor
ate her garments with safety pins. - a
method which is not elegant, -but which
is as comforting as a JlO bill at a moment
Then even 11 bills are scarce.
The trained skirt Is a thing of the past.
.Tut nrvvlntis to the world's fair. Chi
cago -women were thrown into a panic
ef enthusiasm over enlongaled skirts for
the street. One year was sufficient. At
rro time since then have women been, so
absurdly foolish as to tag about with
valuable fabrics sweeping up the side
walks. The walking skirt this .particular
stnd blissful year is fully three inches
from the ground. Sometimes they are
shorter than that. It depends entirely
upon the shape of the lady foot and
whether or not she Is anxious to display
it to the vulgar public gaae. Fat ladies
with large feet are found to be extremely
rn odc.it. and short walking skirts are not
considered stylish, but even these unfor
tunates frown upon the skirt that touches
the ground. They wear a gown Just as
hort as it can be . without showing up
the number sizes.
Mrs. Suburbanite and her bundles al
ways create anAsement on the public
highway. Lifting up her skirt a few
inches is a habit with her because in
some new subdivisions they haven't yet
grown sidewalks, and little sylvan paths
are sometimes muddy. She is so accus
tomed to climbing over street barricades
and picking her way among small chains
ef purling pools that she can't let go of
her skirts without being given an anes
thetic. Bundles or no bundles, she hangs
valiantly to her back breadths. The re
sult is that the passing pedestrian con
tributes valuable but unpaid services by
picking up parcels that she scatters on
her delirious, care-free way. Mrs. Su
burbanite believes in simplifying busi
ness by being her own delivery wagon.
8I;e will take anything home from a cook
stove to a baby carriage. It Isn't the
country air that makes her robust, it's
the grand exercise she gets while giving
her imitation of an express wagon.
The pretty girls of Paris understand
the gown-lifting method. They are sel
dom ungraceful or disgraceful while trip
ping across the street. In the daintiest
manner possible they catch the skirt just
the least wee bit of a way and then a
little we bit more after that.
The French girl has one particular
hobby she always wears an immaculate-
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ly white petticoat edged with filmy beau
tiful Uum. The sown may be' shabby and
her hat a'home-made pot pourrl of straw
and cotton roses, but her beautiful petti
coat Is perfection. ,With a pair of shape
ly ankles nd two high-heeled shoeshow
can she resist making a display of love
liness? ;
Between the daring methods of the
French lady and the slipshod ungraceful
methods of the American girl, we choose
the former every time. Awkwardness Is
so unnecessary that it is unpardonable.
The woman who never lifts -her gown
at all. but always lets it drag,-distinguishes
and advertises herself as a dou-ble-turreted,
fully equipped idiot. "While
walking down a stairway of an elevated
station' she is right there with the goods.
Would she think of picking up her gown?
Never!- The world might be made hap
py. What that mob wants to do to her"
is not; printable. But what one. of -its
members is sure to do is to plant. a de
termined, strong-minded foot on that
traUing skirt. There is a queer, awful,
sickening, ripping sound. The 'idiot lady
stops not'because she wants to, but - be
cause locomotion is impeded. ' : '
She -turns and looks but the culprit is
a composite picture. She sees - only an
aggregation of angered'eountenances with
frowning brows and ' cltriChed ' fists. She
invariably-follows-tbe same, line of -conduct.
She calmly -and sweetly-stands in
her tracks and prepares to pin on the
rudely detached frills. This means" that
the tide, of oncoming Individuals must
change Its course' and ' sweep "around her
at either side. Does she learn anything
by this experience? ' Not a" thing! She
is one of the great arrriy of public bores
and she is going to stick ; to' her Job.
At the theater, when the. crowds are
moving out-the lady -.always - plays the
same game.i .You see ! many, of her at
the opera. Her trailing gown follows
her like the"' wake " of a steamboat, and
everybody Is '"busy side-stepping the dry
goods display. -She takes up as much
room as a circus parade- and is so mag
nificently unaware of ..the fact . that .she
is causing 'anyone the slightest delay or
the slightest discomfort -that you-can't
help but admireher. "Some" day one of
her will lose her life. . .There. . will ' be
a revolution, or a .-revolt .or something
we aren't familiar with the technical
terms or such events butanyhOTV there
will - be - a: lot of Interesting .excitement.
All we hope, is that- we ;won't be. there.
Star of Great Promise
Aphie James, Leading Woman for Louis James, Destined to Shine Brightly,
in Theatrical "Firmament. . ,
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Miss Suzanne "Leonard Westford, sister
of Miss 'Lillian Russell,' has a prominent
role, that of a village gossip, and it is
said that "Mr. Cohan has given her an
exceptionally' good song ' in "Ain't It
Awful." a ditty in" which the favorite
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written by James A. Heme, is scheduled
to be presented for the entertainment of
local theatergoers at .the Baker all next
week, opening Sunday, December 27. This
is without doubt the best of all the pas
toral plays that has ever been, placed be
fora American " theatergoers. Archie
Boyd, the treat character actor, who for
several years played Joshua "Whitcomb In
Denman Thompson's play, "The Old
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of Nathaniel Berry, the part created by
Mr. Heme himself. The youngest daugh
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"Why Girls Jjeave Home" Coming.
What is said to be one of the most novel
and original plays which has been seen
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Jjecember 27. The play is by Fred Sum-
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household fortunate enough to possess a
daughter whose future Is to be considered
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THE engagement of I.ouls James, at
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Portland public a loading woman "who
promises to shine in the theatrical firma
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worthy of success, hard fought for. and
well earned, throuarli ability rather than
sena&tionaj circumstances. Aphie James,
who will be seen as Sols-eig In "Peer
Gynt." is a young woman of brains,
bauty, grace and ambition. She has
fairly won her way by hard work to her
present position. She has dramatic
genius, a cultivated mind, a clear and
full rounded voice, and a stage presence
that fits her for the ideal slage.
In a marked degree she has that
psychological power possessed by Clara
Morris, of making the spectator see the
picture ss she sees it, and to be exalted
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illuminated by the light of her gpnius,
end for the time being one imagines the
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he is living. Her effort Is concealed. As
In good music, her art Is lost in hsrmony.
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her earliest years by the refining influ
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hr.r mind a:d given her mental vision a
wide end far-reaching range.
Bhe has indomitable spirit. To learn
how to express feeling and passion by
rrtle or imitation was impossible for her.
Phe has conceived her parts in her own
way. Invented much of her stage "busi
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followers of Delsarte as a brilliant ex
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