TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXT1VN, "PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 12, 1922
GOSSAMER HOSIERY AND LOW SHOES .
PREVALENT ON STREETS OF NEW YORK
Women Brave Winter Storms in Filmy Leg Coverings Physicians Says Members of Sex Are Courting
Pneumonia Because They Are Not Used to Going Without Warmer Clothing.
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NEW YORK. (Special Correspond
dence.) A young woman of my
acquaintance went Into one of
the well-known shoe shop in New
York and asked for a pair of high
shoes. The clerk regarded her with
a no'e of tolerance and replied:
"Madam, J am afraid Z.cannot oblige
you. There haa been no demand for
them this winter, and consequently
we have no stock. . However. I will
search and see if there is by chance a
pair your size left over from last
year's stock."
"Maybe I am prehistoric urged the
young woman, "but 1 want high shoes.
He did finally extract a pair from
the archives of last year's left-overs
and proceeded to congratulate the girl
on her luck.
. Be Koasa.
Walk up and down either side of
Fifth avenue, averaging a shoe shop
to a block almost, eer In the win
dows, and if you can find a pair of
CURRENT HAPPENINGS
UP rfaLLY ;HOtLD REMEMBER
shoes with ankle protectors attached
to them, as in the good old days of a
year or two ago. you have better eye
sight than I. It is low shoes and filmy
hose, sometimes woolen hose with a
distinctly aristocratic silky weave
frequently interspersed with open
work, and an ocojLainnAl Tin r nf cnAt,
I humbly projected for the old -fashioner.
girl, no doubt
All of which gives rise to the mo
mentous problem as to whether this
further emancipation of our sex is go
ing to produce a healthier race or the
opposite.
The health commissioner of New
York frankly admits mail bags full of
inquiries from anxious fathers and
husbands as to the sanity of bur present-day
female pedestrians. I. too. am
solicited for advice on the subject.
No small responsibility for this win
ter's demand for ankles slenderized to
the nth degree rests with' the man
himself. A humorist in a current
magazine explains how the silk stock
inged ankle is Injected into every ad.
TO MAKE A MEMORANDUM TO DO
SOME DAY.
whether the article Intended to be
brought to the attention be an alarm
clock, a non-skid tire, an Ignition but
ton for automobiles, a washing ma
chine, chewing gum, roofing shingles
or a new brand of dyes. He sees the
day ahead when a silk-stockinged an
kle will even work its way Into a rai
sin pie, piece of billboard or street
car literature.
However, that's getting away from
the problem, excepting to prove that
gossamer hosiery is an indsputable
element as an eye attractor.
Yesterday there was at least four
inches of wet sleet and snow on the
ground, and more snow falling. On
the short street of my domicile I met
three of our amusing sex on their way
somewhere, the destination of -every
good New Yorker. One, perhaps, on
her way to an auction sale, or maybe
just out for a lark, with her tootsies
done up In thln-soled black eatin slip
pers and chiffon hosiery, the rest of
her wrapped in a blanket of fur. An
other, also particular that her neck be
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
protected, was in patent leather low
strap shoes and thin stockings. The
third had thin brown stockings,
clocked, and brown oxfords. I men
tally labeled them "Crazy," "One Step
Removed" and "Hopeful," respectively.
The first two looked so hopelessly
lacking in good, common everyday
sense. And sense is not a liability
when summing up a woman's beauty.
You have to look either in the picture
or entirely out of it to be pretty or
plain silly. That's my argument
s gainst th summer-clad pedal extrem
ities in the face of cold, wet blasts,
knowing my sex would give ear to
that argument rather than a health
phase presented.
But if there be survivors or the
good old-fashioned health seekers
among us it may interest them to
know a few medical pronouncements
from that point of view.
Savs one wise man of the profeS'
sion: "If the women had been trained
to this exposure from childhood there
would be no question raised. But
there is nothing one can say in favor
of damp feet or cold feet- Pneumonia
la what they are courting. Heaun, oiS'
turbance peculiar to woman, by her
nature, nerhaoj not felt ngnt away,
but unquestionably to be felt when
she wishes to bring children into the
world. .Men are better quant lea pnys
ically to stand the cold and wet
weather, but they are rarely found
wearing low shoes in winter. Chronic
colds and catarrhal conditions result
from this same cause. And if you are
looking for a beapjy argument, that
is a good one. The shoes snouia hits
fairly stout soles, so that neither cold
nor dampness could penetrate. Woolen
hose are all right, too, but they should
be changed for indoor wear.
Temperature Should Guide.
Says the New York health commis
sioner: The ideal method is to wear
thin stockings in the house and heav
ier ones outdoors. Women, however,
will not do this. It would be better,
then, if they would wear low shoes
and thin stockings indoors and put on
spats when tney go out. The reason
they do not do this, I understand, is
because they think it spoils the trim
ness of their ankles. If a woman is
not sensible enough to dress her feet
with reference to the temperature
then she is better off in thin stock
ings in the cold than she would be
wearing heavy woolens indoors and
out. But dress should be chosen and
modified with reference to conditions
of warmth and cold. I have observed
men and women come into my office,
nver remove their overcoats, wraps or
mufflers, sit long enough to perspire,
go out, get chilled and then wonder
why they should have repeated colds."
Says another of the noble profession
who particularly admonishes the
younger girl against endangering her
health: "Catching cold and getting
wet feet during the important periods
of your Ufa will interfere with natural
functions and bring on womb trouble."
Adding, with a reasonably calculat
ing eye on her marriage possibilities:
The girl who wears thin shoes ana
stockings on a cold, wet day may at
tract attention but not respect. A man
with any sense knows that as a wife
she will be continually complaining of
indisposition pains, and make his home
a none too happy one."
Gambling With Health Charged.
. Someone presented the argument of
an Indian walking on the frozen St.
Lawrence clothed only in blankets.
He was asked if he was not cold with
such scant protection. The Indian
asked the inquirer if his face was cold.
The inquirer said "no." "Huh, me all
face," said the Indian. The illustra
tion was to prove- that what may be j
exposure for one may be ample cloth
ing for another.
If scant protection had been a young
woman's accustomed dress for a gen
eration or more, it might be protec
tion enough against disease. But if
she clothes herself warmly part of the
time and then reduces the protection
the other part, she is gambling with
health and beauty, life, quite possibly,
too.
As a clinching argument on this
perpetual low-shoe wearing, how is
this direct from a shoe man with 20
odd years of experience sizing up fem
inine ankles: "It does not make any
difference to me whether they buy
low or high shoes. We supply the
demand, whichever it is. But women's
ankles grow thicker with the con
stant wearing of the low shoes."
PICTORI ALLY PRESENTED. BY DARLING
WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT THAT OLD BLACK TEAPOT WOULD EVER LOOK BRIGHT
ARTISTIC .COVER FOR DINING ROOM TABLE
CAN BE MADE OF NATURAL -COLORED LINEN
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BY CLOTILDE.
i PRETTY cover for the dining
V room table between, meals is
shown here. It is made oit nat
ural colored linen in a rather heavy
quality, and has a double hem of cre
tonne or chintz. The size of the
square will naturally depend on the
size of your table. For one measur
ing 48 inches across the finished cover
should measure 54 Inches. This will
aerve asi guide.
The hem finished should measure
five Inches, so you can easily decide
on the width and quantity of linen
that will be needed. Cut the square
of linen 'and then for the border
choose a rather small allover design
in gayly colored cretonne or chintz,
having the predominant color match
the color used in the room. As the
corners must be mitered, it may be
easier to cut two scrips for the hem,
seaming together on the outer edge.
Baste one edge of the chintz to an
edge of the linen, and when a corner
is reached fold the border so a per
fect right angle corner is made.
Use a tracing wheel and rule, and
mark the seam line for the mitered
part. Seam on the machine and press
seam open flat. Continue basting and
making mitered corners until you
have gone entirely around. I omitted
to say that material must be allowed
at the place where you start for the
mitered corner.
In this first seaming of the hem to
the linen the wrong side of the chinta
is the side the seam is taken on.
Then the other strip of the chintz is
seamed to the first part, having the
right side of each strip come to
gether and making the seam on the
wrong side. As the corners are
reached, the strip is mitered the same
as the other was and the seams
pressed open. After the corners are
stitched on this second strip it is
stitched to the first strip and then
the seam pressed open, the chintz
LIVING IN PHILIPPINES HIGH,
WRITES MRS. PHILIP KERB Y
Nee Ruth Duniway, Now Xn Manila, Where Her Husband Is Doing
Newspaper, Magazine and Publicity Work.
I
rviNG in the Philippine Islands
is high at the present time "and
many foodstuffs are hard to
get, according to letters received in
Pcrtland by Mrs. Cora B. Duniway
from her daughter, Mrs. Philip Kerby,
known in this city aaJSuth Duniway,
who is now 'n Manila, where her hus
band is doing newspaper, magazine
and publicity work. Mr. and Mra
Kerby recently arrived in the capi
tal of the islands via Japan and China
and they expect to be there for at
least a year.
Mrs. Kerby wrote that they had to
pay 200 pesos a month, which is 5100
in American money, for the rent of a
four-room bungalow Indifferently
furnished.
"We are able to get a pint of milk
AND SHtNEY SOMEBOdy'S GOT TO
turned to the right side, and the raw
edge turned in, basted down over the
seam where 'linen and chintz are
joined, and stitched close to the edge.
A tassel at each end .made of
wooden beads gives the desired- fin
ish. Get as gay and striking tassels
as you can, and don't have them too
small. The more striking they are
I the Tnore effective they will be.
a day, which we use for coffee and
cereals," wrote Mrs. Kerby. "It is
pasteurized so it is quite all right.
Cows don't do well here, so very few
persons have milk. Even the hotel
though they charged to the skies,
gave us condensed milk. Our butter
comes from Chicago and the meat
from Australia. Vgetables are mostly
canned, but twice a week one gets
fresh things from Baguio,. a town in
the mountains. We get fresh oranges
sent in cold storage from California
and they cost Jl a dozen. The ba
nanas here are wonderful, the fish is
excellent and the chickens not bad.
"There may have been a time when
living. was cheap out. here, but that
day has passed."
In speaking of Japan Mrs. Kerby
declared that there was quite a Ger-
LAY DOWN THEIR; BUNDLE LONG ENOUGH TO OPEN THE DOOR.
man military atmosphere everywhere -there.
"Everywhere one sees soldiers, she
said.
"All Japan seems " to be poverty,
poor. The streets are muddy, the
children dirty, everybody looks drab
and all smell to heaven. The Euro
pean hotels are, of course, nice, but
they charge the eyebrows right off
of you. It is a very muchly over
rated country and I've no desire to
go back."
Shanghai is -a wonderful city and
the European part is tremendously
cosmopolitan and very gay, she de-" '
clared-
"1 wen-, to the most famous silk
shop of the orient and bought Bilks
that would make you green with
envy when it comes to the price, she
wrote. In her letter, which was dated Jan-, ,
uary 5, Mrs. Kerby said they were '
to entertain the E. E. Brodie family
at dinner the following night. Mr.
Brodie and his wife and two children
were changing boats at Manila en
route to Siam, where he was to take
the post of minister.
Mrs. Kerby said that her husband
had a series of articles running in
Film Play magazine and would also'
have a short story in the February or
March number of the American Boy.
Mrs. KerDywas visiting in Port
land last October previous to leaving
for California and later for the Phil- -ippme
Islands. She was married to
Philip Kerby In the summer of 1920
in New York City, where she had
made her home for five years. Mr.
Kerby was for a time representative '
of the Associated Press at Paris and
also on the staff of the Chicago Tri
bune there. He also served in the
foreign legion and later in the Amer
ican army during the war.
During the war Mrs. Kerby, then
Ruth Duniway, made a name for her
self by establishing the "Hall of ,
Fame" in New York City, which wel
comed home fully 275,000 overseas
men, besides taking care of 80,000
wounded soldiers. Following that
she conducted the campaign for Gen
eral Wood in the northern part of
New York state. She is a graduate
of the University of Oregon.
HIGHWAY T0BE BUILT
Roadbed or Kail Liino Will Form
Foundation of Short Route. .
SPOKANE, Wash.. Feb. 11. Aban
donment by the Great Northern rail
road of -its Roseland branch north
from Northport will lead to the con
struction of an excellent highway be
tween the Canadian border and Nel
son, B. C, and open the cpuntry in
southern British Columbia to mo
torists. The Great Northern has asked and
received permission from the inter
state commerce commission to aban
don the line from Northport to the
border, a distance of nine miles. An '
application for permission to aban
don the nine miles of track between
the border and RossTand is now pend
ing before the Canadian railroad ,
bcard.
After the rails and ties have been
removed from the branch line the
roadbed will be turned over to Wash
ington and British Columbia for
highway purposes. The right of way
includes a bridge over the Columbia .
river at Northport. It will be con
verted into a wagon bridge, replac
ing the ferry now in use. At the
present time the Columbia cannot be
crossed between Wenatchee and the
Canadian line except on ferries.
Merchants' Convention Dated.
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 11. The
1922 Inland Empire merchants' con
vention will be held here July 31 to
August 5, according to an announce
ment just made by W. P. Romans,
agricultural secretary of the Spo
kane chamber of commerce. More
than 100 merchants from all parts
of the Inland Empire are expected
to attend the gathering. The Wash- .
ington State Pharmacy association
plans to hold its annual convention
here on the same date as the mer
chants' meeting. ' 1 '