A WAR ON STYLES

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 25, 29 July 1922, Page 16

A WAR ON STYLES

An extraordinary situation has arisen in a Mexicaft towu. It appears that almost without'exeeption the girl* or young women of the town have "gone one better" than any extreme of fashion. Not content with short skirts., they are of ah extreme; the thinnest of silk stockings are rolled downwards so as to show the dimples (if any) on the knees. Apparently, if there are no dimples the stockings are still rolled.down. They have uni■versally bobbed hair Their "skirt waists" are literally waists, if not much else. , It appearr also' that although a ■gay and giddy crowd of both girls and young men, they attend church. One account is given' of a smail and courageous minister, regardless of the fact that it is the fashion to carry "guns" in hip (pockets, who boldly and straightly condemned the dressing and the girls, and appealed to the young men, one and all, to seek sweethearts, and wives in other ■cities than the one. mentioned. He marched down, from hispulpitafterhisoration, seized the foremost young man by the shoulder, and asked what. he meant to do. To condense the story, it is sufficient to say that a Yonnjr Men's Mutual Protective Association has been formed, with the object.of binding all the young men not to pay attention.of any sort to the girls who dress in an objectionable manner The Chronicle goes on to say [that up to tho time of ■writinjr ths girls had shown no sign of altering their atyl*.