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PRESENT DAY FASHIONS
There are many fashions among
the people of today that would have
greatly shocked our Colonial grand
parents. Foremost among them is
the style in which the younger so
ciety element is now clothing itself.
It is no uncommon sight to behold
young men gaily waltzing down the
street inside of such close-fitting
clothes that an outburst seems in
evitable. From clothes observation
it is seen that the pants have never
met the shoes and seem to have been
picked before they were thoroughly
ripe; and the coats lead one to be
lieve that artificial devices are used
to acquire such graceful figures.
These same young gentlemen wear
long, narrow pointed shoes, above
which may be seen a vast expanse of
gaudily colored sox. The manner in
which the hair is cut makes the head
look more like a boiled onion than
a necesary part of the anatomy.
But the young men are not the
only ones who have been attacked
by friend Fashion.
The young ladies also have lost all
trace of the modest way of dressing.
In warm weather it is strange to
see them fully clad in serge coat
suits with fur neckpieces draped
around the shoulders and fur down
as possible; while in cool weather it
is amusing and interesting to see
them chasing around half-clad in a
mixture of tulle and crepe-de-chene.
I would say more about this but
there is not much to talk about. For
some unknown reason they now roll
their own below the knee. This
cannot be done for the sake of com
fort and surely not for the sake of
necessity—but the fact remains that
stockings are falling by the way-
side—that they no longer hold the
high place they once enjoyed.
Passing from one extreme to the
other it is noticed that the young
lady wears a very tight-fitting velvet
hat, as it now seems that winter hats
are worn in the summer and sum
mer hats in the winter. She wears
one of two distinct types of dresses
—either foolishly short or extremely
long. (However, when one sees the
short type they look long.)
The astonishing fact is that low
shoes are worn with short dresses
and high shoes with long dresses.
In the days of yore the young
lady always had to dress for dinner;
now the young lady ought to dress
for dinner.
Gettring down to bare facts, most
of the social butterflies of today
don’t wear enough clothes to wad a
single barrel shot-gun shell.
Not only has the style changed in
dressing, but also in music. Rag
time, Jazz, and Irish songs have
stepped in and taken the place of the
old melodies once considered so
beautiful.
In the music houses today, instead
of hearing “In the Gloaming,”
“Sewanee River,” or “Old Black
Joe,” one hears something on the
order of “Syncopated Sobs,” “Yelp
ing Hound Blues,” or “All the
Quakers are Shoulder Shakers.”
It has been demonstrated in the
theatres that the public prefers
black-face comedians and semi-clad
dancing girls to the famous opera
stars. In the past the girls who
could play selections from Beethoven
and Bach were vei'y much admired,
but now the young people much pre
fer girls who can “hammer” a
ukelele, or jazz on the piano such
beautiful and elevating selections as
“I Gave Her That,” or “You Can’t
Get Any Lovin’ Where There Ain’t
Any Love.”
The change in music seems to have
affected the art of terpsichore. In
stead of the stately minuet of by
gone days, or the more recent but
still dignified quadrilles, we have the
“Shimmie’, the “Owl Flop-Over” and
“Walking the Dawg.” At dances
now-a-nights, one may see couples
madly running around the floor with
cheeks pressed tightly together as
if the close entwining of arms were
not sufficient to propel them. If
light is truly a wave motion, one will
never find more than a ripple be
tween partners.
In the olden days the square dance
was thought to be immodest because
the gentlemen touched the ladies’
hand. When the waltz and other
round dances became the vogue a
terrible uproar was created because
the gentleman’s hand slipped—be
hind the ladies’ back.
It has often been wondered what
the good people who objected to the
minuet would say if they could see
a modern debutante slipping, sliding,
dipping and wriggling around the
floor with such blissful endurance as
to be scarcely tired or attired.
Dancing is not the only form of in
door sport that has shown develop
ment. The old time theatrical per
formances have been practically ob
literated by the motion picture show
and the vaudeville. In the large city
auditoriums, built primarily to ac
commodate audiences at operas, con
certs, political conventions and other
meetings, the honor of the record
breaking audiences usually goes to
some heavy weight boxer, wrestler
or slight-of-hand artist.
And so it goes—^but it would be
food for thought to remember that,
while we are laughing at the styles
of yesterday and today—that even
now the days are passing, and just a
few years hence it will be our turp
to be shocked at the coming gen
eration—our turn to shake only our
heads and say: “We did not do that
when we were young.”
FACULTY FACTS AND CAMPUS
CHAT.
Dr. Bizzell was away from Wash
ington last week. It is rumored that
he will be gone about two weeks.
* sji *
All the barbers on the Campus seem
to dislike Prof. McPheeters and Dr.
Douglas. Prof. McPheeters says he
can’t help it and Dr. Douglas says he
doesn’t care if they do.
* * *
Mr. “Cheatum” has been confined
to his bed for the past week. One
of his clerks sold a Venus pencil for
a nickle.
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The Government is hot on the trail
of profiteers they may arrest Mr.
Lavinder for “shortcutting” the stu
dents.
* * *
A western college has an organ re
cital each morning before examina
tions to soothe the minds of the stu
dents. The Architectural class won
ders if it is superior to the “organ-
foot” recital they hear ever day.
:i: :fc
One of our C. E. Profs, was in such
a hurry the other day to get a hair
cut that he did’nt remove his hat or
collar. He was in such a hurry that
we did not learn his name.
* * *
A fashion expert declares that the
white shirt is coming back. Wonder
if he is talking about our laundry.
Dean Puryear actually laughed in
Calculus at Mark Swain. Mark did
not see him though as he laughed up
his sleeve.
* *
Don’t make us mad by saying our
stenographers are Bolshevistic just
because they make a “striking” ap
pearance.
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Why do all the country boys get
home-sick when they meet Prof.
“Slim” James?
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Our telephones are not talked over
as much as about.
Jack Johnson says throwing the
bull pays much better than the prize
fight. We can’t help but wonder how
much Prof. Brackett gets for teach
ing school.
* * *
Bernard Sbisa, as subsistence sup
erintendent, for over forty years has
never missed a single meal in the
Mess Hall. I wonder if there has
ever been a cadet who has missed
one!!