Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1913 — NOT AS BAD AS ALL THAT [ARTICLE]

NOT AS BAD AS ALL THAT

Judge Resents Attitudes of "Funny Men” as to Present Tendency in Dress. Judge Ralph S. Latshaw squelched, in Kansas City, the othjyj day, an incipient movement against the closefitting Skirt with a slash. “Narrow skirts don’t mean immoral, ity,” said Judge Latshaw. "One of the most vicious epoch was when hoop skirts were worn. “Why, I Remember when it was considered immodest for a woman to arrange her coiffure so as to show her ears. We have advanced.. “We have advanced, but we haven't advanced as far as the jokesmlths and cartoonists would pretend. “ ‘Doctor,’ said a pretty girl —so runs the latest joke—doctor, I want you to vaccinate me, please, where it won’t shotv.’ “ ‘Humph,’ said the gruff doctor. ‘I guess you’ll have to take it internally, then.’ ’’