Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1920 — 1919 Fashions Harmful Says Woman of 100 [ARTICLE]

1919 Fashions Harmful Says Woman of 100

New York.—Catherine Tibball. who celebrated her one hundredth birthday a few days ago at 964 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn. does not see longevity for any woman who follows the maxims of dress approved by Dr. Royal S. Copeland, health commissioner. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Thomas Tibball, said: “My mother-in-law and I are entirely against fashions of dress for women. I never wore anything but the simplest kind of stays, and neither did she." ” The centenarian was told about Doctor Copelands statement that women can wear silk stockings, high-heeled shoes, tight corsets ; and low-neck gowns . with benefit rather than harm. “I have never painted or powdered my face,” she said. “I never wore high-heeled shoes or-low-neck gowns, yet I have lived to be a hundred years old and expect to celebrate another birthday next year. Woman’s fashions today are more than bad; they are. barmfuL”