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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Nov. 16, 195
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ADPTS AT HOME—Shown here is a shot of the activities occurring at 1000 Oxford road Nov. 14 when the Alpha Delta Pi social sorority held a housewarming tea. From left to right are Donald K. Alderson, dean of men; Mrs. Dayton Glenn, alumna; Mrs. Donald K. Alderson;
The Flapper-Is it Really a 'Horrible' Style?
By MARY BESS STEPHENS
Kansan Assistant Society Editor
Miss Marjorie Pennington, house reporter; Mrs. Thomas A. Clark, housemother; Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy; Louise Hall, vice president; Mrs. Franklin D. Murphy; George B. Smith, dean of the University, Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Laurence C. Woodruff.
The Flapper is a historical even—she personifies bathtub gin, the Charleston, sports cars, and those "horrible" clothes of the 1920s.
We say those "horrible" clothes because from reading articles and fashion commentaries, written by both men and women, the flapper outfit is held in high disrepute, being called everything from th
RHEA WILSON
Rhea Wilson Marries
Mrs. Rhea Tabor Wilson, daughter of Mrs. Maxine S. Tabor of Augusta, and Paul Conaway Franks, Grand Junction, Colo., son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Frankes, West Hartford, Conn., were married at 8 p.m. Nov. 12 in Danforth chapel.
The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dale Turner, professor of religion.
The matron of honor was Mrs. Helen Ellis, education junior. William Hambleton, assistant professor of geology, was best man, and Owen L. Hughes, graduate student, ushered.
The bride attended George Washington university in Washington, and she was an undergraduate at the University of Kansas during the 1953-54 school year.
Mr. Frank's attended Cornell university. He was an assistant instructor in geology and did graduate work at the University of Kansas from 1952-54.
The couple will live in Grand Junction, where Mr. Franks is a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.
"dark age of American fashion" to the "damnation of the female." Many people share this opinion of the style.
We beg to differ—we're tired of hearing the flapper outfit sneered at and we're particularly tired of hearing it said that the American woman never looked so idiotic as she did in the '20s.
We would like to ask the critics of the flapper age just where they think American fashion, considered by us to be the best in the world, would be if it weren't for the advent of the flapper dress?
Before the day occurred when skirts sneaked up and rouged knees showed the women were weighted down with bulky hemlines, strangling necklines and good sturdy underwear, all supported by good, sturdy and highly uninteresting personalities.
Then the '20s came along. People had been in a war and wanted to throw off some of their cares. Everybody had a great time. They were stymied by the banning of liquor, but the speakeasy came on the scene. Eva Tanguay sang "I Don't Care"—and apparently nobody did.
The good, sturdy American women were tired of war, and the restraint of rationing and cooking Hoover pie. They felt creative and they wanted to break the restrictive ties of the times. So they looked at the new, short dresses, and found them what they wanted. Daring dresses to fit their new personalities.
The Charleston and the Black Bottom played and the people danced. They danced in good, praecipe- permitting clothes, the flapper, outfit.
It had a low neckline—finally American woman were recognizing sex appeal. Clara Bow wore the new style and the "it" girl gave it "it." Everyone bought more dresses, Spangles, beads and tight little clothes appeared. The hem line went up still higher.
Inhibitions were shed and so was the hair. Boy cuts and shingle he came out. New things happened to American women in the 1920s.
There were sordid things too in
this decade that some call dark, and we call creative. There was rum-running and there were tight gang organizations. But Anita Loos opened "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and John Held Jr., drew delightful cartoons.
And if American designers didn't contribute too much to the fashions of the 1920s, American money did. People went abroad, and bought the clothes of the French courtiers. The money brought the French houses fame, and gained for American women their every e-ya e-strengthened title to being the best dressed woman of the world.
Fashion did daring things in this age of creativeness—wool jersey, crepe de chine and rabbit fur capes appeared. The fashion magazine subscription lists grew.
EXPERT WATCH REPAIR
We call the flapper outfit the beginning step that American women took toward reaching the degree of style they now have. It may have been a raw beginning, but we don't think so. We think it did a powerful job of starting fashion on its way.
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And if those people who scream and moan when the 1920s are mentioned stick by their statement that the '20s were the "dark age of American fashion" we wonder what they think about the late 1940s, when Carol Channing appeared in the Loos play, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," and brought back a strong revival of the shaggy flapper haircut.
We like the flapper dress. We like American fashion, and it is with interest that we shall continue to watch the hemline—the waist-line—and the bust line.
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Sigma Pi fraternity held its annual Emerald ball in the Jayhawk room of the Student Union Nov. 13.
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Chaperones were Mrs. Richard Blume, Mrs. Thomas Clark, Mrs. Ralph Rosebrough, Mrs. Edward Rainey, Mrs. Edward Dickes, Mrs. Edwin Peet, and Mrs. Fanny De-Lozier. Special guests were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Beth, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Strait, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cain, and Mrs. Alicia Siefirt.
For Appointment
Theta Tau, engineering fraternity, announces the pledging of Rex Blumberg, electrical engineering sophomore, and Calvin Weeks, petroleum engineering sophomore.
The Gamma Phi Beta social sorority pledge class held a dinner and dance Nov. 12. Chaperones were Mrs. J. I. Hollingsworth, Mrs. R. B. Chapin, Mrs. C. S. Underwood, Mrs. Edward C. Raney, and Mrs. Ralph Park.
Members of Kappa Kappa Gamma social sorority were the breakfast guests of Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity Nov. 13. The breakfast was prepared as a surprise for the girls, who knew nothing about it until they were awakened by the ATO's Saturday morning.
1,500 Attend Alpha Delta Pi Housewarming
Tau chapter of Alpha Delta Pi social sorority held a housewarming tea Nov. 14. More than 1,500 guests came to see the new house at 1600 Oxford rd.
Guests included KU deans and faculty members, sorority and fraternity representatives, and the housemothers and presidents of all organized houses.
organized houses
In the receiving line were Miss Peggy Jones, chapter president; Miss Martha Peterson, dean of women; Mrs. Thomas A. Clark, housemother; Mrs. L. A. Mears of Kansas City, who was in charge of the interior decorating of the house, and Mrs. Metz Cherry, province president.
the president. Mrs. Lawrence Shipman of Kansas City was in charge of decorating for the reception. Shades of pink, lavender, and mauve were used. The appointments on the tea table were of antique silver. The table cloth was of lavender net over pink with a large centerpiece of mums with frosted grapes. The grapes had accents of purple and mauve.
Sixty chapter members and pledges acted as hostesses, assisted by alumnae from Kansas City, Toneka, and Lawrence.
Assisting in the dining room were Mary Wiebe and Lois McArdle, college seniors; Janice Stone, education senior; Janet Sge Gear, Marjorie Pennington, and Diane Steirel, fine arts junior; Edith Jochims, education junior, and Irma Lou Kolterman, nursing junior.
Delta Gamma Sorority Announces 2 Pinnings
Delta Gamma social sorority announced the double pinning of Barbara Froman, college sophomore, to William Brainard, pharmacy junior, and of Lona Soice, college sophomore to Larry Baker, college sophomore.
Both Brainard and Baker are members of Delta Upsilon social fraternity. The double pinning was announced at the Delta Upsilion Trophy Girl fall formal Saturday night. The girls are Delta Gamma pledges.
Triangle social fraternity and Kappa Kappa Gamma social sorority will hold an exchange dinner tonight.
Little Known Facts Department; The man who cast the mold of the Budda in the Museum of Art had a lot of brass.
Our friend at the next desk says an ornithologist is a person who thinks science is strictly for the birds.
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