I was transcribing a new batch of Obits and ran across this article in the Springs Valley
Herald (February 16, 1922). Amazing what was considered news back then.
Tom
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Girls' Flimsy Garb Spells Peril for Race, Declares a Physician
Flimsy garb of girls spells peril to the race, Dr. Clara P. Seippel, eminent
woman's specialist, says.
The sturdy type of American womanhood is becoming extinct and a frail scrawny species
is in process of evolution, the physician declares.
Rolled hose and short skirts, are the present expressions of extreme dress which
started some years ago and resulted in the immaturity of the sex of the present
generation, Dr. Seippel.
"There is no doubt," said Dr. Seippel, who treats thousands of girls and
young women each year, "that the girl of today is not as well developed as the one of
20 years ago."
"Now we have the girl of straight line, not the well proportioned girl of
yesterday.
"The girl of today, dressed in thin silk hose, short shirks and satin pumps, has
no protection against the cold. She may as well wear nothing from the knee down.
"This causes the body to become frail, as the bodily heat, so necessary to proper
development, is dissipated. A decade ago girls were muffled from ears to feet, as men are
today."