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4‘My most duty durlncr th* warwas to train men for the trying ordeals 1 thev faced on the battlefields,*' said Lieut. Ilobert. ‘^Now that the war Is over ray duty to France Is to help raise 'a race of young women fit for mother*, hood.” ]Before the war the lieutenant was the ■ director of the athletic college at i Rheiins. At tbalt; time he contributed sev- ! oral articles to newspapers and magazines denouncing French style-makers for introducing modes which, he said, deformed young women at an age whentheir bodies should be free for dancingand athletics. His articles attracted wide attention and met with fiery responses froru some of the big Tarls dressmakers.Lieut. Hebert's first more In his campaign to better the women of France •physically was to have printed n larg^-! catalogue showing some of the evils of j modern dress. On one page he produced ,the silhouette of a French maiden as shewould appear in a Hue de la Paix creation. On the opposite page appeared n j reproduction of one of the classic hits of sculpture of the feminine form from the Louvre to show tha contrast. The , pages following contained photographs taken from life of girls who had adopted simple costumes and had spent much of their lime nt sports.The lieutenant 1? being reinforced in : his campaign by Mine. Oonraud-Morris, all-round woman athletic champion of France. Muie. Morris has written a let-'■ ter to several newspapers urging that the next Olympic games provide competition for wornep in all branches ofathletics. ■ ■
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Indianapolis Indiana Daily Times
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Thu, Feb 12, 1920
Page 4
Full Page
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