| Show APRONS ARE A DECORATIVE FEATURE OF OP SMART FROCKS Has I-as Il BeeTZ Back Bach in The The Workaday Jf h Garment s Brought War ar Time as a 11 Means callS o of 0 Ornament 0 Overalls Put It Out o of 0 Joint for 01 Hard Work orI r and Uniforms Ulli Replace It Ii for or r Active Service m J V What hat eminent philologist was It ft 1 who ho of oC yesterday was In Inh ml Bald ald that the tho slang of oC today h English n Ush dictionary example he hc used the word As- As Asan s an au sh shocking ocl in- in 0 So o. o it t t Is that hot the capricious fashion o ot of ute Ole century taken up tip bv by the thc pre pr clour Iou set et the thc aCC Pd workaday work work- adt achy aday garment of the century l le too fie household sar garment lit Iii It Its ornamental ornament 1 caprice capric c cof turn becomes th tho tiro 1 of of another moth r century We c merely pl play sometimes mal mak- mal upon the same theme other times a fan fan- In int it a scale and 1 la abe t c. c a alight wears Brittany The Thi Th peasant of nf tight light mile little lH bodice laced in fro frost front t for Cor security and ard cOI a Fl French it designer tal takes es it and turns sic fantasie of or exquisite velvet vel bil bits of jewelled trimming trimmin and satin 1 hab been worn High 11 stun sturdy boots ha them to protect h by Slavic people and continuous cold coldo aga against the bitter and American women omen o of their climate the boots In a with tin tiny feet wear made of or white heated atmosphere leather with scarlet heels and cuffs cus mediaeval l ages wore Men of or the them to protect chain mall mail cuirasses of an enemy thrust from Cram tho the dg dagger er catch hold o of a anew anew anew and American women malland mall niall malland imitate chain new fabric Cabric made to glitters and build it ft Into a cuirass that electric lI lights as under a thousand nd the they dance and amI dine J If dagger thrust from Crom the ton tongue ue 0 of there I Is h it comes and no chain mall niah c can n another t woman protect one against that O uc ow Not ot ot Apron Incessant war work was bound to about a revival of those th common bring brin worn b by our ancestors ancestors an an- garments everyday hesitancy in personally personally per per- rs who had no the details o of the tho overlooking which household The Tho vast machinery t has tas made hou housekeeping ng so simple and to personal problems problem reduced all the tho nothing was responsible f for r the abolition lion tion of the apron tho the d dangling y bunch of keys kers the heavy gloves to protect the tho hands and the sunbonnet for tor Sarden garden garden gar Sar den work Also work became fashionable awell a awell as aswell became me Gardening well as nc necessary essar i i t limo And And v yet vot L simply a C pas lJ because because fashions do not run un in a single current through tho the centuries the gar gar- not re returned returned returned re- re ancestors were cro ments of our form durIng durinS' durinS during dur dur- turned to lo us in the tho same form as ing inS their day a enveloping housekeepers housekeeper's housekeepers housekeeper's house house- Tho The Immense keepers keeper's apron aplon was replaced d b by over over- alls The common workaday costume was replaced by tho the durable khaki khaki uniform The sunbonnet returned in inthe hat hattic the form of an immense cretonne under tho the chin and the tic tic tic-J down un cr apron and and this is the gist of or the tho subject subject sub sub- jest matter o of this article came article came b back backas as the most moet foolish and pleasing little accessory to a da day frock trocIe During tho Second tho-Second Empire it wa was j f fashionable in France to wear fanciful fanciful aprons to the table G Gowns could not be spoiled because tho the extravagance of f that day was vas thrift when compare compared in fn to the extravagance oC or yesterday America Yom Women on o of all ranks from queens down wore apro aprons s in tn Europe The brilliant holl holiday ay affairs of ot the tho peasants were copied by those In pal pal- aces When a a. woman did fancy work worle she wore wora a fancy apron apron Tho The designers thought that these ornamental aprons aplone would return as aprons but the they have havo not They have come ome back bacle as part of a gown attached attached attached at at- to it and worn without any thought of or protection What tho the other women of those dear r dead da days s would o ld have thought of or overalls and chauffeurs chauffeur's uniforms for tor gentlewomen going about their work is a point on which only the psychologist can inform us but judging judg judg- Ingo ing from tho the wild and mad caprices In which tho the women of or other centuries have O In indulged tho the fashion writer has hasan hasan hasan an idea that such would have e tickled them mightily and would have o been worn by hy with all the glee sIte of or children The They merely didn didn't think of it Chauffeurs and aviators did not exist L' L 0 0 r mere nere is an old om ola authentic au sketch CIl oc tu OL J 1813 of at a French woman raking h her r garden in tho the proper wartime costume when whon France also had to have o all the food th that t could be produced Any woman who wore as utterly absurd a costume as that garden one would have been entranced with overalls The costume Is la described under this old sketch as a gown of or percale with gaiters halters of nankin and a Chinese coiffure Tho Tile war lady lally is doing her raking with bare arms an Empire skirt skirt a triple ruche around her neck sand and a comb in the tho form torm of a. a tiara holding a bunch of or curls above e her forehead But hack back to aprons They are the most ornamental features of 0 of our new frocks They came Into being helm with the tiro recrudescence of ot the long cuirass waistcoat The Tho main Idea that governa gov- gov erna the tho designer toda today Is 18 to achieve I I any m material a Ions QI ot n lure line from Cram collarbone to hips The apron is sometimes attached to lo lothe the waist again U it it Is a bib that reaches above the the- the bust bust and I H it Is worn un under el a loose coat coal that thatis is pushed back at each side shIp of the front to display tills this bit of oC festal finer finery There Thero are other aprons which are are merely merel deep loep T r of oC face Sace and some Borne are arc taken from the f fashion that has hns belonged to the altar bo boys s 's for Cor g- g gener gner ner- ner Coarse lace lac I Is used th that t reaches half way to the knees and the thelong theono long ono co coat t has a surplice band around the neck to heighten tho the effect ct E Evening gowns o ns have havo aprons of ur gold gohl old i q I ty t 1 1 2 r and silver cr lace and of coarse net studded studded stud stud- tudd d ded d with rhinestones pearls and jet There Thera arc are also aprons of gold and anti silver tissue which show in an nn unbroken un- un broken line lino from front bust hust t to knees b be between between be- be tween the fronts front of oC the tho ma made mado o of lC satin or Plain Jersey Jerse and cloth frocks have e waistcoat aprons o of Chinese silk sille embroidered In American Indian 11 de designs designs de de- signs and the they are also made of splendid splendid did Chinese o brocades bound at u the tho edge e with a floral toral Chinese ribbon Even the Masonic apron I is copied 1 with Its hr brocade clde studded with semiprecious semiprecious semi semi- precious jewels f A l. l I f 4 f 0 I Ii i I 1 1 J J I t If I r r 1 t i. i 1 I 4 a rr b w I rt 5 r ti 4 I y y r 7 rt r- r 7 t If a t r a 1 r t Y n 1 r. r r iff J t j J r ru L eo L Gt rt I S U 0 s si i I I 1 |
