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Show llio (lotbtsWo Wear. Tliere Is no doubt that the cut of skirts Is uudergolng a radical change I dare say that we will alt adopt the new styles, with sufficient moderation to be sensible, for It would seem ridiculous for a fewwomen logo about with the tight, belt fitting skirt which has been popular so long while the rest wore gored and flaring petticoats I can endure en-dure to make my skirts a little wider for the comfort the new ctylo brings In making the edge of the skirt at least two Inches from the ground nnd in some cases, where a woman has a pretty foot and wants to show It, even three or four Inches from the ground You remember the old gored skirt, with the front and side breadths very narrow at the top and sloping outward to the bottom of the skirt In a deep angle. Well, that is the way the new style flares out the new skirt The bottom has to be stif fencd, nnd that Is the worst feature of the whole thing, for this makes a very heavy weight to carry around on the hips. Dressmakers run n sort of cord of horsehair around the facing, and that gives the appearance of small hoops Of course some sort of stlfTllnlng has to be used, ctso the skirt would flap around the ankles with anything but a graceful look. Now, 1 want to big all my friends who are detennlned to adopt the new fashion to add a grain of sense to their folly, nnd Insist on the dressmaker sew Ing that heavy skirt on to n low necked underwalst If you cared to do so. your dress could be made In the princess shanc,and trhmnrd to simulate! a;hatque, and this would take the weight off the hips. In any case, be sure, as you value jour life nnd health, to see to It that jour skirt harrgs from the shoulders and that not one pound Is dependent from jour hips. blecvcs are still abnormally large, and the fullness drops instead of standing upright ns It has done. Trimming around the bottom of skirts Is put on in lines, or ruffles lull bits rullles will appear on many dresses I ikewlse bands of velvet and lace ruffles. I tats will be n medley for color, and the prevailing colors are green and violet Hut for goodness sake don't try to combine these colors yourself, if it Is not done for you by n really artistic milliner, let tliem nlone. Twisted shapes nnd broad brims are the rule There are some poke bonnets seen, and the tiny bonnet is tinier still, home hats and bonnets have no crowns at all, areas It were lust a wreath of flowers on the head. The outdoor wraps are also decidedly strange looking, villi great flaring skirts hall way down to tho feet, and with all sorts of big sleeves and flaring plastrons on the shoulders. I ace Is used to trim spring wraps. The trim little fichu style of wraps seems to be coming In. I saw a very neat, pretty costume In nn eastern paper, which had not too widen skirt half way down there was added what looked like a very deep vet not too wide ruffle It looked to me like the old fashioned "cut-skirt" which jou remember akcs little cloth, fits nicely over the hips and Is withal aery becom Ing to all figures Calico dresses made in this stle will be neat und pretty. |
