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Show MEET NEW FASHION PETTICOATS IN THE WAY OF TIGHT-FITTING 8KIRT8. Undergarment It Now Made to Cling Closely to the Figure Some Methods of Achieving Desired De-sired Results. Now that tight-fitting skirts aro again in order and long lines are tho cry of the hour tho underskirt Is a most important' part of tho wardrobo and must bo carefully looked after if tho dress skirt 1b to cling in tho doslrcd fashion. Some women of fashion, it is true, havo abandonod tho petticoat altogether, but this Is too much of an Innovation for most women, wom-en, and tho fashion Is not Indorsed by conservative modistes. As little petticoat as posslblo must, howovor, bo tho decision of every woman who examines tho now skirts and hopes to wear ono with success. Tho fashlonablo petticoat not only fits tightly throughout its length, but it lacks tho flaro at tho bottom which has boon fashlonablo so long. It Is now necessary to strlko a happy mean between tho aforesaid llaro and tho uncomfortable slinking In around tho foot which Is so objectlonnblo In a petticoat. A good way In which to nchlovo this happy compromise is to havo tho foundation of tho skirt that Is tho lower edgo madp of a material that has Bomo body, such ns a soft taffeta, and tho trimming, If It bo in tho shape of a flounce, made of softer material laco, chiffon or nn Intermingling Inter-mingling of both. Satin Is, of course softer than taffeta, and tho flounco may also bo mndo of soft satin, although al-though llngorlo and chiffon flounces aro oven moro fashlonablo. Satin pottlcoats for ovcnlng wear are made with flounces of net trimmed with filet laco, or tho flounces Instoad of being trimmed with lace, have a pat-torn pat-torn formed of narrow satin or velvet ribbon mndo on tho lace. A very effective effec-tive pattern mado on a flounce of open not was of squares or blocks, tho ribbon rib-bon bolng mado Into a lattice work to mako tho blocks. Blocks of not so trimmed altornato with thoso of tho plain not. Other Bktrts having net or chiffon flounces wcro trimmed with embroidery embroid-ery dono in narrow ribbon. This Is a favorlto trimming for broendo petticoats. petti-coats. A bluo flowered brocado pott!-.coat pott!-.coat was trimmed with a chiffon flounce having nri embroidery In narrow nar-row bluo ribbon. Spangles nro frequently fre-quently used with this ribbon cm-broldory cm-broldory for nn ovcnlng petticoat. It is also n fashion of tho momont to trim brocado pettlconts with flounces floun-ces of net having an nppllquo decoration decora-tion which has been cut from tho brocado. bro-cado. Pottlcoats for street wear are mado with very soft flounces trimmed with self-colored embroldory. Thoy match tho skirt In every instanco except when .black Is worn, and then sometimes some-times black and whlto underskirts aro used. |