The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-22
THIS YEARS SHIRT WAISTS.


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January has shaken hands with Jtily
and August; the Burnam woods have Gene
TO Dusinane. For, while the cold weather
OF January is still upon us, the shirtwaist
girl of the summer yet to be is budding
forth in all her glory, and verify and Of
truth not even Solomon was arrayed in
purple and fine linen half SO lovely OF so
exquisite as will be this Same shirtwaist
girl of 1899. The daintiest and most deli
cate OF fabrics have been specially de-
signed for her enjoyment and adorning;
scores of Partisan artists, devoting their
entire time to the study of how best and
most gracefully to manipulate and fashion
cotton fabrics, have been for months at
work upon the problem of her costumlns
or shirtwaisting. as 1t were
The results, us already excmpliied in the
best of the stores and by the most exclu-
sive makers OF shirtwaists or feminine
I"shirts"---to be exceedingly correct and
up to date--are more than charming Here
are a few deductions as to the fashioning
OF these seductive garments, secured by
spending several hours among the multifa-
| rious materials and handsome styles
brought cut for the aforementioned sum
| ner girl.
This girl Will Fave an entirely new figure
/ this year to begin with. Her shirtwaist or
shirt will bear no small part In the pro-
| duction OF this figure It will not be as-
| gressI,el full and crisp as was the waist
ma lie for and worn by the plump and
| rounded shirtwaist girl OF last summer.
neither will 1t be as straight and "slimpsy
| i,s the silk waist which she wears boneatn
1 ha,. ytrfn
| Cotton materials would look altogether
4 too pcor and common, even the best OF
! thom, made in that manner, says one OF
| the most exclusive shirtmakers In town.
THE attempt to fashion silken and cotton
materials by the same pattern would ohly
result In miserable failure.
| The same general outlines as those
adopted this winter will be followed in the
making of the summer shirtwaists, never
theless, and tho principal object of all
these outlines is TO make the wearer look
TALL slender and decidedly thin. In many
cases she looks more than thin--almost
attenuated. in fact. But this is mere ac-
| cdent, of course, an accident over which
| the stout girls will be very happy, and
| which will occasion the too, too slender
maldens many a tit of the blues. II is to
be feared. For the shirtwaist of the COM
| ing summer is to be drawn down almost
| tightly beneath the belt. No more kindly
| softenng of the scanty outlines caused by
| lack OF flesh Mature unadorned and I'M
| assisted" would seem TO be the motto OF
! these charming but material ACCOMMODATING
| waists.
But the slender, athletic, we'll formed
girl and woman need not fear to don them
in all their severity. and for the rest 1t is
good news to know that the good waists
OF last season may be made presentaplc
for the coming spring with just little
trouble at least for the beginning OF the
| season. A little while afterward when me
real shirtwaist weather is coming on, the
dearly beloved Kiplingsm in regard TO an
other story viii be once more oyorworksd,
| but for the present.
pull your pretty last years waists
apart advises a Chicago woman famous
for the success OF her shlrtwRist designs,
.'and take out much OF the fuilness Of the
front and some from the sleeves. This Is
To rcndcr the waists comfortable when
i worn beneath the tight little taiiormade
bodice coats which We're so popular in the
autumn. and which will be worn again
lust as soon as furs and heavy coats are
unnecessary. When the time comes for tho
shirtwaists to mako their appearance un-
covered BY any coat the fronts will grow
fuller and new wrinkles appear. But for
the present the fronts should be rather
skinpy. so that the snngly fitted bodice
will close over them nicely, and just as
little fulness as possible should be al
lowed in the sleeves,
In order to fully renoyate The last year S
waist which Is to do duty for the opening
OF the spring season or for the present one.
since everybody Il wearing cotton wrists
already, even II they haven't worn them
all winter, the cuffs must be madc trife
narrower. They should be SO arranged ms
lto button with regular studs or cuff buttons
instead OF links. and the corners should
DO rounded. So should the corners OF the
collar. which must be much moro widely
opened than tho collar Of last year, Stocks
81 the material or OF ribbon VIII PC more
popular than linen collars for month or
so. because linen Is very unkind 70 SIT
throats when the weather is chilly, And
| also because tho controversy In regard "a
Iwhic or self -colorcd collars IL BY no mcanu
decided as yet. b some good and cxcin-
sive shirtmakers II IL claimed that the men
have Killed the colorei collars which they
had interdei 10 bring. OUT and that oiiis
sctf-stocks or white collars are 10 be tasn
iopablc from othe. and equally authorita-
tive makers one hears a very different
story N.
The wearcrs az the first shirtwaists OF
| 1929 VIII And the question Very hard 10
settle each side OF the matter having itt
own good points The stin collar, Of
either white Or coiored material, Mwsys
looks trim and nntty, aud II allows end
Hess possibilities In the way OF liberty
scnrfs and 80 on, but the ribbon collar o.
stock Is often much more becomfng. and
/ tho bsRuty Of the throat Is far more gra-