Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-22

your skirt" Is the sauce plquante ma
dame serves as the street door swings
to behind you.
Really you have no idea OF the comfort
derived from discardinE petticoats un-
III once you try. It is positively the
only feminine condition deserving the
name of emancipation.
In this day of analysis Aunt Hetty
has undertaken to discuss the female
walk. Indeed she's quite dscouraging.
American women don't know how 10
walk with or without petticoats." she
emphatically asserts.
Listen, girls. to her summing up.
She says English women travcl-that
their limbs appear 10 be moved by n
steam engine. The Spanish women
prance. the American women recall a
clock pendulum, the Italian skips.
Dutchwomen roll. the Russian skates.
and Germans are heavy. The Corsican
woman. who practices the old custom
of carrying her burdens on her head
while her babe placidly lies in her arms.
is the one and only model OF queenly
grace.
If Aunt Hettys criticisms affected
any other girl in the same way she'd
he borrowing baby and rcsurrecting
the clothes hamper for first lesson in
Professionalism, just as have done.
Princess frocks in one guise or an
other have been tapping ut fashions
door. for. 10. these many moons. At
last the cordial hand has been extend
ed to at least one of her family. Mis-
tress Redingote" for the moment is SUI
preme. There is a growing fondness
for long, uninterrupted lines such as
are developed in garments cut on the
princess plan. 4 particularly smart
model appeared on Fifth avenue, leav-
ing an undeniably favorable impress
sion.
1t goes without saying that 1t was
worn by n strikingly handsome woman.
or jack never would have espied her.
Being a mild day, the graceful cTeature
was wrapless, which displayed advan-
tageously the perfection of fit and fig
ure.
The redngote was of tan face cloth.
bordered by three duplicate shaped
nounces. 1t was cut skirt length. open
ed in V form at the front. disclosing n
panel of baby lamb. Jet buttons. far
ing cuffs and stock of lambskin sup
piled the keynote Of success. / also OBJ
serve a tendency to lengthen shoulder
seams, which intimates that sleeves
must necessarily be still more reduced
in size.
Improvement marks the progress OF
the long ulster. AS each new model
courts favor your attention will be call
ed to some specific change in the con-
struction of 1t which appeals strongly
to ones good Judgment. Women have
known for a decade that no article OF
their wardrobe would give such salts
factory service as q cloth ulster They
also realized how II impeded locomo-
ton. NOW that disagreeahe phase has
been eliminated. Instead of fitting
closely from knee down it flares, and
women may stride with the utmost
abandon as far as the long coat is con-
cerned.
Even unto the minutest detail the
toilet has been influenced by the two
color furorc In the leading shops we
are shown green gloves with gold stitch
ing and black ones with red arrows
shooting up and down from broad
cros.bar. A solitary pearl button about
rs big as dime secures the fashiona-
bic short glove at the wrist.
A friend at Nassar has discovered n
new use for glove tops. The scheme is
unique and not without n touch of sem
timent. She spent her Christmas holt
days in town. She's quite n clever per-
son and was invited out literally. She
has tact, as you'll perceive. She recalls
the name of her escort to n certain
function and remembers the gloves
worn. These she makes into tobacco
pouch as a nementO for the adoring
swain. The dearest one of the lot, ac-
companied by n deal OF sentiment, was
made of white kid plentifully besprln-
Killed. with violets.
The young gallant for whom the
pouch was designed always presented
her with Violets When milady fair
comes at Easter, the BATTERED youth
viii certainly be good to her.
At Tuxedo l saw n centerpiece con-
trivance which deserves a word of
praise. The middle of big ice block
was scooped out and filed with fresh
fruits About its b:se sEl:iaS wax