The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-06
THE PI11tDIIII VAIN.
4 New Fad for Women triis'ir View OF
the Ankir-I cngth skirt.

An artist who has b-,pmr known through
hi drawingr Of beautiful women. and has
'a'en credited with banishiug the hang
from the forehead 81 th" American girI.
said ia regard to the rumorcd revival y
Empire fashiuns for women
The only difiCulty with that beautiful
manner Of du-- l. that II require vou'n
and a certain carriage and grace hat I.
something more than beauty e.. face bni
form A very little woman ct a very stout
Woman OF a woman who har not a beau
ttful neck. cannot wear an fUplrr gown
20 advantage Nor l. n suited o. "A Won an
81 quick, nervous or very Energetic move
m'''f II requires a dignity e carriage.
repu-" and Rracc that hardly hcluug TO these
hurfyiug times
The fashion il admirably suited for a
hOtiss' gown. buf for dinners or dances DO i
not adapted, To my idea III" pres"''
modish -tyl" m woman evening dr'--
seems 10 satisfy the eye thoroughly. % l.
80 far ahead 81 the old hourglas~ figure
Artistic women must %r"lolce In 'hs
larger waist, az present fashionable when
gown"d Tor evening, and also ~ ~" als"I"a
Of the little hid"uuI- pad worn m The huI "
Of the back lust helow the waist. and Ike
wise In the uns'ifen,~i hem - ~" gown
that rests on tIr .arpet all IN" vlv around
the skirt and trails a hit In the bsCk
About the new street skirt that clears
the pavement there can he no other opinion
than that IL IL adapted for outdoor wear
and FOR sports Of all kinds in tho 81 "r
Whatever h. suitable H. beautiful, some
philosophers sav. tut personally ! cannot
say that ! admire the ankle skirt except
for it, practical use Sometimes ON q
very petite and pretty woman 81 girlI-h
fgurr II looks IN harmony But many
women are built on line, too large TO accord
with tho short skirt.
A woman's draTarie~ 20 tr artistic should
cling and not stand OUT about tho hem
One good eNec' that the ankle-length
skirt has IL that women are wearing smarter
looking boots and hosiery The kngll-h
girl has her boots polished every day
The American girl sometimes wears n pair
out and lets them got quit" grsv-looking
and shabby Tha' j., rh" ured 20 do 50
But now women ar" t-giuulng 10 tree
their shoes In this country and tie their
low shoes with fresh black rihhon in
stead Of the sboestring ~ The past
Then the American girls walk hotter
than they used 10, with n swing and a Tree
dom that Is due to heir moro frequent erer-
cu-r. their lar ger waist line and their shorter
SKIRTS There IL a tendency AZ pree"ut
among modisN girls ,o bend forward from
the hiJ< slightly, hui this il only a lad and
II not carried 10 extremes II can hardly Ia
called a detective carriage.
Pew women look well who carry them
selves bolt upright A slight curve IN tie
,hroa, Accent yates a we'll poised head Foot
men and very Young military and naval mon
are the only ones who hold their shoulders
stifly square NOWADAYS The military
carriage FOR women has gone out
There i a new fad coming IN for women
who walk and one - my models has b~u
posing II for me for some pictures W.
will see hat u shows the shoulders squared
the body bent slightly forward from 'H"
waist and the elbows curved something
like the ~forrlegs of "A thoroughbred bL.
dog IL h 'he PicCadiIly walk aud 10
London bpunder shows - 90 IerteCt..t
a. he s,roll- upon the Strand
oddly enough these fashions somehow
reach the girl- In this country before they
become popular with the men lh" '..'-
hall walk tina girls affected ON Firm avenue
two winters ago never reached any o'h'f
men but the college athletes and tN"if uw-
tat,r- and admirers In IN" hig uui,"f-i'l'-
But the New InrN g.rls caught 'h" sax
and u was muuy tp ~,s' Thorn swinging
along In the heavy style Of The w'.-'rain'd
athlete