Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-04
NEW BANGLE SLEE
The COquettish Variety That Termi-
nate at the Elbow Now
i'm Vogue.

For lack of something more original
in the composition of spring gowns
the dressmakers cling v~aIiantly to the
undersleeve, and invent variations on
the cuff and puff hat do credit to
their ingenuity, says the Washington
Star.
When it is a question of an after
noon gown the insistence is in favor
Of a covering for the arms ending just
below the angle of the elbow, and
finished with a puff and frill, or a puff
only, for this arrangement, supple
mented by glace kid gloves, wrinkling
from elbow down to wrist, enjoyed
Partisan approval throughout last
winter. Muslins and s~oft-fiowered
silks are adapted to these ~coquettish
designs very easily, for there is CO.
quetry in the elbow sleeve, when the
wrist and forearm that its brevity re-
veals is round and white and delicately
taperine. 1t IS this elbow sleeve that
is bringing back the bangle, broad
bracelet and black velvet wrist strap
that fcstens with a ieweled brooch
or a tiny pearl encircled miniature.
If a woman feels that the contour
OF her elbow and the size of her wrist
bone had better be left to conjecture,
she will find an ideal asylum for ugly
arms in the dressy sleeves that pouch
at the wrist, like those of a bishops
robe. The great value of this long
sleeve, with the pulled annex, is that
it not only hides the shortcomings
of an arm hat is grossly fat or pa
thetically thin, but it can be so adjust
ed as to make overlong or absurdly
short arms appear to be exactly the
correct length. If a woman is as ex-
tensive of limb as the Red McGregor,
and also knows when to take advan-
tage of an opportunity, she will choose
O sleeve pattern that demands
the use of dress goods to the elbow
only; there a fiaring cuff will be
turned back and from below one long
Duff or series OF puffs or n wide RULED
puff will extend TO the wristband. On
the other hand, the short-armed wom-
an. being wise in her generation, fixes
on a sleeve fitting straight not only to
the wrist, but on the outside seam run,
ming down to a long point on the leve
OF the knuckles. To give the requisite
finish this sleeve widens gracefully a
the base and is filled with lace or chif
fon puffs, or a reticule-toP cuff OF
Powered silk that echoes the colOring:
in the decorations of the owl.
While the dressmakers take the un
dersleeve so seriously, the tailors hav'
all but excluded it from their cod o
decoration. A straight arm covering
cut off evenly around the wrist is tn
ideal for the plain cloth dress, and evl
IDENTIFY will remain so for some time t.
come, though tailOrs of more hbera
views VIII consent to build black tai
feta coats with satin-lined trumpet
shaped sleeves: inside which a close
buttoned cuff takes the wrist snugi
and runs up nearly to the elbow Vine
a customer has a mind of her OWE. an
chooses TO insist, the most lndeHeH
dent of the creators of cloth suits WI
Weld sufficiently to give her 4 smar
walking sleeve, tucked in horizonta
lines from the shoulder to within
few inches of the wristband: the han
is then made of gold stitched silk oye'
laid with lace or embroidered passs
menterie and fastened with q hanc
some buckle or two small bright but
tons. On the new chambray and piqu
shirt waists the undersleeve effect
arrived at by cutting the sleeve on
pattern that pouches broadly from th
elbow down, turning back a tucke
and hemstitched cuff at the joint {
the arm. and finishing at the wrl:
with a stitched and buttoned strap I
the goods.