The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-03

| This will he 4 season OF sorrow and DO
| SPAR for short women. Tall. reedy ones
who have hitherto exhausted their own
and their dressmakers' devices to make
| them look well may rejoice. for their time
has come. The present fashions are those
| calculated TO destroy every atom OF slen-
derness a woman may have and make her
! look like merely q mass of lace and silks.
unless she shall he so fortunate as to be
very tall and thin. Then the present vogue
In a boon.
II Is the full SKIRT which Paris has de-
clared shall be worn that causes all This
trouble. and coming Is II does directly
after tight Or Sheath skirts. which &C
teutuated the Lines OF The figure. it is more
than ever trying. Moreover. the new full
skirt requires a special education to man
age properly. The shirts, p.eats and tucks
are distributed SO all around the waist
that no longer may woman gracefully
crop one hand. PICK Up her long drapeTies
and 20 seTeAely on her way. not at all
Now sho musl grab DOR That expresses IL,
however she may make tine eIOTt TO seem
nonchaianD win both HANDS. ana then IL
IS more than likely that crossing pave
nent 10 get INTO u Carriage sls may rum
light SKIRT For the iuiiness u SO eA-
cessIye that however high tine skirt may
be held al the k.deS. chances are that iHe
when she walks, ana that Is d thing that
cannot be permitted for u delicate laurie.
This new mooel might indeed De called
Q .'two-handec fashion. Tor no human
woman can mold up one OF these SKIRTS
With one nand. IL Is going ~ Like two,
and science at that. to do IL properly, and
the utmost Care: however unconscious one
OF material that fashion has put upon
women's backs now.
To begin with, a woman might quite as
o-Al wa~tIA Ia. aaH maj
two hands always Will be required when
the skirt requires any hitting. Inc rea-
son OF this VIII be seen Immediately that
she tries. for the fuilnes IL 50 extreme
that a skirt Is raised only over the exact
spot where IL - caught W. From that
tie gathers will depend fanlike. and the
point back. MercifulIy. these skirts are
not excessively long. Paris declares that
they snail only just touch an inc way
aroun ,, ana l tn:' diiaes ,saa IheY ay
many inches on the floor;
Going upstairs IL will be necessary TO
raise the front OF the skirts In both hands.
and unless one Is careful this will be most
awkward III effect Al best. 1t cannot be
pretty. but q good thing to remember IL
that instead OF spread the fullness wide.
should hang straight. catch the skirt at
q natural line IN front and then instead
Of separating the hands bring them close
together and raise them. Ihis Will LIT
broaden the effect.
There Is one. and only one way. to sit,
and that 10 fatty and squarely In the
middle Of the back Of the skirt OF the
pose all that can Be said is that II II
less ungraceful than any other way. Do
not yield TO the temptation Of sitting. as
was done when tight skirts were worn.
with most Of the fullness under one side.
That y done BY sitting trine sideways
In . chair. and Was the proper way with
tight skirtsA But inevitably the same
pOSA with q full skirt will send the full
ness 1aring out to one side In q way that
- absolutely grotesaue. as q woman will
readily see II she tries this pose before q
mirror.
The present mode Of sitting Is precisely
that popular with our grandmothers. and
that visitors TO small New England towns
have observed among women there who
were careful to save their ekirts from
mTssing While citing: II Il to pun the
Asuarely back In the chair. II this II
Wide In effect at least Il keeps the lines
straight which aids ia making an I'm
preston Of length.