The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-17
BY LOUISE L. DEW.

Of to-day, with different degrees OF
interest, but on one point all agree
and that is that the sheath skirt for
bids suggestion of protuberance,
which would mar the sylph-like pro-
portions of the average figure.
However, there is IL rumor af1oat
among modistes that the emancipated
woman is rebelling at her pocketless
gowns, especially those designed for
street wear, and that within a few
months she will demand pockets, or
at least wear them by proxy, if there
is no other way out of the difficulty.
If this prophecy comes TO pass it will
mean Voluminous skirts again, and
many gathers in place of the trim
! tailor fit so dear to the heart of both
stout and slender women. But this is
| of little import compared to a pocket
less existence.
| Even now designers are being be
| sleged by women who are in favor of
! this important addition to their gown.
| and one ardent exponent of indepen-
! dence declares she will set the fash
ion herself If her dressmaxer does not
fall in with her ideas and crafty her
desire for this one comfort at
| least.
Another clever young woman who
considers pockets a necessity defied
her tailor, and by dnt of threatened
annlhlldtion of the unfortunate man
she gained her point and secured in
| her Jacket five repositories for such
utensils and treasures as she felt con-
strained to carry daily as a business
woman.
Within the fronts of the Jackets two
pockets held her letters, note book.
pencil and check book. She felt as in
dependent as any man, as there was a
place Tor everything. On the outside
two other pockets invited her finger
UPS on cold days, as well as a fresh
handkerchief, gloves neatly folded. or
DIT OF a fiat parcel. Above this pocket
was change pocket for carfare and
incidental expenses, such as the daily
newspaper the glass of vichy, or the
inevitable bunch of Violets which
made life worth living and the day
one of joyfulness. The larger pock-
cts were sufficiently capacious to hold
a vest pocket edition, a guide book or
d popular periodical.
She. however, was not content. as
| bags at wrist or waist line were dis
tasteful to her. Therefore, she added
two other pockets to her dress skirt.
which held additional letters or papers.
/ nat and not bulky, thus giving her
| seven pockets in one costume. When
travelling, she had a pocket in her pet
| ucoat and wore suspended from her
belt under her dress skirt two pockets
made of duck, with patent fasteners.
thus protecting her valuables She
! carried no jewels with her, having
! left them in her safe deposit box, but
linen pocket holding her return tick
ct and the bulk of her money she
| wore suspended from her neck
Apropos of bona fide pockets tiny
! ones in sleeve cuffs are useful for the
! powder box, so indispensable in some
! localities, owing to the SCOT and dirt.
Pockets in hosiery were once popular
fads, but there is little security in
such methods, to say nothing of the
Inconvenience and undesirability of
! location.
| An excellent idea is to have the sta
tionery pocket, with a flap closed with
| a patent fastener neatly stitched on
| to the jersey or Sateen petticoat.
Every woman knows how trying it
is to carry bundles, particularly with
| a long skirt, a muff or perhaps an
! umbrella. When shopping it is some
times desirable to save time by carry
| ing small parcels ones self. 1t is only
a matter of a few moments time in
! the womenS parlor, when To- the
shopper can emerge with empty hands
and a serene brow. This style of pock-
! ct has ben ubiQuitously nicknamed the
! shop filters friend" because of it's
| convenience, but despite this unpleas-
| ant appellation, the stationary pocket
| is a great comfort to the circumspect
woman, as we'll as to the one who
| breaks the commandment which ad-
| moniShes her not to coVet the belong
| ings of another.
If the day is threatening, milady
need not burden herself with rubbers
until the rain appears. Then it is an
easy matter unobtrusively to turn up
! her dress skirt and take the rubbers
out of her petticoat pocket. Then,
! too, il is a great convenience to car
ny a comb, brush, toothbrush, chamois
| skin, powder and a fresh handkerchief
or two in this handy receptacle. In
| deed, one woman who has a horror of
carrying satchel has her pocket
| large enough to hold her nightgown
and toilet conveniences when going
away for the night. Such a pocket
should be of the same material as the
skirt, if it be strong enough, and the
wearer will experience no inconven-
fence from her extra luggage if the
bag is placed low on the petticoat.
There are long-suffering individuals
who defy the DEGREES of Dame FASH
only in gowns. but in night robes as
well. The pocket for the gown should
be made of the same material as the
dress lining, and according to the old
fashioned idea should be sewed in the
| side seam, within reaching distance of
the hand There is one modification,
however, in favor of the new pocket.
as it goes in the drop skirt, where this
! deviation from the rectitude of fash
! ions ways is not noticeable. Women
are not supposed to stuff their gown
pockets with all sorts OF things.
Wrist bags at church are decidedly
out of place, and yet the woman who
is always au fait is obliged to carry
something for handkerchief, purse and
keys, if she has not reached the state
! of emancipation where she is on an
equality with men, as regards pockets
| at least. At any rate those who have
| experimental say that a woman can
go to church in a much more religious
! frame Of mind if she has pocket in
| the drop skirt of her gown.
Some people who strain at a gnat
and swallow a camel fcign modesty on
this score, and say this style of pocket
win never be in favor; but it is GER
tainly the most sensible idea thus far
| suggested, and much more desirable
| than the hideous applique pockets in
vogue a few years ago.
Many women carry fancy baskets for
shopping and business, odd novelties
or souvenirs of travel being most in fa-
Vor as the wrist bag is not sufficiently
capacious. Freedom from constrained
| muscles make the hours a hundred per
cent. more endurable, but women, while