Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-31

long since passed away for the Wo-
man who is devoted to fashionable
frockings Physicians may prate OF
the medicinal quality of wool and the
old-time village housewife may con
tinue to reverence red flannel as a
winter underwrapping for her chill
dren, but the girl or woman who wish
es to be fashionably clothed discards
all these bungling facbrics and makes
little difference between the weight
of her undergarnents at the different
seasons of the year.
When one thinks OF the high-necked
long-sleeved, heavy flannel suit, the
Wadded petticoat and heavy cloth
gown having a thick lined waist un-
relieved by lace or open work guimpe.
which were looked upon as the only
possible winter outfit of a number
of years ago. it is interesting to note
the contrast in the fragility of the
garments which are worn unf1inching-
" in exactly as wintry weather in our
own day. There is the gauze or thin
silk undervest or a chemise OF the
thinnest summer fabric. sleeveless,
cut low int neck and made even
thinner by the insertions of lace
which trim it around the top; the thin
corset of satin. silk or. batiste, and an
overwaist no heavier than the chem
ise. The throat. arms and chest are
con- p1etely exposed before the waist
of a gown is put on. The covering
below the waist which is afforded by
modern methods of dressing is equal
" meager. Thin nainsook or batiste
drawers and short petticoat of thin
silk, batiste or nainsooN are all that
are usually worn under the long silk
or cotton skirt. which in some in
stances is rot even supplemented by
an extra drop skirt or skirt lining.
Our young woman adds gauzy stock
ings and low shoos-this winter it will
probably be pumps-to this outfit.
which is complete, except for her out
er suit.
Fortunately, broadcloths, velvets
end furs are still fashionable for outer
garments. These do much to make
up for the lack of heavy underwear
in the street, and in most houses it
isn't needed. Cold baths, too, have
made the modern girl less susceptible
to cold than her mamma was when
she was young. So she manages to get
along without more than her share of
influenza. And yet, when one secs
the gauzy undergarments and feels
the wintry blasts. in spite of the
steam heat conditions and til cold
baths, one wonders at her hardihoOd.
But there is one thing that would s. rm
to suggest the girl with the gauzc nn-
derwear is not so far wrong. after all.
anG that is that modetn man who s!ll
wears his heavy underwear and his
heavy suit, over which he puts
h, avv top coat, catcaas qnije as
many colds as the lace and linen en-
wrapped women at whose foohardi-
ness he looks askance.
But whether she be wisely or fool
ishly colthed in her lace and linen
must be left for the
modern miss to debate with her par
ents. guardians and the family ply
clan. That she is beautifully clothed
II, them no one can dispute There
surely was never anything invented
more becoming to most women than
the delicate creations of embroidery
lace and linen which are now used
for winter as we'll as summer under
garments
Only the least sophisticated women
nowadays look first at the trimming
VI tA uuuCi sal lueut. AS Ill cNcIS-
thing else in this age of perfection in
the making of feminine garments.
the foremost attention is paid to the
shape and fit If Paris has a rival in
the other realms Of dress-if the tail
ors of London and the modistes of
Vienna claim equality along other
lines, surely she is alone in the man
ufacture of exquisite underwear In
the handling of lace and
in the fineness of the fabrics employ
ed there is much to be learned from
the Partisan undergarment, but after
all it is in the infinite variety of
shapes, all attractive and becoming,
in the careful cut and perfect fit of the
Partisan undergarments, that one
finds their greatest claim to continue
as models for the entire world. Such
delicate manipulation of fabrics, such
exquisite workmanship, fertility of
design and perfection of cut and fit