The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-19

names, but, substantially, all about the
same-are we'll to the forefront OF things
fashionable, but chiefly In silken weav-
ings. Exquisitely soft and lustrous silks
chiffon double OF a season or two ago,
but with n more lustrous fnish-are right
in the very first flight; and to their trim
ming all the ingenuity that the designer
can devise is brought. The material it
self Is of such sheer quality that rather
heavy trimming Is best posed upon 1t.
There seems to be someone strenuously
and devotedly pushing the cause OF the
American short skirt for Partisan wear.
True enough 1T Is that the Parlsienne has
accepted this mode-but under protest
and for q very limited acceptance. Only
for the toughest wear is 1t donned, and
1t Is always doffed with a sigh OF thank
fulness. Too we'll does she know and ap-
preciate the fact that the long and trail
ink skirts become her best; and since
long walks are INDUCED in only under
doctors orders. why make of herself q
fright when there Is no necessity and
substantially nothing TO be gained by so
doing? That Is about the spirit In which
the short skirt is received, and the horde
OF visiting Americans who so well display
its many advantages are gazed at, and
Its use at all hours OF the day put down
TO a national idiosyncracy.
The air of fne frenzy that dominated
the chapeaux OF the summer time Is de-
lightfully lacking In those that are to
her In the autumn months and a much
more rational. II less romantic appear
ance is promised for the fashionable fol-
lower In the coming months. The ban
deau Is assuming less strenuous proper
tons, the angle at which the hat is tilted
is less tipsy. and the coIffure demanded
by the later modes prom not TO de-
mand all OF the extraneous aids which
the hats of the season nearly passed
proved so uubecoming without
The corseiet skirt seems 10 have made
Its parting bow TO the fashionable world.
AT its best 1t required n degree OF skill
and cutting, and n still greater one In
lifting than could readily be commanded
by the average purse Then. too. unless
1t reached just the proportlonate point
between the bust and the walstline.
which made the best OF its wearer's
possibilities the result was anything but
Il happy one. The all too stout woman
she Is happily well-ngh nonexistent in
France at least among the natiyes-and
the painfully slender woman both seemed
10 descry qualities in this mode to suit
! their special peCuliarities of build and
| figure. and with what effect the speedy
relegauon of this mode to the limbo OF
things forgotten would seem 10 indicate.
The chapeau with a moderate crow n
| and tiuted or undulatsd brim, high at
one side and short and close at the b. 1.
| Is attracting considers BILE attention :
such OF the milliners as make a special
display for the visiting American buye-,
Already II is developed in felt. and.
| strange TO say, flowers are the favored
I trimmings. Velvet roses, sweetpeas, morn
| Ing g!ories-they are receiving an enthu-
siastie amount OF attention just now
| nastdrdums, geraniums and other CAV
| blossoms go TO the trimming of those
| shapes, and the needed note Of characi er
Is added In bird Of paradise, a long
| Australian plume or some other floating
! and waving feathery effect.