The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-08
THE TALE OF THE TUCK

Current and to Come-sIeeves,
CorsaRes and Skirts Display 1t
Endlessly - Hats and ParasoIs
Profit Muchly And Even the
Make Telling Use of Tucks Clev-
erIy Disposed.
The Tale Of the Tuck is a goodly one In
this season of frills and general fussifica-
tion In the realm OF dress. In fact. the
modest seamstress and the high-priced
couturiere alike depend upon the tuck
for some of their most stunning effects,
albeit they both handle 1t from a totally
different point Of view.
In the lingerie blouse and the lingerie
gown 1t iourishes nightly. Indeed, SO
much so that one is tempted to ask just
where would those fascinating little IA sh-
Ions be without 1t. The fitting of the lin
gerie gown-it goes almost without say
Ing that 1t Is of the princesse persuasion
this seasons almost entirely dependent
upon the little pills at the waistIine, for
of late Dame Fashion has withdrawn her
beaming smile almost altogether from
shirrings, and has banlshed them from the
region of the tapering waistline CON-
pletely.
Whether 1t be OF the wide and deep
pills religieuse, of the tiny and almost
fnfnitesimal pinched tuck-or pin tuck, as
some term 1.-THE thing is to have 1t
strongly In evidence. Once upon a time
the small girl was wont to be an object
Of derision for her schoolmates were her
frocks fashioned with tucks at the hem,
this arguing ANAL plainly apparent In
tentfon to letting down" for next year.
when the small girl should have grown
somewhat taller.
Now, however, the skirt that displays
tucks above the hem, whether 1t be for
the small girl or her grown-up sister, Is
right In the forefront of fashion, and dis
dams any attempt or suggestion whatso-
ever at the letting down" process. 1t Is
there, and there to stay, and its mission
Is to weight the hem when the material
Is one of those sheer weaves that well
deserve the somewhat hackneyed chiffon
adjective.
rather wide skirts laid IN graduated tucks
from hip to hem. They look well In the
book. since all of the ladies who appear
therein are impossibly tall and abnor-
mally slender: but In real life 1t Is only
the girl who Is built upon the beanpole
plan that could ever expect to look well
In one of them. However. with a diminu-
ton of the fulness, and a tride of space
left between the tucks, one can imagine
that 1t will make up fairly well for q
slender wearer In some of the materials
that are expected to have increased
vogue for autumn toilettes. One such
has just arrived these shores, In a
chaudron, or copper-colored henrietta. The
effect Is cleverly handled In the spacing
Of sthe tucks. These are but about half
an inch wide at the top, just where the
curve Of the hip ceases, and they gradu-
ally Increase In depth until they are some
six Inches deep at the hem. Below each
tysrt nd ha bat 10
a row of velvet ribbon of exactly the same
width as the tuck, and a bias piece OF
velvet makes a facing at the foot. The
result In the brilliant reddish copper color
Is stunningly good, but one can easily
imagine that Ii would fall of this e1ecr
In some other colors on the card
With the new figure lines and the tend
ency towards tightly fitted bodices the
tuck asserts Itself prominently. In
smoke gray chiffon bodice seen the other
day-and, by the way. the deep and dense
smoke grays are In the very FIRST fight Of
fashion in all Of the flmy materials Just
now-tne entire design was Of tucks- Over
the shoulders they were some two inches
deep, laid In horizontal lines, narrowing
until at the waist they were a mere pinch
Of the frail material. The short and puN
sleeve followed the same lines, and the
sole relief was a cravat and little oblong
reFers of real lace mounted upon a dull
orange velvet making sort OF chemiset,e
design In front
The lingerie chapeau. too, shows the
same disregard OF shirrtng, and coQuets