Evening journal., 1907-09-03
FOREIGN FASHION NOTES

last is becoming a loudly expressed I
question. BY all rulings it should pass
with the summer, for its popularity |
has been almost unprecedented. But,
according to the Queen. there are
many indications that it will not do so. !
as there are yet many variations on
the theme to be played out. There is
every likelihood of the self-colored
cloth coat playing a part allied to a
striped skirt. while there are equally
sure indications that in lieu Of the
dovetailed and bias stripe decorative
effects win be wrought through the
medium of plain materials.
Caps are being adopted by pretty
women with negligee costumes, but
are almost entirely abandoned by the
elderly of their sex. which is a great
mistake, for little soft lace about an
elderly face is altogether softening and
captivating. Keep Oft age as long as
you can, but when it has come and
you can ignore it no longer, then by
all manner of means render it as grace
ful, gracious and dignified as you can.
1t has its charms like youth, but we
should endeavor to enhance such
charms to the best Of our ability.
Some people powder white hair,
which when it has a proneness to yell
low tint is very well, but the powder
should be brushed out well and
sprinSled on lightly. There is moth
ing more cleansing, especially to
greasy hair, than powder, and some
of our most skilled hairdressers sell
special kinds which make the scalp
clean and the hair itself easy to dress,
but the powder should not be allowed
to remain in the tresses. Up to now
we have been content with white and
cream and pink tinted powders for
toilet purposes. but in classic days
colored kinds were used in the hair
Dying is no new notion; in all times
women have made their hair the color
thev desired. In the middle ages red
hair NAV have been more general than
it is now. but there could not have
been quite so many with the Titan
tresses as have been handed down in
L
back on henna to bring raven locks
and in the early Victorian days dark
dyes were resorted to just as in the
later days of the reign of the good
Queen every woman wanted to bt
golden-haired. and indeed the majority
managed to be so. not always to tbs
Improvement Of their faces. for II de-
veloped a muddy aspect in a counte-
nance that framed in black or brown
hair. looked clear and charming.
The little sleeveless-completely
sleeveless-coatees are very quaint II
Paris. fashioned in black satin or sill
and worn over light gowns. The arm.
holes are large and there is merely Z
strap over the shoulders, and in som'
cases full basques. In black chiffor
velOurs and panne chiffon they are 81
pretty.
Hitherto large hats have been worI
with long skirts. small and neatly
trimmed hats with short skirts. Blu
the latter are almost taboo now for on
of doors. while the much befeathereC
cloche or copeline of generous dimen
sions is the favorite Of the hour.
The first to amalgamate these ap
parently discordant elements wer
American women. And Americans lea'
in everything and everywhere nova
davs. Even the Parisienne is glad 4
follow their example. The most &c
centric modes find favor when launch
ed by Parisians or Americans becaus
for some unexplainable reason the!
have the physique and style to carr.
them off successfully. Dress a Frencl
woman in long skirts or short ones
in paniers or Empire gowns, il
princess lines CT crinolines. in tigh
sleeves or fun ones. in big hats o
small ones, high ones or low ones, sh
will never look ridiculous. though j.
itself the fashion she assumes may b
as ridiculous as you like.
American women are similarly gift
ed. and they apply their characteristic
sense Of the practical to their natura
stylishness. Thus American wome
introduced short skirts on occasions
when at one time they were not con
sidered suitable. From their hand
the fashion could not be but accept
able.
There is every reason to suppos
that this mode is not a merely pass
ing fancy. but a well-established re
form. However gracefully we ma
achieve the manipulation of our skirts
the privilege of free hands and fec
is not one we shall be in a hurry I
forego. A practical principle is al
WAYS a solid foundation upon which
build decorativelY