Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-28
HOW PARIS MAKES THE STYLES

%"Basaues II ballooned skirts trimmed
tSarnie) almos, to the top"
Trimmed. how"
For example,. with velve cut in
~tresses. Also we are taking up the
Medicis collar"
Sleeves"
ITO go with the Silhouette Of this
new mode. we must give short sleeves.
But can We get them accepted Can
we impose them on customers? Other
wise we must md Il Silhouette OF u
sleeve that will give the effect Of be-
ample. superposed voianls . ."
Here. l confess. | lost track for Il mo-
ment.
"Basques. madame" l found myself
saying when | consciousness.
but nave they not had basques galore
very recently"
Apart from the grande jaQuette.
which is always current and OF which
il Is useless To speak. | will put the
basque first in Importance: but it will
be "A short basque. A long basque. In
truth. takes an the chic out of a fam
a serious costume. strictly tailor-made.
may have a long basque-because 1t
makes II costume by itself. Ii is the
same with the grande JaQuette. which
IL economical and dresses many women
we'll. A woman who has a brande
jaQuette costume for the winter has Il
n'anteau i'm il. But. for all. that ia
fancy tailor-the vast majority today
we must give the basque short"
With a long basque YOU cannot trim
the skirt much" l said. intelligently.
Exactly" replied madame. pleased,
with my quick perception. And. as
l have siid. skirts are To be mme
exceedingly. AS to ampleur they Will
have almost as much in front and be-
hind as at the sides. and vice versa.
N A,,,. ,..i H. w.,
really call il Il crinoline disguised.
Hoops" inquired.
oh. no. Nothing of the kind. h
bailooning effect will be obtained only
by the quantity of material. Also-i
may m~ention-we will try IN lengthen
cut. to make the same silhouette that
women had i'm them this summer, only
more comfortable. And-garnir beau
coup! Trimmed. lots.-that is the
watchword. monsieur! II will not be-
a mode entirely natural tn the Parish
by.
novelty. You can call it II "reminiscences
of lS6O-correc.ed by modern taste"
"Of course. YOU know what you are
going To give, madame" l said. coming
back to the old subject. but p
the other great houses give something
just the contrary" .
They WON'T" said madame.
Then the mode is in some occult
way endemic around the Rue Royale?"
No. the mode is not general. Each
house makes its mode
"Madane." ! said. two years ago
sleeves swelled below. Suddenly-not
gradually-they mounted. swelling at
the shoulders. Who did that"
w had n customer who dressed de-
liciously and did us such credit, but on
whom low sleeves went iil-she looked
like Il weeping willow. So we made IL
little short and high sleeve for her
and everybody liked it. Now they are,
coming down again and short-if we
are to make them accepted in win-,
ter. . =
But suppose the other houses are
against your new mode" l asked for i,
last time.
The public of elegant women always
decides. and a good house never exag-
gerates. Short sleeves are for the
young. They also make a woman look.
young. But in general we canno inn
pose Il thing a woman will not have"
And in conflicts OF new nodes"
Il repeat. the customers will cofn,
pare"
Then 1t is the customers who really
make the new styles"
NO" laughed madame. 'it is the
temperature! When sleeves are very;
long and big they are not practical for
er-beca of the difficulty of pull
ing jacquettes and coats over them"
But short sleeves ought To be cold
in winter" I objected.
Think how we'll they will go with
muffS." laughed madame.