The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-14

half-concealed smile. 1t really makes
her look like a top" and the smile
would broaden into q ripple Of sheer
amused laughter. while my poor model
strobe from the room indignant at the
ridicule.
And then the laughter would stop.
and the scoffer be surprised into q
halfnnwslling admiration Of the grace
fui. sw4ying figure. its beautiful con
tour outlined. defined. emphasized by
the cisnging. sheath-like skirt
The very woman who VIII raise an
sion to the PaQnin skirt viii 80
to gle-i0us struggle with the surf
accompanied by several men OF her
acquaintance, and emerge looking Ike
nothing quite SO much in the world
as 8 beautiful. unconscious sea-nymph-
Is she immodeste Certainly not one
American woman In 5 th0usand-no,
nor one in a hundred thousand. would
call her SO. Yet this same woman viii
sit down and think foT ) Ions time be
fore she Win commit herself 10
gown that SO much SIS suggests the
gracious curved lines o. her body.
Ana her French sister. who viii de-
More with significant gestures of mp
raised hands and shoulders the i'm
nodestv of mixed bathing. and viii
De decorousiy rolled to the edge Of
the water In her bath wagon. viii
adort the new skirt with no comPre-
hensior az the Qu2ins q the Amer.
can
Perhaps il is because ! have lived 50
much zbroad thai can see more sssi-
N and clearly from the French point
a vsew than from the American And
then to me the possibilities a. bean
~ In something new appeal most pow
eTfnlly
Yet IN reaiity the PAQuin skirt Is ncs
new. nor can we claim il IS Al ex-
elusive Invention az the twentieth cen
tarr. More than 100 years $50 the
French recognised its possibilities 2nd
6ersloped them into what have come
down to Us SIS ths Dlreotoire styles
Not 81 the skirt alone is this true,
but az the coats that accompany X
short.waistea aEasrs they are with
fun getaway skirts. oVsreiahoTzte,
fanciful IL yon VII, bit graceful A11
charming nevertheless
Il nay take q llssle time before the
American woman Wala give The PAalin
skars her generous. unqualified 50
vrovas- But am optimistic. ard
fuar believe that ye1r ty ysa- We
rrow in zpTrsc iztion u ne beautiful.
in 3 broader conception o1 The true
significance ot lovely nnas and colors
sns mai given time We evsntu2lly
arrsr4 the best tha1 Is offered 10 rs
IL rsve-t1nE 10 ms alder type q
dress ran frankly shF J an El1a e
the change. nor 1hz4 I laks change
merely because ID means novelty Int
heoznsa Z welcome il when st Stands
for esthstc development And SC I
SAY vsrr surhAt1c1Iy ifSl o. lke
ths p8aHln SHIRT thzi hope, th1usA
2 cannoi pra7hezT. tha1 i van have
lonr-spa5 VOGUE. PaaHin has adopted
Cd. and paruin 1sa6s Paris as PARIS
leads the wcrla You and Z foTCw hut
NOT. hope. IKE uocT stu7ld sheep.
E,rRrine 81 for rourssf and q AzE-
hing I can SAY helps you 10 New i
more intsli iEsntly and more EE1re-
cianrelF. wen Au1 good. Eu1 IL yau-
taste and judgment reject 81 my Gear
madame, remember thAt yuu have
cuits As goo5 q riEA1 70 Four o5an3an
as have 10 nine Indeed have Al
honest contempt far -he woman Who
wil s5ort s fashion merely beczuss i
Is fashionable and aecry Il as hiaeons.
ursiEhtlv. impossible