Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-27
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NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT FOR
CHILDRENS BIRTHDAY PARTY
Soap Bubble Contest, a Game of Pig Drawing
and Shadow Pictures Amuse Children.

take away flesh, one can by iud!cious
dressing give the impression of certain
amount of plumpneSS even where II does
not exist.
The thin woman Of medium height is
the haopiest of her sex in that her trou-
bles sartorially are few. but the very
tall woman and the quite short woman
fine many difficulties in the way Of Sue
cessful dressing.
The short woman is apt to become an
insignificant little person if too plainly
dressed. At the same time she cannot
don the design becoming to taller women
without oftentimes appearing actually
grotesque. She must strike the happy me-
dunn which lies between over and under
dressing if she would look her best
In the first place it is not only neces-
sary to give her breadth. but height must
be preserved at the same time. In this
she differs from the medium and very tall
women. Those of medium height may
keep in mind the necessity of fairly loose
effects and may let other details go. while
the very tall women may center all efforts
toward creating width a means of de-
creasing height.
Long Skirts for Thin Women.
The skirts of the thin. short figure
should be made as long as they can pos
siply be Worn on the street. and even long
er In the house Short skirts tend to take
away from the height
Any trimming should he arranged length
wise, although narrow ruffies about tho
mem are often very becoming Another
good arrangement is to trim the skirt
lengthwise. beginning just at the line Of
the hips. taking the trimming down each
seam and then around the extreme lower
edge. In this way the hips are brought
INTO prominence. which is necessary fol
the exceedingly slight person. and at the
same time the height preserved
For evening wear the empire and the
princess modes will be entirely becoming
and should be made with short train
me short waist of the empire frock Will
give length better than any other fashion
as height is reckOned by the length from
the waist line. Thus if two persons one
long wasted, the other short are ex-
aclly the same height the latter will
appear to be the taller Of the two: hence
the merit of the empire mode applied to
the short figure. If a drapery defines the
shoulders and the sleeves are puffy.
breadth is obtained we'll
For street wear killed skirts are the
pest possible choice. the coat short or
very long The Elton. short pony and box
models are used. and so are loose long
coats coats made up on simple. long lines.
should be strictly avoided.
Hats must never be too large, or the
effect Will be heavy and at the same time
seriously detract from the height of the
wearer Especially in this the case with
large hats on the fiat order
Sailor shapes are usually becoming and
trimmings should be high rather than
low. An entire black hat should not be
Worn except by compulsion. heavy
veil should he avoided. especially those
having a border, net in a delicate mesh
being chosen instead.
Dark, Plain Clothes Not Becoming.
The very tall. thin figure must first of
all reject dark, plain colors If she would
look her best, and select plaids checks
and figured goods of any kind except
vertical stripes. Her gowns must be
fashioned on the fluffy order. Flounces,
frlls and furbelows will become her as
a decoration to skirt, waist. sleeves or
even hats. Horizontal effects should
prevail in the costume of the tall. thin
woman.
Full waists and full sleeves should be
adopted whenever practicable, and wide
belts may always be worn. Anything
that cuts up the figure is desirable.
Coats may be half or three-quarter
length. and If a plain color is chosen for
the tailor-made street toilet, braiding
used deliberately will tend to increase
the breadth. 1t is understood. of course,
that an up-and-down arrangement of the
braid is avoided. Hats may be as large
as the wearer pleases, trimmed with
waving plumes large fiat bows. and
there are positively no restrictions in
regard to her choice of wells. Flowing
lace, chiffon, large or SHALL dotted net
are all for the tall woman if she SO
chooses.
Dark colors should not be worn by the
thin women gener rally. but she may Sc
lect from the following list: White.
cream. pale blue, pale yellow. pale green,
pale pink. mauve, red, old rose. the Gobe-
lin and Japanese blues, pale olive green,
gray, pinky fawns. tans. bright golden
brown flamingO turquoise and apple
green. OF course, the selection should
be modified by what is individually be-
coming.