The Washington times., 1908-12-29
No MORE SHORT
WASTED FROCKS
Next Seasons Models Show
Much Greater FullneSS
Than Now.
SLEEVES WILL BE
LONG AND SLIGHT
Train Greatest Cause of Trouble
in the Making of
lTOGSSeauX.

Dolly and 1 hae had a long talk with
a mOdIstc about Jhc styIcs-and other
things we sat il front OF an open ire
and toasted our cieelzs and enjoyed our
selves immensely for, after all, what
could be more interesting 10 a woman
than the fashion Of her frocks?
Especially at tbs time is the subject
interesting because the newer modes
mark a change inanatomy.
THE waist" sad the modiste calmly,
lis coming down
Not seriously" cried Dolly and I in
chorus.
Seriously. We win make no more
short-waisted frosBs. More than that.
the straws which show which way the
fashion winds bow indicate that the
new skirts viii hive a little more full
ness than they hive now"
Radical change. and am sorry, for
the Empire is beautiful fashion,"
sighed Dolly.
1T is attractive agreed the modiste.
.but like all GOD things # has its
drawbacks. It tslcs a genius to make
II successfully; fr instance, the fitting
can only be Gvn. Sv a SartoriaI artist
When an empiregown IS properly con-
structed IL make a stout woman look
thinner and givs better lines 10 the
thin woman"
Must Be 'rOperIy Fitted
Naturally, arthing which had so
many virtues cold not last long" re-
marked Dolly.
II it IS not DIperly fitted it becomes
almost immora" said our informer.
stiu in full CT after the departing
mode.
"Or. what ismuch worse. absurd"
/ put IN.
How about seves?" inquired Dolly.
Tho fndicatils are that they will
continue to belong and cIose-dtting.
You see, the sIrt governs the sleeves. /
When We are wearing fun skirts we
also have sleevs wide at the shoulders.
If this were uC so you can easily see
that the hips wuld look entirely out OF
proportion audhe feminine figure ridic-
uiOus- The TIC is tight sleeves with
tight skirts, bse sleeves with loose
skirts. When say that the skirts viii
probably have more fulluess I mean
merely that toy viii be wider at the
foot and not qite so tight as they have
been at the hrs
some of III skirts worn this season
have been so NceedlnEly tight that one
IUTlOrLSL SlySley must be put on with
"a shoe horn ad removed with a cork
screw. One I'm has absolutely refused
TO put rubberands In the ones we have
made 70 hOl them closely about the
figure We not approve OF that sort
OF thing, aufO We do not do it,
In Fvor of Petticoats.
DO your astomers wear petticoats?'
asked DoIlyn a mysterious whisper.
we ask hem to-" was the reply
I'VE like tsm to wear an undersIirt,
made eithe Of naiusook or of soft
satin. Neher OF these materials is
bulky, and ONE sort Of petticoat is nee
essary, in our opinion, 10 make the
skirts set TOperly.
sleeves persisted Dolly, still inter
ested IN t)Se articles
I'VE arsOUtuuE long, tight ones even
IN dinnerlnd ball gowns. OF course, |
they are .ade Of transparent materials [
and they re very pretty and becoming |
How s0ut collars?'' 7 inquired.
1T Ioos as though the high collar I
would cGtinue- Those OF this season |
are Quit as high as ever running up |
IN the h,k quite 20 the hair. Indeed !
some ofJhem are pinned TO the hair /
There WI have 10 be some modification I
of this ,r the summer clothes. In this I
cilmatelO one could think OF wearing I
high CdarS in the hot weather, but /
1-IgT one cannot nave one 100 llsfl-
I saiC something about Paquiu, and !
the maam remarked that she did not ]
buy mCels either from Paquiu OF. Fran /
els. md PaqUin is considered the /
leadins tailor OF the world perhaps |
now" ne added
"The why don't you patrouize him?" /
asked Dolly.
Paquin's Models Common.
sBetusc he sells to the wholesale |
trade. returned our hostess Say that I
we boght a model from him and paid |
1000 -ancs for it. Then. when We |
broupt it in, we would have to pay 90 /
per CIT duty on it; indeed, # It were in I
cIothwe would pay almost 100 per cent
duty. Then say we made a COPY from
Fl TO some customer who likes eNclu-
Sive LyleS, ana that the very next week !
she tw a hundred gowns made exactly /
like iers on persons of all classes Of /
soCiC'-think now angry she would be |
witht.
.'SIce Paquin sells TO the wholesale
trad. YOU see some New York manu-
factrer may buy the same model We /
haV imported, and have half million
lroCs cu' trOm It which he sends over
the ouLtry, and which, made OF various
matrisls, may soon be within the /
reau Of all
'"hs explains wis many Of the
shOS have such splendid styles and /
ar so up-to-date. AS well as why we
Loves Trousseaux-
Are brides easy to pIease2'' I asked T.
slcr while.
Yes. usually" she returned. Il love I
3 make trousseaux. don't know
neither You know that a bridal gown 1.
& a difficult thing to make. but il Is. /.
and largely because OF its train A ,
VelI-behaved train. YOU know. must not /
turn over when the bride turns in the
CbanCCl after the ceremony TO walk
down the aisle. IL must follow her ex- .
CITY as train OF cars follows loco
motive. Neither, when she walks down
tHC two or three steps from the ChanccI /
into the church proper, must the weight
ul the :raiu pull UD the front OF the
dress
ITO make the train follow DroDerlv /.
n must be bOUed and stinened- and the
whole thing must be properly cut i'm +.
order TO avoid the second OF these con I
trctcmpS-"
I.EONORE CALVERT. /