The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-03

New York, Oct 8. - The sheath
gown has become a staple feature in.
the Joke columns" of newspapers. but
1t is safe to predict that it will not
be seen much in this country. The
American women have not taken up
that ultra fashionable whim of their
Partisan sisters with any degree Of en-
thusiasm. The reason may only be sur
missed. The American women of fash
ion are usually not slow in initiating
any new fashion in dress, no matter
how daring. that comes from the gay
city on the banks of the Seine. Some
facetious men have advanced the SLAM
derous theory that the style did not be-
come popular among the American wo
men because so few women have rea-
son to be proud of the shapeliness of
the part of their anatomy which these
gowns expose to view. or course, that
is not the cause, as every women
knows. There are just as many women
with shapely-ahemlowe extremities
in the United States as anywhere else.
The simple reason why the style has
not met with favor in this country is
that it is too radical departure from
the accustomed style and too diff
cult to manage in wearing without
awkwardness. At all events there is
little if any prospect that it will ever
become popular even with the extreme
dressers in the Uniteds States. Even
in Paris they are affected by but few
women, mostly such craving sensation
al effects.
Fashion demands that in all winter
suits the blouses should match the
rest of the costume in color. This rule
will undoubtedly be adhered to during
the coming winter season, but at the
present time while the weather is still
fair and tolerably warm separate
blouses may be and still are worn.
The directoire models, so popular
now, have made it necessary for wo-
| men to adopt a new style of blouse
more appropriate to wear with a corse-
let skirt and the tight-fitting coat.
Some Paris dress-architects have Sc
| lected a new material for such
blouses, tulle OF course, the material
is by no means the highly dressed illu-
sion called tulle in this country. but
fine wash net, which is both appro-
pirate and pretty for a blouse or more
becoming to face and figure. The ma
! terial has also other advantages. 1t
requires little trimming, the waist
line. 1t may be procured in almost any
color to match the suit with which 1t is
/ to be worn.
All the new blouses show a great
change in the style of the sleeve. For
this winter in place of the short and
| three quarter sleeves pulled at the TOP
| there is the long, close fitting sleeve
defining every curve of the arm from
the shoulder to the wrist, where ruffies
fall over the hand to the knuckles
The tulle b1ouses of Paris pattern are
made almost strictly on the tailored
plan with no extreme fixings or trim
mings. They are fiat, not gathered
across the chest and are all worn witt
| immense jabote fastened at the throat
| These are also of tulle and give 6
cloudy and bouffant appearance to tbs
whole. Large and-embroidered dot;
are often employed as trimmings. Cot
ton voile may also be used for waist:
of this type for 1t is sole and, life net
will comply with all the necessary re
quirements of the fashion. So will alst
French crepe and banzai
The universal popularity of bridg'
whist among women here and in Eu
rope has taxed the ingenuity of tn
dressmakers with the development o
some suitable style of costume 70
bridge parties. To women who go il
for artistic dressing the bridge gov