Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-21

OW would you like to be a
Japanese woman and be obliged
to go about advertising your
age tc all the world by the
color of the clothes YOU wear?
Such a custom as that OF a girl repre-
senting a walking census would be
looked upon with CONSERVATION in our
country, but in Japan It is said to be
quite the usual thing. girls attire
merging like the colOrs in a prism. from
one shade to the other as the years speed
on An authority upon the customs of
the mikados realm says: Midway be-
tween the early twenties and the next
decade purple. chestnut and pink. where
the kimono is concerned. are made to
gray or ciel blue. which until then have
represented her color card. White is re-
linquished at twenty-five. When in the
twen;e-seventh year the Japanese woman
acquires a new dignity and wears striped
fabrics. AS the years go on the wide
stripes which proclaim her initial plunge
into a. different category from that of
her younger friends and companions mar
row with each succeeding year until the
finest hair line announces with almost
the age of thirty. Pale mauve colors
cinnamon and blue are her alternative
until she is five years older, when she
leaves all bright tones to her younger
sisters. and is seen in dull drab. tints of
brown and dark gray until her striped
kmono is changed for a checked brown
at forty-five In few years comes the
black Or dull gray which She wears until
the end of her life.
The japanese women are also very care
f,,J 1r,itI thoir inn ND of
one of these garments is prolonged by
treating it with the greatest kindness.
but one American woman can give points
in the care of dresses to her oriental
sisters. This is how she does it: II want
some of the widest and cheapest pillow
tubing you nave" she demanded recently
Of the clerk at the linen counter. You
see she explained to friend with her.
Il get this wide tubing TO cover my best
dresses. All one has to do is to sew up
one end and put drawstrinG in the
other The idea is certainly good one.
for often a dress will look old when no.
kept perfectly clean. and a whole suit
could be slipped in the tubing and kept
fresh.
Latest Sleeves.
In fine clothes the small lego mutton
shape fitting the arm below. then COW
cred with folds is an extremely good
model for gown. Sheer materials,
whether developed in gown or separate
waist may carry out the same design,
but in mousquetaire style instead of the
difficult overlapping folds.
The latter is little more difficult for
the amateur to attempt.
Another pretty sleeve that is fashion
able reaches the elbow and is composed
of overlapping frills of lace. Folds around
the arms of the material suggest man.
DARN sleeves, and these are continued on
the waist until they outline a chemisette
of lace. This Is effective style for a
young girls evening frock if the costume
is made from any of the soft fabrics,
such as albatross. yelling. etc.
Many of the so-called dressy waists of
lace. net. chiffon, etc. show long sleeves,
length. Certainly these are smarter
looking for theater wear with long
gowns but the sleeves are prettiest for
house dresses. Anyway, one may really
take her choice and still be quite fashion
able.
The new models in shirt waists and
shirt waist suits are made with long
sleeves. The heavier materials. such as
cotton cheviot. madras and the fine ging-
hams, are cut in a plain shirt waist
style but with the reguia ton bishop
sleeves confined by handouts.
When the skirt matches, the sleeve is
more dressy. For instance, one model
has a sleeve and part of the waist cut in
one the joint concealed under suspenders,
giving a one-pieca effect. The sleeves
are three-quarter length and cut in modi-
fed butterfly shape, only a little sloping
given under the arms to the waist line.
This is pretty for chambrays or any