Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-05
SHORT SKIRT COMING BACK.
Report From Paris Says Il Shall be
Shorter Than Ever.

The broiler skirt is coming back
this fall! So announces the welcome
news from Paris, and II is limited
that the skirt may De q trifie more
broilerlike this season SO as to allow
for the showing of at least one add
tionai inch OF dainty ankle. An cpl
demic of stiff masculine necks can al
so be looked for with the re-advent or
the garment
II this hint from the French capital
is confirmed and proved to be authen-
tic and the Baltimore creators and ar
fists in feminine apparel follow out
the Partisan fashion. 1t would be we'll
for all druggists, particularly those
in the neighborhood of fashionable
thoroughfares to supply themselves
with large stocks of liniments and
lotions and other preparations effici-
ne in curing strained neck muscles.
Last fall, when the broiler skirt
first arrived, it will be remembered
that it was not long before the fash
ion became so general that not only
pretty girls, but staid ultra digified
matrons adopted the style. AT the
same time that the wearing of the
dainty garment became general, four
men out of five-of course, except
ing all over the age of 6G-suffered
with stiff and strained neck muscles,
caused by looking and staring too
much.
The Paris catiegram declares that
the gowns will be very short" Just
having the bottom OF the skirt clear
the ground will not be enough to
satisfy the fashion this fall. Instead.
to be really smart and chic, the Balti-
more maiden will have the hem reach
just to the ankle and there stop.
The cablegram also contains the
statement that shoes and stockings
will be worn in co!ors to match the
gown, and the brevity Of the skirt
will give ample opportunity for the
display of artistic and. IL desired.
startling creations in hosiery. Shoes
will be neat and fetching. to go with
the skirt.
Mr.. James w. Bruton, of Bruton <
Co., the Charles street dressmakers.
says the Paris news is correct. and
that the short skirt is coming back.
He said that the styles this fall will
be much more attractive than they
were last year-so attractive. in fact.
that last years feminine clothes will
reseOble sackcloth.
The gowns that are TO come will be
OF a modified directoire type. which
many regard as prettier and more at
tractive than the extreme fashion that
appeared last fall They viii be made
in all sorts of pretty ways. and there
will be. he said. more striking and
beautiful features about them than
ever before.
But the mushrooms and the peach
basket hat are doomed, says Mr..
Bruton. No really up1o-the- minute
maiden will appear with an inverted
coal-bucket creation or . trimmed
washbasin GROWING her pufrs aud
curls this fall All the foolish look
ing shapes are to be Abandoned. no
matter how well they look on some.
To take the place Of the mushroom
and the peachbasket the picture hat.
MIR. Bruton announces. Is coming back
10 ITS own Banished a year ago in
favor of the present startling shapes
and styles In millinery. the hat that
beautihed any face has gained its
place. and with broiler skirts. pref
tier gowns and picture hats hllins
the streets. who wouldn gladly sprain