Evening journal., 1909-05-08

DnaRa% HE style OF dress worn IN the
days when Mrs. Langtry was
spoken OF as the Jersey Lily
has been revived this spring
A smart young matron just back /
from Paris appeared recently in cos
tune fashioned after this old model /
The bodice was perfectly tight ftting /
and came down far over the hips after |
the manner OF the jersey jackets OF
long ago. This long bodice was rnet
by killed skirt and by a turned back
sash drawn very tight over the hips
resembling a fshwife's skirt turned up
and pinned behind to keep It clean.
The bodice departed from the Jersey
severity by having a square yoke effect
OF oriental embroidery and high col
lar picked out with the same trimming.
This gown. mingllng familiarly as It
did with froclSs boasting clinging semi
Greek draperies and Byzantine stoles
and panels, produced quite a small SEN
sation. Madam. too, wore one of the
new high crowned hats OF the market
basket persuasion If old photographs
are to be trusted, the extra high
crowned hats OF the Jersey Lily's" dav
were exactly like those to be seen An
the showrooms Of the best known
miiliners. II is evidently Impossible
Tor even dress autocrats TO keep on in
venting novelties forever. They are
bound to repeat themselves. and this
time It seems as though they had made
up their minds to revive old styles
without any attempt TO alter them.
We We're told this sprirg. in the early
tu Nn
and gowns heavily trimmed with r1,cb-
ings and pudings would be worn. Ana
yet these wonderful pulls do not mako
their appearance. Every one hints M
them and frequently sneers al them
but have met no one whc has actually
seen them With regard to sleeves I
unhesitaungly place myself ia tho po-
-iuon Of a prophet. We shall certainly
wear sleeves slightly puffad at the ell
bow this sumrler-that Is TO say
sleeves that are moderately pulled at
the shoulder and gathered at the elbow
into long. tight undersleeve. We have
mad such sleeves now and then since
the days Of Eve, and i suppose We
shall never really grow tired OF them.
Many OF the elaborate afternoon gowns
have sleeves tight az the shoulder.
puned at the elbow and then again
tight on the forearm. Per ionally con-
slider this style hideous. but II viii be
fashionable
Another vexed question seems 70 be
the waist OF tomorrow" Are we 70 10
IN for the old style OF tight lacing. or
are we tc adhere TO the present outline
u figure. which may be described as
natural? Here again l venture 10
prophesy: or pinched in waists we
shall see nothing Women viii not
again, without considerable protest ac-
cept the hourglass style OF figure. The
waist line. however, is slowly but none
the les surely creeping down II is a
safe guess that by fail it viii reach the
normal location.
But with high waists CT long waists
We are eager 10 welcome the charming
clothes for spring and summer that
Dame Fashion has designed or our
approval We are glad 70 be rio OF
the dark gowns associated with the
cold. gray days OF winter. Then, too
summer frocks seem lcsr expensive
than those OF winter-a most falla-
cious theory. 1 presume. for one buys
more thin frocks, and these little cos
TUNES" do mount up. Still. If one does
not strive 10 reflect the latest cry n