The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-08

AofO W SAp1oAh '" N'SA
those pillows if he took them to the
new home. It's easier to cut loose
from the lot than to say where I got
them and answer questions he told
me last night in confidence, so the
whole bunch is yours, sis, with my
blessing. New York Press.
MAKING RAIN-SHEDDERS COSTLY
"It's the umbrella" said a woman,
shat ~uninspiring object OF black
silk ("if it is silk" she %interposed
sadly that is giving the jewelers.
an excuse for slashing deeply into
your pocketbook, dear, and mine.
She was right partly-and, after all,
to me partly right is a pretty good
state for an argumentative woman.
There are many innovations in UNI
brella handles in the shops. One han
die shown yesterday contained a Jew
eled pencil, a purse, a handkerchief
and a powder puff. why" said the
woman. ''these things are likely to
put the old variety bag out OF busl-
ness" One shop in town has passed
along to a maker an order Tor an UNI
brella of mulberry colored silk with
q novel top. Al first glance the top
looks like a conventional knob OF
mother-of-pearl and gold, but on
touching a tiny amethyst on one side
a secret spring lets the knob lily BACK
and there is disclosed a miniature OF
the owners baby, surrounded by am
ethysts and pearls.-New York Press.
CORRECT LENGTHS OF SKIRTS.
The lengths OF walking skirts do
not vary. They are all sufficiently
short to escape the ground, when
may mean from n inch to ankle
length, according to the build and age
of the wearer A young woman may,
if she pleases, cut her skirt shorter
than a woman of more mature age,
and a stout woman should always
wear them longer than one who is
slender. The later type may wear
skirts long, too, if she wishes, but
the stout or short matron cannot al
ford to cut her skirt short II she
wishes to look her best.
Thus the question of the length OF
skirts for general wear is easily dis
posed of. but for the more important
gowns for afternoon, house n even
ing the matter of deciding is more
difficult owing to the narrow width
of the skirts.
All the skirts for formal and even
ing wear are cut long, yet so narrow
that little train is visible. In order
to give evidence of a train the dresses
are cut long in front and at tie sides,
and only a triie longer in the back.
Even then, as the wearer walks, the
material winds itself about the feet
until the gown actually seems to be
the same length all the way around
incidentally, to walk gracefully in
one of the new skirts is a difficult
feat. Managed correctly, a skirt OF
this style is an aid to height, because
the front is long from the belt DOWN
ward. Thus the new style OF cutting
the skirt long all the way around IS
in one way an improvement over the
trained skirt formerly worn, in that
it is more generally becoming, now
that the fashionable figure is sup
posed to be tall, and the majority of
women are only of medium height or
short.
To prove this becomingness let
any woma- put on the old style
trained skirt, the length just touching
the ground in front and the back
spreading upon the floor, and view
herself in a long mirror.
Then let her take the train and
bring it to the front in a winding eff
feet and .he will see how much the
change adds to her height. This,
then, is the general effect of the new,
trained skirt intended for evening,
dinner and formal day use.
Handsome cloth suits in light
eights are made with short trains,
when a tailored effect is not desired.
There is no lining, interlining or fac
ing on the bottom of such sIirts. No
other finish but a deep hem is correct.
Consequently there is no chance for
the train to spread. 1t simply must
fall in, for there is nothing to keep
it out, not eve a rutf1e.
Any trimming on the skirt comes
at least a foot above the lower edge,
either applied directly on the skirt or
as q finish to a tunic or oyerskirt
effect.
A favored fashion is to tie the skirt
down by wide crushed ribbon (the
shade of the gown, passed through
Sits cut at iounce depth, the ribbons
tied in large bows, the ends falling
over the train, and when the material
is. thin, as marquisette and similar
fabrics, | have seen good effects from
setting in a group Of wide tucks above
the deep hem.