The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-27
LONDON WOMEN
WEARING ANKLETS
Hobble Skirts Seemed Limit
but Women Go Them
One Better.
OUTCOME OF SHORT FR0CK
Abbreviated Skirts and Brilliant
Stockings the
Rage

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| OF strange fashions there is no end.
/ The hobble skirt seemed TO be the linn
] it, but now the west end is taking up
/ the anklet as a means OF personal
adOrnment. Very handsome anklets
are now offered for sale al some OF the
very swagger shops
The anlIlet idea is the outcome of
/ the present fashion of very short
/ dresses. high-heeled patent leather
shoes, and brilliantly-color stock
/ ings, which in itself is bad enough
without the addition Of a bangle to
further attract attention. The fashion,
/ il goes without saying, comes from
Paris where il has been taken up 10
an extent but only by those inclined
! TO eccentricity in dress.
But, after all, the wearing of ank-
lets would be merely the revival of an
old fashion. Three generations ago it
was not unusual to see a bangle round
the ankle. and a famous wearer of
this ornament was the wife Of the
third Duke Of Cleveland, the old Ouch
ess who died in 1888, aged ninety-one.
/ She had very small feet. and. TO dis
play them. would often sit upon a ia
bic, and let her anklet fall down over
/ her small foot, a friend, equally proud
/ OF her small foot, asked the duchess
/ or Lady Caroline POwlett. as she was
| in her younger days-if she might try
and get the anklet over her foot Lady
Caroline consented, and, to her great
disgust, her friend was able not only
| to put it on. but 10 kick il off, so
easily did her foot go through it.
Queen DisfavOrs HObbIe.
Speaking Of the freak fashion, it is
gratifying to know that the hobble
skirt is out of the running in English
society, due to the action OF Queen
| Mary. A short time ago the queen
! expressed her disfavor of this form of
! dress IN very strong terms, and it is
noteworthy that none of the royal
ladies nor those about the court have
gone IN for this exaggerated form of
attire.
Queen Mary-like Queen Alexandra
has very definite views as to what
does not suit her. and she utterly de-
clines to follow the Whims of fashion.
For instance, neither queen has ever
been seen in the horrible headgear
that so many women are adopting at
the present time. and they still remain
devoted to the toque. This lead is now
being very generally followed by the
real heads Of society.
Children in Peace Movement.
Amongst the many good works I'M
dertaken by a certain band OF great
ladies throughout Europe is one that
Is known as '"The international Elk
change for Children"
This was originally founded some
eight years ago by the DOwager Ouch
ess dues and numerous other great
ladies Of the FaubOurg St. German in
Paris The society deals chiefly with
children Of the upper classes. and has
for its object the promotion. not mere
~ or the acquaintance of foreign Ian
guages, but likewise the creation of a
better understanding among foreign
nations. The exchange provides for
three months residence or a fun
year between children in families Iiv-
ing as far apart as Germany. France,
Italy. Austria and England The idea
Of the system. which works remark
ably well. is that parents bear the cost
of the journey of their children. but
that from the moment of the young
sters' arrival until the hour of depart |
ure the children are treated absolute |
~ as members of the family with
which they are living.
Already several thousand of such |
exchanges have successfully taken /
place, and committees of prominent /
ladies have been formed amongst !
leaders of the aristOcracy in Germany. |
Spain, Belgium, Holland, Scandinavia. /
Russia. Italy and Austria, who under /
take the details connected with the I
practical working of the scheme which 4
helps to promote the mutual under !
standing between foreign nations and /
does much to destroy racial preiudices
based upon ignorance. It is altogether /
q very practical effort to contribute TO /
the maintenance of the peace of the |
world
Royal Yacht SumptuOus.
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert. |
which King George dispatched to |
Gibraltar 10 bring King Manuel to |
England, must not be confused with
Queen Victoria's Victoria and Albert /
The vessel was broken up in 1904. aft |
er a career Of fifty years. The pres /
ent Victoria and Albert was built in 4
1899, and is one Of the most sumptu- \
Gus ships aflOat. The cost of her
building and equipment nearly reached !
that of the battleship King Edward /
VII
King Manuel enjoyed. on board the /
Victoria and Albert all the comforts
in a palace ashore. The
royal apartments are high and spa !