The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-03
AMERICANS IN HURRY.
So Paris FrOcks Come Here Poorly
Finished-BeIts Just Above Knee.

80 EAFtS FFScAs tonne mere POORLY
Finished-BeIts Just Above Knee.
| Before a favored group Of patrons in a
fashionable dressmaking establishment
the model was appearing and reappear-
ing. displaying the precious new linens
and lingeries and other hints Of the sea
son to be which were just over from
Paris. says the Philadelphia Telegraph.
As she entered garbed In a lovely
though curious lingerie frock with a Rus
sian blouse a member of the group re-
marked a pronounced unevenness in the
hanging of the skirt.
why is 1t. madame" she asked, that
so many Of the early imported models,
beautiful and teemIng with styles as they
are. yet show such earelessness in finish?
I've often noticed it, that the skirts hang
zigzag. that the sleeves may not even
match in size"
Madame smiled.
THAT is the disadvantage Of being an
American. or the advantage. whichever
way you look upon it," she replied, "and.
being an American. think that you will
choose the latter. over in Paris they have
a way OF saying. Those models for Amer
lea, they must be rushed, rushed They
want them in a hurry. and Just so they
get them quick, they can fix them Up
afterward'
80 you see We get the very earliest
models and can give our customers the
very first choice Of designs. The Paris
houses give US the styles and we have to
furnish the workmanship ourselves Blu,
you must admit that the Americans are
really the best off Of all with this com
bination.
What is more typical OF the hurry
hurry Of our people" continued madame
than the exposition Of such frocks as
these right here in the midst OF our spell
OF real winter? 1t is the first genuine
sample Of winter that New York has had
for years. but does the New York woman
of fashion allow herself to enjoy #? In
deed. no!
Even when she is wrapped up in her
many a long day-she puts them on TO
come to the modiste to order her thin
frocks for summer These models you
have Just seen were brought in only last
week. and yet we have taken countless
orders from them.
"Oh, yes. many OF them are for people
going South" continues madame IN an
swer to a question, but many Of the or
ders are from people who do not intend
TO go a; all. 1t is merely the habit OF
living in the future, the custom of the
time and place in which we live, and
there is no changing It.
I'VE dressmakers know that when the
snow begins TO fall We have to begin TO
plan hot weather gowns. It is demanded.
it is the time. But it is never a hardship
to work out summer ideas" she went on,
and never was there a more enviable
task than the developing OF the ideas con-
tained In the early models for the coming
season -
Belts. belts everywhere marked the ex-
hibitIon of costumes. All the imported
models were constructed along the same
general lines. whether of patent leather
or of calfskin. and were carefully and
delicately tinted so as 10 match or har-
monte exactly with any possible shade
Of costume. They were decidedly pretty,
as well they might be, for although very
simple. none was seen which sold for less
than S.
In other than these lingerie models the |
belted IDEA was carried still further. A
heavy linen I'm two shades OF violet had |
a very unusual skirt which depended !
upon the belt for It's novelty, the belt |
being not a. the waist but just above the |
knee.
The effect was not at all that of the re-
Gently passed Moyen Age. for the skirt /
hung from a snug waistband, straight |
and simple and comparatively limp. But /
just above the knee the belt, four or five /
inches in width and of the deeper violet |
tone. passed in and out through vertical |
Sits cut in the skirt and drew Il In with /
a slight fullness The accompanying coat, |
which was tighter fitting than those of
last year. was similarly held in at the /
waist line with a deeper toned belt.
So the American woman is employing i
the chilly hours In laying IN her supply
Of tunicS and belts for the summer. She
knows that they ara just over and that
she is getting a first choice, and indie
pendently, cares not about uneven!y
hanging skirts and what the Partisan may
have to say about "hurrying Americans"