East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-01
THE WELL DRESSED
WOMAN.
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(By Maud Griffin.) }

New York.-By far the largest
number of smart frocks produced by
fashionable New York dressmakers
this week are destined for Washing
ton. Miss Helen Taft makes her de-
but to society within a short time and
young women as well as matrons have
literally flooded the dressmakers
with orders for frocks. wraps ana
hats for all occasions.
The status of the winters modes
has been settled. Among the things
to be remembered by the woman who
follows the lead of a-fashionabl bles
in matters OF dress are the following:
Skirts while narrow enough to con-
firm perfectly with the present de-
mands are in no way ridiculously
narrow. Truly smart women are not
indulging in the strange and eXtraor-
dinary distortions OF good taste that
recently have made the streets so
amusing. The modes may be luxur-
ious and novel, but after all they are
practical
Though the long coat is seen every
where, there are enough short mod
reassure those who are carried away
by the printed rumors that the day
OF the short coat has passed A real
ly distinguished example is a frock
of dark cloth of the kind that is all
the rage in Paris just now. The ma
terial Is soft and lustreless. rather
loosely woven and with something of
the appearance Of fine flannel. It Is
severely tailored. the skirt being mar
row and the bodice made with that
redeeming touch of white at the neck
which is so becoming to almost all
faces. The three-quarter length coat
IS as plain as the rest of the costume
but exquisitely cut and made. and in
that lies the whole distinction of the
costume
The prevailing taste in colors for
street dresses inclines to sombre
shades, but good taste is not restrict
ed to funereal hues. Brilliant and
conspicuous shades should be restrict
ed to those with slender figures.
though II Is a sad fact that so many
large women effect them that one
must think that with increasing size
love of gaudy raiment increases cor
respondingly.
Even at this early hour the plain
cloth tailormade Is getting to be a re-
lief from the elegant velvet and
satin suits. And these plain tailor
mades are never more attractive than
when they are worn by a slender girl
of not too audacious taste. The
plainly dressed woman-from the
point of view of absence of ornamen-
tation-is the one most admired in
a crowd IL the occasion is an undress
one. The woman who goes in for
fancy effects, in no matter what de-
partment OF her wardrobe, is the one
who never looks trim or richly cos
TUNED, no matter how much her out
fit cost.
The kind of rabat or jabot that is
most modlsh with tailormodes is of
batiste with n tiny bit of Irish lace.
For rich toilets the rabat that is
largely composed of heavy lace. is
most fashionable. However, the wo-
man in doubt, whether or not to in
vest in plain things is always coun-
selled to think twice before indulg-
Ing in fancy ones. IT is so with neck
wear. and the most elegant women
prefer rabats that are quite plain,
unless they are to be worn with very
dressy tailor suit.
Perhaps 1t would not be true to
say that all of the smart afternoon
frocks are attractive. despite their
high prices. While they are quaint
and sometimes even amusing-they
lack dashing air and sometimes ex-
ploit n plainness that even spoils
them. The short waist, hipless skirts,
the cut that makes woman appear
as IL she were all angles, certainly
does not set off many women to ad-