Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-02
NODES Of 0he
MOMENT

soft mass of little curls and puffs.
the set, sausage-like puffs which be,
came such an absurdity a year or
SO ago. will not do, though many womi
en- VIII doubtless resort to them in a
cheerful belief that they are following
the last dictum of Nine. la Mode. The
truly fashionable couture must be care
lessly artistic as to the curIs and
pufs. yet never untidy. 1t must be
smooth and carefully arranged, but
never stiff.
Use of False Hair
AT its best it is unquestionabIv at.
tractive and artistic, but it is doomed
10 caricature. as the sparks fly up.
ward. and only the most careful
grooming will produce the desired re,
suit.
Naturally false hair plays an impor.
tant part in the couture of most OF
the fashionables. and ones own hair.
supplemented if necessary by switch,
is used for the coil Any extra hair
Is coiled fiat on the crown of the head,
anc then a false piece composed of
SOFT curling locks is pinned on. filling
the entire space inside of the coil like
cap. Better results are secured in
this way than by more complicated
use OF ones own hair, but some won.
en- with ample locks and clever fin.
gers or skillful maids fill in the back
OF the couture with soft puffs and
twists OF their own hair, and a few
hnge rcurls bought of the coiffeur.
individuality today is not only more
sensible, but more smart than freak.
lsh following of changing fashion, and
the true elegante changes her couture
lnucn less frequently and radically
than does the average woman If only
women generally could be made to
realize that they could achieve
through scrupulous simplicity, impec.
cable neatness and individuality
smart distinction which they miss al
together by cheap and tawdry exag-
geration of passing modes, what an
enormous improvement would be eff.
fected! A foreign representative OF
one of the big French silk factories
said not long ago:
L have never seen so many hand
some women together as find behind
the counter in any big American shop;
but why do most of them disfgure
themselves by frightful elaborate
coiffures and cheap snowy waists and
neckwear? If French women were as
pretty they would make themselves
acknowledgements, but trim, demure."
The Shortened Waist Line.
All of which Is far cry from the
black and white evening frock. It has
shortened waist line, and every one
who speaks of things Partisan com,
ments upon the way In which this
shortened waist has been reasserting
itself among the late summer models.
Women like the short waist. find 10
becoming. Dressmakers say that Id
| offers opportunities for delightfully."-
| artistic effects, and so it never really
drops out of sight, though sometimes
it is confined to evening and house
gown models
Last winter the waist line was low
cred to normal on large majority of
the frocks. but the short line still per-
sisted here and there upon both even
ing and daytime frocks, and this sum-
mer one found now and then a coat
with decided directoire lines. Now
there are rumors that the winter will
see a very considerable revival of the
short waist and that the Grecian lines
Of n VI
| renewed vogue of classic lines In
evening dress. 1t is but rumor
The short skirt which was intro,
duced even among the evening frocks
and the most elaborate afternoon
frocks this season owed it's vogue very
largely to the introduction of the
| bridled skirt, which made long flaming
lines and trains practically an impossi,
bility. 1t has run its course with the
exaggerated type of skirt; and with
the increased fullness OF the skirt bot,
toms have come the long flowing folds
and trains which are so vastly becom-
ing to the average woman that only
slavish obedience to the makers of
the modes could induce her to lay
them aside.
Indeed the best dressed women on
both sides Of the Atlantic have never
subscribed intellectually to the
short skirt fad where evening and
house dress was concerned: and whilo
soft skirt fullness may be slightly held
in by scarf or some substantial
band on the skirt bottom, it is not
necessary that this combining band
should be so absurdly narrow as To
eliminate all possibility of flowing
round folds on train.
Black Velvet Trimming.
The rage for black velvet trimming
is fairly sure to hold over into the
winter and should be welcome 10
women, for it makes possible very Ell
fective trimming touches at comparl
atively slight expense and affords OPP
portunity for easily freshening old
frocks.
The third of the black and white
evening frocks would present a little