The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-19
GRACE WITHOUT PETTICOATS
Studies in Things Needed for Right Effect for Women Who Wear
 Skirts Modishly Tight.
(New York Sun.l

Are you petticoatless woman And if you have discarded your un- derskirts have you learned to go without them gracefully?" said the beauty lecturer to her audience. ''The advice I would give to the unpetti- coated, to the woman who wears a skirt so snug and clinging that she must adopt some other style of un- derwear than the old time petticoats is this:
 Look to your shoes Your skirt may not be cut off at your boot tops, but it is certain that they will show.
 Have your ankles trim. Wear but toned boots and set the buttons over until they absolutely pinch your an k1es
 Don't wear shabby shoes. Your feeet simply must look nice.
 Wear thin stockings, the gauzier the better, under them wear flesh colored silk hose.
 eff you go without petticoats your your skirt sinks in- So learn to toe out. Don't be pigeon toed.
 Don't take lonk steps. Your skirt will remind you that you cannot do so. At the same time don't wait for your skirt to remind you of this Long steps are fatal to the snug skirt ed woman. Let your skirts be me- dium and learn do slide.
 "Go to the theater and study the walk Of the prettiest actress you know. She doesn't stride and she doesn't minoe. Yet she wears the trick of sliding. She slides for foot along and when she comes to the limit of her skirt she is aware of it. you will not be so uneasy when you you will lnot be so uneasy when you try to make the step off a street car. uk <,t,r ,ir>r, fcxry fiv,,ae in your own home you will under stand how 1t is done. The unpre- pared woman is at a disadvantage.
 Don't swing when you walk. The woman who does without petticoats must walk in an even, straightfor- ward manner. It is peculiar walk. One foot is placed ahead of the oth- CT in an easy determined manner It is wholly different from the swinging gait of the woman who wore petit coats and who is anxious to hear them swish.
 Don't put your hands on your hips They must hang at your sides with out swinging.
 Don't square your elbows. The petticoatless woman must study her curves. She has defied tradition in taking off her skirts, and she must make herself symbol of curves to nullify the effect of that petticoatless. skirt
 Her neck must display curves, and this calls for the necklesS gown. It Is difficult to have curved throat if ones stock is high and tight. The bare neck, with it's long line of beau ty from ear to nape is what is need ed. To be sure, with the tight fit ting. clinging street skirt it is not always appropriate to wear the low neck, but there are methods of bar ing the throat so that the long line shows.
 ''The stoping shoulder is another point to bear in mind. The tight skirted woman looks. rectangular if her shoulders are square. They must have the oriental curve This shoulder curve helps to restore the feminine line to the form.
 '.The petticoatless woman is learn ing new tricks in that never all learn ed art. the art of eating. She knows that candy makes the feet ache, for it gives one the gout. Consequent ivy she eats only a limited amount of candy. and she selects the plainest and best"