Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-17
the HOBBY HOUR.
Sixty Minutes a Day Given to
Pleasurable Recreation.
HoopsKIRT MODEL OF 1911.

The Crinoline skirt Flares Out Only
Around tho Knees and 10 Charming.
Nsw Marie For Women Who Drive
Their Own Airships.
My Dear Elsa-Have you tried the
hobby hour7 / have, and it's the most
wonderful restorative extant. But the
name, dear, Is just a designation for
the oldest need of men and women
the need Of a definite daily recreation.
1t means In my case settling down
lnxuriously for sixty golden minutes
to do just what | like. Now, isn't
this the acme Of bliss? During these
minutes | dismiss from my conscious
hess the many ways conscience and
my friends suggest for employing the
time more probably. Profitablyi AS
II anything yeu ,ould do with brains
or fingers could be more truly profta-
BILE than the brief interval of reading
or the turning out Of mediocre works
OF art or a useless bit of fancy work,
which keeps the younger workers
from growing middle aged and the
middle aged from becoming mere ma
chimes for producing so much money
or moneys worth daily.
The idea Of the hobby hour Is to do
what you like, so long as you like it,
and not to strain yourself to do some
thing which you fancy Is good for you.
The bobby hour worked out on these
lines will do you a world of good-a
reward which cannot be estimated, but
which will affect your whole life for
the better in the renewed sense of
youth and hopefulness which 1T will
fnfuse into your working hours self.
Now, Elsa, If you try this scheme
let nobody and nothing rob you Of
this hours pleasure by any plausible
arguments as to wasted time or use
less results. Get up a little earlier If
You cannot squeeze In your hobby
hour otherwise. If early rising does
not agree with you (and I know what
4 sleepyhead you are), why. simplify
some Of your daily work. And the
more difficult you find 1t to make time
for it and the harder to keep hold of
against the thrush Of work lying in
wait for II the more certain is 1t that
this hour of idleness will be the most
valuable or The day. To change the
subject. ! reckon you have heard
rurnors Of the hoopskirt's revival.
Well. there has been much talk of this
monstrosify Of dress here In New
York this fall among the dressmakers
aud fashion writers. Yesterday | at
tended Il display of new gowns at one
az the large department shops. The
affair was extremely interesting. A
stage had been erected. and there !
We're beautiful. flower decked walks
through which manikins. gowned in
the latest cry from Paris, gracefully
sauntered for the inspection of the
audience. The hoopskirt model of 1911
there, an inspiration of NJ. Paul
Poiret, and, my dear, 1t was charm
ing. Thr silk slip was of gold cosored
satin, With d narrow fringe on the bot
tom tevefs<hing Is splashed all oyer
WIN T7TTHgs fHIs year, from doilies to
hat traTmmfngs), and from the high
waist there fell q straight overskirt
tunfc OF black chiffon heavily EN-.
broidered tn gold A gold fringe fin
tshed the edge of the tunie, and where
this bit OF trimming wal applied to the
chiffon a strip of whalebone had been
inserted. so that the tunic stood away
from the silk slip six inches or more
all around. This gave the first sng
gestfon of width to the modern cos
tune and caused some of the specta-
tors to ask whether the widening OF
xne skirt Mt the knees presaged a re-
4nrn TO broader hip measurements.
This fear was dispellad when the
wearer realized that the figure Of the
model. slim. hipless and curveless,
could be distinctly seen beneath the
fImy hoop oserskirt.
In diameter the modern hoped over
skirt Is about twenty-four inches. The
waist from which 1t depended was
small. even az waists go now, measur-
ing perhaps twenty inches in circum-
ference. while the skirt chung closely
to the feet. and fhe shoulders were
narrow and sloping. an effect highly
accentuated by the way the sleeves
were draped into the bodice. SO that
the widest part Of the costume was
just above the knees
] hardly think even this inoffensiye
phase Of The crfnoilne will take" tre-
m~endously. It Is Just another one of
Paul Peiref's sensational notions that
may find a few followers just because
It Is the --latest"
And, speaking of hoopskirts, which
always suggest the balloon, have Won
heard the newest word for women
who fly In their own sirships? A Joker
came along at the aviation meet not
long ago and called them "airesses.'
10 popularfze his new name he said
#Eyay not airessas? They are of the
atr and airvy" s
"Woman aviatora" that is too pro