The evening world., 1912-11-25
PEEK-A-b00SKRT
NON|,IBREAjJ1EElN|ED;;
! 1HEN-TROuSERS
'Wonen's Dresses Will Have
to Be Slit to Permit Wear
+. ers to Walk.
IT'S FASHIONS DECREE.
Skirts Are to Be the Same
Width from the Hips to the
Il. Lower Hem.
rT'S FASHIONS DECREE.

Womsn's skirts will Be narrower than
svsr saA siashsd.
xhslr coats will Be blousss.
They Will wear vests.
The waast-lins will 10 transformed
into . four-inoh girdls.
And the troussr skirt or somsthine
very closely resembling IL will certain
y be introduced.
Some OF this interesting infoma ton
has pcrcolated into New York by way
H Chicago. where the National COAX
end Suit Manufacturers are holding a
session. But confirmation and many
fresh details were added by Samuel
Paul.. the founder and first national
President Of the United Ladies' Tatlors'
Association OF America. This 10 the or
sanitation with the slogan. American
stysss for American women
Tho vision OF lovely woman In a yet
more fre.zied attempt to resemble an
umbrella stand in general 1tne and pro-
portion was the hrst TO be suggested by
M PAUL. It's evidently case Of "on
w6th the bant."
TO be absolutely correct" the arbiter
explained, the spring skirt will mes'-
ure exactly as many inches around the
bottom as the hip measure--that Is. 1t
WIN he from So to a inches in circum-
ference. This insures an absolutely
straight line from nip to hem. OF
course there must be at least one, and
often several. shts in this sort Of skirt
10 make walking possible. The slit or
sits will range In length from i've or
six inches upward: IN some cases prob
ably extending to the ,mee."
POSSIBILITY OF PEEk-A-BOo
SKIRTS FOR WOMEN.
Probably by summsrtims We snail
have . pesk-a-boo skirt to 20 with the
diaphanous shirt waist! But Mr.. PAUL
had more 70 tell.
skirts wtll b longer. an inch and q
half from the ground. instead Of three
inches. Their straight lines will be
broken by diasonAls. such ~ pleats set
In o,asonaily u cover the openings in
the lower part. The diagonal effects
will be particularly becoming to stout
women. breaking w. ttse tuDby. barrel
like look of the unadorped straight skirt
on tins figure.
IT believe the narrow skirt is a part
Of the eager II somewhat blind move
msnt Of the modern woman toward
moro sensible and comfortable clothes.
The whole world 10 wearing narrow
skirts. and despite the efforts Of the Pa
r:sian coatumsrs there has been no
marked INCLINATION to swing the pendu-
lum In the other direction. Since woman
has discovered the delight of doing with
out baggy, volusninous folds of cloth on
her neither limbs she's not going to give
It up. The full gathered or pleated
skirt has gone into limbo along with the
hoop.
Personally I feel that the skirt will
eventually develop into some modifica-
tion OF trousers, TO suit the increasingly
active and athletic habits of women. I
have devised a model of this sort which
] call the wing skirt. It fastens at
the side In front and back, and under
Meath the skirt proper, but closely at
tached to It Is a long bloomer on either
eide. ending Just above the boot tops.
The woman wearing this sKirt need
wear no petticoat. and has absolute
freedom Of movement. Yet the other
folds are so arranged that no observer
could tell the difference between my
design and the ordinary narrow skirt
with no trouser attachment. My skirt
measures exactly forty inches around
The bottom and has close fitting lining
Hhioh extends over the hips and helps
maintain the reducing effect of the long
corset.
II look to see most women ten or
even nve years from now adopt such q
style. at least for street and work.
ing dress, 1t Is hygienic, practical.
modest and attractive, the four requis-
ties for the ideal fashion
THE BLOUSE COATS POPULAR.
lTY PREDICTED.
"what will be new In the coats
for tbs coming season." he was asked.
"The blouse cost will be most pop
MAR. It lends itself most readily to
the long, straight, pansl-nks effect
generally desired. u will be from
twsnty-sight 20 thirty-two inches in
length, with ssvsp-sighths sleeves.
The 1pbsspisrrs collar, now 30 popu-
lar, Will be aattsned down into the
sailor collar ON both front and back,
wide, with square corners. The coat
will be bsltsd, but only in front, to
help SECURE the smooth. cioss-ntting
s6sot.
The favorits diagonal lines will be
repeated and emphasized in coats. Al
tee bottom. instead OF the weights us
uaiy placed to keep tho garment In po-
sttion. there Will he inserted tiny, knife
like diagonal peatings to gather up
every bit OF loose fullness, Many Of the
>oAts will fasten In a wider diagonal
than ever. the line running from the
extreme right shoulder down almost
under the left arm-pit This effect Is
ILL Ii l.