The evening world., 1912-03-14
But If You Want to See
Clothes That Are Not
Graceful, He Declares,
All You Have to Do Is
to Fix Your Eyes on the
Hobble Skirt.
What Counts Moot 10 Not
the Shape or Style in
Which a Costume 10
Made, But How IL 10
Made and Who Makes
IL.

f1Os WCSsS N0VOSbU NI0t 81
IL the modern poman bssvtvSlJy
drcss0df .
When Eve donned her nrst hem.
stitched peisnoir Of ng leaves I
fancy Adam forgot. for the moment.
his ore or less j~ustinable crouch
and smiI"d approvingly. Our 6rs,
father unQuestionsbly thought our
first mother sood-looking. Didn't he
fall for her? (The pun was quite
unpremeditated.) And II he thought
her beautiful. ho certainly found her
clothes charming. So docs James
Montgomery Flasg.
The nrst time 1 met that famous
illustrator he insisted that the most
Joyous thing about setting back
from Europe was the remittance
into the land OF beautiful women.
Il 20 about New York." he declared.
and see more lovely women In
q day than I've seen In months ON
the other side. ! tell you. Il seems
goodi"
And yesterday this patriotic Mr..
Flag put It thus: "Of course the
clothes Of modern women are beau.
tiful. for many OF them would Be
beautiful In a%nything!"
You wouldn't prefer 0rscian
d~raperies and tho absence Of cor.
sets" I suggested.
Mr.. F1sgg shook his head with q
smile.
Tvs asassuss - taik ss Ne aver.
go Woooa'e 6elng WtSAsuS e~y.
ssts." ~ lsSoAssl. 'Sshsy M ~
~ Wee1 ~ ~ womAo vAo Doe.
sessss - sSselutsly perfect aguss.
Sut there srs very few q sueA
women IN TIE word. Fec nest, the
correct eosrsats The inpssfestions Of
The natural Azure. n women al
left OF eesssts ws'd net want 70 70
cut n Ne stsssts. e yea les't
bsaisvs u, glance u . few q Tie
3otssatet vsausss whe den taShinS
suits svssy ysasi
o course corscts ought not 10 BE-
worn too tight. Aside from the ouss.
tion OF health. tight lacing means q
stih ngure and ungainiy, awkward
movements. The truly beautiful woman
must above all things be supple and
flexible. u creature Of balancing curvss.
not ugly angles.
er.',-E OFTEN DEGREES THAT A
DRESS 10 BEAUTIFUL.
Beautiful dress In the eyes Of mos,
people II stylish. conventional dress.''
continued Mr.. FlaEg. 1T 10 something
which has been put forward by high
authority and generally accepted By
, the rank and Me. Under these copdI.
tons practically any fashion can b.
! termed beautlful-and has been, a
, some time or other.
! For that matter. a woman with Z
,, beautiful face and figure can make
, herself attractive In garments Of IN,
|. style or shape. provided that shs
aoapts them to suit her cwn individual.
| !ty. Such a woman dominates he,
\ clothes. and the onlooker never consid
ers them apart from her. bit rather a,
n part OF her. She may shift and be
: deck and bedrape' herself; Il make
! no real difference In the final imprss
, sion."
Not In the impression on tn,
crowd" ! admitted. but .sn't Their,
al absolute artistic standard Of beaut,
In dress rs well as In other things?"
"Oh. there ara W points on whicl
an artist must Judge ever, dress.
y Mr.. Fiagg conceded. One IL balanc
and the other Is grace.
"A costume trimmed heavily on on
Z side and without trimming on the othe
would be tasteiess inc inartistic. Al
- ill-cut skirt which hangs longer In th
e back than in front Is a badly ba,
e onced garment. Both sides OF a ha
" ought to be In proper harmony; d
" not mean that the same kind or eve
the same amount OF feathers or how
ers need be placed to the right and
the left. but the requisite balance mus
be preserved. One reason why IN
Greek and Roman garments are 8
effective In marbles 10 that the wearsl
or. at least. the sculptor. knew how I
:, balance the folds perfectly.
"As TOR grace In oloshias, n
msans al that 10 the opposiSc o.
stiffness. That 10 the unforCvshio
x sartortal sin. 4 MAS stag stIk
hat 10 one Of the uglisss thinro
a sver invented"
Don't you think all the clothes OF IN
: modern man arr on the side of stiffness
" and duilness?" I suggested. "Wouldn'
It be much more graceful II they wor
. velvet doublets'-
WHEN MEN PAD THEIR THIN
n scRAWNv LEGS.
"But think OF the gay colors Of III
doublet ago!" interposed practical NJ
a Flags. do you think the business me
= Of to-day would even put OF = dream
Of q dress suitf"
y They look 90 nice ~ fancy are,
balls" ] protested.