El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
GOWNS TO
BE FILMY
is EDLCT
Paris Wears Breezy Black
Silk Tango Costume
Slashed to the Knee.
EVEN AGED DANES
FALLING IN LINE
By LA RACONTEUsE

ARTS. France. Dec. 20.-Christmas
which is a1most on US, sees the
L complete victory Of the new sill
houette, which has conquered slowly
but surely, crushing all life out Of our
Door little revolt We neither grumble'
smile nor make sarcastic comments
any longer, but are once more the
meek. willing slaves Of the whims OF
Ia mode.
without a murmur We are wearing
sIoping shoulders, square waists bal
loon hips and everything else which
we ridiculed and shook our heads at
six months ago.
The new line has conquered. 1t no
longer rules only in the elinging ma
terials of evening dresses, but every
where; in the duvetyn of the promen-
ale ess as IN the velvet and moire
E6e rev silhouette is everybody's.
Y1u may even buy If ready made IN
the big department stores and at once
submit &C the law Of transmutatlon.
That is 10 say, you may buy a gown
cut in such a way that the moment
you put in on you become Just as
slipping at top, as square in the waist
Gno as narrow at the bottom as the
new line demands, and what is more,
If you look at yourself in the mirror
you smile cOntenIedly and feel proud
aad happy to be up to date and smart
and you pretend not to hear the thin
liLCls voice that whispers into your
ear. My dear girl, don't you see
what a monkey you are2"
Wear Filmy Blaez silks Now.
We are all in black, filmy, breezy
silk in the afternoon now in order not
u ge- otcTheated in the hot rooms
where we drink tea or dance, IN
private houses or one OF the numerous
restaurants made into tango ban
rooms.
The tango bacillus runs riot in our
veins and the bridge tables are de-
serted, fer II is not only the young
people who are dancing. oh, no! The
modern grandmother is not old or
backward She dances tango passion
ately, happy at this new form of eX-
ercise, which is far more pleasant than
the tedious gymnastics, and the fash
tOnable doctor who tells his older pa
tients that tango is an ideal preserver
OF youth, is a wise man who knows
what is expected Of him.
In the afternoon then, tout lie monde
IS dressed for tango. Black predoln-
mates, but you may wear raven blue,
brown or elephant grey The skirt
IS short and slashed to the knee, be-
cause without this any movement
would be impossible. The waist is
made from maline or lace through
which you see the silk ribbons Of the
ruches or narrow fur edgings and in
the center Of your belt which is very
low down, you wear an enormous
velvet flower in the strongest shade
of red green OF yellow. These fairy
flowers are the last cry OF fashion and
with amazing speed they shoot up in
the hot houses of Ia mode.
Nothing But Harem Wells.
AS airy as your dress is your hat OF
wire, covered with velvet in daring
and impertinent bows. Greatly in vogue
are also tight fitting caps of black
tulle flisul-sh which your hair with
Its diamond pins is visible Very many
Ct Us powder-Our hair so that It looks
ike a white cloud under the black
velvet Wells are not popular and
those you see are mostly of the yash-
max OF harem variety, that is to say
almost Opaque at the bottom and trans
parent from the eyes up. FllIny lace
wells with one and never more than
one "mouche' (beauty spOt) under the
left eye are coming into vogue. a re-
TiYal OF the rOccOcco.- From that period
we have also taken the long black
silk ribbon in which we carry our mon
Ocle or oftener a big pearl which Is
body WOrships at the shrine Of the
goddess Of imitation
To finish our tango costume we put
on very thin silk stockings in the color
Of the gown and exceedingly high
heeled shoes tied with ribbons around
the ankle Our sleeves are short and
We wear gloves to the elbow in dull
light colors and little bags Of velvet
mOnOgrams in diamonds
Our lingerie consists of a very thin
silk combination, worn under cOrsets
with only one or two Whalebones on
each side reaching almost to your
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