The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-03
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Fdds and Fashions

By.FLORENCE FAIRBANKS

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the resistance of the average feminine !
conservatism will make these exag- !
gerated flights land eventually at some
reasonable point.
1t is safe to predict that in the mat
ter of the new figure, comparatively
few women will go to an ugly extreme.
OF course, there are always women,
vulgar in their tastes and eager for
something sensational, no matter how
inartistic and improper 1t may be, who
will espouse anything freakish and alb
surd merely for the sake Of attracting
attention and gaining notoriety. But
the bulk of the women, even among
those who devote a great deal Of their
time, thought and money to fashion
matters, are to great extent conserva-
tive and not easily persuaded to adopt
outrefashions.
New girdles and sashes appear as by
magic every few days, and some oil
them are fearful and wonderful indeed.
Others will be unobjectionable if they
are discreetly reserved for wear with
white and cream summer frocks. OF
these are the new pongee sashes in
Cubist designs and colors. They come
from ten to eighteen inches in width
and look more like crepe than PONCE.
The ends are gathered in tassels made
of the colors shown in the printed pat
terms.
Shoes and hosiery become more and
more striking, and such variety and
novelty were never born to blush un-
seen, either. French fashion creators
may issue edicts against slashed skirts
until they are tired; with these tempt
ing specimens of footwear spread out
, before them, many American women
will snap their fingers at the edicts
from Paris and will demand chance
I to display the new finery.
Mony of the shoes are really charm
: ing, and will be especially so with sum-
mer frocks. There is nothing essen
TALLY vulgar in a colored heel. On
the contrary, when it is a component
l part of the color scheme Of costume
it forms an attractive note. The com
] bination of different fabrics with
leather in some of the low shoes has
Il oIao xrod,ood manu- roo Ilu On0d and at
tractive effects-as we'll as many ex
tremely bad ones.
Novelties in hosiery are to be adopt
ed with much more caution than those
in shoes this season. And certainl!
the two are not to be worn together
wien the novelty" is in the leas
conspicuous. If tho shoes are plain
/ one may permit ones self departure
| tom the absolutely plain silk stock
ings, although most women of goot
taste will confine themselves to thu
| changeable effects, TO woven strips il
plain color, or at most to the lac
stripe when worn with a lingeri
frock.
Most of the stamped patterns TO
embroidered waists presuppose a bacI
closing, and most Of the waists thi
| year are made with front closing. Tn
| problem which confronts the woma
who buys two or three stamped shir
waist patterns for pickup embroider
In the warm weather is how to max
front closing right through the ceI
ter of the embroidery design. SOM
times the pattern will be so open an
loose that 1t will not be difficult
| cut the waist from top to bottom eithe
in the center front or else on the LEI
side for the closing there. Many
the prettiest of the new waists haV
side closings which run either straigi
up and down or diagonally fro
shoulder to waist.
An applied hem of the material
the waist can be put on for the bu
ton holes and facing or underiap CT
be made for the buttons. The he
can be in the form Of a narrow, site
ed box pleat. An applied hem can oil