The sun., 1913-11-09

\ ON tI' iltS W. VI tIlTtt StdSOIlS
$50 ore of the leading Partisan
dn..-nll,rls made "a daring attempt
10 Drug panniers into fashion. This
.tr..r trfs, makes frocks for several
r5u-Mu actresses and with their assist
.lr., she launched panniers of various
designs
= r,-l every one said that this revival
ol q picturesque old fashion would have
a. mucus" success Then. suddenly
th. .uAnuier craze died out Hardly any
one would accept the new out line and the
revival Was pronounced q failure. Then.
after the space of some months. one OF
the most talked about dress'nakers in
Fairs started the rage for Persian out =
lines
Ho g.,e magnificent Persian fetes
~ l'- private house: in his studios he
or,u"t amazing Persian robes and tunics
and ,ur~a2cs And about the same
tlun Richcpiu's lie Ninaret" became
tho most successful theatrical piece OF
the season The result Of all this WAS that
tl. Persian "ligne" became universally
'uuuular and from the Persian outline
S have naturally glidcd ON to an APP
-Ia,a'lou OF panncr effects for though
ta' Pos ,n tIuic is quite unlike the or
oulry itnni"r III detail the general
uur .uc >, very similar. III both cases
jra u,.u"r part of the dress stands away
from jh" hir~ and acccniuates the cling
i.s loli- of ihc SKIRT
~ th. prr-"nS moment the rule in the
surt ~ d'"-- ~ that panner effects are
correct IN the day tim" and Persian tunic
,oc.ts n the evening Most Of the lead
.ua ri" II. Ia Faiy drr--tnu<ers agree
.lr tho genuine Persian tunic is un-
,l'1ul' for day wear.
som" Of the newest I,annicrs are IN
rau;y formed from two wide gathered
fluuoe-. which are attached to the skirt
81 10Th -'des, giving IA sort OF uu faint
ta' nnn appearance to the dress. An
,'N-r d.s,i IN /. arranged in a single i'ounc.
gathered at the wais. and again gathered
p..t-Ndy between the waist and knee
H.'. these 'lounces are always made
.. very supple materials and Ihev are
u;-rilued with tine muslin in order that
I'n, nay stand away from the hips in
-., desired manner, For evening veal
,ur exaggerated Persian tunic is i'm
nu,u-"iy popular 1t is made Of many
dferent materials, hut always richly
embroidered and invisib!y sti'lened a
.hc hrm.
Jnclucs Worth has recently given som,
rHllhlc opinions on the subject of mod
'cr dress especially on the subject of
wu.i"rn ccccntricitic-. Hs said quite
plainly that the time was coming and
g1.gAlv when IL complete change would
t.'" /, l." brought ubort in the world
Of dress. that women Of fashion were los
'. iuc!r sense of fitness and of balance
] ." -on-at io'Ial and purely eccentric sid
" th" dress question WIS receiving ia
Yr much attention and it was time L
.. Hit"
Iht ". Worth is right cannot b'
l.r,ti,ucd \ few years ago women ot
'.rUri taste would not have drca med o
",vvius tho eccentric dresses and hat
~ music hall artists Now nothing seem
',0 eccentric nor too sensational IT i
.oiv tho really keen observer who cal
p.v distinguish between the women q
great ", rid ard those other womel
rr3 -ccm to exist for the purpose of bein
p.o'pgraphed and paragraphed and dis
cI~-vd To a large extent all womel
n" hook alike; in fact it very often hap
p n> trat ii il the pretty actress wh
rlaYoy- the impression of distinction AM
- the vcIitahc grande dame.
taA~tc waist bands may not seen
r.rthv t. hr classed among Parisia
unveuies. but in reality the elastic wais
n,u1 or to-day plays IA very irnportan n
r.,o IA the comedy of dress. Everythin
.- atIached to the figure by means of a
r'.-'lo waist band. wide or narrow. TIL
Il d. - whllebonc and of stin ceinturc
.,- numentarily departed. All the new
,-' c,G-agrs seem shapeless and the,
4" almost always secured at the wais
a,'h au elastic band No woman ca
Hurc tu -acm correctly dressed unless he