Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-01
WIRED, LAMPSHADE TUNES

correct when its wearer is trying to dance
ragtime in q crowded room. No stage
comedian wearing an o'd-fashioned hoop
skirt was ever funnier than are these
Good-looking girls III their bouncing.
swaying garments.
OF course. only the few attempt the
overskirt with reed in il, but every one
wears the Persian drapery in some kind
OF fabric over plain or Il draped skirt.
The girls who omit the reed must surely
feel happier in the dance room than those
who employ it. unless one dresses to at
tract attention.
There are many models that call for
a very full tunic with a fur bound or
chanting when the wearer dances. for
they manage 10 work up a rather attrac-
tive dance of their own and give an added
grace 10 the swaying body.
1t is the reeded ones that are grotesque.
especially when their edges are finished
with three-inch gold fringe. which
bears lfelike resemblance to an ornate
candle shade being blown about In the
wind.
Candle Shades on Street Frocks.
1t is TO be earnestly hoped that this
fashion of the dance room will not ex-
tend to the theater and the streets 1t
is difficult enough as it is to get into the
middle seat of a row of theater chairs
when the lights are turned off: naturally
therefore. one regards with apprehension
any fashion feature that will make the
condition worse. And yet this evil is
not 10 be compared to the presence of
wired TUNES in street cars There should
De law preventing any woman from
wearing this accessory to her gown If
she travels IN a common conveyance. She
should not even walk, for she needs half
the paVements to herself
ana Yet these tunicS are already ap-
pedFlnS on the streets of Paris Here Is
d shetcn To show just how a woman ap-
pears when wearing one. This gown is of
ol:ch velvet, broadtail and silk net. The
SKIRT, as YOU see. is narrow and short and
without drapery, although il has q free
swinging movement over the knees The
tune OF black silk net is gathered at the
waist line and wired or reeded. not once.
but thrice. over each reed is a band OF
! Drown skunk and the whole overskirt
STANDS well away from the body. As i,
i transparent. one can clearly see the
sim silhouette beneath it, This Is the
hiild OF contrast that the modern woman
especially likes
The bolero jacket is of black broadtail
which is so closely initiated in a cloth
TINS season that IT is no longer necessary
TOT woman 10 buy the expensive peltry
tnc bolefo jacket Is one OF the mos,
fashionable coats of the day in Paris. bu,
50 Tar II IS not popular here, although i,
| = itdvoeated by many of the best dress
makers. Nhen one wears a wired tunic
II Is necessary to have short Jacket: a
long one would not go We'll over the full
! ness and 1t would stand out like 3
balloon.
We have q habit Of referring n tbe
sensible days of our ancestors when won.
eli did not dress 10 attract attention II
themselves. but all one has to do TO cor.
rect this verdict i to think how our an.
| cestors looked when they wore whole
/ hoops Instead of half hoops on the street
and instead of a N-shaped neck they ey.
posed all their shoulders.
Now that women show some signs
vi gong back to many of the fashions III
our sensible ancestors. there Is = bUs
ahG cry from ocean TO ocean. We are
even saying how u"iv are the black satin
heeiless Shippers with white stockings