Evening star., 1913-11-18
BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE.
cial Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
NEW YORK, November II. 1913.
So popular is the tunic that few shops
are offering it for sale, ready to adjust
to any skirt. Rather a clever thought,
wasn't 1t? They are offered in the same
manner as ruches and fichus and ornate
sashes. In truth. that is all they are.
sash with a frill to 1T which any woman
can attach to any gown.
And this is precisely what every woman
wishes to do. She does not want to give
up a plain satin frock because there is
no drapery on the skirt and she IS not
manipulate minaret tunic. Now, all Sne
need do is to decide on the color, tnen
buy the tunic, ready made. and nook II
about her waist
II may not be easy to get it in the
exact shade of the gown, but this is not
especially important, because 1t Is not
always necessary to have tunlc that
matches black tunic goes with a
dark-colored gown well as with a
white one and white tunic goes with
pink, blue, yellow and pale green Ana.
more than this, unless your gown Is or
the most unusual and difficult coloring
the shops will dye a piece OF tutie Tor
you. The price of these accessories IS
small, although they cost more than
when you do the work yourself. fou
might do the usual trick-buy one and
make OIneTS from IT. lot III lHlS HdJ Sou
get the idea and your knowledge
If however. you are on the beaten
track and il is not an easy matter for
you to walk into shop and order a
tunic, here is the way 1t is made; More
ribbon is used a first choice for the
girdle. although satin is popular and
fashionable This is boned in front, at
sides and at back, and the ribbon IS
irregularly folded so that it does not
present tightly drawn plain surface.
The bow at the back is shaped accord
ing TO the figure, or eliminated if one
prefers What is known as the hustle
bow, which Premet of the Place Vendome
invented in August and which has. be-
come known to America since Septem-
Der. is very much liked BY some women,
but IL is necessary that they should be
exceedingly slim. It is fully six inches
wide, is heavily lined and has two
square loops and ends. all OF which sit
upon the figure and give the effect of a
hustle They are not always at the
waist line. sometimes they are dropped
six inches below.
Depth of the Tunic.
The majority of the minaret tunic.
drop to within four inches of the knees
way for a woman to be well dressed i:
to let her figure guide the chosen depth
There can be no one fashion for every
woman: she who attempts to cut on he
coat at twenty-seven inches or nineteeI
inches because some fashion conclave or
dained il is making herself a slave to
decree.
What is true of a coat is true Of
tunic- What she is trying to do witt
clothes is to make herself LOOK as at
tractive as possible. and she cannot IL
this IL she does not consult each inch o
her stature and its bearing upon tn
clothes she is to wear.
Let her bear this well in mind whel
she Is cutting out a tunic. She ma.
lind that she needs two or three of then
instead of one. for her figure may lool
its worst with a single dividing line be
tween waist and ankles. When she see
the effect she may be discouraged a
the very idea of wearing a tunic; but lie
her try two three of them lappin
one another, and she will instantly per
ceive the change In her appearance.
One woman who could not wear a dee
tunic found out that she looked yer
well In two short white ones side plated
attached to a four-inch belt of blacI
velvet ribbon, mounted on short frocl
OF white taneta- She added platte,
white tulle ruffies to the open V-shape
neck and TO the wrists Of the lon
sleeves
What she did with white tulle coul
be done with any color and give tn
necessary touch Of newness to a ney
frock.
The Incoming Rufaes.
The revival NJ the cl,;~. T..