Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
NEW COAT SUITS GIVE WIDE OPP
PO@TUNQTY FOR GOOD
DRESSING

feet, such as Zouave trousers have, gives
an artistic line across the figure from
hips to knees and also gives liberty OF
action to the legs.
The pleating at the waist line in the
back gives the fabric chance to spring
out over the end of the corset and thus
do away with what has been the most
Objectionable line of the narrow skirt.
Women have long since ceased to be
hobbled in their walking skirts because
they have learned to slash them In front
and conceal the slash when their taste
is good, but 1t was left to the Turkish
skirt to introduce the necessary fullneSs
from waist to ankle SO that the hips and
knees could be easily moved.
AS the long coat does not go well with
such a skirt. one notices that the smartly
dressed women are adopting the short,
square coat, slashed at the sides. which
Is commonly called the Turkish jacket.
It is not necessary to wear this coat
to be fashionable, as nearly any one OF
the other short models will serve, but 1t
looks as though no other skirt but the
Turkish one will be accepted for walking
by the woman who desires comfort and
beauty combined.
skirt in such a manner that you can
make 1t or draw a picture of 1t in your
minds eye. You have already seen
sketches of 1t as well as models. and
even though your tailor does not call 1t
by that name, he will know enough to
offer it to you as one of the popular
skirts OF the season.
No matter what some people say, there
is a slash in almost every skirt worn by
women. It may not show. but 1t is there,
and its existence justifles the narrow foot
line It is amazing how Inconsistency as
well as hypocrisy runs riot these days in
clothes.
There are many people who fear the
name rather than the thing and will glad
~ advocate a slashed skirt If they can
leave out the word slash. For instance.
a well known and conservative shop
turned out new gown which the wearer
could not step in. She tried to raise her
foot high enough to get into taxi, but
gown back to the firm and asked that
they slash 1t in some concealed manner
in order to allow her to wear it.
They refused on the high moral ground
that the firm would never allow slashed
skirt to go out Of its store. 1t Is this
/ kind of Inconsistency and absurdity on
every side anent modern clothes that
| makes one laugh
Consistency is jewel that must be pos
sessed before one can become ranting
moralist on any subject.
The ornament on ones hat today Is
measured ny the height VI the HotoT ny
women who ride, and all other women
follow. which Is the way of the world of
fashion today. Hi Mayors laughable
cartoon which depicted boy In the upper
| gallery shouting to woman In the or
chestra to take OF her hat because her
feather INSTRUCTED his view appeals to
the humor of every woman who Is trying
| to wear the new hat with its single palm
| tree reaching to the sky.
We were threatened with an inundation
Of trimming and those who are con-
servative and artistic looked forward with
apprehension toward the overlooking of
cne's head with birds and beasts and TO-
liage but the milliners compromised on a
single palm tree. possibly in courtesy to
the Panama canal, and SO every woman
carries a bit OF the jungle on her head
these days
These fronds wave to and fro as she
walks. as they rest upon hat which Is
no larger than skull cap.
or course, there are many other kinds
of cars as only the extremist can wear
this fifteenth century headdress, which
Is modification Of the caps worn by the
Shah of Persia.
Those with the high crowns and wired
lace brimS are still fashionable although
they were commonly worn in the summer
and that rollicking tam-o'-shanter of
Francis l. with its rakish high feather at
the side, is admired by many whose faces
can stand such daring.
The aeroplane hat has started in on a
new wave of popularity. 1t mainly con-
sists of two huge bows. wired and fiat
tened, which tilt themselves up and down
from a round. small crown and an almost
brimless hat.
There are hats that have fanciful jun
gle foliage spreading out from the mid
die of the back as though 1t were q pro-
peller to guide the woman in her move
ments One almost feels like putting a |
wheel at the front Of the hat to make 1t |
consistent.
Whatever the shape the fabric is al |
most invariably velvet. and the color is |
black It is difficult to get away from |
either.