Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-12
Dancing Skirts Eight Inches rom the New Laced Dan
cling Boots Have Contrasting Tops Green Comes To the
Front in Charming New Tones Sleeves Make
No Pretense of Hiding Pretty Arms.

EEMERICANS, dance-mad, have
Ex% objected so to trains that many
E of the French couturiers who
insist upon trains wherever
they can attach them to costumes of
tormality. have had TO leave them off
0r lose profitable American customers.
Worth is particularly addicted to
trains-Callot also. Poiret, Jenny and
Premet are more tractable in their de-
sire to please and Premet has gone
80 far the other way from the train
that at the Premet opening the man
neQuin's dance frocks were SO short
that many patrons thought young
women too tall were wearing the
Premet frocks through some difficulty
in obtaining shorter mannequins. Not
at all. The frocks were exactly as
Premet meant them to be-eight
inches from the floor, which Is some
what above the top of an ordinary
street boot. This is shorter than
frocks have been worn in two gem
erations. and If the effect is more
than a little daring-especially for
the afternoon-it certainly makes for
comfort, as every dancer will attest.
Premet has one of these abbreviated
petticoats, ripping from the hips to
a width Of four yards at the hem.
Bands of green ribbon are stitched to
the ripple skirt, the width of the band
apart all the way up to the hip, this
skirt being of leaf green faille silk in
hne and lustrous weave. A pointed
labIer Of the faille embroidered in
Did blue Is appliqued to the front of
the skirt and suggests a coquettish lit
ale apron falling over the bands OF
ribbon. This old blue embroidery is
repeated on the bodice, which Is OF
leaf green chiffon, in a bolero Jacket
motif, and in a wide, straight girdle
TO match the suit there Is a green vel.
vet coat quite snugly fitted ut tn,
~aistline and having close sleeves II
small armseyes, but the coat ripplel
out below the waist and its bach
breadth spreads downward in n rippl,
:oat-tail to the knee. Pockets an(
tufts are of the dull blue embrolder,
on faille and there is a collar of o'pos
Ium.
Green To BE Fashionable.
As green disappears from Nature, /
zones to the front in fashion. Brow,
vas the hue of hues In early autumn
md brown in the deep chocolate am
African tones Is going to be very fash
enable, without doubt, all winter; Blu
me cannot help observing how man
" the elaborate costumes for after
loon wear are In green, olive, verd
md leaf greens seeming most in favor
Sometimes peacock blue or old blu
are combined with the green shade /,
very beautiful effect for blue an
green are more harmonious travel
ing mates than most people reaiz,
Violet is another very fashionabl
shade, and many of the white evenin
gowns designed in Paris are cloude
over arms and shoulders with fain
lavender or violet tulle. Very attract
i've is a little afternoon dancing froc
| show you, of violet velvet and slve
brocaded violet chiffon. Just a touc
of skunk fur outlining collar mot
On the gauzy bodice, emphasizes tn
aelicacy Of the violet color scheme
The skirt is of velvet only as far up a
the hip and from there to the waist
under the silver brocaded chiffon tuni,
there 10 draped sash of violet satir