The Detroit times., 1914-11-30
BE CROOKED If
YOU WOULD BE
FASHIONABLE
"Is My Hat on Straight" Now
Poor FOrm-Should Hang on
One Ear
SKIRT MUST BE ASKEW
ALSO, TO BE CHIC
Fur Used Very Extensively as
Trimming During Present
Season
By MARGARET MASON.


NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-You've sim
ply got to be bit crooked. II you are
going To be fashionable. The very
newest skirt models are either short
to the shoe tops In front and back
with fall to the instep on either
side or they are up TO the calf on each
side and TO the shoe tops at front
and back. Some are cut In jagged
points around the bottom and othcrs
are finished in scollops. while one dar-
Ing model advocates that erstwnile
sloppy effect whereby the front bare
ly touches the boot tops and the back
just grazes the heels. Along these
lines is a skirt whose long tunic edged
with fur hangs to the heels In back
and just below the knees in front.
Under II. only visible in the front, Is
an underskirt to the shoe tops. An
other skirt shown at the recent New
York Fashion fete was SO hung that
the length Of the front was on line
with the tops OF the band Of fur edg-
ing in back, The effect of front
view then was that of two rows OF
fur with pair OF tootsies thrust be-
tween rows, for the back band OF fur
was on the whole width OF the fur
band longer behind.
The ripple skirts are also very good
and invariably fur finished They are
usually cut circular, but some are
shown shirred on a hip yoke or even
at the waist line.
Never has fur been used so exten-
sively as dress trimming and the
lovely new shades of putty and sand
are exquisite In combination with the
rich brown OF sable, skunk and the
less expensive dyed squirrel Sand
and putty are the exact shades their
names signify and the former shade
especially should prove extremely
popular aside from its beauty for it
certainly does take sand these days
to wear some OF the styles.
Black tulle overskirts and sleeves
In black velvet gowns continue to be
a favorite combination for smart af-
ternoon costumes cleaning here and
there with ropes or buttons OF Jet.
Where a relief from such somber-
ness is desired, the sand and putty
shades are combined with the black
with charming results. This color
scheme has at last ousted from SUI
preme favor the black and white COM
binations so long and so dearly be-
loved Black tulle over velvet Dr.
satin and heavily bedecked with jet
continues the queen OF evening gowns
also. Black lace has made wild ef.
fort to supplant the tulle: but as
smart fashion authority boldly an
.nounced that the lace is not to be
worn by any woman under %, its
chances for favor can be seen with
half an eye are very slight.
AS an Inevitable outcome OF the
sleeveless fashion for evening has
come the wristlet of fur with a fun
OF tulle attached to fall over the hand.
This dainty little conceit will un-
doubtedly play the good samaritan
to many an ungainly hand and Ill
turned wrist this winter.
There Is an SSciting new shoe or
boot rather, which comes in white,
grey or biege buckskin and laces up
the inner side OF the shoe instead OF
the front. II Is chastely plain and
tight fitting save for saucy little
pointed tip OF black patent kid stuck
on the toe with an effect OF piquancy
for all the world like that OF beauty
spot 'gainst the damask Of milady's
cheek
A dashing little debutante wore a
pair Of those startling boots in white
buckskin at the Ritz the other day
and you brought up with start from
the tip OF her pretty toes to the tip
OF her pretty nose only to fnd' that
It was daintily busted with rouge on
its retroussee end in the very latest
mode.
Another pair OF comic opera boots
sported on the same occasion were of
all-over black patent kid. They laced
up the front to height half way OF
the calf where they ended In a sway
ing black silk tassel.
Some of the quaintest little black
patent kid dancing slippers have
bright red heels. With this hectic
touch to her pedal extremities and
her nasal appendage, milady is
certainly going to extremes for her
bit OF color these days, Eh, what!