The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-10-20
LATEST SKIRTS ARE
SHORT BUT SWEET,
SAYS MISS MASON
All Are Cut Short to Tops Of High
Shoes. Many Startling Notes In
Evening Gowns
BY Margaret Mason
Though Susan and Sally
Are not of the ballet,
Their new skirts are all short but
sweet;
For since it's their passion
To follow the fashion,
They've cut them about two small
feet.
ADV.

New York, Oct. Ill saw an exhi-
bition of imported garments at a big
department store this week that had
run the gauntlet from Paris to Havre
packed In huge osier baskets, and
dashed on the back of touring car
They seemed not the least bit the
worse for The wear of war.
The most striking feature of the
whole collection was the fact that
each and every skirt was cut off
short to the tops of the high shoes.
Possibly their hurried journey, in
stead Of making them arrive breath.
less with short pants" had acted in
q similar manner upon their skirts.
Whatever the cause, however, the Of
feet Is an exposure Of we'll turned
ankles that seems just barely skirting
the conventions.
The Evening Gowns
Next to the shortness Of the skirts
the most startling note is the almost
total lack of anything tangible in the
bodices. Positively they consist of
merely a wisp of tulle passing over
each shoulder for high girdle to
cling to desperately.
Naturally this is only true of the
evening gowns. One of the pretti
est of these is of pale pink velvet
with a high girdle and tunic that
is long on one hip and short on the
other. The underskirt is of white sat
in. and between 1t and the pink vel
vet upper tunic an intermediate tun-
ic of exquisite gold embroidered net.
The bodice consists merely of the
velvet girdle supplemented by a
slight drapery OF the gold net and
white tulle caught up on each shout.
der with a small gold embroidered.
ornament.
No Wild Gestieulations
A charming model for debutante
is OF palest pink taffeta with a skirt
of four corded founces fiaring out
quantity like a veritable crimoline.
A full rose nesting in the high Cir
die and pillows of softest blush q
should think 1t would pink tulle re
veals a snowy throat and perfect
arms to the best advantage.
Another striking evening gown of
black lace over white satin has a
wide piece of the black chantily
caught at each shoulder that falls be-
hind straight to the floor like train
Another novel use OF black chantily
one black velvet gown precludes
the wearer from any wild gesticula
ton. The lace Is caught on each
side OF the girdle in front, passed ov-
er the shoulders like a cape, the
width of the lace being the whole
length of the arms. II is sewed up
into long tight sleeves through which
the arms are slipped, and then the
lace keeps On its way around into the
cape effect and Is caught In
the middle OF the girdle behind.
Hence the wearer looks as II she
had sprouted a pair Of Chantilly
wings, which she undoubtedly finds
very irksome when she feels her
back hair needs fixing.
Fur Collars
Among the suits and afternoon
frocks fur is all and everywhere.
Fitch skunk and our old friend the
beaver are the favorites, The new.
est collars shown on the coat suits
are deep fiat egects that reach from
the shoulder to shoulder in the rear
without intruding in the front lit
tie bit. They are mostly of the fur
but few are developed in heavy
silk and velvet. Black velvet, by
the way, and black satin form mist
OF the afternoon gowns. while gabar
dimes, velvets and broadcloths com.
pose the smartest suits.
On the gowns the waistlines are
preferably long and either tight Mt.
ting or showing the loose straight
line. The separate waists and blou-
ses to the coat suits all show the high
waistline, In the whole collection
there isn't a frock or a suit that
does not have some CLINT OF a gold
ornament, a simmer or sequins, a
CLEAN of jet or the shine of button
or bead.
This year all that gltters is not
gold! It's sequins, spangles and what
you WILL just so II CLEANS, glints or
Ill