South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-21
FaUors Cotton
For petticoats
Fashion League Prophesies
It's Return to Favor With
Wide Skirt.

The lingerie or washable petticoat
which has been out of style for de-
cade is again TO be the vogue. This
will mean a vastly increased cotton
consumption and viii so a long way
toward the solution OF the problem
of finding an immediate market Tor
the south's over-supply of cotton.
The Fashion Art league of Amer
lea. which has secured the pledges of
thousands of dressmakers, club wo-
men and social leaders throughout
the United states TO follow its fash
ion suggestions. yesterday through
its president. Nine. Ala Ripley, sent
broadcast to its members and ANIL
ated organizations in all parts OF the
nation the. following fashion sugges-
tons:
Women of discriminating taste
in dressing are taking kindly to the
wider skirt, and during the ensuing
winter this garment Will again come
into general acceptance. Already Il
is being seen With the return OF
this vogue. the washable petticoat Is
advocated In fact it will come al
most as a necessity because OF It's
warmth and protection. 1t was not
necessary with the narrow skirt, but
with the wider garment il Will prove
welcome through it's practical value.
THE Fashion Art leageu of Amer
lea urges its members to diligently
advocate this style, for the return OF
the washable petticOat will go long
way toward solving the cotton prob
lem Every woman will necessarily
add several TO her wardrobe. me
cotton dress is out of the question for
northern women in the winter
months.
LAS TO the width of the skirt the
question now agitating American Wo-
men is: How wide shall that skirt
be?
This question is of more import
ance Just now than the length of
coats TO the woman who always
wants TO be in the latest mode. Good
taste dictates that the size ana
height of the wearer should be con-
sidered in choosing a new style that
changes the silhouette as radically as
does a skirt the bottom of which sud
denly widens from one yard TO four
wards. This would not be an extreme
stVle for a woman of five feet five or
six who weighs about 100 pounds,
but certainly would be for slight
woman of four feet and a half, and
would probably make the short, fat
woman look 10 or Is pounds heavier
There is no denying that circular
cut skirt is more beautiful when II
falls full and free and has an air OF
smartness when worn by the right
type. but beware of the pitfalls OF
blindly accepting a circular cut IN
your new suit skirt. In chiffOns and
nets you can choose with greater
freedom. The extra width in the hem
that fashion now demands and the
Fashion Art league of America rec
ommends lies somewhere between
two and four yards and can be OBJ
tanned by the judicious use OF pleats,
circular godet effects let in at the
sides or it can be cut slightly circular,
shirred into the belt line or perhaps
a gored circular would be better.
There are many ways the clever
dressmaker can suit the style to the
woman if she is not compelled to
follow an absolute model and the
little Municipalities thus obtained
will be quickly recognized and appre-
ciated by the we'll dressed woman.
"To be in vogue then in our skirts
this winter we must have a smooth,
f1at-hip look with a decided flare at
the hem and. if the figure permits,
the fullness should be accentuated At
the sides and hattened at front and
back. To distinguish this skirt from
the one you wore seven years ago the
dressmaker will probably accentuate
the wavv look at the edge by a shall
low scallop or a slight lifting at
front or Sides