Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-05
FASHIONS 5 OF
 MID SUMMER
BY MATDE HALL.

BN MAl lDE HALL.
 New York. June 4-The principal social diversion during the summer months is to bo dancing, therefore frocks for tho dance are receiving a large share of consideration
 These are informal days. Low necks are tho rule for morning as we'll as for afternoon and evening, and the girl who has a iilmy linen or lawn. with a few irlls and fur bellows finds herself prepared for al most any occasion where dancing is enjoyed. And where. indeed, will ono go 10 escape the tango. the maXixt, the hesitation and the various other steps that hold so firm grip upon the pleasure loving public? We dance at afternoon teas. at card parties, af- ter the theatre and at any other time that we have music and q partner.
 Getting back to tho subject of clothes however, dancing has stimu lated pasSsion for ethereal effects. The newest frocks for gardcn par ties and summer festivities are dcvcl- oped in tulle, linon. chiffon and nous i lar favorite Not only is if nsed for various forms of skirt drapcries. but il is ill great demand for the flennc- ings and narrow rufflcs that have talk on possession of so many charming gowns. Always it is finely plaited. In the wider widths for flouncinGs, it effectively outlines the new apron shaped tunics; in the narrow rulllcs it is placed on the revived pctticoats which serve as a foundation for the boulfant silkcn drapcrics mounted above, and by the way, these new old pctticoats are among the quaint est styles to be worn this summer They are always made on closely fit ting lines and oftentmc are d success sion of narrow frills of plaited tulle, chiffon or rutfles of narrow lace.
 Many of the summer skirts are all most alarmingly abbrcviated; some models intended especially for danc ing clear the floor from six to seven inches. The split skirt, in measure prepared us for this innovation, as it very frankly revealed the ankle and sometimes little moro. It is claimed K some women that the shorter length skirt is far more modest. Per haps it is true.
 Frocks for informal wear are nat urally most interesting at this season of the year. One wishes to be well dressed, but with style comfort is es- sential. The ideal summer wardrobe should contain a number of dresses made up of lowered figured and striped cotton crepes, for there is nothing more attrIctive. They are all ways cool and arc always pleasing to wear.
 Blue and white color schemes are shown in great abundance, yet with such variety that they are not com monplace. Sometimes with the blue old rose or canary is combined, and it is oftentimes the introduction of an unexpected color that gives the real cachet to the smart stripes and figures.
 An unusually pretty design in Jap anese silk and cotton crepe has blue and white color scheme. The waist has vest in front and yoke in back of white crepe. The front is fastened by iivo covered buttons. A standing collar, trimming the waist in the back, is made by hand.
 The striking feature of the dress, however, is the skirt. It is made with a long apron tunic, draped in hustle effect in the back, where it is lifted to show a ruffled underskirt. The belt is of pan velvet, which joins the waistA and skirt and is finished by a picot edge.
 Shirt waists are so popular this season that one has to have several separate skirts to wear with them. If there is a bit of material left after the skirt is made, it is well to devise some sort of a bodice, even though it be half of a contrasting material, so that an entire costume may be on hand if occasion requires.
 Of separate skirts, however, there are many different varieties, all of them graceful, and few of them very cloth, serge and gabardine separate tailored skirts show the Premet or hustle back and draping, and a few have the cascade. Smartest of all these garments, though. is one of gabardine, trimmed from the base of hips to half way between the knees and ankles with a headless flounce laid in broad box plaits set widely apart.
 The position of this flounce may be lowered or lifted to best become the individual wearer of the skirt, but it serves, as must all the superimposed trimmings of the hour, to cut the sil- houette into sections. Its position at the hips is important because, placed too high, it makes those recently re- suscitated portions of the feminine anatomy appear wider than Nature intended them to look and also short ems the waistline. On the other hand. flounce set too low on the hips of skirt fitting smoothly at it's top makes the hips appear narrower and the waistlne more slender.
 For the morning there should he at least four white skirts in the sum- mer wardrobe; one of corduroy, one of ribbed pique, one of linen and one of serge. At least one should be cut decidedly walking length for Cy:- l.sx