The Washington times., 1914-03-27
Masculine Is
Trend of the
New Modes
By MARGARET MASON.
Mere man has seen Dame Fashion
From his wardrobe fine points

from his wardrobe fine points
seek
To placate tickle females
Always new styles she must exc ;
His walking stick she has seized on
And epolped those skirts unique
That ape his neither garments
In a manner very chic;
Pockets, Gladstone collars, shirts,
She's adopted NTH much cheek,
And nom his pique' waistcoats-,
Do you wonder he feels pique7 ?
NEW YORK. March oo-In spite
Of the fussy femininity of frills.
puffs. and ruffles SO prevalent on
all the silk and lingerie frocks and
even on the suits Of moire. taffets
and serge the leaning toward mascu-
line accessories Is becoming more
and more marked.
No coat suit Is complete or smart
these days without its swagger
white waistcoat Of pique or linen
with flaring collar attached OF
course all of the waistcoats are not
Of washable materia-s, but those
that are promise to have the 'sanc-
tion of popularity.
More and more you see the walk
ing stick. slightly longer than its
masculine prototype. being taken in
girlish and matronly hands. Indeed.
at many Of the dansants you see
some OF the most modishly gotten
up Of the fashionable dancers trip
ping the light fantastic and tripping
literally thus encountered.
You have long applied the adjec-
tives modest and shrinking to the
sky violet but the modern violet
shade, now affected 80 universally
blatant and unshrinkable as guar
anteed dye will make 1t. There Is a
great run on all the shades from
royal purple to tender lavender with
the fruity effects Of grape, prune,
and plum to boot
While 1t has not yet quite vanished
from sight the slit in the skirt Of
the moment Is gradually fading into
a passe stage. The very latest skirt
is the hustled one pulled up short
er behind and thus allowing room to
~,
by the slit. The skirts are raised
well above the heels in the rear and
afford ample room for walking.
Where Sits are still seen their
regulation length Is twelve inches
Just a foot for two feet.
The tiny little summer coats and
wraps for wear over the lacey film
of lingerie frocks are almost too
adorable to be adequately described
in cold words.
They are as limp and slimpsy as
rags, but they are royal rags, In
deed. The most delectable ones arc
built Of gayly dyed and lowered silk
crepe and lined with a contrasting
shade Of chiffon. They are all re-
versiole. and when worn with the
chiffon side out the flowered glories
of the crepe glow through seductive
ly. One exquisite crepe Of old gold
blossoms Is shirred in a loose pun
around the neck and kimono sleeves
and hangs like a little loose sack
to the waist line. where it Is again
finished with a shirred putting.
1t is lined in old blue chiffon. Two
dolman-like wraps. one Of simmer
ing silver gray. the other OF peach
blow, are fashioned from that allur-
ing fabric called peau de pecne,
which. in common or garden Amer1-
can, means peach skin. Needless to
mention. these airy little wrap triies
are worth more than their weight
in gold. The chiffon and crepe ones
actually weigh not more than bit
of down, while their price ranges
from $50 to $50. Given n length OF
chiffon and lowered crepe. how
ever, and she Is a stupid feminine
who cannot fashion for herself a
Partisan creation that defles detec-
ton.
Since IL is now case OF the
tango is dead; long live the Maxixe."
the erstwhile tango frock has been
christened up to date by the name
of "clnu en- sept" Translated. this
reads. five to seven." meaning those
golden two hours sacred 20 tea and
toes.