The Washington times., 1914-01-26
Skirts Slit Still, and Cut Out
Backs Added, Are Spring
Promises.
By EDITH LOBERT.

VA 1HEN anybody wants anything
Wv in the way of legislation, from
nationwide suppression OF
prune juice TO founding a home for
ieeble-minded boil weevil. a parade on
pennsylvania, terminating in a march
on the Capitol, is Immediately Or
ganized.
This being the accepted mode OF
chronic demanders in'this little domain,
one wonders, in view of T.. tendencies
OF the coming styles, II ne women Cf
the country will rise up and force the
enactment Of pure nude laws.
For With the designers calmly in
forming us that the new modes will
show gowns cut to the waist in the
back and slit to the knee in front, il
begins to look as IL lovely woman were
approaching Ewes loose-leaf system OF
attire as her limit
The much-maligned slit skirt has
Heard Its doom pronounced many times
nut the frigid waves of the moralists
ahect 1t not, neither do the COO
]@phyrs that zeph around F street
"TuS:s
Slit Skirt to Remain.
In its own little innocent way il per.
sists in going on rejoicing. Wholly un.
mindful to the colds it produces. the
journalism It engenders. and the chiIIs
II entails among the low heeied and
..lgh-priEcIpled cult
Our latest models are more 5e,oIIatc
than any fashion for :he past tweut,,
,ears," a great French costuuer arises
70 announce.
They are cut with great depth. not
MY IN front and at the back. but also
st the sides beneath the arms some
times there is a falling drapery. which
rs quite transparent. Morning dresses
e so TO be cut with increased decoI-
l"tage," he continued.
4 casual glance reveals the effect Of
dress which has aCCidently slipped
own just to the waist and is retained
.'v a thin strip Of material thrown over
ne shoulder. The other arm and the
-ide Of the body for three inches below
are left free
When I visited a Washington estab-
shment and broke the startling It'd
'1gs TO England a mOdiste whose deft
iIEers have given many CAPITAL so
.."ty belle her reputation for excellent
aste In dress, she didn't lift her eye
.rOWs. She wasn't even surprised
Yes" it's quite true she admitted
ashing into a beautiful cascade dra-
-ry Of ermine-edged black chiffon.
Iicn will make its first public appear
'ce in Washington theater next
The craze for wearing as few clothes
possible will be Just as strong. if
Il stronger, with the advent of the
W spring modes she continued. &
DecoIlete Street Gowns
'Low-necked gowns will no longer be
served for the ballroom and the
opera- We shall see them on the
reefs, the coming season, for one
zee frocks are to be cut down to a
-.oint many inches below the throat.
The petticoat, of course, has been
."ug banished from the fashionable
ardrobe. A half-portion substitute is
lade Of silk. just to give some sort of
.rapcry to the lower limbs while walk
.ug.
One cannot wear anything more
ky than this scenario of a petticoat
tn the present draped styles.
The fashionable OUTFIT of Paris and
nth avenue, and-con't shudder-
asEington, If you please, is going TO
A frOck cut TO the waist in the back
ID up to the knee in front. a suit Of
rgEts, slippers and silk stockings"
And what about bustles?'' I asked
.njuring up a vision of the wires eX-
resCence the women of the mid-ViC-
= rian period wore in the back.
Yes. there is a suggestion of the
Istle," she declared. 1T is already
ing worn I'm order to give women the
"w contour Of straight lines in front
is nothing more or less than an eX-
"a fullness in the skirt itself, putting
'It at the waist line and gathered at
re bottom to keep it in place.
The skirts will be quite full at the
IDp. which accounts for the presence Of
slit in so many Instances. despite
the efforts to do away with it.
The best place for the slit is in the