Evening journal., 1914-05-15
SHOCKS IN FORM
IN HILADY'S STYLES
Fashions This Year Show
Back to the Farm
Movement
MEXICAN SHAWL
AN IDEAL WRAP
BY MARGARET MASON

(Written for the United Press).
MY Lady Fashion used to mock
The simple peasant in his smock'
But now midst garden hollyhock,
Or on the farm among the stock
And round the house with pan and
crock
She thinks it smart to wear a
smock-
She mimics where she used to mock.
NEW YORK, May 15.-There really
seems to be sort of back to the
farm" movement among the fashions.
There's a perfect craze for quaint
smocks of colored linen cut exactly
like those affected by honest CATER
Gray. and all the other perfectly
good old English .enantry.
It's far cry from a thatched cot
tage in rural England to an apart
ment OF house in an American city,
but the smock adapts itself beauti-
fully as we'll as artistically to all
the modern improvements, and looks
even more delectable on a peach than
a peasant
Modelled on the same loose lines
as the actual peasant smocks, they
reach to the knees and are made Of
loose woven linen in lovely shades
of old blue, old rose, leaf green,
orange, or in fact any shade you want
them. Their round turned-over col
lars and cuffs may be of a contrast
ing shade or the same material and
the shocking that characterizes the
yoke in front, or back or both, as
] you choose, is prettiest caught with
thread of blending colors.
They are indeed a charming as we'll
as a practical adjunct to your sum
mer wardrobe, either to slip on when
you come into the garden Maude'
and dig among your posies or 70
wear Just around the house in lieu
| of a regulation apron effect
OF course we long ago reveled in
the charm of the smock and smock-
! ing for the kiddies and artists dis
covered their praeticability for studio
work, but now that they have been
offered for general consumption we
can't help feeling quite shocked 20
think we all haven't been shocked as
well as frocked long, long ago.
Another farm fashion is the ten
dency Of all millinery to burst forth
not into bloom but into fruit. Cher
ries appear to be the favorite fruits
of the moment and are found on the
very best heads not only as a hat
trimming, but even as coifure or
/ ornaments.
It seems a natural tendency of the
cherry to go to ones head, whether
it be on a hat or in a cocktail. Tiny
oranges, peaches, apples, grapes
strawberries, lemons, plums, curran.f
and even goOseberries are pressed
into service as hat adornments. In
deed, there seems to be no forbidden
fruits for Fashion.
From the farm yard comes also
the cockscomb frill The fullness OF
a taffeta skirt is drawn up into a
hustle effect behind and juttine
pertly out of the centre of the entire
length of the hustle are two frills
with pinked edges that end in the
girdle. With the frock developed in
a bright red coral taffeta the effect 81
the cockscomb is startling realistic
This fad of the moment is certainly
cocky one.
Where the latest Fashion fancies
aren't taken from the old farm wal
seems TO be the next best field OF
fashionable discovery. Last year We
had Balkan blouses and Bulgarian
embroideries and now the Mexican
shawls and mantillas are upon US
the boleros, the high back combs and
the skirts buttoning up over each
hip like trousers a la peon.
The gayly colored Mexican shawls
and the filmy black or white lace
| mantillas make ideal wraps for sum-
; mer evenings either in their natural
state or draped up into loose wrap
effects. Whether or not we can
blame on the Mexicans the sash gir-
dies that have been with us so long
and so wide is a question but at least
the incriminating evidence is there.
Some of the wider brimmed hats
for the hot weather show marked
sombrero tendencies and the white
hosiery affected by the high caste
Spanish Mexican belles-well fair
America has put her foot in it,
After all it seems quite appropriate
that Fashion should seek inspiration
from war for according to General
Sherman it would seem they have so
much in common.