The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-29
MlOSUM MER FASHIONS.
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Many of the summer skirts being
worn in Eastern cities are al
models intended especially for dane
ing clear Il e floor from SIX 10 seven
inches. The split skirt, in mea
sure prepared us for this innovation
as it very frankly revealed the ankle
/ and sometimes little more. II Is
claimed by some women that the
shorter length skirt is far more
modest. Perhaps it is true.
! Frocks for informal wear are ma
turatiy most interesting al this sea
of the year One wishes TO be well
dressed. but with style comfort Is
essential The ideal summer ward
robe should contain number OF
dresses made up of flowered. figured
and striped cotton crepes. for there
is nothing more attractive, lhey
are also cooi and are 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, ana
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n unexpected color that gives the
real cachet to the smart stripes and
sures.
An unusually pretty design i'll
Japanese silk and cotton crepe has
a blue and white color scheme. Fhe
waist has a vest In front and yoke
in back of white crepe. The front
is fastened by five 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. 1t is made
with long apron tunic, draped in
5ustle effect in the back, where 1t
is lifted to show a ruffler under
skirt TIE belt is of panne velvet
which joins the waist and skirt and
is finished by a picot edge.
Shirt waists are so popular this
season that one has to have several
eparate skirts to wear them. II
there is a bit of material left after
the skirt is made, it is we'll to de-
wise some sort of bodice, even
though it be half of a contrastin"
material, so that an entire costum"
nay be on hand if occasion requires.
OF separate skirts, however, there
are many different varieties. all OF
them artistic, most of them graceful,
nd a few of them very decidedly
what graceful is not. White CLOTH
serge and gabardine separate tailor
ed skirts show the Premet or hustle
back and draping, and few have
| he cascade. Smartest of all these
garments. though, is one Of gabar-
dine trimmed from the base OF hips
to half way between tie knees and
ankles with a headless flounce laid
in broad plaits set widely apart
The position of this flounce may
be lowered or lifted to best become
the individual wearer of the skirt,
but 1t serves, as must all the super
imposed trimmings of the hour, to
cut the silhouette into sections. Its
position at the hips is important be-
cause, placed too high, it makes
those recently resuscitated portions
of the feminine anatomy appear Wild
er than nature intended them to look
and also shortens the waistline. On
the other hand, flounce set low on
the hips of a skirt fitting smoothly
at it's top makes the hips appear
narrower and the waistline more
slender
SAYS LIFE's A "BUM" SHOW.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.-Jacob Issel-
) ard. former employe of the ad]u-
tant generals office in the Philip
pines, stepped into downtown door
way here recently and swallowed a
fast-working poison. He had taken
precautions intended to conceal his
identity, and signed himself in sui
eide note as "One who aimed high.
but hit Iowa poor marksman and
failure"
In another note was written: "All
the worlds a stage, We the actors,