Evening journal., 1915-09-24
BELTED Girl NOT
STYLISH This Year
Just a Mere Fold Joins the
New BodiceS to
Skirts
BALLOON SLEEVES
AGAIN THE THING
By MARGARET MASON.

Written for The United Press.
Make haste and take your girdle of,
It's not good style, they say;
Though belted Earls may be good form,
The belted girls passe.
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-Here's some.
thing else to take off in the name OF
Fashion. Girdles and belts simply
aren't to be worn this season. This
stern decree may bring the blush to the
cheek of those who recall what a vital
part the girdle plays on the 1915 even
ing gown. Rob an evening confection OF
this, it's last stay of stability, and what
have you. There's nothing to it. Since
an evening gown consists solely of a
girdle and a shoulder strap, a banish-
ment OF the girdle is bound to leave
much open for discussion. No doubt
many will unbosom themselves unduly
on the subject. It's bound to make it
mighty embarrassing for a fellow, too.
How in the world can he tell whether
his lady fair is wearing her waist in
the middle or up under shoulder blades
with no distinguishing belt to blaze a
trail. Even the poor girl herself is apt
to be a bit dazed and mislay her waist
line altogether. What with donning a
normal waistlined basque in the morn
ing. a longwaisted Moyen Age effect at
noon and an Empire gown at night, she's
bound 10 lose her sense of waist location
without a single belt to cling to.
Just mere milliners fold of goods
will Join q bodices to skirts this year
a tiny cord or oftimes just a seam. Nat
urally in the much heralded princess
froeks no joining at the waistline is
necessary, and they may go to the head
of the class of girdless gowns. Shining,
cording, smoking and godets are only
? few Of the many ways for finishing the
waistlih now that the swathing girdle
and the snug clasped belt have been re-
moved from all fashionable centres.
You can enjoy good laugh in any
kind of a sleeve you want to this fall
and winter. for Bishop sleeves. puff
sleeves and our old friend. the leg of
mutton, will he among those present
when the Il comes to present arms.
Leg Of mutton sleeves, particularly. are
due for a decided vogue and you will
find them all puffed up in many a stun
ming gown. Long, tight sleeves are still
good style. but an indication of putting
be it ever so tiny, is beginning to be
glimpsed at their start out from the
arm hole and a decidedly puffy finish for
them should not prove surprising. The
faring bell sleeves are very popular
when edged with fur banding and make
p fitting component part of costume
whose short, faring skirt is also thus
furnished with fur.
Balloon sleeves, much timer than the
lalloon sleeves of our salad davs now
initiate themselves between the dropped
shoulder seam to Just below the elbow.
A funny little short puff at the very top
of the sleeve, with a long. slim finish to
he hand, is quaint and old-fashioned. A
. handing of narrow fur often finishes the
sFhort puff and again repeats itself
|around the wrist or sometimes a tiny
double shiring of the material does the
same service. Transparent sleeves still
. ling diaphonously TO well-rounded fore
arms and though there is nothing thick
about them. they have more than slim
chance of survival as the most fitting
4 Uf sleeves. With their weird propensity
for erupting puffs at most unexpected
4places the only real thing about the fall
and winter sleeves is that they will all
4be long If they belong to the mode