New Britain herald., 1915-09-02
Lorgan and Melville Ellis
 To Teach Girls to Attire We'll
|DeHgner Assured That American Women Are
 dec0ratng -Construc ts Correct Costumes Which Miss Morgan Wears and Others Copy.

Ing more than one hundred ant l twenty pounds" Men Best Designers. "Because," asserted MT. Ellis, ''s woman never sees anything but he own individuality-her own goot ] traits and defects. The man on tn, other hand is capable of generalizine the beauty of the whole sex as such The same thing applies to men ant mems clothes-I could never design them!"
 Do you think that feminism vii tend to masculinize womens clothes?' was my next venture.
 Strong For Sex In Clothes. "Oh, dear me, mo-" and his voice rose emphatically, with the waltz S crescendo, flor if it does there will not be any feminism. I am most strongly for sex in clothes and the sex appeal is after all one of the greatest assets we have in life. why not keep it strongly marked?
 ''The lines of a mans body are quite different from those of a woman's, so there can be no comparison, even of clothing. Look at Vesta I1lley, for instance-could one ever mistake her for a man? And Julian Eltinge' "a chord finished his sentence.
 Mems Clothes for Women.
 Do not misunderstood me though" he continued, 1T do not for an in- stant mean to imply that women should go on to the golf course with a sleeveless chiffon gown; but mems clothes for women, and this time a shudder implied his meaning.
 What type of woman do you con- sider most beauttful?"
 "Women," said he with merry laugh, "are a matter of taste, just as foods are. Some like them highly seasoned-some do not" We paused to watch four girlish figures pirouett- ing before us. Perhaps the most beautiful woman to me is the new type of American girl, real Ameri- can girl, mind you, we see walking down Fifth Avenue on cold win- ter's' morning tailored suited and fur clad. She has long lines, health and a spring in her step that perhaps no other woman in the world has,
 Disfiguring Human Forms.
 Then he talked of the disfiguring of the human form, of how all great women artists discover their best point and make the most of it, Of Marie Tempest's so beautifully pois- ed head, of Sarah Bernhardt's won derful line of neck, accentuated al- ways by her high collar; of Mrs. Castles Tanagra-Mke line of body and of how that which was out of t. ~@se z be remedied by her clothes, did she but know how.
 Can one be taught to design?' I wondered. "Well,'' he answered, 1T was never taught, so I cannot tell you. I am a musician, and I suppose there is something in the now hackneyed theory of music and color, for find that wrong color makes me cringe and my eyebrows walk upward just as wrong note does."
 Clothes Become Stationary.
 Did he think that clothes would ever become stationary, irrespective of the vagaries of fashion
 No, far just as there are unions. there will also be scabs. Just now fashion, like the rest of the world is in state of feverish unrest.
 We are suffering from an overdose of decoration, from our complexions downward" he said meditatively.
 "Poiret?" I murmured.
 Poirest's Vogue Will Pass Away "Poiret's vogue will pass away, fol Poiret was always more of an inter for decorator than dressmaker ant his dresses were always subject tt their surroundings. As, unfortun ately, We are not able to take ou! surroundings around with us, it il not very practical" Then as hi rehearsal was clamoring for his in dividual attention, I left him, th' l strains of his merry waltz ringing il my ears.
 I paused. Had I been speaking t
 a pianist or designer? I entered thu
 nearest telephone booth and asked hi secretary to appease my curiosity. ] "F1fty-fifty," said she and rang off | was satisfied.