Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-15
(odern Styles Seem Designed for Youth Victorian
Fashions Look Best On Slender Young Women
Extreme Millinery Styles Only Possible for
Pretty Young Faces Dance Frocks.

ZINE feathers" COZ. mented the
~ indulgent husband. writing a
y substantial check for spring
millinery. fine feathers, my
pr, certainly do make fine BIRDS
|oerity, no doubt they do! But
S spring all the feathers are chicken
|thers-what is the poor bird past
broiler age to do?"
And indeed the new fashions are
youth-for slender. lissome. vivid
nth. Most of the extreme styles
|! uire tender years and an ethereal
|arm to carry them off successfully.
lis the day of the debutante, and the
er woman must follow along as
It she can, adapting the youthful
les to her more conservative re-
rements. Which is a pity-for dash
he very spirit Of fashion just now,
lacking this dash and verve, the
lventionalized modes take on a
IVY, middlc-agcd suggestion.
Skirts for instance, With their new
ring lines, if they are not short
bugh TO show the ankle, the effect
clumsy; yet women past thirty.
|ecially If they are Of heavy figure,
very wary Of the dashing, youth
short skirt which is so dangerously
to be cruelty grotesque on middle
or If the hips and ankles are
&c. The little coats, too, must be
ntily worn, to be attractive, and
ted coats are perilous to women
h an unyouthful heaviness of hip
bust. AS for hats; every middle
I'd woman knows the tragedy OF
king a becoming hat and finding
hing-eXcept in most expensive
dels-that was not evidently de-
ned and built for pretty face,
fluffy hair and a dashing, youth
tilt Of the head.
e Hey Day or Youth In Fashion
dom.
10 It is undoubtedly the era of the
utante. All the new clothes seem
1t for her and blthely may she set
h to procure her spring wardrobe
ain that she can successfully carry
extreme effects. But the mother
young daughter must draw a tight
u,
styles are grotesque even on GIRLS
er twenty. Viewed in the shop
dows, accompanied by fetching ac-
Eories the high wasted tailleur OF
d colored cloth may be really de-
BILE. Worn in the street, among
sombrc garments of the crowd. 1t
appear actually theatrical and at
very least, unpleasantly conspiCu-
The very young woman OF mod
type does not mind being conspicu-
she usually rcVcls in it. but he!
her will be lnsistcnt about the
ons of good taste which forbid
ting a spectacle Of ones self for
benefit Of the hoi Pollpi.
young woman stepped out OF q
h Avenue restaurant last Sunday
Bsed in the extreme Of fashion
as frontispiece for a fashion
caZlne she would have been de-
tful. coming down the wide stone
IS Of tire restaurant with an iron
door behind her, and Just in front
botman holding open the door OF
limousine But as an ordinary
ng woman, dressed Tor dining out
Sunday afternoon, she was really
hough little did she guess it
cature. Her taillour OF palcs'
b. color broadcloth and laille haC
kirt cut in points at the edge, th'
is just level with the tops of fawi
boots laced up the inner side anc
ng extreme French heels. Between
points cream colored silk stock
were distinctly visible The Goa
waistline Immediately below the
pits, the lower part being OF faillt
xtrome. ripple cut. The hat tina
mpanied this "dashins" costume