Evening star., 1915-02-14

all fashions. She can change the ex-
preston of her face. even; she can
seemingly alter the poise of her soul.
She can grow spineless. she can be
come robust, she could look like Edna
May or That's.
She, possibly. is not aware of her
own marvellous powers of personal
adaptation to current fashions; she.
possibly, is not aware that the changes
go deeper than mere raiment, and that
is why they are so successful. She
has a trick of turning her mentality
to each change of fashion, and there
fore, she is artist.
She is more versatile in that line
even than the Frenchwoman. for the
latter type is so distinct that it stands
out through the centuries Her
preston. not her mental attitude. The
American has such a varied personal
ity that she is the character with her
clothes.
Our Women Will Modify Ugliness.
One has a happily confident feel
ing that at her present advanced stage
of cleverness in assembling her
clothes and mannerisms. her apparel
and the attitude of the era from which
ii was taken, she will come out trium-
phant and still stylish, even if she ac-
cepts the daguerreotype fashion She
give it cachet. Depend on it, If these
styles are to come. she villa save them
from their former hideousness Zola
said that art was truth passing
through temperament. So is fashion
Worth is not the only great cou-
turier who has started making many
hounces. 1t has become the fashion
| and the spring will give US our MI OF
| it, Callot made frocks that we ruffied
from hem to waist as far back as last
20 dreSSmakerS
and the women, would have nothing to
do with them. They liked tunics,
| which were greater novelty. ana m
sisted upon the straight line. an m
ststence which they keep up and which
may continue. There is great gull
| fixed between the first fashions shown
| for a season and the gowns the won
en- wear a month or two later
However, at the present moment we
must consider the outlook for ne"
tion of them by women The design
ers have set their feet upon the patcf
| of founces and flowers. of round decol-
letage and puffed sleeves. of evening
frocks made of silvered fabrics thai
are not assisted into softness by tullt
| and chiffon from the waist up
| Large hats with wide brims toucheo
up with groups of pink roses are also
| shown to go with the gowns tha'
should smell of Lavender. Slim, yellow
| gloves are brought out by the smart
glove makers of Paris and are featured
in America instead of the heavy. out
| side-seam gloves of the last decade.
Accessories like black velvet belts
| caught with smoked pearl buckles, ano
prim velvet bows with ends, fastening
below turnover white collars OF stiil
! organdy, and lace berthas around tbs
| decolletage caught with full blowT
roses or camellias, are Victorian trifieS
| that are being glimpsed.
| Several skirts for dancing have old
fashioned lace founces, two or three Of
| them, festooned under roses, and indi-
| yidualsts are elongating their lac'
| sleeves until they form mitts witt
thumbs to cover the top of the hands.
So far there is no glimmer of the leg
o'-mutton sleeve; the long tight on'
! prevails, although there is little doub
that the small elbow sleeve is coming
| back for evening wear
There is a delightful liberty in tn
realm of arm covering To each arm
its sleeve is evidently the creed of tn
designers at the moment. If a woman
wishes to let an admiring public se'
that she has been given the rare gift o
| a lovely arm. she may adopt tn
Grecian shoulder drapery. which serve
as a sleeve, but is careful not to hide
fraction Of the arm.
| If nature has been generous, then tn
elbow sleeve which is Opaque and end
in lace f7ounces caught at the back b!
small roses may be chosen: or. II sh
prefers to be artistic, then she ma.
choose any one of the Alexandriai
wing effects of tulle or chiffon, whicl
are used in white, or as color touch t
| a neutral frock.
Nothing is more graceful. especially
for the dance. than that long, swing IN
veil effect that is attached to the bacl
of each jeweled shoulder strap. An
another graceful invention is tn
square. high back formed of colore
, | chiffon finished with picot edge eX
tending to the tips of the fingers whe
5 the arms are extended. This is some
times caught to the wrist with brace
lets of crystals, or left to swing bacl
to the figure when the arms are in re
= pose II is the first aid TO the wonla
who has not a we'll filed or a We
formed back.
: Nothing in this box of tricks be
/ longs to the Victorian era. Peris