Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-06
DISCUSSING STYLES FOR WOMEN

, clude that every man. or nearly every
one. is also interested. The Indinan
apolis News discusses the styles II
vomen's clothing in an Interesting
manner. It says that like almost ev.
erything else that is subject to sudden
changes. the styles in women's clothes
are likely to swing from one extreme
to another; that between the extremes
are periods when the styles and the
woman, and. consequently. the life
which they dominate, seem to be har-
monte quite satisfactorily. There is
reason to believe that some time dur
ing the latter part of last winter the
styles in women's clothes attained an
extreme. 1t was reaction against the
styles of a few years ago. which took
it for granted that woman was not
herself, but what her clothes made her
appear to be. Last winter the main
purpose of the styles seemed determ-
nation to show that a woman is not
her clothes, but herself" The Indian
apolis News continues:
There can be no doubt that in
getting skirts up of the side
walks the style dictators perform
ed great service. But there
seems to be division of opinion
as to whether they went to the
other extreme. They have become
convinced that they did for they
now announce that the skirts must
be longer, not so long that they
will interfere with free and easy
walking. but long enough to leave
something concerning the fashions
in stockings to the imagination.
With this adjustment made, and a
somewhat more generous use of
protective material designed to
lessen the possibilities of colds in
the chest, the styles will conform
to current ideas of modesty, and
at the same time afford the wearer
ample opportunity for expressing
her individuality.
Most of us recall the extreme Ion,
skirts of less than twenty years ago;
skirt that swept the sidewalk unles
held firmly by the wearer high enough
to prevent. Insofar as exposure o
feet and ankles was concerned the lon,
skirt, when so held, was no more of
protection against exposure than tn
present abbreviated skirt, and probabl,
with the latter day high shoes ant
boots, the exposure is not so pro
nounced.
Besides, no woman desires her Skin
to drag and thus become soiled, anC
when the bottom was cut little it was
a relief to those who had been accus
toned to carrying their skirts in theil
hands. The Indianapolis News con
tinues the discussion as follows:
News comes from Chicago that
an association Of designers of wo-
mems clothes expects this year to
emphasize the theory that beautiful
styles arouse beautiful thoughts in
women. Whether this or the con-
verse is true is not known, but in
many cases the two seem to go
hand in hand. This is challenge
to the intelligence of women. 1t Is
no trick at all to attract attention
by a departure from the coneen-
tional methods of dressing. But
it does require good taste and
some skill in line and color to
achieve dress distinction by play
ing the game afirly. From the
viewpoint of common sense, the
styles now followed by conserva-
tive women leave little to be de-
sired They afford freedom of ac-
ton, which is a matter of serious
Importance, and they are beauti-
full.
! Whatever the styles may be q. large
proportion of the women are going t.