Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-23
Prediction for the Spring and
Summer That May Be Made
With Certainty.
SLENDER LINES BELOW KNEES
Another Point to Be Noted Is That
old-Fashioned Muslins Are Coming
In Again-BriIliant Designs
viii Be Feature of the
Nav Models.

New YOrk.-.-Nearly a decade ago
there was kind of barrel skirt which
grew too successful for the fastidious
woman to conttnue to wear. 1t is pos
Sible that you remember this; the top
of it was shaped like Dutch trousers
and the fulness was gathered into
wide hem that Rugged the ankles. The
upper part was usually of figured
material like foulard, and the lower
sart was of satin usually black.
It is quite possible that this very
type of skirt will return after the first
models have had their little fling.
The main thing is that the hem Of
the skirt will be narrow this spring
and summer, no matter what the up
per part may turn out to be.
None of the cables from Paris
leaves one in doubt about this fore
cast. They say that every house has
. gone in for slender lines below the
knees and the elimination of all flare
at the hem. This presupposes an en-
tirely new silhouette from the one
that has prevailed for nearly three
years. The woman who must be eco
nomical is instantly perturbed as to
whether she can alter the frOcks she
has into the picture demanded by the
near future, but no one offers her
much encouragement on that score.
1t is not the intention of either Paris
or the American sellers of apparel
that women should be able to alter
their old gowns into something new;
France needs all the money she can
get; America has more money to spend
than any other country on this planet.
And there you are.
incoming of Muslins.
The fabric people are interested in
launching old-fashiOned muslins on
very modern public. The shop win
dows have been full of these fancy
materials since the first day that the
thermometer went to zero. Windows
filled with the peltries of wild ami
mails surrounding red-hOt stove
would have been more agreeable to
look upon, but the only use that the
merchants have for q calendar is to
know when they can push it three
months ahead.
There is no race of people who con-
tribute to the feeling that life is
short, as do the merchants. They live
entirely in the future and compel you
to do the same. They impress upon
you the fact that there is no today,
but all tomorrow; they hypnotic you
into believing that 1t is spring, when
you have just begun to enjoy winter,
and when you at last realize that 1t
is June, they convince you that it is
somber autumn.
This theory Is distinctly applicable
to the manner in which muslins flood
the country at q time when people
are spending their savings on new fur
coats. 1t Is good to know, however,
what we may expect In the spring,
and there Is no doubt that muslins,
sprigged, checked, striped and pals
leyed, will be in the forefront Of new
offerings.
-.. Designs on ShawIs.
The pear-shaped design which runs
through the cashmere shawls, and
their imitation, the paisley shawls, is
a new and brilliant design on the
most expensive Of the new muslins;
the Persian Tree of Life is another
design copied from the embroidery of
the orient. This latter design first
appeared last September, when Bulloz