The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-11
(By United Press)

NEW 1Ohh, OCt. 1l-1O BO SuOp- | ping with a husband in search of a ] gown for his left at home spouce is | a liberal education in what's what for | the nonce in the mode I did it yes terday and here's where I pass on |, little of my liberal education to those | less sartorially erudite.
 The two main points gleamed are | that if you haven't any waist you are all right, but if you haven't any neck l you are lost. All of the gowns dragg- i ed out for our inspection were either collared high and tight and choky or else they showed straight across, fol- | lowing the line of the collar-bone in | front and the same height in back This is a most trying line unless the | neck is a perfect pillar of beauty, | round and young and fair which 1t isn't very often. This same neck curved slightly to make a rounded outline is a slight variation offered but no supplementary collar of lace, | net or white Georgette is allowed to relieve or soften the chaste severity of it's contour.
 Occasionally narrow band of fur or metallic or worsted embroidery, or narrow band of beads is allowed to outline this new neck but such em- bellishment accentuates rather than alleviates the hardness of the lines
 q got all these perfectly good three syllable words from the sales-duch- ess as part of my liberal education.)
 The high collars are made to fast en almost up to ones ears. You've probably heard about them but if you don them you will never hear above them so muffled will your aural ap- pendages become in their fur-banded tops. There will be an awful slump in the ear huff market this winter. These new choker collars will have quite pushed them off the map and the face of things.
 Satan will certainly be at a loss for an idle hand th,s season for ev- cry sort of gown, afternoon, morning, house or evening is simply smothered In handwork of some sort, either em- broidery in worsted, silk or metallic threads, braiding or beading.
 Jet beading and fringe adds a gilt tery touch and metal brocades of all sorts and descriptions are used in every conceivable manner on all sorts of gowns.
 Wide bands of fur, preferably fox, are shown as fayorite garnishments and are most effective bordering tunic overskirts of Georgette or side panels Iof Georgette which fall almost to the top of the hem of the underskirt, The fur bands are also stunning on the loose wide Chinese sleeves which are so popular.
 Taupe, soft and subtle, is a favorite shade and vies for favor with all the shades of blue from navy and mid night to peacock and Nattier. Com binations of blue and taupe or blue and grey are very good and you may be black and blue too if you wish to be fashionable for combinations of the blue and serge and black charmeuse are decidely smart for shopping and morning frocks.
 Either you must be Chinese this season or you must be Russian. The lovely Chinese gowns of chiffon vel vet elaborately embroidered in Orien- tai designs and colorings, with their wide loose sleeves and sashes finish ed with silken or metallic fringe are indeed Celestial, and the loose Rus sian tunic gowns also elaborately ! and colorfully embroidered and fur banded are sure to do a rushin' bus mess. Both of these models of course show the long, loose straight lines as | do almost all other gowns. They | boast sl2l9s or girdles of some sort, | 1t is true, but there is no drawing in l or them Il you would look like this | seasons model.
 By the way, since designers in- l sist on christening their latest crea- tions some little pet name like Zia, | La Chinoise, Manuela, Moonlight Mad ness or Cosetta, why wouldn't an ap- i propriate title for these narrow and | straight-from-the-shoulder modes be | La Hooveretta. There certainly isn't | q particla of waist ahout tham