The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-04

nlIlcence or rull velvet or satin trou- l sers finished with ruffles of precious l lace. and after that fashion came the tight knee brooches that we associate with the eighteenth century the dawn of the French revolution, the end of the Napoleonic era, and the establish ! ment of that liberty. equality and fraternity for the principles of which this country has gone to war. THE TROUSERS WITH STRAPS Major Pendennis and Peter Ibbetson have given us faithful examples Of the kind of clothes men wore after the unbelievables blazed the way. You know. it is an interesting fact that ridicule and cartoons are often the beginners of revolution, and many a great truth has been established in a pungent jest.
 So indicative of freedom is the trouser with the strap that Uncle Sam is always posed in this garment as symbol of great republic.
 However as far as the world of fashion has gone, this strapping of the hem of a garment under the feet has belonged to the male of the spe- I cies. Now womankind is about to take it up.
 It was in that other republic, France, that the idea sprang into be- ing. When the war began, the French artists who sell their designs to the great dressmakers, struck an insistent note upon the reasonably narrow skirt that later developed into tight leg gings that were passed over slip per and held in place by strap un- der the instep.
 few of these skirts were cut to resemble in ~an extraordinary way the pegtop trousers of 1SA. The folds were managed by pleating the mate- r. a ha nf holt sha bifurcation was suggested by separ- ating the skirt from the. knee line to the beginning of the leggings.
 At first the idea was taken up as a jest Then thousands of women who had to work for war relief and who were driving ambulances and riding bicycles on errands of emergency found that these skirts were decent. proper and comfortable And they adopted them.
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 As far as the American adaptation of this garment has gone, it Is mere ly something for the ultra-f fashionable to utilize in playful way So far, il has not been brought into active serv- ice. but the experts think that that time will soon arrive
 There is really no difference in ap- pearance between the skirt which has us 6dilSI cut III With IL as an elOnSa- tion of the hem and the narrow walk ing skirt with the high gaiter, which has been an American uniform for a year.
 The sketch shows an ornamental gown which introduces the leggings growing out of the hem. You can see for yourself that there is nothing shocking or revolutionary about it. ter's Chorus e. M. Won Weber,, (b) ''valse Japonaises'' (PoldnD, Louise and Mary Hickman; reading (selected), Chris 1 tine Long; (a) Inventions q. S. Bach), ! (b) Why" Co 'Whims" (Schumann). (d) "Etude." Opus P, No l (Wollen- haupD. Louise Hickman; duets with sec ondo by teacher. (a) Russian Hymn (national anthem); (b) Festival March, Pauline Faucett; (a) "Andante' from the symphony in G. (b) "volkslied, folk song (Hayden), Elizabeth Kegel; minuet from the symphony in D (Hayden), Mary Hickman; (a) Norwegian Dance" Opus 35. No. 2 Edward Greig). (b) overture, | ''The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), l Louise Hickman.