Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
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outdoor life. and that corsets and auto
mobiles and chocolates have positively
nothing to do with the matter.
But history has an absent-minded
| way of repeating itself. The reclining
comfort of the big touring cars and
| limousines are only modern copies of
the Roman litter and the oriental
sedan chair with different form of
applied energy for, locomotion. His
torical plates of these periods show
women with well-rounded waists in
line almost with the hips. Slaves pro-
duced Junoesque figures just as gaso-
line does today.
Shakespearean ladies had wonderful
trim waist lines. but then the good
DANES went mostly by foot in prefer
ence to being joggled half to death in
the springless carriages of that time
Even the court-gilded chariot was as
uncomfortable to balance in as tug
on the sound when the Pacific is kick
ing up high jinks off the narrows. 1t
is said that Queen Mary of England
suffered from seasickness every time
she paraded forth in her royal coach
during the recent coronation cere-
monies. And that modernized coach
rolled over asphalt streets, while that
of Queen Elizabeth bumped over cob
blestones-no wonder that she favored
walking more than riding and as re-
suit possessed the longest, thinnest
waist Of the centuries. She would have
been completely lost in one of the up
to-date hipfesS models of the present
age.
One clerk at a corset counter has
made the further surprising statement:
The lazy woman chooses the homeless
the erect carriage wants plenty OF
whaleboninES and steelS. You can tell
by their choice whether they walk
much or are propelled about on
cushions.
An aftermath of the famous Lincoln
inaugural ball. given by the Arts Club
at Chicago January IS. is
An Oldtime Frank A. Werner's por-
:, trait of Mrs. Robert Nc
1o1tIdlt. Gam in her mothers
Worth gown of the vintage of nearly
half a century ago. Mrs. McGann posed
for the artist one whole day. most eS-
hausting bit of posing. says the Chica-
go Tribune, as the portrait represents
her standing in a simple. natural atti-
tude with her hands clasped in front of
her.
The dress is of a seemingly impossible
red, is trimmed with broad white point
lace and is made with a basque an
overskirt, "A hustle and a train. The
hair is dressed with a long. smooth
ringlet hanging over her shoulder.
Have we advanced in our ideas of
what is beautiful in dress. or are we
merely moving around in a circle, and
is the day approaching when we shall
once more elect to wear bustles, and
when rich brick red silk will look pref |
ty to us garnished with broad white
real lace, and when ringlet dropping
over the shoulder will seem the acme |
of coiffureS?
Trap and target shooting has become |
the most popular diversion at Lakewood. |
Even the debutante MEM
Sports at bers of the colony are |
Iakeuood perfectins their aim on
oAo"oou' the ranges along Lake
Manetta. The second meet of the Won- |
ems Rifle Corps. which has been orr |
ganized in connection with the Laurel /
House Gun Club, was held last week. I
High scores We're made at the clay bird !
shoot by Mrs. Belle G.. Earle, Mrs. Ham !
lton Hill, Mrs. Reginald Worthington, ,
Miss Beulah Pack, Miss Roslyn Morey |
and Miss Adelaide Romaine.
A women's trap shoot meet is being |
by Mrs. Earle. says the New |
York Herald. as a feature of the Carni- |
val of the pines, which is to be held |
from April 9 to IA. Teams from wom- |
ems clubs in Philadelphia, Boston, Ealti- |
more and Washington will be invited to |
for prizes.
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Time was. and not SO very long ago, |
when an automobile show meant moth
ing whatsoever to
California Women the feminine side
of society, when |
how to manage their intricacies were re-
yarded in the light of the proverbial
puzzle. Not so today, as plainly !
evidenced by the recent exhibition at San
francisco, when society in force ap-
peareG to display it's interest as well |
as its automobiles, and when a large |
portion of the assemblage was composed i
Of society natrons and maids.
Quite as keen an enthusiasm as for
merly marked attendance at horse |