The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01

We have worn atrociously short
skirts, and even in the most polite cir
cles, where one expected conservation,
worn on the plea that they were COM
Portable. One cared very little about
It when the wearers were flappers, No
the English put It, but when they were
women with gray hair whose figures
had matronly curves and whose faces
The lines that grandmothers often get
these ten and twelve-inch skirts were
more than grotesque; they were in bad
tpstC.
The first delightful conviction that
comes TO the mind of the woman look
IrI for outums clothes this month is
the unchanged silhouette. she will let
| the long and the short skirt problem
Ic fallOw for Il while, although in to
Ing this, she will make mistake, for
IT. the entire world wears it's skirts
len" by Thanksgiving the women who
sit in outer darkness will wall and
guash their teeth They can put a
hem on any skirt, it Is true, ana this
may be Il compromise between IN oli
and II new fashion which will of ne
ccsslty be adopted over the land.
II is. however, the continuance Of the
straight line that plcuSes women. Here
AMI there It is broken into bits by
clever designers who wish TO insist
upon what Is called TIE tonnoau sill
hcuclte o" the drapcd skirt, but these
are details. ,
Tie fact of main Importance Is that
even with the tunneau skirt or one ar.
ranged according to the tight, pullhHck
drupery of more than three decades
ago the waiStinc is big, the ankle line
is slim, and the pencil OutliRe from head
to heels remains.
Yet, considering these new fashions
and realizing that they are possible
winners In the race for settled fash.
ion by Thanksgiving. the absorbing
fact remains that The medieval gown
is rampant.
The long chcmise tunlc is not az
StlHrt as the chelniSc frock. In truth,
there are many houses that will not
h"Edlc the long tuniC at all, and yet
they lay great stress upon the long
coat which has exactly the same effect
The short tunic, however, with its
medieval waistllne, if one may call 50
slight an indentation of the surface by
the name of waiStinp, is exceedingly
good. 1t is shown on n great majority
Of American and French models. This
tunic might be called the foundation
stone of autumn COstumcry, for its
lines are used for jncket TO plaid
skirt. II CuiraSs blouse 10 he worn with
or without Il coat. and n fur jacket 10
bp worn with separate skirts or one
piece fr0ckS. II hangs Imply down the
figure TO Il circular line halfway be-
tween knees and hips. It's hem is irreg.
ular, rs all hens are, even on many Of
tie new sleeves. But this is true Of
it. and it is a significant fact. that no
matter how ii is made, or of what ma,
tCrial, it carries with it an exceed,
incly narrow skirt. We have never
worn just such skirt as we will wear
this autumn, and ii is at its best under
this short, mediapval tunic
Certain Debatable Fashions.
II woman bases her autumn pur.
chasing on these fundamental facts OF
costumery, she may not 90 far wrong,
for by this time, she knows what the
good materials are. as well as the
proper combinations of peltry and vari-
Gus fabrics; but she may not be aware
OF the fatal facility that certain fash.
ions have shown FOR overpOpularity.
She may want to avoid them for that
reason, or she may want to adopt them,
It all depends upon her viewpoint ana
attitude of mind toward popularity aS