The Washington times., 1918-12-09
THEY WEAR 'E|N
Hight GAY PAREE
They're having high times IN PsriP
Since the Yanks are over there.
The prices are high In Paris

They're having high times n Parir
Since the Yanks are over there.
The prices are high In Paris
1S 1u ne o. h sI5ss Tg s, n ne 49, 15r
Are Bkirts on the ladies fair.
PARIS, Dec. o.-They may be wear
ing 'em higher In Hawaii. but doubt
It Really. a skirt nowadays in Paris
Is 30 short it's positively curt. Flgu-
rattvely speaking, q T3-centimeter
skirt Is the height Of fashion. and
naturally II you get the most out of
these skirts you just have to speak
hgurattvely. Just figure to yourself
how short a 73-centimeter skirt really
Is, only don't try to figure to yourself
II you're wearing one. Il can't be
done. Seventy-three centimeters II
NOT quite twenty-nine inehes-in good
have seen are especially good round
ones. indeed.
Narrow Al They Are sAort.
Considering that the skirts are all
most as narrow as they are short. just
think what q great saving In material
this Is For Of course that's the only
reason why the dashing Partisan has
adopted this shortage Of skirt fashion
that and two other well understood
reasons. It's such.a perfectly lovely
way to help pay for the war. especi-
ally IL gOa A8NC INV aAAAANEt 9A@10a1A
one does have to go q bit farther
than that on an allowance Of only
20 centimeters, and remember. it's q
long calf that has no turning and
that sometimes where there's q knee
there's a knock.
If you have the will power some
time to tear your eyes away and look
up into the faces OF these chic short
skirted chaFmers.,it will do your heart
good to see how their countenances
fairly glow with the patriotic con-
seriousness that they are doing their
bit by showing a bit.
Simple little one-piece dresses, all
on the straight narrow lines (you can
hardly call them straight long lines
any more) are. still the rage. although
Jeanne LanVin and some o. the other
houses are showing a narrow tight
underskirt with a fuller tunic over
skirt
GaberdfAe, black-satin and crepe Dc
chine are the favored materials. ana
much yarn embroidery and fringe %
silk or yarn in vivid colors Is USED
with striking effect on the more
somber-hued frocks of black. navy
and tete de nigre. Terra Gotta T. 4
favorite color for coats of velor ds
laine or tunie blouses OF crepe de
chine. A combination of wool en-
broidery of nattler blue on a terca.
Gotta blouse is typicaIly Frenehy and
artistic.
All shades Of taupe, gray, putty and
tan are popular. not only for the
smart coats and tai1leurs banded and
collared nigh with nutria or beaver.
those pet turs of the moment, but
TO the one-plece froeks as well. And
out Of all the pretty feet and legs
so much in evidence, the great ma
jority are silk stockinged in one OF
these taupe or putty shades and fin
ished off with cunning little snub
nosed oxfords of taupe or putty suede
with high Cuban heels and huge ties
Of two-fnch grosgrain ribbon
It's really amazing how well shod
every Partisan woman Il. whether she's
comtesse or cash girL They all wear
the cute little round toed short Vamp
high boots or slippers that we call the
stage last but that over here now they
have dubbed the Partisan last Al
though you see many fancy strapped
slippers and Colonial styles with bright
buckles, the Oxford is the real favorite.
Aside from the suede models 1t wrinkles
in lustrous patent kid with picked out
perforations Of white kid trimming u
around the instep and across the tip or
else with StitchingS OF white When
the white trimmings are in evidence
the black grosgrain ribbon tics are
also edged with white. And in spite
OF the shortage Of fuel and the short
age Of skirt these low shoes and sheer
stockings haven't hudgcd bit In
favor OF the high boot Up to date
Some feet and soma feat, believe mel
Is il any wonder these Partisan tho
oughhreds win in a walk? Take =
from \ woman who knows. however.
do think that the Government when 1t
equips on boys with helmets and gas
masks for the dangers OF warfare In
the trenches ought also 20 include
binders for dangers OF the warfair in
the boulcyards