The Jasper news., 1919-04-10
Dlrectoire Dress, Capes, Suits
and Other Apparel Dear to
Woman's Heart.
LINE or LEAST RESISTANCE
Almost Everything is Correct II It Fol-
lows Lines Of the Figure-outer
Wraps Have Tendency to Elk.
augerate Natural Curves.

"As you were" says Paris, using
soldleriy language as the occasion de-
mands, Fastening to add, lest you
think her arbitrary, that Is, If you
WISH" In the first instance she re-
fers to the pre-war styles, and in the
second to the fact that If these 40 pot
please you there are plenty of other
fashions that are suited to your indi-
vidual taste.
Following the line of least resist
ance describes the newest fashions to
peppermint, for as If weary of. con
troversy the makers Of fashions have
decided to pick up the threads of the
1914 models and weave them into those
OF today, thereby pleasing, II possible,
everyone concerned. Practically, oh.
serves prominent fashion writer, It
works out In this way: Almost every
the lines Of the figure. The fact that
nine-tenths of the makers voted for
the directoire modes strengthens this
conclusion rather than otherwise, as
the dresses of this period particularly
emphasize the lines of the figure I'M.
derneath, while the coats and outer
wraps, aside from the picturesque re.
vers, have tendency to- eXaggerate
the natural curves. That Is the point,
that the human form divine Is not nb-
solutely straight up and down Is made
partially apparent.
The dlrectOlre fashions were In the
mir in 1914, but something interviewed
and the movement hardly progressed
| further than the drapcd skirts and the
| large revers; this time further devel-
opments seem possible. Aside from
the fact that the directoire lines are
preferred. one may dress us suits ones
| individual fancy.
| Showing Indep Evidence.
Evidently the public have the bit In
their teeth as regards few points of
the fashions. II Is clearly shown that
| IN tho last few months there is no de-
sire for eccentricities or extreme en-
| aggeratiOns. That the women Of
France have great deal TO say, pur-
ticularly the fashionables of Paris, as
to what will be taken up Is sometimes
| overlooked In the general admiration
of the models put forth by the makers.
At the Paris opera lately when the Of
f1clal ban on evening clothes was lifted
1t was noted that instead of the bril-.
liant clothes expected by the designers
and which Nthey had prepared for
there was little display.
Streets In Paris are still dimly light
ed, wounded soldiers are everywhere
and women swathed in mourning serve
as a background which throws even
the moderately bright clothes into sud
den relief. How, then, can the design
ers expect the women to wear the
brightest Of colors and the most ex.
travagant Of clothes? A certain
amount of somber richness was dis.
played, but the untrammeled eXtrava.
gance of pre-war days was to be noted
only In Isolated cases in the boxes.
IT Is said that the American woman
in Paris can be spotted easily by her
longer skirt and long. tight sleeve
This order of affairs Is about to be
changed and the longer skirt Is about
to become universal. AS to the ex-
tremely short sleeves, the American
woman will wear them while In Paris
and on some occasions at home, but