The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-08-26


stance. the fullness over the hips IL
gradually declining. That seems to be
a certainty, for oil the reports from
che English and French races say that
the lines OF the Silhouette are straight
and incorporating. They say the
chemise dress Is still IN fnver. FOR
that fact many will give thanks. FOR
this dress has come 70 be greatly
loved. SO much can be done with II
In the way Of variations 1t Is so vast
" becoming to many figures and its
possibilities Of adaptation are too won
derful to be lightly cast aside. Proof
Of its desirability lies In the fact that
It returns repeatedly to the fore ranks
Of fashion.
There Is heated discussion going
on about the ever-variabIe length Of
sleeves and skirts. Last year at this
time our skirts In America very near
~ touched the ground and chung about
the feet. Now they have sprung sky
high, and everybody those who
swore they could not do it's pleased
as can be over the change. VIII the
short skirt stay with us for another
season. French and English society
women predicted that skirts would
Iengthen, but, as matter OF fact,
they do not seem to be one whit long
er. All the photographs which are be-
ing sent from the races show skirts
that well nigh touch the knees by way
Of length, for the French always have
worn them much shorter than ours.
American women. too. have become
used to the more abbreviated skirt
lengths, and common sense would lead
one to suppose that the skirt would
remain short for the coming season.
However, the only fault In that heavy
reasoning Is that common sense does
not always rule the ways Of fashion,
and for the actual decision one will
have to walt until the fall styles have
nc.daIly been crested and imported.
All that can be said Is that skirts are
still short. Not a long one has been
seen upon the landscape.
The Sleeve Lenotha
Sleeve lengths are almost as impor-
tant. In fact. Just at this season they
are really more important, for sleeves
have taken on such a tendency to fluc-
tuate that one scarcely knows what Is
right and what is wrong about them.
Anything goes as long as It is well
done, and whether the long sleeve On
the short sleeve or, the threeLquarter
sleeve Is the most fashionable Is a
fact that is hard to establish. Many
of the latest Partisan reports tell Of
sleeves which are longer than they
have been, but then. Partisan sleeves
have always been extremely short
shorter, in fact, than most Of ours.
They are showing and wearing sleeves
Of three-quarter length and sleeves
that end below the elbow. having there
wide and flowing opening.
There are some very chic new
things, too, that show long and tightly
fitting sleeves clasping snugIy over
the hands. They look beautiful, after
so great a quantity Of abbrevIation as
has been our portion during the last
couple OF years. But here, as with
the skirts there Is no telling what
viii be the wild popularity after the
fall openings have actually been held
and after the winter modes have been
launched. Only, change Is due. and
just how 1t will come or what form II
win take Is hard to foreteIl exactly.
At present any length Of sleeve Is q
good length. and there Is ample op-
portunity to adapt the length and the
shape OF the sleeve to the proportion'
Of the individual arm and figure. n
playing with the lengths and the gen.
-eral tightness much that is beautiful
can DO and has been accomplished this
last season. Also much that Is execra-
BILE has been allowed to live because
not enough Conscientious thought and
attention has been applied to the prob
lem In hand.