Evening star., 1921-04-24
would interfere with the business of

life. -,
Outside o fthat suit and the tai
'lored frock that is its substitute, there
is a world for, this sleeve to conquer.
Every other kind of costume can be
turned-into something new. by the ad-
-dition of one of these square pieces
of fabric. -.
ing not disguised. The .Grecian arm
hole, sufltless of sleeve. is all very
| we'll as one of variety, but its uni
versatility among our, women has given
us impetus to seek fresher ideas.
social conventions for those affairs
! that take place after dark.'and as the
half-high frock with a sleeve of any
length in transparent fabric IS accept
able for the most formal occasion. as
it was in the rich renaissance days,
all women can indulge in their favor
lite sport: That of making the a1ter-
noon frock serve for the electric
hours.
X X x X
1t is just at this point that these
newly revived sleeves come into fuli
play: here is where they serve the
greatst need. And they enhance econ
omy by pushing further. into the fu-
ture the necessity for the long kid
glove which now ranks,a as a luxury.
There are none so inartistic. no
matter how welded they may be 10
the old fashioned habit of covering
he hands in the evening. as to wrin-
kle- length Of harsh white Kid be
meath the oriental arm draperies OF
rnlined gold and silver lace of sea-
oh III n
net embroidered with silver ara
besques. of white chiffon covered with
a tracery of rhinestones and pearls.
The woman who wears an evening
frock of capucine red crepe de chine
with a flowing sleeve of thin gold lace
put into an armhole that reaches to
the waist line a sleeve sufficiently
long to cover the knuckles. will not
commonize it by stretching a length
of protective leather over the soft
; contour of the flesh. To do this would
be to throw away the money paid for
the frock.
Imagine how kid glove would ap-
pear under that waterfall sleeve
; which has caught the fancy of those
who create attractive things. This
sleeve is genuine novelty. 1t is
built of strands of pearls and silver
threads dropping from. a loose foun-
dation sleeve which covers the arm
! from shoulder to wrist. AS the wear
er lifts the arm, these rafn-like
strands drop in glitterins fragments
to the knees.
In a frock of green and silver bro
| cade. there are the kind of arm cover
! ings. which Melisande wore when she
beguiled Pelleas. They sweep the
floor, they are of green chiffon, run
ming to point. they are gathered
into a short .armband which is edged
: with points of silver thread to match
the design around the medieval neck
line. This gown has no girdle; it is
cut as slimly as any worn by the
Pharaohs The woman who wears it
wears in her ears long pendants OF
beaten silver and green jade The
; extravagant fashion for bracelets
and reached it's height last winter
has not ended. Beneath these orien-
tai sleeves bands of metal and colored
stones are quite appropriate and
women continue to PLACE them be
tween the shoulder andythe wrist. AL
ways. there is one, If NOT more. above
the elbow. OHcs it was; in the shape
Gent orientapsssm ss1,s siass7f nowsf is apt to be,
.a-string of shaAb brirIfants.
3 This frantiG. desire to place this
FAmazing multitIde of baubles upon
4he arms, added to the price of long
E'gfowes and. the difficulty in'-keeping'
efhem clean when tdancing was un-.-
|doubtedly responsible for the new
generation oyerthrowing time-hon-
Eored convention. -
afternoon frock carries the long,
ftra ansparent sleeve. which the most in =
fnrmal of evening gowns permits. But
oddities do not cease with. evening
gowns There is a long tight sleeve,
of black lace for the. frock that sees
one through any festfvity between five
and seven. 1t is placed in, the ubiqui-
-tous- gown of Canton crepe. and of
charmeuse which is now being used
on the wrong side, SO that no particle