The New York herald., 1921-06-19

a silk handkerchief tucked in the tor
coat pocket to match the costume or har.
monize with it. When a woman wear.
black coat suit of crepe de chine oil
dull satin the small silk handkerchief
half falling from the pocket is in applt
green. Chinese red. Directore yellow
When gray suits are worn, these hand
kerchiefs are jade green and gray.
The trifiing fashion has brought about
a strong demand for the small. colored
silk handkerchief. II is not a new fash
ion. 1t was the last necessary touch TO
the costume the year before the war in
Paris. when smart women wore the same
kind OF box coat and narrow skirt that
they wear to-day.
The Americans who went over there
that same summer wore full skirts, rea-
sonably long and found themselves
sharply contrasted with the French
women who wore short. narrow skirts.
Exactly the same thing happened in
1913. except that our. skirts were not
full. but they reached our gathered
ankles while the French skirts just COW
cred the knees.
This summer the contrast is quite as
sharp. IL is said to be causing the same
criticism from the French. Their skirts
are much longer ours are nearly to the
knees.
II is foolish TO say that the American
does not feel at a distadvantage i'm this
contrast She was defiant and obstinate
in 1919. She continued to wear her long
sheath-lilSe skirts What will she do this
summer? II is well for her to remember
that she finally gave In TO the French
fashion for abbreviated skirts and car
ricd the idea 10 an extreme.
II che intenda IN xyoar Iono ,Ltr, I,
next winter she may as we'll begin now
" she happens 10 be going TO France.
They are getting off the same old phrase
I'm the street over there which was prev
aient In 1919: AN American liner must
be In" they said "a they looked down
at the hens OF our skirts
Extraordinary sleeves Exploited.
Last, but not least. OF the new SEN
setional details that interest women in
Paris are the long sleeves copied from
the time OF James l. They are
quite ornamental. they cover the hands
and drop TO the knee. They do not fare.
They look like n stove pipe. They give
ono an unpleasant shock at frst. for they
seem 10 explain that the woman is arm
less. They look uncomfortsbly like the
untitled sleeves OF the soldiers
VI fOhiH We ANfN AlF n
woman must find the slash in the side IN
order 10 get her hand out Yet those
who wear the sleeves insist that there IL
no Inconvenience connected with them.
At best they are the talk OF Paris.
which means they will soon be the talk
Of America. The fashion may be a
heroic attempt TO Introduce with sue
cess the long slim sleeves.
In addition 90 this type OF long sleeve
Jenny OF Paris. who has shown her new
autumn collection TO the American man
ufscturers. again features the wide
Babylonian sleeve which she introduced
last January. II Is a square piece OF
transparent fabric falling from deep
armholc and reaching the finger tips.
IT IL important to add that she also
introduces a wide chokcr collar OF fur
clasped at the neck with buckles OF
brass or cut steel in barbarlc design.
This buckle Is repeated by Eirdle
placed well down on the hips. II is
often OF brass or steel set with cQlorod
stones OF glass. n