Evening journal., 1922-08-19

~ hEhE viii be distractinS mo-
ri ments. this autumn, for the wom-
an who has planned TO make over
4 ~ perfectly good last-season cos
tunes so that they may do duty a sec
ond season. The task will be almost
hopeless. for their is more material
In almost every direction OF the new
frocks for fall. The skirts are longer;
the sleeves are bigger. draperies and
| panels are more gathered than they
we're. and bodices are no longer fiat
| and plain but are draped. or shirred
TO shallow yokes,
In fact the silhouette has entirely
| changed. Where the frock OF last
year was short and plquant and rather
| dashing. this years frock is long and
/ stately, with a distinction and dignity
that last seasons models lacked.
Women thought they would never ac-
cept long skirts again. but now that
the long skirts are here and the eye
is becoming accustomed to the new
silhouette. everybody is trying to get
into long. gracious draperies as quick
" as she can, and tho leftover, short
skirted models are going FOR a song in
the shops. II you are short and slim
you can pick up marvellous bargain
in a size - or "a frock OF last season
and make It over. using the excess ma
terial TO give the length, soft fullness
and draped lines OF this autumn. II
you are a size 40 or a. yourself there
Is no hope for you but TO buy a new
fall frock at a new fall price. There
will be nothing TO do with those left
over short skirted models OF yester-
year but to turn them into dresses for
school girls-for only school girls
from now on are TO wear skirts just
below the knee.
Draperies Touch The Floor
All the frocks pictured today-au-
thoritative models showing the very
latest Paris mode-have the new long
skirt Most OF these skirts reach the
ankle; some have panels or draperies
that drop below-Quite TO the floor.
And you cannot but admit that these
frocks are charming: graceful as no
brief-skirted slipoyer frock was grace
ful. and possessing a dignity and dis
tinction that costumes Of the past few
years have lacked. The long. dignihed
frock means an end to bobbed tresses
no doubt about thati Clipped locks
with very long skirts have a danger
ously radical suggestion. They hint at
or blue-stocking propensi-
ties. Undoubtedly now that skirts are
down. coiffures will go up and already
the BARRIERS confess to a falling Off In
the bobbing business.
Women are going TO look like wom-
en- again; like women with charm and
sweet dignity and gracious poise: and
not like saucy little girls pretending
they are grown up.
oblique Lines Favored BY Parts
The costumes presented on today's
page are afternoon frocks OF more or
less formal character. Tailored trot-
teur dresses OF serge and twill and
homespun will be taken up another
week. Those dresses have also the
new long skirt. low waistline and more
iuilness in an easing OF the material
which gives ripping effect instead
OF extreme fatness. But the tro.teur
models do not depart so radically from
familiar lines as do the more formal
frocks Of softly draped material. so
these frocks are introduced to YOU
first to show you how the mode-and
the silhouette-have altered since last
season.
Oblique lines are preferred to
straight ones at the moment. When
straight panels are hung over a skirt
they are apt TO be clipped off at the
bottom in an oblique line-an effect
shown In the frocks with Oriental en-
broidery on sleeve and girdle The
simplicity and grace OF this frock are
most appealing and It should be be-
coming to slim or not so slim wsarers
for the draped girdle can be adjusted
to give the figure the best possible