Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-19

think that women are undergoing a
devastating change in manners ana
morals need not place the blame on
the ballot box, the cigarette or the
fact that women are doing work
that in Older days was accomplished
only by men. It's dress that changes
women or seems to change thehi'
Why do you think that cur Grand
mothers were prim? Because thCy
didn't vote, didn't smoke or didn't 90
mems work? All, No They We're
prim because their backs were neld
in perpendicular angle with heavy
whalcbones; because their neckSs
were held rigid with high ooneI
collars. Their crinoiins CREASED II
they moved about much and tneir
hoop skirts kept them from crossing
their legs in public.
Women of today are rs care-tree
as their clothing permits them to be
They wear little or no support about
the waist. Their uecks are bare;
their trim ankle unhampered by low
crs of starchcd D2tticoatS In the
days when the widest parlor game
was Button, Button, who's got the
BUTTON" women were like butter
flies confined in stiff cOcoons. To-
dav it would be difficult task in
deed to find the buttons of the fem
mime wardrobe. Dresses slip over
the head confined about the waist
by an elastic band and petticoat and
undergarmcntS 20 on the same way
An exray of the modern woman
would show no hooks, pins, or hard
ware accessories.
Is is any wonder that We feel like
cavorting about with the onc-step
or the Tangle Foot? How can a
girl act with the property of her
Grandmother IS one of the sleazy.
singing slip-off gowns of today?
It's the gown that changes. Not
the woman Put US back in stays.
buStlCS, hoops and uettivoatS and
see whether we still possess that
frcc-and-eaSv manner that the &c
formers groau about.
The Fall sihOutte will not he
greatly varied from me silhouette OF
the present. Skirts will be longer
for street and evening wear al
though sport skirts show no desire
TO be heightened. Sleeves are IN
consistent i'm their demands some
gown houses are sponsoring the
long, tight-htting sleeves while
others declare the long, loose Chin
csc sleeve the correct thing. Ono
can't 90 wrong on sleeves nowadays
They may be lone short or lndiiicr-
cnt. Circular skirts are being used
on many of the smart new models
but we always look upon the cir
cular affairs rather obviously for
they never absolutely rule. Because
Of their tendency 90 SAP. The three
piece suit, consisting Of the ono
piece dress and coat will continue in
popularity and they are even more
beautiful in The Fall materials than
they were i'm the Summer fabrics
Brown i'm many new soft shades will
be popular for the street suit
Buckles are playing an important
part in then wardrobe of Blilady.
Come of them look as though the
entire business of holding up the
wrap-around skirt fell TO them.
The skirt seems 10 be iuSt q long
piece Of material drappcI about the
body and depending entirely upon
the buckle to hold it i'm place. In
some of the more extreme models
one wonders whether large, gilt
paddock wouldn't be safer.
"Therc's no consistency in the shoe
business any more confided a
Fifth Avenue salesman as he fitted
my number four into a number
three last. Tall YampS come In and
ask for short vamps and short
VampS insist on long vampS. You
can't tell the girls anything nova
DAYS.
The new felt hats are velvety in
texture resembling suede and duvc-
tyne. They-arc both small and wide
I brimmed and usually match the
, smart little Jackets that are 50
popular lust now 4 short manniSh
Jacket is made OF q soft blue camePS
hair cloth and worn with a wide
brimmed felt hat Of the same blue
trimmed with q cluster Of dull pink
feather roses. Colorfu hats are
shown in numbers and it is very
probable that the coming months
will see a great many Of them.
Three coynercd pieces of rubber
lied silks are worn over the snug
fitting bathing caps at most of The
exclusive beaches this season. Some
Of them are Just pieces of beaUti-
fully dyed batikS. Crctonnc cGpes
are very popular and while the
color note is noticed everywhere in
these capeS and caps the oNc-piccc
\ suit continues in navy blues or
i black. Half socks rs well as long
y stockings are not being worn at the
beaches. Bare legs with a browniSh
cast are we'll thought of. As the