The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-08-28
The Parlor Game of Button Is
Discontinued Due to Lack
of Use in Feminine
Wardrobe.
NO HARDWARE NEEDED
Shirtwaists Are Soon TO Be
Classed With Other
Birds That Are
Extinct.
By HEDDA HOYT

box. the cigarette or the fact that wom-
en- are doing work that in olden days
was accomplished only by men. It's dress
that changes women or seems to change
them.
Why do you think that our Grand
mothers were prim? Because they didn't
vote. didn't smoke or didn't do mems
work? Ali No. They were prim be-
cause their backs were held in perpen-
dicular angle with heavy whalebones;
because their necks were held rigid
with nigh boned collars. Their crime
lins creaked if they moved about much
and their hoop skirts kept them from
crossing their legs in public.
Women of today are as carefree as
their clothing permits them TO be. They
wear little or no support about the waist.
Their necks are bare; their trim ankle
is unhampered by layers Of starched
petticoats. In the days when the widest
parlor game was Button, Button, who's
got the button?", women we're like but
terhies confined in stiff coco0ns. Today
il would be a difficult task indeed TO
find the buttons of the feminine ward !
robe. Dresses slip over the head con-
fined about the waist by an elastic band
and peiticoat and undergarments go on
the same way. An x-ray of the modern
woman would show no hooks, pins, or
hardware accessories. !
Is it any wonder that we feel like
cavOrting about with the one-step or the |
Tangle Foot! How can girl act with
the propriety of her Grandmother in one
of the sleazy. clinging slip-of gowns of
today! It's the gown that changes Not
the woman. Put us back in stays, bus
ties. hoops and peiticoats and see wheth-
er We still possess that free-and-easy
manner that the reformers groan about.
The fall silhouette will not be greatly
varied from the silhouette Of the present
Skirts will be longer for street and even
ing wear although sport skirts show no
desire to be heightened. Sleeves are in
consistent in their demands. Some gown
houses are sponsoring the long, tight
fitting sleeves while others declare the
long, loose Chinese sleeve the correct
thing. One can't go. wrong on sleeves
nowadays. They may be long. short or
Indifferent. Circular skirts are being
used on many Of the smart new models
but We always look upon the circular
affairs rather obviously for they never
absolutely rule. Because Of their ten
dency to sag. The three piece suit, con-
sisting Of the one-piece dress and coat
will continue in popularity and they are
even more beautiful in the fall materials
than they were in the summer fabrics.
Brown in many new soft shades will be
popular for the street suit.
Buckles are playing an important part
in the wardrobe of Milady. Some of
them look as though the entire business
OF holding up the wrap-around skirt
fell 10 them. The skirt seems to be Just
long piece Of material draped about
the body and depending entirely upon
the buckle to hold it in place In some
Of the more extreme models one wond-
ers whether large gilt paddock
ers whether large, gilt paddock
wouldn't be safer.
There's no consistency in the shoe
There's no consistency in the shoe
business any more" confided a Fifth
Avenue salesman as he fitted my num-
ber four into a number three last. Tall
Namps come in and ask for short vamps
and short Namps insist on long vamps
You can't tell the girls anything nova.
DAYS"
The new felt hats are yelveiy in tex.
iure resembling suede and duyeiyne
They are both small and wide brimmed
and usually match the smart little jack
cts that are so popular just now. A
short mannish jacket is made of sof
blue camel's hair cloth and worn will
a wide brimmed felt hat of the SAINT
blue trimmed with a cluster Of dull pinI
feather roses.
Three cornered pieces of rubberizeo
silks are worn over the snugfiitin!
bathing caps at most of the exclusiv,
beaches this season. Some of them ar,
just pieces of beautifully dyed batiks
Cretonne caps are very popular anC
while the color note is noticed every
where in these capes and caps. the one
piece suit continues in navy blues o
black. Half socks as well as long stock
ings are not being worn at the beaches
Bare legs with a brownish cast are wei
thought of. As the season progresse
it is presumed that browns in evel
darker tones will be the vogue. Whicl
only goes TO prove that there is noihin,
new under the sun.
There is one thing that YOU can no
ask the shirtwaist salesman nowaday
and that is. 'How's business?" One o
ihesmost widely known men Of tn
business says that the shir,waist sales
man will soon be classed with othc
birds that are extinct. Even the servan
girls refuse 10 wear shrtwaists laiel
and why should they when they can ge
whole dress for the price of a goo
looking blouse? The tailor made We
man has gone out for some time 1
come.