Arizona state miner., 1925-09-05

er generation, serenely needless,
would ask. what war were you in?'
And even San Juan hill and Dewey
were insufficient answers to the con-
temporaries of Foch. Pershing and
Haig Irresistibly the war youth swept
on and eventually maturity capituiated
and borrowed the manners and cos
tunes of their tlappery juniors.
Since the spring of 1924 there has
been manifested a counter current to
these tides of youth. AT each subse
quent Paris opening the tendency has
gathered greater momentum. Today
fashion has acquired graceful, dig
nifed atmosphere despite its occa-
siOnal bizarre flare-backs, and it is
our opinion that the war girls have
taken hold of the situation again and
are responsible for the feminine dig
nifty of present fashions.
They're not as young as they once
were, these originators of the cult of
youth and on the continent they have
seen eleven summers pass since the
first blare of the guns. The once pert
demoiselles of eighteen to twenty-five
are now mature women Of twenty-nine
to thirty-siX, and another generation
Of youngsters has taken their place.
Doubtless they were Guiescent and
philosOphic enough at first and even
satisfied to make way little for the
rising young idea Although they still
clung to the straightline simple cos
tune which has been their birthright,
gradually they were preceiving that
these same costumes seemed far more
attractive on their younger sisters
Other generations had been content
under the circumstances to retire
quietly from the picture-but not so
the war girls. Who were these young
sters that were displacing them? What
war-that was it-what war had they
ever fought in? 1t was the same bat
| tie cry that had conquered their prim
mothers of a decade ago, and it pre-
vailed again against modern youth.
The couture, unable to rid itself Of the
myth of jeunesSe, was reluctant at
! first to change its base, but the war
| generation was ineXOrable and the
designers commenced gradually to sue
cumb. The flare, the jabot, the godet
and hosts of other feminizing details
have all entered the lists of fashion,
and the spirit of the moment is grace
full and comparatively mature feminin-
| ity-thanks, if you concur with this
| postulate, to the gentle warriors of
| the last decade.
Velvet in Fashion Picture.
! Against the picturesque background
Of the famous race courses the fash
| ions launched in Paris each summer
have an appeal not to be equaled by
similar showings anywhere else in the
world, and while the costumes worn
by mannequins from the leading cou-
| ture establishments are often a bit
| too exaggerated and extreme for gen,
| eral acceptance, nevertheless the or
| igin of a style that achieves success
frequently may be traced back to its
| initial appearance at LOngchamp,
| ChantiIly or Auteuil.
This year the chic French woman
has finally departed from her usual
custom of adhering to black, white or
her favorite magpie combinations of
these tones and has elected to. appear
in the soft pale tnts that have such
allure and distinction.
Beige tones are much in vogue and
there is evidenced a liking for shades
of cobalt blue-green, rose, amber and
the wide range of violine shades
The Importance of the large hat was
definitely established by the numbers
which appeared at the races. Many
were of erin in lovely light colOrs, but
from fashion point of view the
most noteworthy hats were large cape
| lines of velvet in shades of fuchsia
dahlia amaranth, bois de rose and cy
clamen with the wide brims and small
| croMnS nrOclaiminC their recent ORIGIN