New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
Women Make a Stride Forward---ln Trousers

Paris. April Ut won't be long now. girls. when you may put or brooches and step out like a man or a perfect lady.
 Paris has begun to consider the problem of the trousered woman Give her what she wants, or al least get it ready for her when she wants it, is the principle upon which the quick-thinking cou- l turiers here operate. And so they are now showing pants - shame lessly. artistically and successfully pants for women.
 Tomorrow's Line Today
 They call it the Line of To- morrow" but most women who see these lovely little trouser- cites. or whatever they might be called. just go into properly re- fined mysteries over the very idea of being able to pull them on and step out with a big stride forward towards the liberty Of action of the gentler sex. Many of them want to do it today.
 The trouser idea was the trium- plant 'tone" of the Line of To- morrow" contest held by Madame Mag -Helly. to which nearly a thousand designers contributed their ideas about what women will wear. The majority of the wise cpaS ubo hy profeSSiop lool. nm and down the lines of woman saw nothing but trousers.
 They're Modest. ITS Said Nothing -but-lrousers is one of of this new style. Some sort of a skirt will be worn, certainly at first, but it will be short and prob ably slit up the side. and when Nilady steps into her car, or any where else with a determined foot forward. that which will be seen underneath will be nothing but trousers. They will be of silk or satin. coming just below the knee, daintily buckled perhaps, but trousers just the same, coming up well around the waist and giving the wearer every freedom of move ment that a man enjoys.
 To hear some of the enthusas- tic talk. these trousers will be much more modest and ladyllke than the old fashioned silk undes now being worn and too often re- vealing a stretch of skin or wha: women be themselves.
 vill-you Trousers will just let
 Will She Wear Elm?
 That is. if they work. A few the most famous and daring of Paris couturiers. predicted that conditions of present-day life would demand that women wear divided skirts, or trousers. He created quite a sensation with a collection featuring what were called his fantastic ideas. He had trousered dresses for sports, for afternoon wear. and seductiVely divided skirts after the Turkish mode for evening wear. Somehow. they didn't quite click. and after the first surprise little was thought Of them. In subsequent collections he showed decreas- ing number of these models. Now there are those who say he lost his nerve.
 Mag -Hclly Takes Own Medicine
 Foremost of these is Madame Mag -Helly. who. in her own mai son, wears an abbreviated skirt of satin crepe, slit along the side. and underneath trouserettes of the same material As she moves gracefully the trousers may be seen, but they are not very sur prising and that's all there is to it.
 Mime. Mag -Helly, following the ideas of the quick guessing de- signers. has ma le several trouser- cd suits which she is featuring They are meant chiefly for sports use. but she predicts that women in business or other active persua- sions will very soon be wearing trousers because modern condj- tons demand it.