Norwalk Chronicler

Evening sentinel, Monday, July 9, 1923 · page 7

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eilhouetteh end they ere both
extremee.

There ie the etreight-line contour
t—etreight end lent ee e. poplar in
Lombardy—end there le the bonf-
zent outline thet epreede like the
chestnut. Your ekirte mey measure
n yard end e helf ebout. or they
mey meeeure tour or rive. end there
isn't much choice in between. The
eilhoir'ette in 1913' kno'we no mod-
eretloa.

Extremee ere elweye more becom-
in; to the young thnn to the no.
longer-young. And whether you
like it or not it ie the extremee thet
ere emnrteet. There to elweye the
element of the extreme in emertneu.
ole-eye much of ceutioue moderetion
in dowdineee.

li’ one hee no deughter of eixtoen
or theree‘boute one ie tempted to
adopt one for e week or two just
for the pleeeure of planning. buy-
ing and meking her eummer clothes.
For truly the emereet end prettiest
o! the new clothee ere eepecieily
eultable for her.

THIS eummor there ere two

When You Were Sixteen.

It was when we were eixteen or
eoventcon that we took tnehione
moat seriously.

And it ie the girl of eixteen.
eeventeen or thereebouts to whom
the inehione et preeent eeem moat
eolemnly importnnt—diot clothes on
much. but feehlone. '

Never egnin will the length of e
ekzrt or went. the tilt at e hot. the
location of n how. or the deeign of
e. sleeve new no eigniflennt.

it ie the clothee you wore when
you were eixteen or eo—the ilret
clothes you helped eeleot efter you
had really become grown tip—crown
up in your own eetlmetion it in no
one elee'e—thet predominete ell your
leter elothee oenoeptiene. When n
women epeeke of e normal wet-t-
line. or think- of clothee thet were
greeeful end mode women look the
way the Lord meant them to 90%..
end not like oerioeturen you will

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

White orpandie frock trimmed
with narrow platted rumee and one-
broidored in pink. racer, and, behind
it, [rock of pink inflate with out
and bow of organdie and o deeinn
ol- oranndie appliqued on the elem.

finally find thet ehe in thinking of
the clothes ehe wore when ehe wee
eixteen. In feet. you oen genernlly
get the vintage of 3 women by the
eort of fashion thet eeelne right end
proper end beeutiful end greoetul.

There in never e. time when you-
before lelt'e olothee look quite eo
trumpy or no ebeurd ee when you
ere eixteen. end there in never n.
time when the very neweet fuh.
lone eeem eo completely to heve

enhieved the perteotlon of entert-
neee end heeuty. It eeetne elmoet
ulftherewouidneverhnvetohe
my more chenIee of tuition—en if
the hehlone or en the ecee bed been
lending up to theee wonderful new
thing! thntere your- to weer. Age
end middle ego mey be intolerent
ineomereepectehutthereienoth-
in: en envreenely intolerent en the
ettltude of the young girl towel-d
elothee thet ere not in etyle.

Then by the time you're elehteen
ornineteenoreoymhegintoeee
whet e dome Jede Mien reelly is.
end by the time you ere on old on
you ere now—well. fenhione juet
eerve e purpoee—en exonee for buy-
ing new clothee with every new nee-
eon, e meene of achieving that
variety in appearance from reason
to eeeeort which is rather neoeeenry
to the maintenance of your churn.

Feehlone for Youth.

Sometimes the older wanna

At left, almond green crepe do
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etorrne e hit beceuee the neweet
feehione. the prevailing eilhouette,
all room to he mede for the young
girl. It doesn‘t eeem fair. Older
women ere cherming end induentiel
end important—more no then their
eixteen-yeer-old dnughtere. you any
think. end they have the money to
spend. too—why ehould th clothee
no often be designed for th elender.
ewkwerd figure of the young girl?
Perhepe it's the only eeneihle or-
t. Since it ie the very

younggirlwhoeentehethe.feeh--

lone eo eerionely it my be only
rightthettheyehouldhemdeeepe—
ciulyforher. Anditrneybethet

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tween 1830 end 1850.
Take the trouble to look over may
of the old Govern! lithographe end

would and in the fuhion that in
eeeocieted more with Empreu
Eugenie.

Dietinetiong

The full ekirt of Governi wen
shorter than that of the later period.
end dreeemekere nnd deelgnere
have learned thet of the present-
day houflent eltirt women will hove
none save when it in mode fairly
short. With the Second Empire
mode came the ehirt thnt We: both
outregeouely full end outrngoouely
long. But during the reign 3' Louie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hortenee Ifenelni."
berthu." ”Sleevee etiained per-
emount importenoe . . ,

of the Kiddie Mel.” “They were
the long. narrow ecert ot ellk or
lece. known on the Boredom"
“They mailed in ornndiee end
«go;- sheer thrice.” ’

eee oomnlente might he lied
to et leeet one phone of the gamut
mode. had it in e phone thet proves
«vocally becoming to the girl of
eixteen.

This Genrni mode ie ‘
euitehle for denoe haggling};
chertning frock of the eort ie of
white orgendie trimmed with platted
ruil‘lee. while another in of pink
tnifete. with white orgendie euh
tied et the left hip. There ere de-
sign- eppliqued in orgendle on the
nogncee o: the eklrt.

ut you may not euoceed in -
ting your eixteen-yeer—old to e813-
mit to the demureneee end effected
grace: of the Gevernl mode. She
may prefer to be etreight end ner-
row. There will still be charming
dance (rocks for her chooeing. One

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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other,” haematite-eel

Sport Jacket and eh) h we:
red, color beloved of vocal than new
mar. It to econ: with white line-
and Irish lace blouse.

has eometimee to look twice to tell
an evening frock from In otter-noon
frock eince we often wen: no eleevee
by day and so often weer telrly high
decolietage by night. There we.
perhaps never a. time—1t leeet with-
in the last century—when any
frocks and evening frocks heveheen.
at times. so difficult to Mam-h-

She Wente e Red Frock

Other yeere the precedent nix-
teen-yeer-old—end they ere ell pree
cocioue when it come to
clothee—ha-I yearned end
end intrigued to hove bleak noon.
She hen felt owed-fly,“ ehe“
bleak evening frocks. Now are he:
epenchmttorredl Whom
eye out for other girle in red ehe
doesn’t like to be outdone in the
matter. Even if ehe ien't Mg
redehelikeeto hnowthntehenn

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"'neman-
eputot theehonlderliuend
compliant-29°!!!“

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