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moment. Only our legs and hnltles ‘
and feet must apparently antler-— [1'6
that is, unless they have already
become quite immune to exposure.
I suppose that a definite and real
hardening process has gone on. and
is still taking place. When women
swathed their legs in woolen under-
cloihing. thicker stockings, high
shoes and long skirts. with numer~
’ . ous'pettiooeis. of course they ran
a rial: of contracting pneumonia or
rheumetioe it they went out with
low shoes in this stockings. Grand-
mothers of the old school who look
'with alarm on the up-to~dete. ro-
.buet want: of today who go al-
most buo-lened even in winter
. to‘rget that the change has come
shout guite gradually.
Feeltlen‘ Keene Us Warm.
Apperently Mien lets us make
ourselves otherwiee perfectly coni-
mail. so that we will, be able
still to veer our short skirts and
_thin nicotine without peril. So,
site: all. the fashions of the day
provide as much oold~weether com-
‘tort to billions of bygone days
usually did. In the we! of protecting
our heads and ears and shoulders
The fashionable timed coat chosen
for cold midwinter days is lined with
norm fur. At the left, you see
brown tweed lined with marten. Th4:
rope coat on the right is of plaid
wool trimmed with grey fur collar
and coils.
were going to launch high shoes.
They tried to do it last winter.
without success; but that. of
course. was not enough to bring
complete discouragement. Few
fashions apparently are ever
He fashionable wwfl dorsally matches the hot. This set is made of
cocoa-opium fur and velvet embroidcrcd with gold.
from the winter blasts. we have
gone far ahead of the men. There
etiileeemetobeeeiittlechanceu
ever for the civilised male civilian
to protect hie ears and forehead
and neck from the winter winds.
Just yesterday came news from
. Peril in continuation of earlier
We: the boonnekere
launched in Paris or here without
several tales starts to begin with.
So again we hear of high shoes—
vew high shoes—so high as to sup-
[eat something Spanish. They are
made of a variety of leathers. in-
cluding lizard and other serpent
skin. {and you may be sure cost sv-
cordingly.
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BY'MARY
Copyry'it. i985. bi! Till M‘Clum Newspaperayndicatc.
‘ . Winter Coats Are Built To Protect Us From Winter
It has been said that those high
shoes can never succeed so long
MARSHALL
as the very short skirt persists.
But those who remember cvon
vaguely the period of two decades
ego. when full und. us we thought
than. very short skirts, enjoyed a.
period of favor. know there was a
general prcjudico against low
shade. The feeling- was that with
very short skirts vcrr high shoes
should be worn. All of which Just
goes to show that there are no
principles about women's dress
that must persist from line era, to
unothor. ’l‘bs pnsvs of tho history
of dress show us only loo plainly
that large hats may in: worn with
skirts that are short or skirts that
are long. short waists or low waists
lines may be worn with shirts that
are long or skirts that nrc short.
despite the {not that Mimi-times the
eflect ‘nchleved is contrary to all
laws of artistic proportionment.
High Boots. Sheri Skirts?
So if women rmily look it into
.heir heads to \rcn'r those very
high. undoubtedly very expensive
boots that some of the smartest
shoomnkers are now offering. they
, _ ‘ would do so despite tho very short
it , skirts. What 'would undoubtedly
" act as u more potent deterrent
* would be the stocking manufactur-
ors. For it is they who really profit
by the continued voguo for the out-
rageously short skirt; they who
-rnn sit back nnd smilo with true
satisfaction at tho willingness of
the smart women to show her log
from too in kueo. or on incl: or so
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beyond. They are llllllw “illiughnf
course. to prorido iii-111;)“ “1th
heavier hllii‘liillll'fi i" slir- likcn for
cold woulhcr. :lud thorn are inter-
' esting dm‘lii‘os of wool or part wool
that may be worn lieueiuh the
transparent silk stocking—flesh—
(-olorod and so illill that they make
the legs look no thicko‘r.
Another objection in tho high
shoe is that women how- crown so
:lccustmncd to showing their pretty
ankle that they could never con-
sent to distort its slender propor-
Bciow, amp furs or» playing on
important rule this sl'usou. Typical
of tho sort 0/ lhl‘ny ux‘llvdreeeed
women are llft't'llilifl is this gray
mracul coat with lining. collar and
cups of may squirrel. At Ihc right
is an. enormous siolocollar 0! plan.
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9mm trail which [arms the lrhnmmg
on a black cloth coat.
norm coats and frocks this season.
morn velu'toen Nimmcd with for.
At the lrfi is a m'io version or the limo-honored'scalekin coat. Ii
RhOll'S the new flare and is frimlul‘d loris‘hli/ with. black
mot tier". by the ‘tl'ay, is Hudson and,
Bt'at‘rr. they say, is coming book to form
This very serviceable and wcarable for is usrd in connovlion with gold
braid to trim the duvetun coat at the right,
lions with o high shot- or boot. And
Not when tho prescnt fashion for
low show :uul slippr-rs for slrcol
wcnr was first with us mm of the
Objl‘t‘lil'lr; was this—that ivy dis-
carding l‘li‘ high support of boots
women would permit the size of
thEir unklvw‘ to become so cnlnrgedv
that tllero would he no more dainty
ankles.
Apparently there is no imminent
danger of tho return of the boot or
high shoe. And so for a. season
more. at any rate. we shall so
about with our logs and feet cov-
ered as for a, stroll in the South
See or the Hawaiian islands. while
from the knees upward our com-
fortable. warm clothes might be
the envy of any Eskimo.
Winter Coats Are Warm.
The long, warm coat as we have
it today is undoubiedly one of the
most successful garments that
on have had at their disposal.
‘pared to the wraps of other
do ——even within our own mem-
ory-it seems like the culmination
of the cloahmaker‘s art. Whether
at fur or cloth. it is warm without
being heavy. nowhere is it tight.
and it can he slipped on and oil
smoothly.
And this season's contribution to
the coat is the flare, which gives it
just one more advantage over all
the coats that have gone before.
One rather hates to see the dress-
mnkers try to experiment further.
Anything that is so nearly perfect
as the present coat might be
changed for the nurse if it were
changed at all. And ono thing that
delights most women and that
makes for general smnrtncss in the
appearance of women in outdoor
attire is that tho present~date
coat. while short. is invariably
worn long enough to cover the
frock beneath .ontircly.
wear what you will beneath your
winter coat and it strikes no dis-
cord in your appearance. How-
ever. most women Usually choose
to wear some little frock
mar. In fact. lho liomh‘r {rm-ks
made of thick :nul‘ \Turm woolen
fabrics had their chance in uu~
tumml days—and shall again in
the late winter or spring-before
heavy costs were worn and before
houses. apartments. theaters and
the whole world indoors had been
rendered torrid by tho turning on
of steam heat.
Under-things Must Be Cool.
Now the problem for most of us
is to wear frocks and underthlnls
cool enough to make lilo in mid-
summer weathcr endurable indoors
and outdoor clothes heavy enough
to make the sudden passing from
Green is a cool color that has born ruled in fashion mnu smart
l'crj/ new is the center coat of
You may a
as thinv
and simple as those worn in sum--
11mm. The
a m orig l/‘PII-llfrfsu‘d women.
jovm‘lmated rooms to the Mt!
tLll‘llOSlihel‘G without not uncom-
i'orluiilc.
There are. of course. women who
Just glide from overheated houses
gto their own overheated limousines
gnnd almost hnre to go to some
fashionable resort for winter sports
to know how a. nip .of winter air
really fecls. For them there are
units: or the thinnest of fur, lightly
lined. {Lnd coats of satin only
trimmed with fur. But for most
women the warm coat is a preo-
ticnl necessity—end, fortunately. it
is as fashionable as it is popular.
Most women are content'with win-
ter costs that it not somber in color
are at least what we call of.neutrel .
touo. Indeed. even those women
who can afford the luxury of
bright light frocks—and it is indeed
a. luxury that the women without
:1 large wardrobe had better not
[files find a pleaeing contrast in the
coat of more subdued tone. There
has, however. come about a taste
for lighter if not brighter coats.
Never before have the light gray
and light brown furs been used so
extensively for costs. Grey crim-
mer. beige coney. my squirrel.
natural-colored leopard. gray oars»-
cui, platinum Wolf. cocoa-colored
caracul—these are furs that women
whom we look to for leadership in
matters of fashion 'ere wearing this
winter.
Hate In Neutral Shed-e.
Hats for outdoor wear seen:
either to be of the neutral tone thet
exactly matches the coat or else
they are of some vivid contrasting
tone which is found when the coat
[rock or the {rock trimming. Hail
are still small and us close-fittinl
,us possible. Yet lhcrc is'u subtle
difference about them that makes
:lust season's hats—«whim were also
small and close fittingw-seem as
old-fashioned us the milliners could
gwlsh. There is something soft and
pliable about the new hats. Even
lilo straight-sided rather severe
liltlc shapes that are still looked
{upon as n. bit extreme are, when
‘you note them closely. rather soft
and pliant.
Fur culls are very wide on most
of the coals or else there is a little
caps that gives protection to the
lwrists and hands when they are
not outstretched. But here and
there we see a limit. They are
small and usually melon-shaped.
Sometimes they are an appendage
loi’ the coat with which they are
worn. and sometimes they go with
vii. hat; less oftrn they aro mode to
Eaccnmpany :1 separate fur collar.
attempt—even these geyer hutter- L
is opened to be repeated in the ‘
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Almost never are they presented or
worn as independent ncrcssorics.
Norwalk Chronicler