"To bulge or not to bulge" that is the sartorial question which is perplexing many at this moment. Shall one be Fithe and willowy or flamboyant and bouffant? The "young lady from Skye, with a storm like a capital I" has had} things all her own way in the fashion world for a long time. Now it begins to look as if hips were coming in again, which seems unfortunate for the match-proportioned damsels. However, you recall the cheery optimism of the y.1. from Skye, who said "It's too bad, but still I can pad, which shows you that figures do lie."
For one who has a turn for anatomy, the way waists run up and down or disappear altogether as the mercury in the—style thermometer indicates is a startting biological phenomenon. Deepite the efforts of the style dictators to bring the waist line back to normalcy it seems as difficult to raise as the hulks of treasure galleons buried beneath the sands of the Spanish Main. All the fashion notes asseverate that waists are rising, but no sooner are the words written or read than one looks about and beholds them sinking kneeward as of yore. At all events, the costume notes from the French Races, which as my readers will agree are the important notes, state that the hip waist-line was an easy winner by several lengths.
The winter's frocks may not be wild, but they are bound to be woolly since not only the embroideries but the materials themself run to that material. Velours de Smyrne, a wool velvet which we met lass season in plain colours, variegates itself this autumn into stripes plaids, cords, uneven ribbings and brocades in a most modish manner. Some of the fall shades such as the popular almond green, red and orange brown are particularly beautiful. This fabric is a sort of first cousin to duvetyn, but is said to be more durable.
This same wool embroidery shows up with fine effect on many of the one piece frocks, giving a jacket effect, or striping the costume or outlining the wide, flaring cuff er the neck line. Embroidery of this kind is also popular on the three-piece suit so well adapted to in-between temperatures.
The only way to find out what the hat of the season is would be to take a composite photograph of all the headgear displayed, for there seems to be a different style of hat for every woman, big and little, wide or narrow brims, tower or mushroom crowns, Fur hats are popular again, this season with flowers as garniture.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.