The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 20, 1931, Page 31

ur li ch cl guaint be 1 per rnin, show o tiny 4 the e of d Al ume &yery (\Y cdu: of guely 0's, romantic grandmothe thing" you knew feather: office | 1 : i | 4 i e o ok attics,” buttoned up snug against the $It all began early last fall with d down over a girl's left eye like prow of a boat, enie hat, jough everyf store window and @dvertisement fn~m~4~ ?:l‘he Charm of t OWEVER much present fashions in women’s chythes with | their flare for bustles, feathers and sweet femfhinity of | andmothu‘ s day have complicated hemlines and hats; they ave also done much to simplify the yearly ordeal of the hristmas shopper. Just write after each feminine name on 1e can wear, with a suggestion about fi‘ of lavender and musk, and romantic old trunks in story- and your problem is solved. You are not only re to please, but you will find the stores filled with just st: “Something s ‘\m: intended to emulate that of the first and greatest Napeleon, but ended in tragedy in the Fran- co-Prussian war of 1871. Of spec- tacular beapty, sirong-willed, Eu- | g-ple tried to dabble in her hus- | band's vernment, made hersel( siightly iculous, and turned in- | stead. to fashion, where she be- came an empress indeed, whose |newes plume and latesi colar | schemes were law unto the women of the whale civilized world. Tcday’s Eachions Arc a Compasiie | of Many ¢f Yestcrday's | It is Bugenie and the Second | Empire of France, to which corre- | srond the Victorian era in England and Civil war days in America, | that we ecredit with the outstand- ing characteristics of today's fash- |ions. In reality we are experienc- ‘inz & very natural reaciicn to the shori skirts, straight lines and boyish bcbs of the years just after the World war, and in our enthusi- asm for the opposite extreme have borrowed from the whele history | of fashion its most feminine and | enchanting details. And so the Christmas shopper will find them, the fanlike standing collar of the grand ladies of Sixteenth century Italy, the puffed sleeve of the First Empire, the bustle of the Second allmingled with no regard for the history you learned in school, but with complete under- standing of the tastes and pleas~ |ures of that certain lady who| |heads your Christmas list. Siceves Are Important When you start out to buy her, | say, a new dinner dress such as she will love to wear for holiday parties, or the fur coat you are dztermined she shall have this year, depression or no depression, arm yourself with a (ew facts about these new “‘romantic” fash- jfons. "It is by their sleeves you lothes, frocks and wraps, and femin! only waitling ifted out of ‘crackling tissue and ribbons on Christmas g, worn to holiday parties, f the New Year. How It Bogan she les. ~ “Romance,” L “we're e tip-tilted hat that but- leaving one her hair entirely uncovered launting behind a bit of that waved and beckoned in passing breeze. “Empress she oxplained, as | welcome, than just a | present were nct already the news, and added rather something about a girl. she was wearing | s and a muff to her dail; was | for the present fashion. building; roadster in a dress with rldiculOHannd waistlines remain about where puffed sleeves; wearing a tea gown they have been the past year, but that flaunted a petticoat intended the sleeves! to hang out; and dancing to t,he‘ latest blues in artful curls, swirl- stockings, separate garments, slip- ing velvet, with just a hint of a|ped on and off the arm when train and slippers with huge buck- nceded for warmth. Later we find| told you; fashionable reliving a period When gleeves, a wider one, women understood the romanic 3n‘brmdered and encrusted with gold of dressing.” So there you are! and jewels, or slashed and laced What more appropriate, or more together again, over a narrower bit more of undersleeve. \thls romance for her Christmas Pifteenth century frequently wore Empress Eugenie Rules Again Just because she had red hmrugarment even after the time of and sufficient ingenuity and influ- |Queen Elizabeth, Modern efficien-| ence to popularize a type of hat ! (cy forbids a custom which would the |underneath which red hair would | require one to rise earlier in the ashions, and when | show up in all its glory. The Em-~ | /morning to baste in one's rainy First | press Eugenie has been given more day, work day, or Sunday-go~to- |than her share of responsibility . meeting She Was s often there just the same. Tall Job in one of the town's biggest|the wife of Napoleon III, second | cuffs dnv ng her 1931 |emperor of France, whose reign \reach often to the elbow, some- \\\'// Once Again We extend our sincere thanks and good wishes to all our Friends MAY YOUR CHRISTMAS BE AN EXTREMELY HAPPY ONE! JUNEAU VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT |that are properly old-fashioped. | will know most of them. Hemlines Sleeves were originally, like ladies wearing two richly em- Italian ladies of the entire sleeves of ermine fur. The |sleeve was a separate part of the sleeves, but the effect; of contrasting material 'times inches above, and once in a while clear to the shoulder. In coats these “separate” sleeves aré |often’ of fur. 4 Fashion Puts Her Shoulder to the Wheel of Style You can tell whether garments will please a romantic-minded lady also by their shoulders, which, if they follow the period tradition, contrive to give the effect of width, whether by drooping armhole rem- ‘lnlscent of the dropped shoulder {band of the Eugenie court gown, ‘by a yoke of contrasting color, or the use of tiny oversleeves or Jupekzs. ‘Then you must watch for | characteristic necklines, . especially ! THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SUNDAY, DEC. 20, 1931 he Past Aids Modern Chlc PR AR At 1 Y the Jjoy of any womnn receiving & gift of scparate furs. This year you can choose from so many exciting new styles in fur pleces. Therc is the standard fox scarf, ang there are also real little maders pelerines, with matching muff; or long thin scarves of lynx or mar- ten, to be twisted round anc round the neck or crossed on thc chest .and tucked through -cither side of the belt, one of the yzar’ many criss-crossed effects, again with matching muff; or perky lit- tle scarves made with pointed ends and tied in a bow under one ear, | still again with matching muff; or just the muff, she already has. In presenting her with a new fur coat, you -can scarcely fail to achieve her ideal in romantic beauty. For that is the way of the new fur coats. Few of them no matier what their fur, but achieve a sort of feminine glory, with a standing collar to frame her face, gracefully shaped sleeves to make every gesture a joy, snug fitted lines, and a flared skirt to sway a bit as she walks before the mirror on Christmas morning. Blouses Contribute Their Share to Style Just as jackets contribute to a two-piece mode, so do blouses. ‘They may be purchased in satins, crepes, or lace, in pale colors or to match a coat as to be practical for wear with |any outfit she may wish. Fine pin tucks, clever fitting about the waist, and a variety of bows and | graceful collars give them the new- old elegance requisite today. Fer Festive Evenings If you are out to buy her the evening dress for which she has been pining these many months, it “she” is little daughter about to carry her prize back to college with her, or the girl's mother. For the more mature woman there are gowns of velvet, of metal-shot lame, in rich purple that was the favorite of Queen Victoria herself, in wine red, in black, dull green or the pastel shades, sophisticated dress drawu slightly about the figure and gath- ered at the back fullness reminiscent of the bustle a train. There are gowns of chif- fon falling in lines of Greek sim- plicity such as were the vogue dur- ing Revolutionary days in France and the inevitable crepes, many of ed at the waistline by clip-pins. ing wife or daughter an evening dress without a matching wrap, better stop and look at them, too.' the standard egg-shell or white, so | will make a good deal of difference | | whether into a certain | itself and even boasting a bit of | them with two straps crossing with | an X across the back and fasten- | And since no well-trained Christ- | mas shopper would think of bring- | If you can afford one or ermine. r andther sort white fur, by all 42ans cu £0, a short, tiny one, deep collared, wide = cuffed, iu daughter, a longer, wrappy one for mother. The Intimate Gift On every Christmas list, every Christmas, there are names alier which one writes “lingerie.” Here, again, the present fashion plays into your hand, The pajama it- relation to any period of history more distant or romantic than the beginning of our own century, when Amelia Bloomer, in provest against the current long skirt, “sidewalk sweeper,” she called it, launched the vogue that resulted in the ‘“bloomer,” the “pantie dress,” and knickers. Other items Fashion has enhanced as gifts, She has brought back the petti- coat for one thing—and a real petticoat it is ,fitted perfectly at the waist and edged with such flounces and ruffles of lace as are sheer joy to any romantic lady’s heart. The very nicest step-ins and combination undergarments you could give are embroidered with wreaths of roses, each petal of which conceals a fragrant lit- the sachet bag. As to fragrance— may we suggest the old-fashioned | sweetness of lavender? Five U. 8. Communities | Are Named Christmas | HRISTMAS s the pame,of five communities in the United States. There are communities named Christrias in Gila county, Arlzona; Orange county, Florida; Lawrence county, Kentucky; Bol- ivar county, Mississippl, and Roane eounty, Tennessee. { Tennessce . also has & village | named Christmasville 15 Carrol( | county. There {s @ Christmas Cove Christmas lake in Hennepin coun- ty, Minnesota, ; Yadiana is the only state having A town named Santa Clays. Jt is in &pencer county. However, there | is a St. Nicholas in Duyall county, | Florida, and a St Nicholas in Stearns county, Minnesata. towns named Santee, one in Xnox county, Nebraska, another in North- another In Charleston county, South Cerolina. There 19 also a Santee | bluft in South Carolina. in Wil lamsburg county, 24 Craven county, N. C, farmers to make a profit of five cars of | hogs at $5.85 per hundred pounds. Indiana leads thé country in pro- ducing onions. |a high one that snuggles up tight | about the chin like the white linen ' jour Colonial forefathers, and.the stiff, upstanding collar suggestion lof the Elizabethan ruching, that, elaborate white frill with which! the. good Queen Bess set off her| (regal head . And one can always! detect the period influence in the| use of buttons, especially when' they are numerous and march straight up the front of a garment, pulling- it together snugly under the chin. The New-0ld Cape Capes have long been with us, but not the tiny little shoulder cape, reaching but half way down to the elbow, which gives so many of our new costumes so swash- buckling an air. In the time of the Restoration, when all Europe was gsetting her house to order after the downfall of Napoleon, they called them the pelerine. The pelerine proper was a trim little outdoor garment, of fur or fur] {bordered;, topped by a jaunty up-; furned gollar that reached up around one’s ears to complete the frame set about the face by a poke bonnet. We associate them inevitably with tiny fur-muffs, lace-trimmed pantalettes, Kate Greenway loved to draw. same pelerine is today responsible for. innumerable cape-like pleces set on at the shoulder of dresses and coats, for cape collars, and for much of the cape-like fur on suits and coats. The designer has used i, often, to carry out her craze for the gar- ment \that is half fabrice, half fur, Fur Trims Everything Pur trimming, by the way, Strips of white ermine give rich velvet all the glamor of early rich life; long-haired furs lend elegance to fabric coats and give them that desired “topheavy” look; flat furs are found everywhere, in scarves, , belts, and in great slabs that look like nothing more than patches, sewed on where the mak- er ran short of goods. Hence n!mL |stock familiar in the pictures of | ¥ f Christmas Cheer It’s just a little Christmas Greeting, and the reason for it is to wish you every joy of the season and hap- piness and prosperity in the coming New Year. G.E. ,lf;gAUSE Pttt et ittt ] self as we know it today, has no| of underclothing | in Lincoln county, Malne, and a | Study of the atlas reveals threo i ampten county, Pennsylvania, and | mmfimmmmmmmllmlmlummmum|||||uImnmmmmummuuimimim B A I OO o & o S U We wish you a full share of the Joy and Gladness that ,the Christmas a- son always brings. ' We appreciate the patronage you have given us this year and we will bend every effort to justify your good will in the New Year now about to start. PURRIER TRIANGLE BUILDING A day m)_-qaning mulch'for : all People — a day to celebrate: and m a,kle ; s g . . . . merry So, in the sainé,*'oonscientious, way in which we ,serv’é.you, we extend the * Greetings of the Season to You and Yours, koe’s Studio Valentine Building PR GLRG LI bbb ki