The evening world. Newspaper, June 27, 1916, Page 6

THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 19186, * Riot and Anarchy Rule in Women’s Dress; on na pecenenrnnennenaee, wmme- WISH PEARY 1" U. 5. SENATE. i> caeanes ere to wns Meee Cat Rambere Ave That te Caneesd Sonatas nm Phe heme Com ork Saks & Company AAO OCR ROL EDAD RE ppb ee. A Bid to Low Instincts, Says Male Critic = as ATHENA | | “ y ; —< UNDERWEAR i | a7 J SAA For daintiness, eomfort and wear ATHENA Under ia le matchless, Pa | wear : a. Altman & Co. | Women find that it ls made to fit them exactly with- {i ’ | out being stretched =| ® ly 9 bf } All ATHENA into shape and ca i 14 | Ad ote BOW | no unnecessary , er Dresse - % fade fuitaver | annoying folds of sses mer iUresses the bust end] fabric at any point. " owe we at Gt Spodeli Sele to-morrow | serve sores a Pay ine f erod a ” TrOW, ) beck, ata ace, ere is ji presenting desirable and fashionable frocks MC a all | hind FE at largo reductions from formor prices, . the hips, and the per- | | fect fit at ba! po | prevents wrinklin \ ¥ Colored Washabio Dresses | tinder the corset. The | patented seat and non- strain provide ease and comfort to be found in no other un- dergarment. ATHENA Underwear is sheer and cool All sizes and qualities, prices ranging from 50c to $1.50 a garment Marshall Field & Co., Makers.—Saks & Co.. sole New York Distributors. Mat Floor, wt 6 8 6 66 (G4.50, 6.50 & 9.50 ' , White Net Dresses 2 . 9.75 & 16.50 Bvening Dresses e © « e« 16.50 (Misses Department, Second Floor) Women Spend Too Much for What ‘Is tntovent, Inartistic, Unbecoming, Uncomfortable and Inu- tile, Declares Frank A. Parsons—-Present Day Feminine Attire Defeats the Very Purpose for Which Clothes Were Created. An Important Sale of Semi-made Skirts will take place to-morrow on the First Floor, fn connoction with the Departments for Woolen and Cotton Dress Fabrics. It will offer exceptional values in Semfi-emade Woolen Skirts (sizes incomplete) [in several smart models developed fn tan and gray mixtures, plaids and checks, and black and navy blue serges, at the greatly reduced prices of Supreme Value in silk hose is determined not only by beauty of texture and shapeliness, but also by durability. In that important feature PHOENIX: SILK HOSE stands pre-eminent. It is so serviceable that to wear it daily is true economy. Women's Silk Hose, 75¢, $1, $1.50 and $2 Women’s Lisle Hose, 50c. Men's Silk Hose, 50¢, 75¢, $1 and $/.50 Men's Lisle Hose, 25¢. | By Marguerite Mooers Marshall. “This ts the season of riot and anarchy !n women's clothes, “Women might as well leave off the short piece of cloth serving some |of them as skirts, for all the concealment {t affords, | “Women don't know how or when to wear the proper costumes, “If you could 6e6 yourself as men see you, you would change your styles mighty quick.” Five hundred club women listened recently with varying degrees of meekness to these stinging sartorial criticisms. They were delivered by Frank A. Parsons, head of the New York Schoo! of Fine and Applied Art, where young women are taught, among other things, the designing of really beautiful and artistic clothes, Mr. Parsons was for eight years professor of aesthetics MADREDITE M MARSHALL, at Columbia University. I went to Mr. Parsons’s hemo in the Hote) Renaissance, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and West Forty-third Street. He was on the eve of de- parture for Europe, but I fixed him with a glittering eye and asked him coldly why he found our clothes so reprehensible. Since, despite his strictures, he is an aminable gentleman and an elo- simply @ round piece of straw, pro- Jecting an inch beyond the hair line, re hat would not serve ite proper ction, however costly it might be, ne And ‘speaking of cost, there is be juestion of the utter absence of the factor of economy in the wardrobe of the modern woman, Both the rich and the poor are Spending for clothes far more than they can afford. | know of many girls who earn from §6 to a week and who spend from 30 to 60 per cent, of their income on their clothes” MONEY FOR CLOTHES 60ME- TIMES MISSPENT. “But is it necessary that the well “Wome lothee to-day make a bid to lowest instinots of Rumentys It is not merely that bere short ekirts and extreme Iletege pander to the basest instincts, although that is un- doubtedly the case. But consider @ woman five feet tall who ighs 200 pounds and wae ending four os en she appears on the ives to those who ggestione of the ridiou- lous, ¢! grotesque, the mon- etrous—suggestions such as shouldn't be forced Into any- body’s mind” -8300 & $4.75 Qemi-made Cotton Sports Skirts fn a varicty of fabrics featuring the popular quent one, ho proceeded to tell me. REAL MEANING OF CLOTHES | to do woman should Practise greater my?” I asked, “Her | “You will agree with me that the | Sou ino penniee nar | you know, ts that by extensive pur- | chases she gives employment to large numbers of persons.” “Nevertheless, that money could bo utilized in ways more advantageous to society,” Mr. Parsons replied. “Proportionately, the rich woman has as many calls on her income as the poor woman, Something suffers if she spends too much for clothes. We can’t go on putting half our funds Into dress, Just before you came in @ wealthy woman in this very room was bewailing the fact that her hus- band had spent $30,000 to buy her a pearl nacklace.” ‘The phenomenal quality of the lady’s grief so overwhelmed me that I remained speechless, and Mr. Par- sons passed on to his next count, “We are all more responsive to the power of suggestion,” he said, “than to a direct appeal, Therefore the psychological character of women’s AND THEIR FIVE ASPECTS. “[ am very much in earnest about this question of dress,” he began, “because I consider that clothes aro simply the personal art of expression, “The purpose of dress has five separate aspects—the functional, the Sconomical, the psychological, the artistic and the ethical. Every one |first auty of any object is to serve the function for which it was de- signed, A chair isn't a good chatr unless it can be sat on, A table at which one can't write isn't @ good table, Clothing which {s not func- tional ts improper clothing. “Then what can be eaid for high heels which are likely to trip a woman and break her ankle? What for white or light- colored shoes worn in the atreet? What for dresses go tight you Ik in them? What for jo tight you can't breathe 7 What for a hat that ien't a hat? ||| “Your hat,” Mr, Parsons was good enough to observe at this juncture, “ig functional, It is of light weight awning-stripe. cifects, specially reduced to $2.28, $265 a $2.90 Broadway Phone at 34th St. Greeley 2626 Saks & Company Today and throughout the week ; A Sale of Neverbreak Trunks at remarkable price concessions of these aspects is being violated in the costumes women wear to-day. Stern Brothers and {t shields your eyes from the!dress seems to me especially im- we and perfect trunks, of _standard NEVERBREAK construction, : West:42nd Street Between 5th and 6th Avenues West 43rd Street iD VOU TOTS @ Das that Wee POLADE —~ offered at the following prices, as a result of a special purchase. y (ie ve Dress Trunks at $12.65 rH This establishment will be open on Hil Pi anos an d cress Trunks at $12.68 ae Illustrated at left. Vulcanized fibre covered, Saturday, July 1st, until 12 Noon. with two substantial centre bands, Fancy Cloth lining. Sizes 84 to 40 inches. PlayerPianos | ° | Women’s Summer Dresses and Suits | of Artistic Quality fee, popular fabrics and favored colorings, including many later styles not tofore shown, are assembled on the Third Floor, at very tempting prices. eimple Dresses | Summer Dresses | Modish Dresses novelty white voile | Cotton crepe, tissues and linens} Emb'd cotton voiles and nets $5.00 & 9.75 $6.50 & 10.00 $12.75 « 16.50 Summer Suits Fashionable Skirts showing the very newest style variations for | of cotton gabardine, French and ramie linen, street and sports wear, in crepe and Palm | corduroy, needle cord, pique, reps, khaki and Beach cloths; also French and ramie linens, | white serges; new pockets and Beit features, at $8.75 to 19.75 $1.95, 2.95 to 6.75 Also a limited number of Suits in mohair, pongee, taffeta and jersey cloth, | | unlined, taken from our regular stock and priced at half their actual value. | | | Dress Trunks at $6.55 Covered with heavy duck. Fitted with separate tray. Well-protected corners. Sizes 34 to 44. Dress Trunks at $7.75 Dress Trunks at $10.55 Remarkable valye. Heavy duck cov Covered with hard vulcanized fibre. ered. Fitted Bing outside straps. Cloth | Well-protected corners, Fitted with lined. Sizes 84 to 88. two trays. Sizes 84 to 40 inches, aT | | | | | | i} | | —The 1916— SUMMER RESORT ANNUAL | & THE N.Y. WORLD... FREE! At the Main Office and All Branch Offices of the World, Containing Many Thousand Advertisements of Places at Which to Spend Your Summer Vacation, Orders by Mail Should Be Accompanied by Five Cents for Postage, ‘ ‘ SIXTY-EIGHT PAGES, EXCLUSIVE OF BEAU. TIFULLY ILLUSTRATED COVER IN COLORS, A Guide to All Resorts, A New Model Walking Pump “The Venetian” Swinging Couch Hammocks ON WEDNESDAY REMAINDER OF AND THE THE WEEK For Women, is being shown, in grey, brown and ivory kidskin, also grey and white buck- skin; high arch last, with Louis XV. heels, at $5.75 VERY SPECIAL, WEDNESDAY: in green, white and khaki, including steel chains; two styles; one with raised head piece, another with drop legs, which can he converted into a cot; regular value 89.75, at $6.50 Also a Special Clearance of Desirable Walking Pumps and Boots iB ’ Exceptional Tone should be the first consider- | Week-End Trunks, $6.95, $7.95, and $9.95 this sale are recommended and guar- Mission Oak) they compare favorably with many high Reliable Make be delighted with their rich tonal ||| struments the whole family can use and enjoy for years | YOUR PIANO Taken in Exchange. | e Prices D (To-morrow Only) | | New Pianos of Reliable Make | | ation in buying a piano, Every one of $ | Well constructed and an unusually large variety of styles to select from. the several makes which we offer in | anteed by us, In tone, design, ma- | terials and finish (a rich Mahogany or $5 Monthly priced makes, Special for Tomorrow Only. | New 88-Note Player Pianos of You may choose from several makes of splendid Player Pianos. You will $ power and charm ard with the Player 1 Action, 80 easy to play, so responsive \| | that it meets every wish of the musician. These are in- | to come. Special To-morrow. CONVENIENT TERMS OF PAYMENT 12 ROLLS OF MUSIC and Fine Bench with Player. that were %5.00 to 7.50 a pair, Warerooms: Sth Ave., at 39th St. VICTROLAS AND RECORDS, . RYTMMODIK MUSIC ROLLS. | Reduced to $3.95 Sizesincomplete; a good assortment provided. Curtains, Portieres, Covers, Spreads, Cushions, Prints, and Fabrics by the yard, in limited quantities only,