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Lady Duff-Gordon Describes the Odd New Persian Pantalettes That Make the Turkey Trot and Taneo so Much Easier delightful Tor the old time waltz is a bolher and trial for the Tango. Because of the re striction around the ankles many of the dine p.rs slit their skirts, and the effect has not only been ugly, but suggestive in many instances I have a theory that a woman should dress for whatever pleasure she indulges In For instance, every woman who goes in bathing is very careful to include a stunning bathing cos tume in her wardrobe In fact, many women give more thought to their bathing costumes than to any other in their wardrobes And why not’ There is nothing uglier than an ugly» ungraceful bathing costume Ugliness in word, action and dress is. to my mind, the sin unforgivable. Inappropriate gowning is always ugly Therefore I strongly urge every young woman who intends to dance the Tango and one-step to dress for the pleasure, just as she would for bathing and skating. There are several forms of this dance, but i think that the prettiest and most graceful is the Grapevine Tango, and for this much free dom must be allowed the feet One very chic Tango gown that made a sen sation at the dansant the other afternoon was widely slit up the back The skirt seemed ap parently an apron of lavender silk, meeting in the back several inches above the knees, the slit being filled in with several layers of lavender chiffon This chiffon being on a sep arate foundation from the apron, gave unusual freedom to the limbs. This may sound very daring, but it was not so in reality Only the tiny slippered feet twinkled in and out. giving just a glimpse of an ankle This dainty dancer recalled to my memory that versa of Suckling's: "Her feet benedth her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out. As if they feared the light: But. oh. she dances such a way No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight." Methought Suckling would have received a new inspiration had he seen this lavender dancer It was plain to every one who watched her that this slit skirt was infinitely preferable to the models that have to be held up in order to dance. And yet there are matrons who criticise this new model scathingly. J can look back to the days when any kind of a skirt was good enough to skate in or to use on the golf course I can recall graceful ^oung women being made absolutely frumpy and dowdy by the clothes they wore on the ice. ft looked foolish indeed to see a feminine skater carrying a muff or hockey stick in one hand and the train of her skirt in the other! There would invariably be a display of ankle and hosiery far beyond anything we see in this day of appropriate dressing. I he “Grape Vine" Pose in the I ango. Showing the Practicability ADY DUFF-GORDON. the fa Modesty of the Persian f rousers. mous Lucile of 1 j London, and foremost creator of fashions in the world, vvrites each week the iashion article for this newspaper, presenting all that js newest and best in styles for well-dressed women. Lady Duff-Gordon's Paris establishment brings her into close touch with that centre of fashion. I^ady Duff-Gordon s American establishment is at Nos. 37 and 39 Wesl Fifty-seventh street, New York. The “Grape Vine” Pose in the Tango, Showing the Practi cability and Modesty of the Persian Trousers. The First Pose in the New Dance Shows the Charm of This Tea Gqwn in Its Entirety. By Lady Duff-Gordon S HE new dances which have created so great a sensa tion in New York during the last Winter have been cordially received by Parisians, and Tango teas are rapidly winning their way into the most conservative cir cles. There may be much to con demn in these dances when they are carried to an extreme. But then everything in life can be vulgarized if one wishes. The old .waltz, even the delicate and graceful minuet, has been vulgarized by vulgar peo ple. The Tango, therefore, while criticised by many who have seen it only at its worst, is really a very delightful and graceful dance when done as it now is in New York and Paris. It has become necessary to recog- Photos W*-f I T P ni:,e this new dance and to dress for it. There is much more action in it than in the waltz, and therefore the gowns worn must be -made to give greater freedom. In the original Tango there are sixty-three different steps, but in the Tango accepted generally there are but seven steps. It was found prac- dom and yet preserve the narrow sil houette, 1 have created the Tango tea gown, that has every degree of elegflnee and comfort. I am send ing you several views of it. so that you will be able to judge of its prac tically impossible for (he average dancer to learn the number in the original. Realizing the importance of hav ing one's dancing gown so made as to give the greatest possible free- ticability and grace Some of the Tango steps are long In the second picture you can see how easily these steps can be taken with this costume A Persian costume pure and sim ple, you say No, it is a new adap tation of the Persian dress. Jt is perhaps Persia Parisianized. There are the Persian trousers, to be sure, but they are a bit narrower than those worn by the Persian or Turk ish lady In the gown shown here the trousers are made of a sumptu ous flowered silk. The robe itself is a series of layers, of chiffon shading from light to dark rose. The scarf drawn about the hips is of rose chiffon. This scarf is worn as the Turkish woman wears hers. It does not restrict thp move ment of the limbs in (lancing, al though it has that appearance,. I admit, l particularly like the silk jacket worn with this costume. It is, of course, a part of the gown, but it would be possible to wear It "with- Other gowns. This jacket is created in rose silk elaborately decorated with gold bands and embroidery It is very fetching in every detail. At the neck there is a narrow collar of dark rose velvet that matches the girdle iu color, but not fabric. And this girdle deserves a word or two of its own. It is made of dark rose chiffon, folded many times around the w-aist and finished with a long scarf end of rose silk cord. And to carry out each detail to its logical end. the head is swathed with a Persian t.urban. This repeats the shades of rose found in the costume. I am very sure that Tango tea cos tumes will grow in favor. They will simply have to be included in the wardrobe of every woman who adopts the new dances. The short, tight dancing skirt, while perfectly FIVE UP-TO-DATE AND DESIRABLE GARMENT MODELS, EASILY MADE AT HOME.—TEN CENTS EACH finished with a shaped cuff. 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