Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 149, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1910 — Fads and Fancies in Dress [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Fads and Fancies in Dress

Yokes feature the young girl’s separate skirts, the remaining portions are plaited. The Dutch neck with frill and jabot promises summer comfort and short sleeves assert themselves even more than they have during the winter season. Seed pearls, mixed in with embroidery, put on bodices of evening gowns and used for dainty floral patterns on the edges of tunics and sleeves are again in style. A pretty and economical idea for a petticoat to be worn under dancing frocks is to have a foundation of white! silk with flounces of white washing net edged with lace and run with ribbon. &y On many of the handsomest dinner and evening gowns the decolletage is modified to something not far from a low Dutch neck, the low neck being now considered by some authorities as outside the mode. Moire and bengaline have been so successful during the past season that it is likely they will continue in pop-

ularlty until the warm weather. Then come the foulards and rajah weave silks for the summer suits. Wrapped, swathed and draped effects, with huge flat or flapping bows, are at present the fad in millinery, and only broad ribbons can be used. Dotted goods are much used just now, not only for dresses, but as coat trimmings and the like. Many handsome coats of the season are made of tussah, linen and other spring goods, with deep facings of dotted foulard. Coquettish little bonnets of shirred materials are worn by debutantes. They are in rich colors and give additional color to the very youthful face. The cord shirring adapts itself nicely to this particular style of bonnet. There is a decided fancy for white frocks this season for other than evening wear. Tailor coat and skirt gowns and afternoon frocks on princess lines are contrived of rough surface white woolens, of corduroy and of broadcloth. Health mod Beauty Hints. Iced water and eating too fast are the two chief causes of the so-called “American dyspepsia.” A medical journal says that if a few drops of carbolic acid be added to the tincture of iodine the iodine will not stain the human skin. When a burn is caused by alkalies, as caustic potash or lime, then the application of acid is the proper treatment. Water and vinegar or diluted lemon juice is a near-at-hand remedy. If your digestion is bad starve yourself for a day or two, then go on a sensible diet; that Is, avoid rich and greasy foods, and eating overmuch meat and sweets. Coffee is often ruinous to the digestion, as it makes many persons bilious. If the circulation is at fault, first seek to improve it by exercise in the open air, avoidance of tight clothing and deep breathing. Massage is also helpful. If all these remedies fail, seek advice from a physician, as you may need digitalis, nitroglycerin or some other heart tonic. Tfcu Pualiz of tk« Old Bachelor. The typical old bachelor—crusty, irritable, solitary—seems to be passing •way, if, indeed, he is not already ex-

tinct. Nowadays there is every encouragement for bachelordom, until It has developed from a single state to a united kingdom, with royal palaces in all great cities. There was a time when the typical bachelor was pictured seated, alone in a sadly neglected room, pushing a reluctant needle through unyielding cloth, as he strove awkwardly to sew a button on his coat, using the side wall of his room for a thimble. That Is all done away with now, when the Universal Valet Company, Unlimited, sends its .motor to the door of the bachelor apartments and carries away the garments of Benedick, returning them at nightfally, every button re-en-forced, every spot and stain effaced And in what careless comfort do«s Benedick live! Unhampered by feminine niceties, he sets down his pipe where he will, and swings about his room in easy half dress, shouting tho “Stein Song” at the top of Ms voice, without let or hindrance.—Atlantic Monthly.