Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1910 — WOMANS SPHERE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOMANS SPHERE

BEST MODELS STAY GIRLS MUST WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER FOR NEW STYLES. Scarcely a Dress Now Being Made -—-That Is Not Intended for Late Autumn Wear—Thin Stuffs Used. It is pretty safe to assume that there will be no absolutely new fashions until October, so that the prettiest styles now offered for girls may be employed until then with perfect safety. In fact, there is scarcely a dress now being made that is not intended for quite late autumn use, all the fashionable leaning toward thin

stuffs and pale tones making this feasible. “All of the best models now in use,” said a leading dressmaker, “will be carried over for girls, with such changes of a slight order as the present trend seems to indicate. And without a doubt such changes will include the narrowing of skirts. Fundamentally, the cut of frocks is the same as in the spring with this single exception—the skirt is growing daily closer in effect, if not actually narrow-

er. Sometimes it is made by the cut, which is so done as to give a drawn-ln look about the ankles. Again there will be very flat plaits stitched to a closely-fitting hip-yoke which comes far below the hips. Still again there are hip shirrings or bands put below the knees to keep the skirt breadths flat, these devices permitting more ease in walking than the narrow cuts allow. But so far I have avoided the use of any exaggerated style for misses, as the very narrow frocks are extremely odd looking, and anything that attracts attention is not the best taste for a young girl. At present there is a special demand for three models —the coat style for stout linens and serges, the tunic one for more elegant materials and some little gathered models that would be suitable for muslins, thin mercerized cottons, etc.” For the coat suit, which is so importa- '-. a feature of the miss’ wardrobe, there are beautiful double-width linens in the smart coarse weaves going at 50 cents a yard. Five yards will make a dress for a girl sixteen years old, the coat coming something below the hips and the skirt a plain gored model. The dress, then, if made at home, buttons and furnishings excepted, would cost only two dollars and a half. For the tunic dress, there is nothing prettier than voile or marquisette, and without a doubt such textiles will be worn in the house all winter long. Our illustration shows the coat gown approved by fashion and good sense. The skirt adopts some of the growing scantness, but it is still wide enough for easy movement and good taste. The single-breasted coat fastens with three buttons, and has the plain back smartness demands, for the moment a coat has a middle seam at the back it cannot possibly have a new look. For this dress linen, pongee or rajah silk would be excellent material for the present moment —deep blue linen, oyster white pongee or beige rajah, for the correct tone of either white or tan is a matter of importance. So when buying remember that a cream white is not quite so stylish as one which has a grayish tone and that any shade of tan is mure effective if it is not too yellow. A gray linen would be immensely smart for the dress, this without .any tinge of slate color, however, for the fashionable gray is rather on the tone of the summer sky at noonday—it is very pale, deliciously cool looking and very becoming.