Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1910 — STILL THE STRAIGHT LINE [ARTICLE]

STILL THE STRAIGHT LINE

French Style Specialists Will Continue to Insist Upon Perpendicular. There is no uncertainty as to the edict of the French style specialists regarding fall fashions. They have drawn the line, and it is perpendicular. Straight, straighter, straightest are the new lines for coats, skirts and sleeves. This, according to Grace Margaret Gould, writing in the fall fashion number of the Woman’s Home Companion, means a lot to American women, but will be accepted only according to its practicability. No woman in the world cares more to be in style than the American woman. She appreciates that the French have Inherited taste, that they fairly breathe charm, and that the ideas.that come from Paris are, generally speaking, good ones. But she looks upon these ideas as suggestions, not edicts. What is possible in style she will follow, but she will think long and seriously of herself, her advantages and her limitations before she will adopt a style which will make her appear ridiculous.