Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1910 — The HOME DEPARTMENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The HOME DEPARTMENT

MAKE OLD SKIRT DO

HANDY WHEN CALLER DROPS IN UNEXPECTEDLY. The Woman Who Is Clever With Needle Can Turn Out Almost Any Novelty, and Have It in Fashion. If you have a neat looking bodice you can make use of the old skirt, which is still wearable, and be ready for the sudden caller, the afternoon tea, the little evening party and so on. The kimono sleeve is a graceful detail which every day grows more Insistent, while the collarless neck, devised for fait youth alone, is the privilege now of almost all ages. The sleeve short at the elbow, or a few

Inches below it, is absolutely necessary for a dressy effect, and the very fairies themselves seem to be responsible for the few inches <4f guimpe and undersleeves that appear, so delicate are they in texture. Apropos of these feminine details, the woman who is clever with needle and thread may turn out almost any novelty and have it in fashion. A variety of devices is used for lend-

ing beauty to the soft extension that appears beyond the actual line of the bodice neck and sleeve bottoms—chiffon edged with a striking Persian cotton, a big holed net worked oddly with knitting wool, etc., while sometimes the guimpe and undersleeves are of a finely tucked silk muslin in virginal white. The loud effects once observed In waists—when sleeves were big and gaudy colors admired—are things of the past. The smart bodice, whether shirt waist or a more dressy affair, must have .a certain chaste simplicity. You may call the quality maidenly, but if you know what is what you will understand that this appearance is only achieved by the utmost art. A draped waist of the sort shown in the illustration, of course, is made in some thin texture, suited to the folding about the figure and to the elegance of the model. Chiffon, marquisette, veiling, chiffon-satin, messaline, mousseline, etc., are all desirable materials. There are also many airy fabrics of a cheaper sort which, combined with the right trimmings, would turn out a dainty waist Of this kind with considerable dash—and among these may be recommended cotton and silk jacquard, cotton voile, and flowered muslin. As pictured the waist is of chantecler red chiffon, and an edge of the same about the decolletage of the chemisette. This detail itself is of white mousseline, and the lace is of a dull gold tinsel.