Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1911 — ROCOCO ROSES FIND FAVOR [ARTICLE]

ROCOCO ROSES FIND FAVOR

Worth of Idea, Originating in Paris, Recognized by the Women of America. » Those tiny rococo silk roses that have been the passion of the Parisienne for the past two years have found the way to American feminine heartß as well, and have played a large part as a decorative motif on hats, blouse, girdles and neckwear during the past season. They are so piquant in coloring and so adaptable to dainty design that plain satin and gold evening shoes and slippers are decorated with them, either in little clusters cr dainty wreaths, instead of the long-used buckle or how. Silk stockings also flaunt them gayly, and little 4prays of these dainty roses in dull tints add a note of elegance and suggest a foreign touch that is very “fetching." Of course, the handbag of velvet that has been so important an , accessory to the street costume has also been enlivened by this means of embellishment, done in black moire or satin ribbon, with a mere dash of gold to blend In with the long gold cord- that are so fashionable. The longer the cords attached to these bags and the handsomer the tassels, the more desirable they are. although when a bag swings at so great a length It .s found to be impracticable, so that many women carry silver or gold mesh bags besides, which hold a tiny handkerchief and the necessary small coins.