Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1911 — THE BOUDOIR Fasnions Diary [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE BOUDOIR Fasnions Diary

COMBINE ALL COLORS

EXTREME OF BLENDING MARKS FANCY BLOUBEB. Well for Home Bewer to Take a Look at Some of the Designs Displayed In the Stores— Use of Chiffon. It would be a liberal education to the home sewer for her to examine the relays of fancy blouses forever pearing in the shops before starting In with her own sewing. These bodices, all of which have been designed by ' capable persons—some, indeed, are copies of high-priced French garments —all give splendid ideas for the blending of materials. The oddest contrasts in color are seen,, the most unique effects, and so many different tints and textures are put together that one wonders a little sometimes of the

manufacturers weren’t simply using up scraps. Yet everything haß its reason for being to those who understand the art of dress, the wild contrast in color alone being one of fashion’s latest madnesses. Then in the very use of the linings under the veiled waists there are unnumbered hints. One sees the same lining, a coarse foulard with

crude colors and patterns, on another counter, but how different it looks when the veiling or chiffon is over IL The colors are softened or entirely changed, the pattern beautifully blurred, dimmed, made the mysterious symphony it should be instead of the hard board of geometrical arabesques it once was. The exception in such cases, where a thin goods is put over a patterned lining, Is with the checked doublings. These show the exact pattern through, but slnoe a check when veiled is very smart the result is charming. Some of the ready-made fancy blouses are incredibly cheap, one design showing chiffon in various delicate tints over thin silk linings with, big flowers. These have silver and gilt tinsel yokes and sleeve edges, the shape of the waist on the kimono order, and a contrasting embroidery In coarse floss and tinsel at the fronL One little beabty of a faded and yet deeplsh blue had red roses and green leaves in the lining and a sort. of purple embroidery with tinsel touches on the front. Other waists in the same design were in every color imaginable, the embroidery matching or contrasting, and the universal price was Just five dollars. The bodices are for wear with the smarter coat stilts of cloth or velvet and for house use. They look best when matching the skirt or suit at some point, and of course they would be intensely vulgar if relegated to every-day wear. In fact, the fancy bodice signifies some elegance in the get-up, though a veiled waist in a dark color —matching the drees —without much trimming may be used with a very plain .frock. The illustration shows a semi-shirt waist style that is as suitable for a middle-aged woman as a young lady if the sleeves are made wrist length for the older wearer. Crepe de chine, foulard, alpaca, cashmere and flannel are suitable textures, and with the trimming modified the design is quite possible for linen, madras and pongee or other wash shirtings. As pictured, the waist is part of a dress of dim green cachemire de sole with a trimming of black satin. For the elderly wearer the waist can be closed at the side front, the back openings seeming a little too foolish for those above a

certain age.

MARY DEAN.