Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1912 — SHIRTWAISTS MANNISH IN CUT [ARTICLE]

SHIRTWAISTS MANNISH IN CUT

Distinctive Feature of the New Tailored Garment —Masculine Air Is Feature Sought. Smart and trim, and very mannish in cut, are the new tailored shirtwaists. Made of white linen on white China silk of good weight, or white peau de crepe, they are all intended for the tub, and have not a frill. A back yoke, link cuffs and plain shirt sleeves are the rule for these garments. The yoke is an especially good feature, for it makes the shirt back almost proof against clinging to the shoulders after exercise on a hot day. It is because white> is to be in unusual favor next summer that these cool, plqdn waists have been made, for anything white may be built on more severe lines than anything in colors. "Frills Just naturally seem to hang on pretty pink or blue dresses," an old negro laundress once said, “but a white anything has to be just spick an’ span, especially them waists that looks like Miss Edith’s brother’s shirts. They’ll be wearing stiff bosoms next, I reckon, a-trying to look like the men." <■ Although several years have passed since the laundress voiced her opinion the stiff bosom haß not besp —attempted, but on the models mentioned there is a little breast pocket for the handkerchief, which imparts a more masculine air to the garment.