Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1912 — Fashion's Fancies [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Fashion's Fancies

Newest dress models show a continuance of one-sided effect. Wide girdles appear on most of-the elaborate afternoon frocks. ;’ Shortening sleeves means an inevitable season of long gloves. Filets of gold mesh, Jewel sprinkled with pearls, crystals or colored beads, give a note of magnificence, yet preserve the simple lines of the coiffure. Many small buttons are to be used on the summer dresses, sometimes of contrasting color and again in harmony with the trimming or main material. For the evening the hat trimmed with flowers may be-worn, but bats trimmed with aigrettes or feathers are more effective and certainly more popular. Tucked and bordered cotton crepes are among the latest materials . for evening gowns for the young girL They are flimsy, clinging fabrics and look well on the slender, ures. A pretty collar for a is made of fine white net. cut in sailor fashion, with an inset of an inch wid* strip of black net next the hem. Within this the white net was embroidered in black sUk dots.