Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1912 — FASHION'S LATEST FANCIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FASHION'S LATEST FANCIES

CONTRAST OF COLORS

IN EVERYTHING SOME FORM OP VARIATION IS DEMANDED. Even the Plainest Coats and Bklrts Must Follow the Fashion—Two Excellent Examples of the Prevailing Style. Even in plain coats and skirts there is a fancy for certain forms of trimming, or the introduction of another fabric of contrasting color to obtain the requisite variations. On the left of the page before you is a becoming coat and skirt composed of the fashionable lemon shade of crash linen, with these is introduced a striped black and white galatea, which appears to face the revers of the coat in front, and forms a pointed cape collar at the back. A narrow strip of the same outlines the basque of the coat, and appears as a panel let in to the skirt to form the

under / petticoat. The wide Breton sailor hat of white Tagel straw is simply trimmed with a large bow of black and white ribbon. Our second illustration is a coat and skirt of dark brown foulard with white spots. The wide collar and revere, deep cuffs and sash are all of a thick crepe de chine, the Bash has a heavy fringe to afford the necessary weight T*he skirt has a plain flounce put on at a slanting angle just plain enough above the knee to grudingly give the necessary latitude for walking. With this Is worn a white Panama-hat. trimmed with bows of white "Teny” ribbon, while the brim shows a lining of brown straw. Both these toilettes are practical and smart v