Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1912 — For the Pongee Costume. [ARTICLE]

For the Pongee Costume.

The “natural-colored” girl is again with us, meaning the girl who goes in for a costume wholly in the shade of natural-colored linen or pongee. With her tailored suit or frock of either heavy linen or wash, she wears leather pumps and lisle hoisery of a matching hue, a linen petticoat bordered and banded with coarse unbleached linen lace, a suede belt with self-col-ored buckle and an outing hat of raffia or Panama draped with a naturalcolored Shantung scarf. Finally, in one hand she carries a sunshade of Shantung and natural wood, and/ in the other a handbag of raffia. For country wear this sort of costume is exceedingly knowing-looking and it is a decided relief in a neighborhood where all-white or white and color getupft prevail.