Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1912 — Petticoat Problems. [ARTICLE]

Petticoat Problems.

Save for an occasional glimpse of white lingerie petticoats are not at all in evidence. It does not follow, of course, that they are not worn, for short skirts give no opportunity for their display; but the aspect of the women outdors is so svelte, not to say maigre, that it is easy to assert that their skirts are an unknown quantity. Yet the petticoats of this season have been irresistible things, and even the last of the season sales have fascinating things to show. Silky satin fabrioe, clinging to the figure and made with little to spare if the way of width, are still the popular tine, and It Is too early yet for winter lingerie novelties to put in their appearance. '