Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1912 — THE BOUDOIR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE BOUDOIR

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IN BUCK AND WHITE CONTRASTING COLORS POPULAR FOR MILLINERY. Charming Shoulder Wraps May Be Copied From the Approved Fashionable Designs Combination Petticoat in Vogue. i _____ Velvet and plush hats are de rigueur for dressy one-piece gowns worn in the street, but generally only the top of the hat is covered with these materials. The facing of the hat is of satin — if the top of the hat is black, and the reverse for the other arrangement—and the shape is larger than those worn with coat suits, the custume calling for more dressiness than the suit. The single ornament still bedecks these dashing hats, a pair of Mercury wings perched lightly at the brim edge, or In front of the hat, a silk cockade at the front or side, or silk and velvet quills of enormous height put anywhere. The broad hat with rolling brim and round shallow crown, with a flat cockade of some sort, is a favorite with those who can wear the youthful and smart style. Colored hats In the same fabrics and styles also appear, but black and white reigns over every other scheme.

In a little importing shop on a side street are being shown some shoulder wraps of a specially charming sort, and here the woman with a sewing gift often appears to pilfer ideas for cheaper things. One wrap, with something of the graceful quaintness of the old time talma, is called the "Coralie,” and it is made of numerous wool fabrics and of satin and silk. If you wish one, get a yard and a quarter of double-width good* and divide it exactly in two down the fold at the middle/sew the two pieces together, making a straight scarf two yards and .a half long. Then double the length with a soft, harmonizjng silk, hemming this down neatly about a quarter of an inch from the edge. Then take a loop in the middle back of the scarf —this about eight or ten inches deep—sewing on a hook and eye to hold it together. When on, the straight scarf sinks into the lines of the shoulders and arms, this adaptability to the figure and the loop at the back giving it the appearance of a shaped garment. The same smart throw on could be made of silk gauze, deeply bordered at the bottom with velvet, edged in turn with a strip of marabout. With the continued scantiness of skirt it follows that the petticoat receives more and more attention, and now a wonderful freak of the combination sort is being shown for the finer costumes. This slimming garment, which owes its being to French Ingenuity, is called a “pantalon jupon,” and, with its top part made after the manner of a corset cover and wide drawers, its bottom bangs in anklelength legs, hung with a single flounce of quilled lace, or lace over chiffon. Some of the more practical jupons will be made of fine silk in the same two-legged manner, and nobody need fancy that this bit of under-raiment is immodest or ugly. When worn it has ali the appearance of a princess petticoat, and despite the growing vogue of the panier such garments are needed for the good lit of the skirt. MARY DEAN.