Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1913 — smart cravats and stocks [ARTICLE]

smart cravats and stocks

Old Fashion, Which Has Much to Recommend It, Will Be Welcomed Back to Favor. . One rejoices to see that again we are to wear cravats and stocks of folded black silk and satin, with small turned-down stock collars of white lawn showing narrowly at the top. Severe as it is, this is the most becoming form of neckwear possible, and if the lawn turnover Is not starched (but the laundress will stiffen it if she .gets the chance) the severity is by no means too great The finishing touches of the cravat, too, help to remove the touch of sternness. Neat and small the bow may be —but with what pointed ends, and with how much dash in its crisp lines! A very smart notion is to have the bow at the base of the throat made of narrow ribbon, three-quarters of an inch wide. This enables the bow to have the requisite spring in its lines, and alsd to be small, where ribbon of the same width as that around the neck ts altogether too flowing. For the little lawn turnovers, plain hemstitching is the ideal adornment, though a norrow edging of crochet is permissible, or a little white embroidery. Small pin-in bows in spotted foulards or soft satin are also much worn just now.