Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1913 — WOMAN'S REALM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOMAN'S REALM

MATERIAL IS NOT ALL LINES OF THE BLOUSE AN ALL* IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. Dainty Needlework and Fine Fabric* Inartistlcally Put Together Will Not Satisfy the Woman of Fastidious Taste. The woman who loves to do dainty needlework can turn out very attrac* tlve blouses at much less expense than similar models would cost in the shops; but It should be remembered that dainty needlework and fine fabrics are not all that Is required to make up a wearable blouse. Several costly materials may be combined with exquisite nicety it stitchery, yet the effect of the completed blouse may be hopelessly bad, and quite impossible to the woman who alms to dress Inexpensively, with-perfect taste and some degree of smartness. As in all forms costumes nowadays, lines are the important consideration in the separate waist, and if the lines are not right, the most costly of materials will not make it smart. In fact, the more of such materials loaded upon the model the more will the effect approach that taste which is familiarly known as dowdy. There ars three distinct varieties of blouses to select from —the costume blouse of silk, velvet, lace, chiffon or a combination of fabrics; the shirt of tub silk for wear , with tailored suits, and the tub blouse of ordinary washable lingerie material. Blouses of the last named charaotbr are easy to fashion, and may be made dainty with a very little real lace, with fine pin tucks set in by hand or with touches of hand embroidery—only touches, for a great amount of hand embroidery is not considered smart just now, and scallops or dots used in a conventional manner are better liked than spraw-

ling floral patterns. Very sheer cotton voile, handkerchief linen, or a fine grade of dotted Swiss will make attractive blouses of this sort A silk shirt may be of white or striped tub silk, of washable satin or of crepe de chine. The white crepe de chine shirts, with plaited frills and turndown collars and edged with fine cording, are the favorites, and such shirts usually have turned back cuffs.

provided with link buttons, which match the buttons used on the front of the garment. There are also many attractive blouses being shown of white silk brocade or white charmeuse. These blouses are usually made quite simple of line, and in some cases have the turned down Robespierre collar and mannish, four-in-hand tie and turned back cuffs. An attractive blouse of charmeuse of the tailored type Is shown in the Illustration. The collar is of the Robespierre type, with four-in-hand tie. There is a deep yoke, which extends low over the shoulders. The sleeve* are long and are fulled Into a deep, close-fitting cuff of the material MARY DEAN.