Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1913 — CREPE DE CHINE THE BEST [ARTICLE]

CREPE DE CHINE THE BEST

Ite Durability and Softness Make It Ideal Material for Underwear for Economical Woman. The softness of crepe gives one a chance to pack a good many garments in a small space without adding extra weight to one’s luggage. Two or three suits can. be carried In a valise and take up only the corners of a suit case. When one. travels with such underwear one does not find it a hopeless mass of wrinkles at the end of the journey. For whatever wrinkles crepe de chine takps are easily shaken out It is to the woman who must bo economical and who has very little time at her disposal for mending and renewing lace and embroidery thpt these garments should appeal. Every woman knows what the iron does to lace. Tho damage must be repaired each week, and keeps one constantly at the needle. Of course, the elaborate crepe de chine garments for evening wear are lace trimmed and therefore are subject to the same disadvantage, but the everyday ones have only a bit of cluny at the neck and armholes, and they go on for weeks without needing a stitch. 1 Nothing Is so extravagant as tho reckless purchase of cheap underwear, and that is one of our national sins. Women who should know better Indulge themselves In masses of flimsy finery that dqes not last and looks tawdry after Its first journey to the tub. Under the influence of soap and water tt loses whatever prettiness it had and besides this its stitches are meant to last through a day instead of through a year-