Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1913 — FINERY FOR THE BRIDE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FINERY FOR THE BRIDE

INNUMERABLE ARE THE PRETTY '** THINGS IN EVIDENCE. Both for the Principal Figure and Her Attendants There Seems to Be No End to the Delightful Possibilities. * ——— * The Ideal bride Is a slender, girlish figure in a clinging gown of subtly simple lines veiled in vaporous clouds of tulle or filmy lace. Where the bride Is not built upon the ideal lines she tries to conform to them as nearly as possible, and so frills and furbelows. trimmings that cut the skirt length and sleeves or corsage draperies that widen the silhouette are all taboo. The princess gown, so long a favorite with brides, has to a large extent given place to the girdled frock. Many of the loveliest bridal gowns of the season are made with skirts ris-

Ing high to meet a simple, clinging little bodice chiefly or entirely of lace or other sheer material. Often this skirt is merely a satin tunic swathed softly around the body, the two sides crossing surplicewise in front, opening to show a glimpse of underrobe or petticoat of lace, tulle or other sheer stuff, and sweeping backward to form the long train. The upper part of the bodice is In the sheer lace or tulle of the petticoat Where the train is not managed in some such clinging, draped tunic fashion it is usually made separately. When it comes to bridesmaids’ frocks, there Is no end to the delightful possibilities. Models quaint, picturesque, artistic, or merely beautiful, Ip conservative fashion, are seen on every side, and extravagance is not necessary, for some of the most

attractive things for bridesmaids par* poses are comparatively simple.The frock of net and lace and it chiffon or charmeuse with quaint little coats of silk are admirable for the. bridesmaid, and there are innumerable models of . this kind. A model which would make a charming frock for the purpose is of pale pink charmeuse. The bodice is made with kimono sleeves. - The fronts of the blouse are cut with a shallow yokw and cross in surplice style. The skirt of the frock is also made with a yoke to which the lower part is attached in full draped folds. There is a girdle of pompadour ribbon with dull blue background strewn with pink roses. The ribbon girdle fastens at. the left side and falls in long sash ends. Another Bridesmaid’s frock is of charmeuse and shadow lace. The lower part of the bodice and looped-up tunic are of the shadow lace. The upper part of the bodice Is draped with chiffon. The lower part of the skirt

is of charmeuse.

MARY DEAN.