Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1913 — FINE DESIgNS IN LACE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FINE DESIgNS IN LACE

REALLY PRETTY BLOUSES ARE SHoWn THIS BEASON. What Is Known as “All-over Shadow" Effect Is Employed, and the Garments Are Marvels of Loveliness. One well-known house Is specialising in simple blouses of allover shadow lace. Just below the bust line, underneath the lace, a wide ribbon surrounds the bodice. Some of the blodses have ribbon of a shade to harmonize with the skirt with which It is to be worn and others have gay colored ribbon, or pale pink, blue or lavender. There Is a turn-down collar of black chiffon. The sleeves reach a little below the elbow and are finished with a turn-back cuff of black chiffon. An attractive model of all-over shadow lace had a blouse of fine cream shadow lace with trimmings of rose

pink velvet and. an ornament of Bulgarian embroidery. The flat turn-down collar is of velvet and a touch of velvet appears at the lower part of the elbow sleeve. Finishing the lower part of the collar or revers is an ornament Ilf Bulgarian embroidery underneath which falls a Jabot of soft cream shadow lace. A frill of the shadow lace also edges the sleeves. There is a vest or gulmpe of cream net. Bulgarian embroidery plays an important part in the trimming of the lingerie blouse this spring and wonderful color schemes are obtained by these embroideries. One blouse was of cream colored voile trimmed with Bulgarian embroidery. The sailor collar, revers and deep shaped cuffs were trimmed with the colored embroidery. The fronts opened over a veßt of fine cream net trimmed with a row of colored glass buttons. Another blouse was of fine batiste of simple design, with large, flat turndown collar embroidered about the edges with beautifully colored Bulgarian embroidery. The front of the blouse and cuffs were trimmed with the colored glasß buttons. One important firm makes blouses of taffeta for tailored wear, to match any suit. The blouse has a turn-down collar of creamy batiste, embroidered and trimmed about the edge with a narrow frill of lace. The long sleeves are also trimmed with the lingerie, cuffs lace trimmed. Tailored lingerie blouses for street and outing wear are on sale now by the thousand. Many of these have the Directolre collar of the turn-down

kind and finished at the front with a tie or frill. A smart blouse for sporting wear Is shown by one firm, which makes a specialty of tailored blouses. This model is of basket weave heather mixture. There Is & Robespierre collar buttoned to the blouVe at the corners with small Jet' buttons. The blouse is fastened at the front with small square Jet buttons and Jet buttons trim the cuffs. There is a four-in-hand tie of dark fuchsia red.

MARY DEAN.

Crepe With Ratine Collar.