Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1913 — NEW MODE IN MOUCHOIRS [ARTICLE]

NEW MODE IN MOUCHOIRS

Smartest Marking for the Handkerchief is Undoubtedly the Undeoorated Initials. Undecorated initials, either script or blocked, are the smart marking for handkerchiefs. Among the daintiest of these are the fine white linens finished with a tiny edge of Armenian lace. The Longfellow type of initial surrounded by an elaborate decoration also is used, but chiefly on the a-jour hemmed handkerchiefs among which are found many carrying Oriental initial designs. One corner designs, showing a pattern starting close to the decorated edge and running toward the handkerchiefs center, are liked and women who go in for variety in small accessories are taking to the one-side embroidered mouchoir. With the morning shirt waist frock for the house but one type of handkerchief is carried —the square of lawn and solid color with narrow border in ing tone.