Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1913 — SARTORIAL POINTS. [ARTICLE]

SARTORIAL POINTS.

How to Make Clothes For Stout Eld* erly Women. There is decidedly a difficult task before many generously developed women how to look Well and yet not run counter to current modes. Every woman would seem to be trying to look young and thin, but this cannot always be done, and in trying to appear thin women too often add to their apparent age.

A few plain facts must be remembered. Stout women must first of all avoid stripes and vivid colors. The new reds now coming In, the vivid greens and the brilliant combinations of color must be avoided. She must avoid patent leather shoes and boots with white, gray or other light toned uppers.. Hate require great consideration, and far removed from her category are felts with hard or very high crowns or prominent upstanding feathers. A belt simply emphasizes the embonpoint of her waist. Very narrow skirts are quite Impossible. They should be cut by a hand well accustomed to the art Panniers are quite out of the question. The clothes of the stout and elderly woman need a great deal of thought One color should be the distinguishing fact of her whole toilet One piece gowns with a cape are better suited to stout women than a long coat, but they may console themselves with the -fact that what they ought to wear Is what constitutes the elements of good dressing. If she makes a mistake in costume it certainly looks worse on a stout woman than on a thin one, on whom probably ft would pass unnoticed. Brilliant jet trimmings must be worn with caution. Swaying fringes and tassels are of all things to be avoided. The stout woman Is wise if she chooses simple clothes and careful combinations of colors and strictly avoids any garishness.