Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1913 — White Mourning Millinery and Gowns for Summer [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

White Mourning Millinery and Gowns for Summer

The stroller on Fifth-avenue must concede that ttrb smartest dressing to be met with on any thoroughfare passes like an unending pageant before him. Styles are set forth at {heir best, for there are the women of discriminating taste, and the American, above all others, knows how to costume herself for the promenade. The most notable and smartest of the prevailing styles reconcile us even to extremes. The revival of interest in mourning millinery and mourning gowns has resulted in the adoption of white or white and black for summer wear, instead of all black. There are wonderful examples of this elegant headwear to be seen more frequently than for many seasons. It has an undeniable distinction. Added to this, the new white crape is very beautiful. The all white crepe hat is to be seen, with either white or black net veil "bordered with crape. Besides the all-crepe hat in white, black and white are combined and so

well balanced that everyone admires them. Sometimes white with only touches of black, and sometimes the design shows the reverse treatment In the black and white crepe sailor pictured here there is about an equal division of the colors.

All white is worn for first mourning, exactly as black crepe is. A smart example is shown here, with the body of the hat and the trimming both made of white crepe. It is characteristic of mourning millinery that the trimmings and ornaments are made of crepe. The new modes show wings and flowers simulated in this material. A wreath of small lilies in white and clusters of small roses in black were so strikingly beautiful that they commanded more than passing admiration. They will not be forgotten. White mourning has much to commend it. It is cool and it is inconspicuous. Also it is beautiful and elegant; above all it is not sombre anr oppressive. JULIA BOTTOMLEY.