Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1913 — FOR SUMMER NEGLIGEE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR SUMMER NEGLIGEE

MANY AND VARIED ARE THE DAINTY THINGS OFFERED. .j- ■ .r. : r v_ . - *4 •; 4 Airy Chiffon Jackets Designed Expressly to Bid Defiance to the Hot Weather —Washable Fabrics May Be Employed. During the very warm days „ when one is inspired with no loftier ambition than to keep cool by lolling about and sipping iced tea, the lovely thin negligees with airy chiffon jackets become things of beauty and a joy for-

ever, being designed expressly for this purpose. One positively needs these dainty things if one expects to look well while keeping cool at the same time," and indeed they seem Bimple enough to run up at home at little trouble and expense. - The-petticoat-part doesn’t matter in particular, for one wears' what one happens to have. It may be a messaline one, taffeta or lingerie, but it should in most cases be white. Crepe de chine makes the nicest kind of a negligee petticoat if you are making one specially for this purpose. However, the matinee or jacket portion is what we give most of our attention to. ' In the sketch, pastel flowered chiffon is used for the pretty negligee jacket The blouse portion is cut with elbow-length kimono sieves and cross-over fronts. The sleeves are puffed into a double-edged ruffling of fine white lace. The lace ruffling is used to outline the entire wrap, and at the neck forms an outstanding medic! collar. The lower part is cut away in front and rounded across the back, extending half way to the knees. A broad fold of azure blue satin is draped low around the waist and then up under the bust in front, where it is tied in a large, flat bow that hooks across the opening. A washable negligee can be made from the same design by using some of the pretty flowered dimities, mujls and swisses. These, too, are dainty and cool, decidedly Inexpensive.

Dainty Negligee With Goat of Flowered Chiffon.