Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1913 — BUTTONS IN VARIETY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BUTTONS IN VARIETY

DISTINGUISHING MARK OF COMING SEASON’S GOWNS. Wonderful Assortment of the Decorative Ones Are Shown, and No Costume Is Complete (Ntthout the Fullest Quota. Until one examines a dress in detail it is not recognized how important a part buttons are playing in the prevailing modes, or what interesting effects may be accomplished with them. The shops display a wonderful assortment of decorative buttons, and very often these are responsible for the success of otherwise simple frocks. Self covered ones are still used, but their glory is distinctly dimmed by the more artistic examples in * China, crystal, cloisonne and all the metals, in each of which the variety is overwhelmingly great.

In the pretty frock of the accompanying sketch the buttons are not by any means the least feature. They are medium sized balls of silver oddly arranged on sleeves and skirt. The frock itself is bf plaited white crepe de chine and has a povel arrangement of the sash, which is of black charmeuse, wide and crushed about the waist, with a short overlapping loop to the hip, another almost to the knee, and one longer end embroidered and furnished with -tassels, reaching well down the skirt. The sleeves are cut in one with the yoke of the blouse, and to this the plaited front and back portions are attached in ah arched line under a selfcovered cording. The round neck has a narrow fichu collar of net arid the ruffles at the wrist are of net. The skirt consists of two short plaited crepe de chine flounces and a plain lower part, which is the founda-

tlon skirt and trimmed with an appllqued border done in black. Some of this black design is applied to the sleeves around the elbow where it puffs between the buttoned upper and lower parts.