Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1913 — VARIETY OF MATERIAL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

VARIETY OF MATERIAL

SKILLFUL COMBINATION A RECENT WHIM OF FASHION. Has Much to Recommend It, Especlal'»ly In the Opportunity It Afforda for Originality—lllustration T Shows EffecL To combine several materials and trimmings and then bring them Into a pleasing ensemble by a dash of still another color and fabric is one of the tricks by which fashion is distinguishing herself lately. The idea is bo capable of such varied treatment, and allows such a splendid opportunity for originality, that it is indeed interesting. Also, it permits some practice in economy, because bits from the scrapbag can be worked in with telling results as, perhaps, never before. Fc- dressy white frocks of handkerchief linen, marquisette and voile, embroideries in eyelet and solid work play an important part among trimmings, either in bandings or worked directly on the-material. Many ways of using the bandings hitherto unthought of are in evidence. One pretty method is illustrated in the accompanying sketch, where cut work and solid stitch are combined in oblong medallions that are set perpendicularly at small Intervals around the lower part of the pouched tunic and the blouse, with a single one on the outside of either sleeve above the cuff band. This arrangement is really new and undeniably‘effective. The blouse of the dress is surpliced in front and back, iSvith the decolletage edged with batiste ruffling. The short sleeves, which are puffed under at the cuff, are set, into lowered arm-

holes under a corded seam. The tunic skirt runs longer In back than in front, pouched over the lower skirt In a line just above the knees. It ls mounted at the waist with a scant line of gathers, and there Is a girdle of magenta velvet ribbon. The lower skirt Is draped at one side, and has a deep hem topped with a line of cut work.—Lillian Young, in the Washington Star.

White Handkerchief Linen Frock.