Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1913 — PRETTY KNICK-KNACKS FOR CHRISTMAS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PRETTY KNICK-KNACKS FOR CHRISTMAS

By JUMA BOTTOM LEY. There are so many designs in neckwear to choose from! Here are,a few of them which are so faithfully pictured by the camera that it seems almost unnecessary to describe them. They set’forth some of the attractive styles that the season has brought into vogue. The berthas and collars combined, made of net and lace, are among ttfe

most popular of styles. Plain or dotted net alone, or net combined with shadow lace, makes the body of the collar and flschu as a rule. Plaitings are usually of net and are unhemmed on many of the flschues. The finest and airiest of machine made laces, as white as snow, in shadow lace and other patterns, make it possible to produce these neck-pieces at a trifle of cost. For wear with either dresses or coats the sailor collar with flschu ends is made in the designs pictured herePlain fine net is liked for edging the all-over lace. It is used as a flat binding in place of a hem and tlie addition of a fine cord of silk make an elegant finish at the top of the binding. Little buttons, nearly always covered with silk, are liked on neckwear and they appear in all the designs. Two jabots with silk turn-over collars are handsome designs for older women. These collars are boned at the sides and often adorned with small sparkling rhinestone buttons or silkcovered buttons matching the collar. Laces and nets are used for jabots and when very sheer the plaitings are made double —that is, one falling over another, as shown in the picture. High, close-fitting collars of net and lace are liked by young people. They are easy to make and a small bit of net and lace will furnish material for any one of a number of designs. They

are usually finished with a tiny cravat bow of velvet or silk ribbon. Buttons, too, play a part in their make-up. Such •collars should be boned at the sides and back. They fasten either with tiny hooks and eyes or beauty pins. Very elegant little cravats of velvet ribbon serve as a background for medallions of hand-crocheted lace. These are worn by all the grown-ups, young or old, and njake most acceptable Christmas gifts. The medallions are in the Irish lace patterns and very durable. They will outwear the bit of velvet, and stand laundering week in and out. The same medallions may be tacked to cravats of different colors from time to time. Bright green velvet ribbon, black and also vivid red are favorite Just now. Small flat cravat bows of silk are liked. They 1 serve as a background for the new brooches and bar pins in novelty jewelry. Neckwear will help out the Christmas shopper and any one who has time to make up these attractive finishing touches to the toilette at home will be able to gladen many hearts at Christmas time with little expenditure of money.

Xhs question that perplexes us at Christmas time more than any other —except one—is “What shall I get for her?" And the exception is, “What shall I get for him?” Every year brings in a lot of novelties in dress accessories, house adornments and furnishing, jewelry and all the thousand and one things that women require, so that selecting a present for women, or girls is a matter of choosing one from among the many fascinating novelties displayed in the shops. Fashion helps/us'o&t this year; ruck ie the fad for sashes and girdles that everybody wants not one but several. So let “when in doubt buy a sash” govern you and you will probably succeed in delighting every one of those you remember with one of these tremendously popular and beautiful dress accessories. Seven new models In sashes and girdles are shown here. Examples of all the popular new ribbons appear in the sashes pictured here. In Figure 1, a wide, soft, messaline is shown which makes the most graceful of girdles. Thfe" one is in a deep rose color. The end of the girdle is finished with a hemstitched hem, an inch and a half wide, and a tuck of the same width. Back of this are two rows of shirring. A buckle is cut from buckram. It is between four and five inches long and half as wide as it ie long. It is wrapped with narrow velvet ribbon in a dull, dark green and sewed to the girdle,, Hook and

eye fastenings are provided and the girdle is boned at the ends and sides. It is to be worn with the fastening at the back, front or sides, at tbtf pleasure of the wearer. Figure 2 is a similar girdle in a narrower and heavier ribbon. It is a gay Roman striped affair to be worn with cloth or other afternoon gowns and with street dresses. Its buckle is smaller and an oval form. The end is turned under, forming a three-inch loop. Very little ribbon is required for this, about three-quarters of a yard for the average waist. One of the prettiest designs is pictured in Figure 3. It is a plain girdle of black satin ribbon having two ends finished with plaid ribbon. It is boned at the gathered ends and fastened with hooks and eyes. The plaid ribbon is machine stitched to the end with white silk thread. The plaid sash in Figure 4 is one of the smartest of the new designs. The buckle at the waist is male of silk in the prevailing color of the plaid and a second smaller buckle fastens the hanging loop and end together. A more expensive ribbon is used for the next model than appears in any of the others. In Figure 5 a silk and velvet is shown having a dark green ground in satin with roses in subdued colors and foliage in blurred outlines covering the surface. The girdle is laid in loosfi,* irregular folds and stayed with bones. The shorter end overlapping the girdle is thirteen inches long and the longer nineteen inches. The ends are finished with

plain green velvet ribbon machine stitched to place. It is an inch wide. A gay ribbon in a broken plaid and new color is pictured in Figure 6. This is dark gray with blue and rose and green in markings and border. The buckle is in green velvet. * A plain tailored sash with plaited girdle is among the beet and most popular of all the new ideas. It has a novel finish. A single end overlaps the girdle (which is stiffened with a small piece of buckram at this point). The end is laid in a shallow plait fastened with small silk covered buttons and a finish in the shape of two narrow ruffles is sewed under the ribbons to the buckram. '< Narrow brocaded ribbons and many wide Dresdens appear among the dressier modelst Blit above all the threeyard sash of wide black ribbon known as the “wishbone” sash has captivated the fancy of fashion’s devotees. Some women simplify the buying of Christmas presents by choosing some such pretty fad and confining themselves to this one article.