Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1913 — GIRDLE AND SASH TO BE ARRANGED IN INDIVIDUAL TASTE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GIRDLE AND SASH TO BE ARRANGED IN INDIVIDUAL TASTE

JUST why the innocent girdle and sash made of wide velvet ribbon should be called “the tango” remains to be discovered. But the name will not hurt it any. Its uses are about as varied as the steps of the popular dance, which steps, it seems, may be invented by any dancer who introduces a new glide or dip or contortion or other inanity of motion to suit him? self.

The velvet ribbon girdle—also made of soft silk or silk ribbon —is finished

■at the back with two short standing loops and a long single hanging end. A flat folded band ir placed at the base of the loops. Without any decoration it is an all-round useful girdle, ready to add a finishing .touch to almost any gown. When more elaboration is needed, It Is decorated with small roses and fellage made of rfb-

bon or fabric, and tacked to the base of the loops and near the bottom of the hanging end. By allowing extra length to the girdie, the waist line may be managed in several ways. The middle front may be brought up to the bust, or the girdle may disappear under the drapery of the waist at one side and reappear at the back. In fact, the girdle is simply to be managed as a length of ribbon to be used in decorating the bodice without regard to its encircling the waist. By keeping this in mind one may achieve a fashionable effect and vary the mounting of the sash any number of times.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.