Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1913 — GOOD WINTER COSTUME [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOOD WINTER COSTUME

NOTHING MORE APPROPRIATE THAN THE CORDUROYS. 1

Combination of the Plain Material and Velvet Is Perhaps the Favorite— Illustration Shows an Effective Model.

There is always something extremely substantial in corduroys. They have a certain rough style of their own, and for winter costumes possess two appropriate qualities —warmth' and durability. In this material one can generally find good, rich colorings, and in itself it is ornate enough to dispense with much trimming. There are lovely mole shades, lustrous bright or dull blues, soft greensand browns, and numerous wine tones.

Quite the latest idea is introduced in suits that show a combination of plain and corduroy velvet-. Usually the coat is made of the latter, while the plain velvet in a shade that matches exactly is used for the skirt. Such a design is sketched herewith, carried out in Burgundy red. The coat is of Russian blouse persuasion and is swathed about thb

waist with a broad satin sash tide at the left side. Wide sleeves are cut in one with the coat. They are threequarter length and have deep cuffs of sealskin.'

The sloping line of closing in front laps well over the left side below the bust and in the lower part of the coat continues in rounded cutaway effect with an eight-inch, shaped facing of self-material. The waist portion is arranged to blouse slightly all around over the girdle, and there Is an even line of gathers across the back of the coattail. Seal is used for the broad, rolling collar and the band across the end of the sash. . The skirt of plain Burgundy velvet opens down the center front with a little curved slash over the feet. The back is gathered a little across the high waist line and may be draped along the center seam, which is covered by a full-length swinging panel, bordered with a band of seal. Hunter’s green would be another ex?

cellent colot* for the same model, and with the dark note found In the seal trimmings a more pleasing combination would be hard to find. Greens and reds always* look better with dark furs than with light, while blues and browns are most apt to combine best with the light ones. —Lillian Young in Washington Star. , ,

Suit of Plain and Corduroy Velvet in Burgundy Red.