Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1914 — PERENNIAL NAVY BLUE SERGE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PERENNIAL NAVY BLUE SERGE

Proper Proportions and Good Lines Mark This Costume as a Good One From Which to Copy. The smart serge frock shown in ths accompanying cut has been t rendered

smart by nice proportions and good line# Without resorting to extremes. It is of the perennial navy blue serge arid has a simple peasant blouse opening over a blue satin vest; the edges of which are finished with narrow piaitmg% of the same. The line of the girdle slopes up ever so gligfetly toward the front and the sash is here tied in a bow with a single end. The platting* which appear on the vest are re-

peated on the skirt and sleeves and are the only trimming on the frock. The skirt closes on the left side and here it is draped and knotted near the hem and decorated with a frill of the satin. -*= — U——