Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 119, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1914 — New Sashes of Popular Ribbons [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

New Sashes of Popular Ribbons

pHE handsomest and smartest 1 sashes or girdles are made of the widest ribbons. It is .their office to extend above and below the waist line in encircling the figure, and many of them, the newest ones, are so made that they seem to become a part of the bodice and a part of the skirt. That is,) a bodice trimming and an overskirt are attached to the girdle, all made of the same ribbon? . A group of the newest girdles is shown here. The first is made of a heavy white grosgrain ribbon with flowered center panel finished with a border of narrow satin stripes at each side. The middle panel shows a splendid pattern of raised velvet roses and foliage all in natural colors and a blurred design, with shadows in pale gray. These really magnificent ribbons are portraits of flowers done In fabrics with such effects as artists in oil might envy. They are expensive and luxurious looking. The girdle is fastened with hooks and eyes st the ends, which are boned to the required width. Two ears of ribbon are doubled and sewed together, with a simple knot at the center.

The second girdle is made of flowered Dresden ribbon having a white ground and small blurred roses and foliage, either printed or woven tn. A wide ribbon is used laid in tour plaits for the girdle. The raffles are made of a length once and a half that of the girdle, or more, depending upon the amount of fullness required. Two inches and a half are cut off from one

side of this length to form the narrow upstanding ruffle; the wider ruffle is made of the remainder of the ribbon. The ribbon is sloped off toward the ends along the raw edge, which is gathered in two rows to form this ruffle. The girdle is finished with a plain bow of satin ribbon. A girdle of vivid green velvet ribbon is simply a length |o extend about the waist line finished with a fiat shallow loop and a plain hanging end. One might not look at it twice, but for the satin rose of the most vivid red imaginable. It could ndt be brighter or more beautifully made. Its' stem is tied in a small bow, made of narrow green ribbon matching the wide ribbon. The combination is so unusual and vivid and smart that it cannot be forgotten.

The pretty girdle of plain satin rib bon has a new and attractive finish at the ends. -It hooks under a buckle covered by a narrow satin ribbon wound about it The end is extended and formed Into a bow with hanging loop. This extension to the girdle is to be fastened up on to the bodice and is more or less long, as it is to be pinned more or less high above the girdle. This is one of several new girdlee in which extensions of ribbon are introduced to bo pinned to the blouse or bodice. Girdles are loosely adjusted. Long sashes wrapped about the figure and without hanging ends are not new, but are liked by the smartest dressers.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.