Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1914 — Cool Gowns for Summer Strollers [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Cool Gowns for Summer Strollers

THE Camera Man. armed .with his merciless instrument and his alert, discriminating eyes, we have always with us. And now the Moving Picture Man is “taking” unawares, everything within his reach. Both are as insistent as the Jersey mosquito, and many a wrathful victim considers himself stung by all of them. But the Camera Man and the Movie Man are destined -to do us much good. We are about to see ourselves as others see us —and when we least expect it. On the Board Walk (which may stand for any fashionable dress parade)* the Camera Man has a chance to make comparisons and to look for standards by which to make comparisons.ln the picture shown here he has succeeded in catching the photograph of two wonderfully well-clad . women whose charming costumes are standards of excellence, that not many others measure up to. They demonstrate that modes of the season which have been much criticized and are unsatisfactory to the majority of the people, may be developed attractively, and more than attractively. The costume at the left is of plain and figured taffeta. The skirt is of the plain fabric, bound with plain silk in the color of the flower in the figured

taffeta. It is a straight skirt wide enough at the bottom to allow a frei step. The shaped tunic is rounded at the front. There is a girdle about the small coat in the plain taffeta in the colors used in the skirt and in the binding. There is an underbodice of the sheerest materials, open at the throat and finished with deep folds of white chiffon. The skirted bodice, or coat, whichever one considers it, is finished with a turned-back collar after the Chinese model and opening below the bust. The sleeves are wide and full, with deep turned-back cuffs, and are three-quarters length. For summertime this dress embodies about all the good points that are to be considered. First, it is good looking, smart in fabric and cut, cool and delightfully refined in design. The other dress has a plain skirt, with some drapery arranged in the seams. There is a cloth coat finished with a draped collar in Roman striped taffeta. The model follows the Russian blouse inspiration, with skirt cut longer at the right than at the left side. This is a separate coat and practical for other wear. The Roman stripe decoration and the draped collar hav« been especially well handled.