Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1914 — THANKFUL FOR THE BLOUSE [ARTICLE]

THANKFUL FOR THE BLOUSE

Women Would Find It Hard to Get Along Without This Very Serviceable Garment. i What did unfortunate woman do, before the blouse, pure and simple, existed? One forgets—if we ever knew. Life seems always to have been full of blouses, and though we may scoff at them occasionally, and insist on the one-piece gown, all women know we want them in our wardrobe. Their price is above rubies —soihetimes. The success of the Parisian fashion of blouses of vivid colors to be worn with white pique and duck or putty and maize-colored linen skirt is in doubt. A pretty muslin blouse has a fichu edged with the frills we love so dearly this season—those of the picot edged variety—and the turn-over cuffs of the elbow sleeves show the same dainty frillings. You can get a. cool frock in black and white for summer wear and know you are absolutely in the approved fashion. The magpie blouse can be in black and white handkerchief linens or in the chiffons. One Is of snowy chiffon, with a pinafore bodice effect of black moire charmeuse tied at the waist with a large bow.