Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1915 — SOWN DESIGNED IN AMERICA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOWN DESIGNED IN AMERICA

Of White Faille and BUver Brocade, | It Achieved Distinct Triumph In New York Exhibition. This charming evening gown ts called "La Femme a la Mode.” It is cf white fame and Silver brocade, embodying all the points of the “Louis fhlMppe” model harking back to the

1860’s. The decolletage of the gown is marked stiffly by a plaiting of white fame which makes almost a straight line across the bosom and shoulders. This gown, quaint and beautiful, was perhaps the most decided Btyle exhibited. The gown was auctioned off November 4 by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the money thus gained being donated to the war relief fund as are all the proceeds of the fete arranged by America’s society leaders and “vogue" at the Ritz-Carlton, New York. ;