Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1915 — BLACK STOCK IS BECOMING [ARTICLE]

BLACK STOCK IS BECOMING

Properly Arranged, It Should Give Just the Right Touch to the Tailored Costume. For a tailored waist there is nothing quite so trig as a black satin stock, high in proportions and livened by a white frill of some sort sticking out under the chin. A decidedly goodlooking one of this order is made in this way : Buy half a yard of heavy black satin or grosgrain ribbon. Make this the exact size of the neck, boning it so that it will not sag loosely about the throat. The ribbon should be very wide so that it can be laid over in flat plaits around the throat. These are tacked down in place. Do not fasten in the center back, but on one side, where a row of tiny white, flat peart buttons is placed; These run up and down; a similar row being placed at the side opposite. The row of buttons should come directly under each ear.

Now comes the piece de resistance of the entire stock. These are square tabs of white faille which unfold, petallike, beneath the chin. One square comes directly under the chin, one on either side of the face, another directly behind each ear and a last one •in the back of the collar. These square pieces are wired to stand out like a Pierrot ruff and are a very chic and pretty finish to the somber stock.