Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 149, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1915 — Visiting Toilette in Black and White [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Visiting Toilette in Black and White

It would not be possible to use broad stripes of vividly contrasting colors to such good advantage as they are used here in black and white. In this sparkling and elegant combination no eccentricity of design is too audacious. An unusual gown is shown in the picture, in which the artist who designed it understood how to manage the material to the best advantage. The straight skirt is shaped to the figure at the waist by means of plaits in which the black stripe is folded over the white and tacked down to a point below the hips. The plaits are given a direction to correspond with the lines of the figure and produce a slightly flaring skirt by falling free from the hips to the hem. They are pressed down, however, so that they remain plaits, and are inclined to fall as they should with black overlapping white in the silk. This skirt is worn with a blouse of chiffon and lace, and a wide gir-

die of striped silk. A little coat effect is managed in the sleeveless bodice of silk which acknowledges the requirements of the mode in its highstanding ruff at the back of the neck, and straight-hanging fronts. These are finished with crochet balls. A novel finishing touch is noticeable in the narrow deep cuffs about the wrist that confine a portion of the chiffon sleeves. The hat and parasol are in black and white. The fiat is a shepherdess shape faced with . black satin and trimmed with a band of snowy ostrich feathers. The parasol is of white silk with figures and dots embroidered in black. Street slippers are worn with the costume, as pictured, but low black shoes with white pipings would look equally well with it. Those shown in the photograph are of white kid and black patent leather and are worn with heavy white silk hose.