Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1915 — LACING AS TRIMMING [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LACING AS TRIMMING

RATHER OLO FASHION THAT IS ONCE MORE IN VOGUE. Illustration Snows How Effective It May Be Mao*—White Batiste the Beet Material for the Collar and Vest.

Lacing as a trimming is revived in the way of novelty every once in a while, and, judging from its present vogue, this is one time. There is something quaintly attractive about the fad, but in many cases it is overdone. Just a touch is all that is needed, and it usually occurs at the neck and sleeve ends of a blouse, and, probably, the girdle. Here in the model sketched we find the sleeve ends laced and the back of the bodice. That last sounds inconvenient, doesn't it? But the effect is really too pretty to forego, and, besides, the world is full of kindly disposed souls, who can on most occasions be induced to help one in and out of difficult things and thus save us contortions.

In geranium-coral faille or any of the lovely rose tones this chic little frock will commend itself to those of you who love pretty clothes. The lacings are merely narrow bias folds of the silk knotted at the ends and run through strongly buttonholed eyelets. As the long sleeves are not set into the armholes of the bodice, it will be necessary to use white china silk or something equally thin for a foundation blouse into the armholes of which the sleeves may be sewed. White batiste is used for the collar and the vest, and by supplying snappers around its inside edge it can be fastened to the foundation blouse and be removed for laundering.

The bodice shows a rather deep V in ( front, but in back is rounded in a shallow curve about the neck. Thp length is extended a bit below the waist line and in front cut to give the effect of little vest corners, then draped up in place by means of a vertical line of shirring through the center. The wide armsides are bordered with a set-on braid of fine tucks. As the lacing down the back of the waist must not be drawn tightly together,-

a narrow underpanel of the silk must be sewed down the foundation blouse for a background. The skirt is in two flounces, and so a knee-length foundation is needed. Both are gathered evenly and rather full about the top, then finished above the hem with a six-inch border of fine tucks that serves to hold the flounces away from the figure.

In frock* of this description the best results can be bad by selecting s good, crisp quality of silk, because the design needs a bouffancy that could hardly be acquired with the softer silks.

Lacing Gives a Quaint, Touch to This Pretty Frock.