Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1915 — FRILL IS PROMINENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FRILL IS PROMINENT

REALLY THE CHIEF INNOVATION OF THE YEAR. Fluffiness Is Again on the ThroneCompromise Between fashion and Comfort In the Two-In-One Collar—Colored Linens. The most noticeable innovation this year is the addition of frills. Of course It is hot an innovation really, but a revival. The jabot blouse had its last incarnation about six years ago or so. We were wearing very high collars with bones all around them then. Instruments of torture that they were! Some women used to carry pads of cotton wool in their purses, ready to tuck a bit under tips of supports which were digging holes in their necks. When the no-collar edict was extended to blouses we were all. thankful. Frills then left us for a while, and the forerunner of the present two-ln-one collar, a turnover affair leaving a pointed opening in front, was in vogue. Last year the blouse was the waistcoat model of handkerchief linen and pique, with flaring collar points. The effect was very smart and a good quality was sold at 25 francs in Paris and $25 in New York! This year fluffiness reigns again. For more strictly tailored wear the ingenuity of the two-in-one collar makes a compromise between fashion and comfort in a plain blouse. Frills, however, invading all our garments, even our shoes and gloves, form veritable cascades down the front of our blouses. After several all-white seasons colored linens appear again this year and colored organdies—of a transparency! We have to be as careful how we dress under them as we used in the days of the "peek-a-boo” waist, as vulgar as its name. As soon as the country houses are occupied and the country season in full swing we shall know whether the colored fabrics have been extensively adopted or not. In town, where the blouse is not worn in the

street without a jacket, it is impossible to tell which is preferred. Very good shops, however, show expensive models, both imported and domestic,

in the pale shades, particularly lavender and pink. The hair line of color on a white ground seems an established fact and dots of color, some rather large, are also shown. The color note on a white foundation is also introduced in the popular revival of smocking. (Copyright, 1915, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)

Mauve and Blue Striped Satin Bodice With Blue Tulle Skirt Over Mauve Tulle.