Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1915 — GIVES DOUBLE SERVICE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GIVES DOUBLE SERVICE

GOWN DESIGNED FOR AFTERNOON OR EVENING WEAR. Fine White 811 k Net Employed In Making the Blouse—Tunic and Bash Give Unusual Features to Attractive Costume. An Interesting gown is shown in the accompanying cut, one of that variety designed for no particular occasion, but which, possibly, for that very reason, gives more than double the service of the other kind. It may be worn in the afternoon or evening, for formal or informal affairs, without ever looking out of place. Fine white silk net is used for the full guimpe blouse, mounted over fleshcolored net, while for the skirt a lacebordered net is joined to a hem of white taffeta by a band of lace insertion, upon which a zigzag line of pearl beads appears to lace the two edges together. The blouse is shirred around the top, and the neck finished with an upstanding frill some four or five inches high across the back, that gradually narrows until it is no more than a. heading in front. Tne sleeves are long and of the bishop style, gathered In at the wrists under a double ruffle of the same material. Over the blouse is worn a quaint little jacket vest of prune-colored satin or taffeta, made with a deep V neck that has a slight flare across the back, to give a partial effect of a collar —a much more becoming line than the

straight line. The vest meets only across the bust, with each corner caught together by a snapper, from that point the lower edge describes a gradual sloping line to the sides, and in back it is cut off even with the waist line. The tunic and sash are the unusual features in this design. The former Is of prune-colored satin, brocaded in a large design in dull silver thread, and the latter is of white taffeta, arranged as a part of the dress and not put on over it “every time the dress is

worn. The sash will need to be about four yards long, for after encircling the waist it is crossed in front, then carried around the hips to the back and tied in a bow with pendant ends. The tunic is applied to the lower edge of the sash across the sides and back with even gathers. Its length is equal to that of the skirt, and the space left between the open front edges measures about nine inches.

Handsome Frock of Satin and Net.