Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1915 — BOX JACKETS QUITE PLAIN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BOX JACKETS QUITE PLAIN

Model Shows Simple but Not Severe Effect, and Expresses Decided Youthfulness and Grace. The summer’s styles are specially suited to developments in white

serge, and since a white suit is almost a necessity for many occasions, the difficulty of finding an appropriate model is greatly simplified with such a variety of designs to choose from. Box jackets with plaited or circular skirts are very smart just now when kept quite plain and tailored. A splendid example of this style is

depicted in the sketch, and carried out in white serge or gabardine. The box jacket model, which has a great deal of style as well as individuality, while affecting the simplest lines, and certain military embellishments, is not, as might be supposed, in any way severe, but expresses rather decided youthfulnesa and grace. The top is made so that it may be fastened closely about the base of the neck or turned back from the throat by leaving a few buttons undone. The buttons are run from the top to the bust line, and fasten through a set-on strap rounded at its end. The upstanding collar is slightly gathered into the neck, and is cut very high across the back and sides with a point under each ear. The edge of the Jacket runs a trifle longer in back than in front, and shows a straight band-facing some eight inches deep, encircling its width. Button-trimmed straps are set on at either side of the front and the back, with their ends looked under the lower edge, forming a most attractive trimming. Long sleeves show a deep facing.