Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1916 — RETURN TO WHITE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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FASHIONABLE WORLD HAS TIRED OF VIVID COLORS. Most Women Will Regard the Change With Favor—Hats, Shoes, Gowns and Parasols Are All of I ivory TinL If you are in doubt about your color sense, there are certain things that you should dismiss without consideration, and you will have to be buckled up against temptation, because these certain things confront you on every side. Orange, for Instance; clashing combinations of black and white; all the ranges of tone in purple; anything in green that is deeper than cucumbers and young apples; all the tones of red and certain blues that are mixed with gray, with purple of mauve. Possibly, blue Is the supreme stumbling point of women. It looks harmless in all its gamut of shades, yet it is as dangerous as a third rail. There are few women who can come out In the sunshine wearing a mixture of these colors. One need not run from all of them because they are dangerous, for there are minor combinations of black and white, and especially green and white, that are admirable in midsummer. No woman should feel ashamed that she cannot employ the skill of an artist in choosing colors for her costumery. She should remember that she can look her best in subdued colors, provided there is skill in the making and wearing. She should grieve that she cannot turn from dark blue serge to a modern frock of purple and red; but she has cause for grievance if she Is not able to make a blue serge look conspicuously smart in any gathering. Possibly, the best-dressed women are those who rarely change the color of their gowns but who know how to make each accessory size up to its fullest value and impart significance to the whole. It may be the heat, or the revolt against colors, or lastly, it may be common sense that has turned women’s thoughts toward white costumes. Be the reason what it may, the pleasurable fact is that one sees at all the resorts hats, shoes, gowns and parasols in white. There is a tendency to wear black velvet slippers with enormous cut sil-

White Felt Hat, Wide of Brim, Soft of Texture and Applied With Large Flowers Cut Out of Black Lace. ver or steel buckles with the costume and possibly to add a narrow flange of black tulle or chiffon to the brim of the hat. - ■ - Again, white colonial pumps will be worn with onyx colonial buckles, in-

stead of white kid ones, and on the white felt hat will be mounted a few feathery tendrils of black peacock feathers. White taffeta is not a preferred fabric for frocks. Satin has come back Into the arena and pushed its rival out of the ring. In combination with satin is georgette crepe, In a quality so fine that it resembles chiffon cloth. With its slightly pebbly surface, which is the leading characteristic of this make of crepe, it is preferred by many women to Its smoother and more expensive weave. There is illustrated an extremely popular hat worn with country muslin frocks made of white felt and embroidered with flowers cut out of black lace. (Copyright, 1916, by the MoClure Newspaper Syndicate.)