Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1917 — COPIED FROM OTHER DAYS [ARTICLE]

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Present Styles Are a Mixture of the Best of the Known Fashions of the Past. vThe long-ago days and the styles worn then have been the inspiration of many of the fashions of today. Modern dress recalls the Moyen age long waistline, the Victorian shoulders and the picturesque hat of Louis XVL The pokebonnet, once more the style, recalls days gone by, while the apron, now “put info the practical use in many of the modern dresses, reminds one that back in the days of Mary Stuart the apron formed a part of the dress. Then, however, it was ornamented and of line fabric rather than useful, as at present. The quaint fur shoulder wraps now so prevalent look much like the shoulder capes of 1840 and fall off the shoulders in much the same way. Likewise Japanese and Chinese influences are very noticeable In many of the modem styles. Our styles taken as a whole are a most pleasing combination of the best of the styles of the past and the most interesting of the modem tendenciak