Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1917 — BARREL SKIRT HERE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BARREL SKIRT HERE

DESIGNS OF NEW EFFECT ARE ALREADY BEING SHOWN. f Cannot Be Said to Have Been Absolutely Accepted, but Rather Has Been Put Forward for Approval dr Disapproval. Behold the barrel skirt! Not for several seasons has a threatened change in silhouette excited so much comment and caused so much perturbation of spirit among costumers as the present season: introduction of the; barrel skirt, or “jupe tonneau,” as the French designate it. k The figure silhouette had been quite serenely and happily settled when bulletins concerning the arrival of the barrel skirt were heard, to be followed shortly by the skirt itself. mistake about that; but it is threatened, and ever so many Interpretations

of tl\e garment are before the public, pleading for approval. Some are very simple affairs, really pnly glorified members of the old favorite, the pegtop skirt, while others are decidedly freakish, and there are some models that qualify as new and are attractive as well, and worth very serious consideration. One such is shown in the sketch presented herewith. This model barrel skirt is the most interesting half of a gown, employing two fabrics, and in the arrangement of the skirt, with its slightly bulging'hip gores of fabric contrasting in color with the inajo* portion of the garment, a suggestion is given that the skirt may be simply unbuttoned at the bottom and a regular skirt result. This is not true, however. It is merely an illusion. The skirt of the frock shown measures two yards at the bottom, and its silhouette is arrived at, as one may clearly see by a glance"at~the sketch, by two straight front and back panels ered in at the waistline, left open at either side to about the knees, and from there fastened securely, the inset of contrasting fabric bulging so as tn accentuate a hip flare and result in the barrel silhouette. ‘" The bodice of this little gown is very smart; but in the excitement of considering the barrel skirt, whether it is to be or not to be, the question of bodice grows to be of comparatively minor importance. It must be considered, however, and it may be stated that the bodice fastens simply in the center b&ck with small bullet buttons matching those employed on the skirt.. The gown might be attractively developed with sand-colored serge and taf-

feta in a contrasting shade, narrow black’ soutache braid giving a smart trimming touch. Four and a quarter yards of material 30 inches wide will be required for the gown proper, with one and a half yards of combination fabric.—Washington Star.

Behold the Barrel Skirt!