Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1917 — New and Beautiful Blouses [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

New and Beautiful Blouses

Those women who are fortunate enough to know how to embroider may make for themselves t|jte' sort of blouses that bring very high prices in the waist shops. The embroidery in silk floss, on 1 crepe georgette or crepe de chine, that appears in some of the smartest blouses, is not tedious. It is rather easy to do and the work does not take much time; where it is used the work of putting the blouse together, running in tucks, hemming, etc. is also done by hand. A very new and very beautiful model in a blouse of this kind appears In the picture, made of fine, pure white georgette, with real filet insertion in the collar and cuffs. It is embellished with a jabot of the crepe finished with a filet edging. The lace is set with a fine embroidered cording. This exquisite line is used in the collar and cuffs for setting in the insertion

and appears on the sleeves and down each side of the front. Narrow tucks, in groups of three, are placed down the front of the blouse, three groups on each side. Two lepgths of the filet insertion are set in the back with embroidery between them. It is the same design as the embroidery in the sleeves and jabot. The second waist is of georgette also, but is machine-made and far less expensive than the hand-made model. It has a plaited frill at the front and is neatly finished with hemstitching. The sleeves have deep cuffs and the Collar depends upon hemstitching for its orn'amentation. This is a pretty waist for a tailored skirt or to be worn with a suit.