Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1917 — New Happenings in Pongee Suits [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

New Happenings in Pongee Suits

Just what will happen to the pongee street suit this year is a question that receives a very satisfactory answer in the latest arrival in that line. It is a street suit in which pongee in the natural color Is bordered with the same silk in black. Those who aspire to smart styles for midsummer will recognize an excellent achievement in this combination. Black used In just the right proportion with sedate colors, gives them a distinction that nothing can excel. In this suit the skirt is a forerunner of promised styles for autumn. It is a little shorter than spring models. Jt hangs in the most uncompromising of straight lines, emphasized by box plaits, very thoroughly pressed Into place.' The black pongee is set against the natural light ecru color in a border about eight inches wide. The coat is plain as to its body, with a panel effect at the front, below the belt, which is of pongee. There are flat pockets at each side, faced with black at the top and cut in a diagonal across the bottom. Straight cuffs.

turned back at the top, are faced with black also. The wide epaulette collar Is cut into revers at the front and bordered with black across the back. In the buttons the order of things is reversed and the natural pongee becomes the border. They fasten under loops of silk. Just the right sort of hat for this suit might be either a panama or bangkok trimmed with overlapping bows of narrow ribbon, like that shown in the picture.