Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1917 — Suited to Changing Occupations [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Suited to Changing Occupations

Many summer suits bear the Impress of styles In sports clothes, much to the satisfaction of the busy, up-to-date woman. A single day’s program would require her to be something of a “lightning change artist” if she were to attempt a different dress for every one of her occupations. Thanks be, it isn’t done. Leaving out of the reckoning the ordinary business of living each day, which has to be attended to, there may easily be a morning of golf, an afternoon of bridge and a dinner dance all scheduled for one date; Or a morning of Red Cross work, an afternoon of shopping and an evening concert. The woman of today manages by making small changes in the details of her dress. Her capacious “sweater bag” carries a change of hose and slippers, an extra blouse, or whatever she may elect according to the order of the day. Wool or silk jersey in skirt and coat will see her through. An attractive suit of silk jersey, in contrasting colors of the same material, is shown in the picture. The skirt is plain and only moderately full, and with the right blouse and’ footwear it answers the demands of sports wear. The coat is quite another matter. It is plaited and elaborated, with a cape and shawl collar. These and the cuffs, belt and pockets employ a contrasting color in the silk jersey and it is dressy enough for formal wear.

A suit of this kind will serve for many occasions. Jersey cloth, in wool or silk, may be said to have “arrived.” It has made an Important place for Itself as a fabric of definite characterT the liking for it grows with acquaintance, so that it blds fair to become an old, tried friend, like serge.