Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1917 — NEW FASHIONS ARE KINDLY [ARTICLE]

NEW FASHIONS ARE KINDLY

One May Find Something to Meet Her Requirements Whether She Be Stout or Thin. The woman who is not grateful for the delightful things fashion bestows upon her this season is unworthy of her good fortune, declares a writer in Vogue. Be she svelte, the straight lines with the long close-buttoned sleeves and drooping shoulders will enable her to feel that she is akin to the haunting Botticelli women. But if she be stout, these same straight lines will do all they can to prevent her betrayal. Also, she may rejoice either in a moderately short costume, or in one wherein the long coat and the overskirt are in collusion to produce the new double tunic effect. And her more severe sister may prudently cover her ankles and select the unbroken lines which are also correct. And fashion decrees velvet for street costumes, in black or in some dark shade of brown or red or blue; and the narrow handings of fur will be, preferably, of nutria, kolinsky, gray squirrel or coney. Not only are coats most accommodating as to length, bijt they even offer the pleasing diversity of a broken line about the bottom. And, to add to this infinite variety, one may go belted or unbelted, as one pleases. Best of all, however, the thin neck may retire from view and the full throat may display its charms.