Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1917 — BUSTLE IS MODEST AFFAIR [ARTICLE]

BUSTLE IS MODEST AFFAIR

As Used in the New Clothes, It Is Not Nearly So Startling as the Name Implies. Bustle effects made their appearance Etome time ago, and there is a prospect they will be considerably featured this winter. Two seasons ago bustles were talked about, and a great many garments were shown with the back flare. Somehow they failed to “take," and in a short »tliiie they went the way of the barres silliouette, which pushed its way into brief sartorial fame during the spring of 1916. The barrel silhouette dropped out of sight for a season and then loomed up again. It was more favorably regarded on its second appearance. A similar state of affairs seems to have been created in regard to the bustle type of garment. It is a very modest and moderate bustle, not nearly so startling as its name implies, and it is generally the result of a drapery drawn from the front. Of the costume and madeXulLat the back, pulled up somewhat in sash effect. u _