Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1918 — SIMPLICITY IN NEW MODES [ARTICLE]

SIMPLICITY IN NEW MODES

Smart Frock of Today Need Not Be as Costly as That of a Season When Elaborate Trimming Was Used. There’s no denying that the narrow underskirt with long tunic of some kind Is more generally becoming than the full flaring skirt qver was; and it is largely owing to this fact that women are, on the whole, looking rather better dressed than usual. The modishness of dark and .quiet colors contributes to this happy result and the absence of fussy trimming is still another factor. The clothes of this season are, even at their costliest, likely to be In accordance with the unwritten laws of good tfiste and many a woman who hasn’t sufficient good taste of her own to like elegant simplicity, will submit to it if it is, the mode, says a fashion writer in the New York Sun. Of course, one can put a great deal of money into the quality of materials, but, despite the high prices of materials the smart frock today need not be so costly as the ftpck of a season when elaborate trimming that called for the time and effort of skilled labor was the keynote of fashion. Glven attractive material and the ability to cut and drape it according to the prevailing mode —one should be able \o achieve a successful frock for a very reasonable Sum.