Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1918 — New Arrivals in Street Suits [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

New Arrivals in Street Suits

Are they made of silk or are they of wool? That is the question that glues our eyes to the new showings of suits and leads us to take many an extra step for a closer view. It turns out that many of the suits for midsummer are made of new weaves - in Silk fabrics that are soft and supple and have little luster, so they keep us guessing. Besides the all-silk fabrics there are silk and wool mixtures, all of them calculated to make us forget to deplore the scarcity of wool. In ease the government should see fit to commandeer the wodl production it will be no hardship to wear these new fabrics. There are many belted models in ihe new modes and many coats open over trig-lookiqg pique vests. Uneven lengths, cleverly applied buttons and rmusual pockets are features that tone up their style—fine points in the technique of making. Skirts grow narrower and remain plain. Fashion still finds slenderness adorable and designers have grown marvelously clever in

looks like a vestee of the voile outlined with a corded edge, and finished fashioning suits along such trim lines that they suggest slimness even on a plump figure. This bit df camouflage is well worth considering. The suit pictured might be made of one of the new’ silks or silk and wool mixtures, and it would be effective in pongee or poplin or in light weight w’ool materials. It embodies the salient features of the season’s modes for midsummer with its coat pointed at the bottom and belted about the sides and front and its covered buttons applied in rows to the sleeves. Two of them at each side are slipped through actual button holes so that the belt across tho front fastens on either side.