Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1918 — Cotton Foulards Vid With Silk [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Cotton Foulards Vid With Silk

Great strides have been made in our country in weaving and coloring materials, since the war has thrown us on our own resources. And among the novelties that demonstrate how successfully cotton has been turned into lovely dress fabrics, there is the new cotton foulard. It is very light and supple, has a pretty sheen, and Is printed in the same smart and striking patterns as silk foulard. Two dresses are shown above, one of silk foulard and crepe georgette and the other of cotton foulard, figured and plain, with sleeves of georgette. The cotton dress is in every way a match for its silk rival. The dress at the left combines georgette crepe in a warm tan color, with foulard in the same color, covered with a lacelike pattern in white. Whether the -background is printed in on the foulard, or the figured pattern is bleached out, the fern leaf and flower motif that covers the surface is very delicate and beautiful. In the skirt the foulard is set on over the georgette crepe but in the bodice the order is reversed. There is a short plain bodice of the silk with an overbodice of crepe. This has short kimono sleeves lengthened by a broad band of foulard and finished with a shaped flounce of crepe. In the cotton frock a low-necked slip of dark blue foulard serves as a foundation for a sleeveless overdress

of the figured material in blue and white. The sleeves are of georgette with cuffs of plain foulard and the plain goods serves for the little vest at the front and the short sash. A white organdie collar, finished at the ends with the smallest of pearl buttons, is in harmony with the frock. 'The same tiny buttons are placed in a close-set row on the vest. , So far as beauty is concerned, one of these frocks is as pretty as the other. The cotton frock Is likely to outlast its rival and costs less for the materials, so it is worth considering where economy or patriotism urge one to save money. Hats Not Doing Things by Halves. Hats are not doing anything by halves this season. If small, they,, are tres petit. If expensiveness of trim is their ambition, they go the limit in breadth and to emphasize it add a flatness in crown and trimming, says the Dry Goods Economist. When they are of straw they are the roughest straw, and if they started out to be tailored, the severity of their lines is perfection. At the moment, they wish to simulate perfect purity in all white creations. Wings, breasts, straw, ribbon, flowers —all are in spotless white, not even dimly shadowed by an unpleasant thought of how long they can rfemain clean.