Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1918 — WEAR GINGHAMS DURING WAR [ARTICLE]

WEAR GINGHAMS DURING WAR

Paris Takes to the Material Which Is Popular With Many in America. Now we may know that this is war time. If we have not had it brought home to us before, we are realizing it now. For France has taken to gingham—bravely to gingham for the duration of the war, notes a fashion critic. We wore ginghams last summer jand wear them this summer.; It doesn’t so much matter what we wear. But Paris in gingham is a different matter —and we bring out our last summer frocks with, a hew kind of feeling and look them over to see what can be done to make them just a little more Frenchy and complete. In the first place bits of darker color —black, or a deeper shade of the same, help a great deal. Big hats go with them, sometimes made of gingham, too, and a durable sort of parasol is ,not amiss to finish the effect. A pretty suit is made of checked blue and white, with a white lawn gilet, and a plain blue taffeta ribbon tie, and white seam cording. It is cut higher In front than in back, showing the gilet plainly, and the white belt The way the tie crosses and comes down through a slit on either side, hanging well below the waist is new and pleasing. The skirt is full, but somewhat held in at the hem. The white seam

cording edges the coat and sleeves and goes around the top of the hem. A smart basque frock is made of gray madras or chambray, with white linen collar, cuffs and gllet effect. This is tight around the waist, coming well down in front, trimly. 'White undersleeves come down under the sleeves, which are full and flaring at the bottom. The neck is one of the quite high, round ones—like the Eton schoolboy’s. A little black tie finishes it. and tiny buttons come all the way down the front of the basque. A dress of yellow gingham with a plaid gingham knife plaiting is excellent. The blouse falls full over a belt which shows only in the front and under the belt slip the ends of the collar, "which form a deep fichu. This is coatlike in effect, with a deep turnup at the bottom of the' blouse. The plaid knife plaiting edges the collar cuffs and turns smartly up at the blouse hem and around the skirt. When we stop to think about it we readily acknowledge that there is nothing which so makes or mars the tout ensemble so much as the appearance of the neck.