Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1918 — FIND NEW KIND OF TRIMMING [ARTICLE]

FIND NEW KIND OF TRIMMING

Heads in Water Color Are Effectively Used to Garnish an Attractive Evening Drees. The water color artist has discovered new fields for conquest, and the bodices of evening dresses are the canvases used. The old flower motifs have been discarded, according to the official journal of the National Garment Retailers association, and newer things are taklng*their places. "A certain evening frock’s pink bodice,” it says, “is ornamented with three little water-colored heads, which are about the size of a half dollar. One is the head of a giggling schoolgirl, befrilled and beribboned. Another is that of a budding “deb,” and the third Is of an English ‘Johnny? eyeglasses and sleek. > “The interesting point about thia form of trimming lies in the fact that it is not a design or in the least conventionalized, but true life sketching very well executed- However, this makes all the more evident its harsh, exacting note on the soft bodice of an evening gown.”