Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1918 — FOR STREET WEAR [ARTICLE]

FOR STREET WEAR

New Clothes Are Necessary for the Busy Workers. - Little Consideration Is Being .Given This Early In the Season to Evening Garments.There is no diminution 'in evening gpwns this year, either in the French or the American output, and they . unite in a dignity and elegance that is worthy of the time, asserts an authority. But the majority of women are not looking for evening clothes this early in the season. The rich and the’ well-to-do believe that they can go" on with the evening gowns they have. The preponderance of buying is in street clothes and this Spreads downward into strata of society that never before went into the question of frocks and coats with such vivid interest. Why? Because of the mobilization Of all women into war work. And this is the reason that there is such a big demand this early in the season. A woman may stay at home and economize in a wrapper, but she is not going to the Red Cross workroom in a wrapper, nor campaign for th,e Liberty loan, nor meet committees. Her choice is the coat suit, the onepiece frock with a fur neckpiece, or the thin frock under a warm coat. Which shall she choose? Thgt question does not lie wholly with the economical and conservative set. It Is discussed by the richest women who gather at-restaurants and meet their special designers in private salons. There is much to be said In favor of the coat suit for the first three months of moderate weather, because of the intervention of the new blouse. This does not go under the skirt belt, but over it. It is a return to all the primitive fashions that this planet has begotten. Cheruit, for instance, has started a strong demand for brilliant metallic blouses which are Byzantine, and which, Instead of extending over the hips, wrap themselves just below the waist In i a slight folded girdle. This is a remarkable and brilliant fashion. It gives a woman the chance to remove her coat and look gayly and smartly dressed at luncheon or at any afternoon affair. There are .other blouses that are frankly built in the cuirass fashion, and those extend as far below the hips as the coat permits. The woman who wants a short jacket, however, will take up the idea of Chelrut. It Is a l bit less informal than the cuirass Idea and such a blouse can be worn with any kind of jacket, especially with those new square jackets of fur which are to be exceedingly fashionable when they are cut off at the hips and have big pockets that serve as a substitute for a muff. . The turnover collar seems to have

disappeared from all kinds of garments except dinner gowns, where it is made of exquisite fabrics. Evidently the designers expect women of all classes to own or buy a bit of fur for the neck, for they make no effort to modify the severity of a neckline that we attribute to the fifteenth century Italian fashions. When a frock has a collar it is of fur, for white collars or those of any light material, such as satin or georgette or chiffon, are taboo. If fur is not used to break the severe line, then nothing Is used. The neck line of gowns may be embroidered in woolen or metallic threads, but those on coats are merely braided or finished with a flat strip of soft peltry. Therefore, de not go out on the street today in a suit and a white or cream shirtwaist, the broad collar of which you have pulled outside the jacket. The fashion is dead.