Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1918 — Smart Frock for Youthful Wearers [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Smart Frock for Youthful Wearers

The school girl or the college girl, whose retrospective mental glance takes in years of middles and skirts, will cast a fond and lingering look on the pretty two-piece frock shown above. It is not so different from the middy, having all 'lts points of advantage in comfort and easy adjustment. But it has a style of its own, and that greatest of all allurements, it is in the mode. This is the twopiece street dress, with straight hanging over-garment, as worn by fashionable women, but so delightfully toned down into girlishness that the “subdeb” or even the flapper may wear it The foundation of this good and smart model for youthful wearers, is a plain frock of serge or other stalwart wool cloth. The unadorped skirt and underbody are joined at the waist line and the close fitting coat sleeves set in a rather snug armhole. sleeves are finished With a band cuff, being varied in this particular from

those worn by older people which are very long and cuffless. The over garment is sleeveless, with a border of silk braid about the bottom Instead of the wide band of silk embroidery that enriches the dress for older wpmen. Another modification for the sake of youthfulness is revealed in the substitution of a belt of the material (bound with braid) for the heavy cords and tassels of silk that are too rich for young wearers. The badk hangs straight and the round neck Is finished with a binding of braid. Plain silk, or satin, be substituted for this braid. A very pretty finishing touch which delights everyone appears in the small flat bow of satin, with two long, hanging ends, placed at the back of the neck opening. The ends are finished with very short of beads. The flat buttons that are set in a row at each side may be of bone or mother-of-pearl'and the front of. the overdress Is provided with slit pockets.