Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1919 — TO SAVE MATERIAL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO SAVE MATERIAL

Negligees May Easily Be Made From Remnants. Discarded Evening Gowns Also Offer Excellent Materials for the Fashioning of Such Garments. When a few yards of material picked up at a very low figure on a remnant counter can be turned into a charming gown for home wear there seems to be no excuse for a woman disregarding the feelings of her own family by wearing something that is unbecoming, half worn or soiled. It Is so easy for a woman to express her real individuality in these items of in-time apparel that the temptation to possess a number of them is Strong with the average really feminine type of woman. A couple of widths of rich brocade may be transformed into a lovely gown by the simple process of cutting

an opening in the center so that the head may be slipped through, finishing this neatly, of course; catching the material together underneath the arms and allowing the front and back panels thus formed to flare as they will over a slip of soft chiffon or lace. Or two or three widths of chiffon in contrasting colors may be laid one over the other, the underneath section being full-figure length, the next one a trifle shorter, and so on, and possibly a lace scarf topping the whole. A charming robe d’interior is the result. The sketch shows -a simple and graceful negligee made of lavender satin, with front and bdek panels laid in large tucks. An old-fashioned lace shawl draped about the shoulders completes the garment. Of course it is not essential that a shaw'l be used, and, instead of lace, a brocade or a figured silk voile may be used for the coatee. Discarded evening dresses often offer excellent materials for the fashiontng” of-negligee-garments--and, regardless of the fact that we are no longer at war, fabric saving is advisable. There is no prospect of an immediate reduction in prices, and until France and Belgium are again able to produce textiles it is not likely that either supply will return to normal.

Negligee of Satin and Lace.