Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1919 — Sport Clothes to Welcome Summer [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Sport Clothes to Welcome Summer

Of all the clothes with which women are preparing to welcome the coming summer, and the boys overseas who will return with it, those in the sport class prove the most satisfying. Good times and prosperity are written all over them. They are of various degrees of richness as to materials and of wonderful excellence in design. Nothing expresses the woman of today quite so well as these smart and' informal things in which She is well enough dressed for all the happenings of a summer’s day. Certain of the new weaves in silks have opened new worlds for the designers of sport clothes to conquer. These designers are gazing down alluring vistas which the looms are creating for them and the unfolding of sport styles is growing more and more interesting. An outfit that may be accepted as a standard of smartness is pictured here. It is made up of a skirt of baronet satin, white with rings in turquoise blue in widely scattered groups thrown upon it. The sweater of turquoise., knitted silk has some new features that will hold the attention. It is one of those soft, rough, loosely-knitted affairs that lead the procession of new sweater styles. It is open part way down the front and a scarf that crosses at the front and is carried round \the waist to tie in the t»ack, is a part of? it. Cuffs, wajst and shoulders are. adjusted closely to the figure by a change in the stitch, which is different from that used in the body of the sweater. A pretty, high-necked blouse, with a tucked front, fastening with small

pearl buttons, is of the right degree of daintiness to bear the skirt and sweater company. It is of fine voile and there is a narrow band of black ribbon about the neck, one of those pretty, sparkling, little finishing touches that make this outfit adorable. High white canvas shoes and a brimmed hat with big, flexible crown are details of the costume that match it in character. They are to be carefully selected when the matter of sport clothes is considered, otherwise they, can spoil the play.