Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1919 — WHEN FASHIONS COME BACK [ARTICLE]

WHEN FASHIONS COME BACK

After Styles Have Had Their Day They Usually Return for Another Tryout All modes have their entrances and their exits, but they seldom if ever leave the stage of fasljion never to return. After their brief run as headliners they retire from the boards, it is true, but as a rule only temporarily. If we wait long enough, back they come —and with Increased popularity. For instance, once upon a time every welltrained maid and matron knew how to develop the most intricate designs in knitting and crocheting, and then for a number of years anyone who did profess a fondness for and showed a deftness in this Sort of work was termed “old-fashioned.” The war, however, created a need that only knitted garments could fill, and for patriotic reasons every woman was willing and anxious th become adept with the knitting- needte. . - The signing of the armistice resulted in lessening the demand for knitted wear to a great degree, but women are not giving up their interest in oldtime arts so quickly. Once more th e craft of the crochet hook is coming into its own. Not only are women going back to the methods of their grandmothers and Working out all sorts of novel ideas for household linen and home decoration, but they are using crochet Work as a simple means to an effective end in personal adornment. Could anything be more attractive than this Smock? Fashioned in a bot-tle-blue crepe, crocheted medallions of blue and green and a chocheted edge give the blouse an air quite out of the ordinary. Incidentally the smock blouse is quite the thing to don for afternoons at home. It is both chic and “comfy.”