Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1920 — One-Piece Gown Is Still in Favor [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

One-Piece Gown Is Still in Favor

Perhaps there Is no type of dress which has ever given more comfort and general satisfaction to women of all degress than the one-piece dress. This, observes a prominent corespondent, is undoubtedly a truism and yet It cannot be dwelt upon too often by its beneficiaries for fear that if they do,not recognize their blessings on some evil day the useful little onepiece frock may be snatched away from them. Fashion Is proverbially a fickle dame, but after centuries of high handed and capricous proceedings with her votaries it was a merciful dispensation on her part to decree the reign of the one-piece frock at a time In the affairs of women when life moved for them in a swift and almost overwhelming flood of public and private activities. It was, and Is, a time in which a type of dress was needed which reduced nerve strain to the minimum and which combined ease of adjustment, comfort, smart and youthful appearance, all around wearableness and sufficient variety. If such a thing were possible In an uneasy and imperfect world, one would be inclined to say that the one-piece frock would go on forever, no matter what .other styles might corile and go. Predictions are unsafe and one only knows that at present this desirable type of garment rounds the cycle of the year In an endless procession of models developed In fabrics suitable

for the season,' bridging the chasm from chiffon to vtelvet Just, now the only sort of one-piece frocks' to which any woman’s mind will give house room are the midseason and early spring models of gabardine, tricolette, shtin, crepe de chine and taffeta, of which there is an interesting variety in the advanced showings.

Ever Faithful Type Remains.

The ever faithful and desirable frock of navy blue serge, polret twill, tricotine or gabardine is, as a rule, as straight and simple of silhouette as it has been for several seasons past, either on the rather attenuated Unes of the French coat dress or with the youthful blousing bodice and narrow gathered skirt with a moderately wide waistband. There are striking chemise models in peasant style which slip on over the head and have but little fastening. , At the same time there Is observed a bold and rather interesting effort to Introduce broken and widened lines in the skirt by means of plaited frills, tunics of irregular shape, folds and flounces. Such models stand out conspicuously among so many which have a willowy, unbroken slimness as their chief characteristic. ‘ Simple and 1 practically unadorned bine serge frocks appear to be in Just as good standing as blue serge frocks which are elaborately embroidered of trimmed with oustahdlng M d

plaited frills. However, trimmings of various kinds are rather prominently in evidence in any inventory of the charms of the 1920 blue serge frock. Embroidery on Two Wide Bands. In one especially striking and handsome frock of navy blue gabardine the embroidery In ecru silk is entirely concentrated on two wide, loose bands of the fabric which extend from the narrow girdle straight downward at each side until they are fastened up under the edge of the slim skirt. The straight bodice with long sleeves is cut in a deep square at the neck and filled in with a gathered tucker of cream batiste. At the back on either side, where the embroidered bands meet the girdle, there are long and stately tassels of ecru silk. An interesting decoration from the peasant source is in the form of oblong perforations of good size outlined with green,silk. Lines of these perforations set on end run up and down on the blouse and round about the skirt. There are <lso narrow bands of embroidery which outline the simulated eton coats of certain frocks, and lines of wool chain stitch embroiderey in rose wool break the monotonous length 6f a blue serge chemise frock. Besides these there are frocks embroidered In navy blue silk, with only an accent of color. Straw embroidery on blue serge is not half as bizarre as It sounds. How-

ever. It Is scarcely likely to Interest the woman who takes her clothes seriously. Bat tail braid bindings of black or striped silk and upstanding! plaitings of satin cire ribbon are conservative and smart trimmings, as are black moire ribbons. Frills to Edge Apron Draperies. Fine plaitings of blue serge are used as frills to edge apron as tunic draperies and as the better part of a frock. One model has a flat back and front panel, but the sides of the dress from under the arms fall in straight, narrow plaits to the skirt hem, confined at the waist by a belt of braided cords and is sure to havo a little vestee and collar of batiste or handkerchief linen or organdie, usually showing through a narrow slit iu the frock. The woman who is horrified at the thought of a blue serge frock with abort sleeves should take heart If she| has either a long pocketbook or pretty elbows. In the first case she will ba able to afford long gloves, and in the! second she will soon be pleased with jer exceptional possession as Katisha. vas with that famous shoulder blada rs hers, and, after all, a wool frodo short sleeves Is many degree* auuri mwTw w **"**** I HAU OXie WIUI lUalih olvvtMSt a. There is, however, a. enea in a most a wy

Two Frocks of Blue Gabardine, One Embroidered With Castor Silk, Affording an Idea of Pleasing Construction.