Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1905 — WOMAN AND FASHION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOMAN AND FASHION

Early Spring Salt. Even before we can hope the bitterest winter days are past the spring suits are making their appearance. Her* is one of the first comers, a smart model In gray tweed trimmed with

stitched bauds of self and fancy braid ornaments. The skirt is fitted to the hips with shallow stitched plaits. The coat is on the approved fitted lines, the tailpiece cut sharply away over the hips, a stole-like vest of white cloth affording a smart finish.

Colora For Spring. The reliable announcement that gray and green are to be the leading colors of the coining season is hailed with relief. Gray in those soft shades that are neither too light nor yet too somber is the favorite, with green very nearly as popular. The very early spring suits and frocks will doubtless be in gray, but beware when you purchase that you select goods that will retain the color, for there is nothing like gray to fade. The greens are more reliable. There are few shades that will not stand hard service and the hottest sun. The blue greens in particular are trustworthy.

Waali Dreaaen In Winter. Tubb..ble clothing of ail sorts is a fad of the day, and a wise one it is, for it insures a freshness in one’s clothing that used to be enjoyed only in the heat of summer. Nowadays women wear the thinnest of shirt waists all through the coldest weather and frequently white pique or duck skirts for indoors, a fashion which a few years ago was the prerogative of the trained nurse only. The shirt waists are worn over silk slips or neat little knitted vests of wool, lisle thread or silk, that come especially for that purpose, and so are quite as warm as waists made of wool or other materials.

New Neck Roches. Few ruchings are calculated to form nn evgn prettier frame for the face than the old kind, of uniform height. The newer ones are quite shallow in front, rising on the sides and in the back standing two inches and more above the collar. They are made of chiffon, lace or two or three plaited ruffles of mousseline bordered with the narrowest white ribbon. They are quite inexpensive and give the necessary dress to the back of the neck without discomforting the chin.

A Pretty Collar. For a long neck a pretty collar may be made by gathering an inch wide lace upon a very narrow band of white swiss. On the other side of the band a frill of narrower lace is sewed, and the swiss band is then covered by a fancy beading, through which is run a band of black velvet ribbon.

Box Plaited Skirt. This box plaited skirt is adapted to all the fashionable materials, but the model is of chiffon eolienne, cerise in color, stitched. The fullness below the Btitchings falls in ample and graceful

folds, which make sufficient trimming in themselves, but if a more elaborate design is preferred any suitable finish can be added. The skirt is nine gdbed, the box plaits concealing all seams, and is stitched flat to well below the hips, being pressed into position below. Material for medium size is thirteen and three-quarter yards twenty-one, twelve and three-quarter yards twenty-seven or seven yards forty-four Inches wide

GRAY TWEED SUIT.

NINE GORED SKIRT.