The Van Buren press., 1896-09-12
THE POPULAR BLOUSE.
1t Holds Undisputod Sway During This
Summer Weather.

1t Holds Undisputod Sway During This
Summer Weather.
All the feminine world seems to he APP
pearing in blouses during the hot
weather, and although manufacturers
and designers had anticipated the de-
mand for this exceptionally useful and
Elegant article of attire, they have set
to work again and produced some strik-
ing novelties with a departure from the
regulation article. One well-known
house shows a pretty blouse of killed
grass cloth over a fitted sillSen bodice.
The fitted bodices are in all the new art
tints and appear to advantage in eau
de Nil, new pink, heliotrope and amber.
The close-kilted grass cloth forms the
entire front and back of the blouse.
The sleeves are of the full top class
in grass cloth arranged over plain
coat sleeve of the silk, the top pulfings
being exceptionally well arranged. At
the wrists the sleeves are cut in VAN
dykes, revealing an under layer of close
" killed grass cloth edged with valen-
eiennes. The front hem of the blouse
is also ornamented with double-ltilted
frill of grass cloth, also edged with
valenciennes. The main collar is high
and of silk, over which is arranged the
grass cloth in slantwise folds; at the
top is an outstanding Killed frill edged
with lace Another novelty introduced
in this model is killed frill reaching
from the throat down the shoulder line
and terminating at the top of the
sleeves. The frills face to the front of
the blouse. The belt is of grass cloth.
Another grass cloth model is chic, the
cloth forming a zouaye over very
bright pink pongee. The fronts and
back of the grass cloth zouave repre-
sent four tuclts about three inches deep,
each tuck being headed with feather
stitch lace. The sleeves are of the class
described in the preceding model, but
at the wrist up TO the elbow are orna-
mented with u series of tucks en- suite
with the character of the zouave. The
collar of grass cloth turns over folded
silk collar and is relieved from the i'm
mediate front, while the pongee collar
is ornamented on either side the fasten-
ing by row of six pearl buttons. The
pink pongee blouse Is very full and
belted in empire style, with IL tiny
pearl buttons forming an ornament III
conjunction with the puff of pongee.
An elongated pearl brooch fastens tho
blouse midway between the throat and
empire belt. Yet another novelty is
seen in AN arrangement of epaulets
of pongee beneath the full top of grass
cloth. 4 third remarkable effect is
grass lawn known as striped silk grass
lawn. The regulation lawn is intersect-
ed with stripes of white silk about a
quarter of an inch wide and two thread
like stripes of gold. The fabric is very
taking. With this fabric is introduced
folded frills of white chiffon, forming,
a tout ensemble rarely seen. The front
Of the blouse is full, the hem being
edged on either side by the chiffon frills.
Three other chiffon frills appear on
either side of the center, the whole
frontage being trimmed with chiffon.
The chiffon frills are about IL inches
in width. The collar proper is of white
satin with AN over collar set on small
wings, these being of the grass lawn
edged with chiffon frills. Still, not
withstanding the charm of the blouse,
the sleeves are the noted feature OF
taste and artistic style. The main
sleeve is coat shape, and at the top is
ornamented with n huge bow and end.
The bow is formed of a large square
of the grass lawn folded up and left
open on the side that faces the front,
where it is edged with the chiffon frill.
In arrangement this falls into artistic
dropping recess folds quite too difficult
to describe accurately in words, but
exceptionally beautiful Depending at
the back from this bow is an elongated
wing of grass lawn tapering to point
where it reaches the waist line. The
puff bow falls over the coat sleeve to
the elbow, and the innovation to super
sede regulation puff sleeves is the most
artistic and novel that can be imagined.
Frills of chiffon carry out the character
of the blouse at the wrists.-St. Louis
Republic