The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-07
"A Girl Of Sixteen.

Dear Miss Lee. I inclose lock Of my hair.
Would you please toll me what color It Isl Have dark
face rather thin weight e5 pounds, waist % inches
bust 80 inches, hips 81 inches, and I am 3 feet
inches tall and nearly 1S year. old What
kind Of best dress to get for winter9 Last winter
1 had red dress for best and blue for school so
I think would rather have something different this
year. How shall have it mades It must not be too
expensive OF too fussy like golden brown green,
but do not know If they are successful colors Ny
mother has black cheviot blouse jacket which she
bought three years ago. 1t has short peplum, small
sleeves with puff at wrist, singlebreasted but still
very good. Would you please tell her how she could
fix without purchasing new material. She is feet
inches tall, bust 3d. waist a. hips 1914 inches and
weight 100 pounds; age 40; dark brown hair, blue
eyes with brown spots and fair complexion, some
fond Of white and soft shades / hope have not
proved too troublesome but there many things
| wanted to know Hoping to my in
Sundays Journal am your friend, e F. Z. B.
Your hair Is light golden brown Judging from
the small sample, and should think it was very
pretty seen in the sun. You can all shades Of
blue, also pale pink pale and dark green, mauve,
old rose, cream and black. Brown and gray a.. tho
leading colors this winter and you could either
Green will become you, but it is what is known as
small OF retiring color, thus having tendency to
apparently decrease the size Of the wearer while gray
ss golden especially saas the have an
advisable in your eas seeing that you something
that will suggest breadth.
mixed tweed OF a rather large shadow plaid
gored upper skirt box peaed at each seam stitched
to hip depth, and the skirt completed BY side
peated founce. With this model only the nghtest
weight goods should be employed Anything heavier
should be box pleated all around at the belt and
trimmed the bottom with self bias folds, as many
as you please s.9..sfz~.. ~ .-7@
half length coat in leose box style viii become
you and would the semi fitting in the back With
straight fronts closing double-breasted. Sleeves
should be full and capes the shoulders will be
great improvement. If you wish bodice rather
than coat, have yoke Of velvet the predominatinp
shade in your gown, OF, In the case Of plain ma
terial being chosen, make the yoke Of pretty plaid
silk. Outline this with broad slashed bertha OF
merely slashed capes over the shoulders and have q
girdle Of material matching the yoke Follow any
fancful picturesque sleeve model that attracts Won
and your frock will surely be becoming
In regard to remodelng the blouse, there Is
good effect The Peplum is separate and is attached
to self belt which is shaped with q point roino
upwards in center back and downwards in center
'front.' The blousiness should be released, and then
the coat must be cut into rounded points on lower
edge rather shallow ones and the coat to end
couple Of inches above the waist line The extrems
edge is trimmed with BRAID looping it on each round,
that the effect is Of smart little Eton co.t
which be with OF without the belt A connle
of hooks sewed to lower edge Of and corresnond
Ing eyes on the belt are caught together when both
belt and coat are worn while the remainder of the
coat hangs loose and reveals just little Of the blouse
between belt and coat If the sleeves can be changed
to coat STYLE all that will be necessary will be to add
cuffs. Possibly You may have pretty piece Of ma
terial or trimming on hand that would come in for
collar and cuffs, and brighten up the skirt
Your mother can wear pale yellow, pale sapphire
and navy blue, red and old rose, tan, fawn golden
brown cream white dove gray golden tan, pale pink
indeed it is, to almost every woman, no matter Of
what age.