Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-02-27
Stunning Street SUITS Of Plain and Striped
Worsteds in One and Two-tone Effects
Sleeves Of Three Distinct Types
Simple Costumes Srnartened
by Jaunty Waistcoats.

The woman who is unable to find
satisfactory street suit among the new
spring models must he exceedingly dill
cult to please. for NOT only is there
wide range OF materials from which to
select, but also a seemingly endless yUri-
alton OF the fashionable hues aud com
oinutious thereof. Among the one-tonc
effects are noticed many of the popular
blues navy sapphire, GoheIiu and French
pOrCeIaIn-all Of which are to he greatly
the vogue during tine ensuing spring and
summer Guumptul Will be one of the
principal gray shades. often combined
with pearl and white IN the form OF
wide aud narrow stripes: black ana white
Will be used for shepherd checks aud
many tWU-toucd browns.
TriE Walking skirts.
So hrmly have the plated skirts with
band trimmings enwrappCd themselves
about the heart OF American femininity
that they have survived the prophecy
Rnent the supremacy OF cores and cir
CuiarS II would seem a. though every
possible variation had been made with
p!altS. SO far as skirts go, but some OF
the combinations with cores are abso-
lutely novel and wonderfully triE. Nv"
amongst these recent models possess the
virtue of swinging gracefully because OF
the ARA ugemeut OF the sections In one
there Is cluster of narrow piaitS, III
the center of the front and the back.
with three Intervening side CORES, ana
IN the other four groups of double box
plaitS alternate with the cores. These
skirts are markedly longer than those
worn during the past few months. and ia
most instances clear the ground by bare
ly two inches.
lax sleeve LAWS.
Coat sleeves are not governed Ivy any
hard and raS, rules. although three dis
JlnCt types axe chiefly used. The butter
fly, which at first was considered rather
too elaborate for tailor mades, is now EN-
plOyeu tor the very simplest % them, and
seems quite rs much in keeping with a
Snort Jacket ami skirt as the full -leuGiu
conyentionally shaped coat sleeve or the
tnree-quarter pun. banded To the arm hs
low the elbow. Save In the case Of the
Japanese type. sleeves are still plated OF
SHRED into the armhulc aUd are modeF
Htely full. albeit the prophecy that ahSo-
tuteiv plain sleeves would be used has
Necu disturbing the sleep OF iunumvrabiU
thin-armed women.
Spring Coat shapes.
The criterion for coat shapes Is merely
their hecomingueSS. The woman who j.
what the brutality frank s;lleswoman terms
'hgUreleSS, naturally uo'S not Se."Ct one
OF those natty. ught-dtting little cutuway>
which reveal every charming curve as
well as every awkward angle. She cIings
persistently TO the half fitting back ana
oox-shaped front Of medium length, differ
ing from the erstwhile popular Prince
Chap by reason of its single-breastet
fronts sloping slightly from below the
waist line, but with precisely the same
type Of collar. cuffs and pocket flaps made
ID, M - IL rx~fsh Sill Va
insects. The length of butterfly coats Il
governed by the proportions of the dgure
but all of them extend well over the hip
and are invariably somewhat longer a
the front and back.
On very similar lines is an exceedingl.
natty cutaway with sharply pointed front
nnG back, but with full pulled elbow