Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-14
Mid-Season Styles in Semi-Formal FroCks

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ceive. 1t creates a sort of optical
illusion when the eye reaches the
nip line. and conveys an impression
of slenderness.
4 silk Coat suit.
This new feature in construction
is very attractively presented in the
first figure. This little coat has the
waistline broken by the center-front
panel. but the becoming qualities Of
the change in the waist line is at
once apparent.
Natter blue peau de sole was the
material from which this costume
was fashioned. The broadening of
the sailor collar in front added an
original touch 10 this feature. The
facing of this collar was made of
black panne satin, and this same ma
terial was also used for the cuffs.
The collar facing was edged with
row of small buttons and loops of
the peau de sole and these same but
tons trimmed the outer edges of the
panel from the belt to the lower
edge. The closing was effected with
two large clover leaf frogs. The
skirt was in five cores. with shaped
overlapping sections at the lower
part of the side cores. Just above
these sections there was fat insert
of the black panne satin. Peau de
sole buttons edged the front panel
from the waist TO the tops of the
lower side sections and these buttons
also outlined the upper edge of the
overlapping pieces. The hat worn
was an adoption of the tri-cornered
military shape 1t was made of the
black panne satin, had an edge fac
ing of white silk and was simply
trimmed with a black aigrette. 1t
was a severely plain chapeau. but
had evidently been selected with
care, for it seemed just the hat for
the COstumeS
Skirts seen I'm Paris.
Even in face of its apparently uni
versal acceptance there seem to be
some women who have not wholly
decided upon the adoption of the
narrow skirt. An interesting sartor-
ial review. just published in Paris,
includes an account Of how one Oe
the famous houses on the Rue de
"a Talk has met with deplorable
failure in attempting TO launch a
wide skirt. So II seems that the wo-
man who insists upon width is the
woman who will asSuredly be class
ed as being out of style OF course,
the extreme "hobbIe' is generally
tabCoed but in its modified form it
is still the latest word in skirts. In
Paris, just now skirts measure. in
width almost a fuu yard more than
they did last summer. This means
that in English measurements the
approved width is two and One-haif
yards The effect is quite the same
as that produced in the skirts of las
spring: that IS. when one is standing
still 1t is when the wearer moves
about that one notices the differ
ence.
Short-length finishes continue pop
ular for walking skirts and street
and trotting frocks: il is only in
evening gowns that one sees trains
and these are rarely long.
One is bewildered at the use of
buttons for trimming; they are seen
everywhere on all sorts Of costumes.
There are silk buttons. satin but
tons. velvet buttons and the lovely
enameled and jeweled buttons
which are a noticeable trimming on
many satin coat suits and formal
costumes.
Figured Fabrics.
The colors of the season are
constant source of delight. They ap-
pear in the material used for for
NAL gowns in the effects known in
France as false dyes for while
they seem the very essence Of dain-
tiness they are in reality the result
of intricately planned color schemes.
In the transparent fabrics this
effect is sometimes desig-
mated "chameleon''-a name moro
than any other that one
might call to mind. for they have
a way of changing color with each
movement of the wearer that sug-
gests the tiny lizard.
The figured marquisettes of this
season are especially beautiful. They
are seen with Persian and Dresden
and designs and some of
the shops are showing conventional
figure developments. In the second
figure we have an illustration of a
little bridge frock deliver
ed by a Fifth avenue modiste a few
days ago. The waist had an open
neck and the sleeves were just
slightly longer than elbow length. /
There was an odd shaped yoke which !
dropped into a square tab in front |
and the sleeves were in one with a /
simulated bolero. This bolero effect !
promises to be much worn. The |
used for this yoke and the |