Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-11

~ ARIS.-The Russian blouse coat
is rapidly coming to the front in
u the race fer popular favor. This
smart and attractive garment is
slightly pouched just above the waist
line and is confined by a handsome
ceinture of embroidered glove kid or
thick silk. The basque is of moderate
length, Just covering the hips, and
the sleeves are almost always long
and banded in at the wrist On tall,
slender woman the Russian blouse
coat is admirable, but its outline never
fails to add width to the shoulders and
bust; for this reason il has to be dealt
with carefully With a coat OF this
order the skirt is short, rather plain
and moderately tight; a favorite style
OF trimming is a handsome row of
large buttons running up the left side
of the skirt. just at the seam, similar
buttons appearing on the front of the
coat and also on the bands of the
sleeves.
More than ever it is the fashion to
trim simple tailored suits with rows
of handsome buttons, and these latter
are now made in brilliant colors and
In all sorts of unexpected materials.
With the more exclusive tailors enamel
buttons set in rims of cut jet are all
the rage. and invariably the enamel is
made to contrast with the dress ma
terial. The dainty little accessories of
the feminine toilet are, this season.
commanding a great deal of attention;
buttons are considered of the first i'm
portance and many women of fashion
make point of having their umbrella
handles. or sack fittings. made to match
certain sets of buttons.
The result is excellent in conjunc-
tion with diagonal serges and heather
mixture tweeds. Enamel buttons, etc.
set in silver or jet. give particularly
refined effects, and this Is specially
the case when the walking skirts are
slightly cut up at one side, after the
manner described in detail last week
Speaking generally, il may be said
that narrow bands of fur and rows of
handsome buttons form the two most
popular styles of trimming of the
present season. but then these bands
of fur are kept, almost exclusively. for
afternoon dresses or for morning
suits of a specially elaborate order.
Ideal Morning Suit.
An ideal morning suit for early win
ter wear was made of heather mixture
tweed which showed artistic tfnts of
nut-brown. dull red and dark blue. The
ms R1air
and had thoroughly comfortable ap-
pearance. The skirt was short and
moderately tight: it was slightly cut
up at the left seam, close TO the front,
and on this seam there were eight
large buttons of dark red enamel set
in tiny rims of jet. The coat was
very simple in outline and was half
length, being slightly double-breasted
and fastened with three large buttons
similar to those on the skirt There
were side revers turned over with 1ull
red peau de sole and small collar
and revers a Marceau collar, with
plated frills. was arranged, and the
delicate muslin OF this collar gave
particularly fresh and attractive APP
pearance TO the simple costume. The
coat opened over chemisette of
tucked muslin and the accompanying
hat was in dull blue silk beaver; this
hat was quite small and the beaver
was so flexible that it seemed to mold
the head and hair; the only trimming
was a single sable skin which was
lightly wound round the lon crown
- Act ta0
turkish towel materials have been
done to death this year. we find them
still very much used by our leading
tailors: but the tissue d'eponge" Of
today is a more elaborate material
than that of yesterday II is now made
in heather mixtures and in a very
much more firm texture. have seen
this cloth in Iovely-shades Of nut
brown, duh red shot with blue, violet
with fiicks of white, etc. One of the
newest and most fascinating exam
pies of turkish towel cloth recalled 10
my mind the varied pluma-e OF a
handsome pheasant
One of our leading tailrs is max
ing a speciality or carhers hair cloth
this winter. This deliciously soft and
comfortable material is at its best in
bright shades of navy blue. with
rows of buttons in royal blue. White
camePs hair cloth is also very attrac-
tive, but in the best qualities of this
material great many tiny black
hairs are always to be found and these
suggest. TO the ordinary eye, a slight
appearance of soil.
Plated Skirt.
With regard to the newest walking
skirts. it is safe to say that 90 per
cent. of them are plated; either set
in fat plaits ali round. with a plain.
tight, empiecement molding the hips.
or set in pIaits at either side The
attractive accordion-plaited frill is
steadily creeping back into favor. but
of course its place is on afternoon and
evening dresses; for day skirts fat
plaits similar to those on a Scotch |
kilt are considered the only possible. |
Speaking generally. IL may be said
that the skirts 0: morning dresses are !
plated, and that those of afternoon
dresses are draped; and in between
these two styles we have the simple |
but perfectly cut skirt which molds |
the waist and hips and which falls In /
straight lines while giving room fer |
the free use Of the lower limbs.
The Parisienaes are showing special |
favor to checked and striped cloths |