The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-12


Waist lines are variously described as
normal, high in front or high in the
back. Skirts may be slashed or not.
Never has the blouse, the semi
tailored waist and the shirt been in
such demand. For the past two years
the separate waist has been more or
less eclipsed by the one-piece frock,
but it blossoms forth now with re-
newed vigor. Not luxury, but ne
cessity, it is multicolored and in styles
without number.
Almost all of the new waists show
touches of vivid colors. Both simple
and elaborate waists of cerise, Neil
rose, French blue and black are COM
bined with white and vice versa, show
ing a marked contrast from the waists
of other years when white alone pre-
dominated. The dull tones used in
cretonnes and tapestries and Dresden
shapes are often introduced for col
lars and cuffs. Turquoise blue, Law
ender and pink are seen on frills and
pipings.
The material employed in the max
ing of these waists are varied. Crepe
materials showing embroidered,
stripes and bars may be either of light
or heavy texture. Plain and embroid-
cred voiles, crepe de Chine, crepe me-
teor, China and tub silks are used,
also linens, lawns and batiste. In the
elaborate waists for afternoon wear
all-over lace has been replaced by
colored chiffon clothes, or chameuse,
matching the shade of the suit.
The double ruffie which has appear
ed on many of the waists of the winter,
falling from under the Robespierre col
lar, is still in favor, and buttons of i'm
imitation pearl, crystal and jewels in
set to match the color tone of the
blouse are popular trimmings.
Collars are a decorative feature OF
all the new waists. Eyellet embroid-
cry collars also are new and few high
collars are used. The neck line of
waists for both street and house wear
are semi low. Collars may be square
rolled, pointed or Robespierre, but all
blouses have some form of collar The
sunshine collar is new. It's form is a
narrow sailor, tapering into V in
front.
The simple morning waists of soft
material and tailored blouses are moth
ing more than shirts, which form OF
waist is indispensable for outing wear,
Tailored in the most mannish fash
ions, they show the soft collar and
cuff, the Jokes in the back and small
pocket on the left side of the straight
front plaid Tub silk is very good
in this type of waist and broad stripes
of color are much used Crepe de
Chine is also made up into this femi-
nine negligee shirt.
The Tuxedo is a very new form OF
the tailored shirtwaist. Fashioned ex-
actly like the shirt, worn for the mas
culine dinner jacket, it has vest OF
finest tucks outlined with hemsbtch'
ing to give the shirt bosom effect. The
sleeves are long, Joined to the body OF
the waist with hemstitching and carry
a tight turn-back cuff. The collar is
outstanding and is encircled at the
base by a narrow band taffeta ribbon
which is finished in the front by bow
tie resembling that used on a man:
dress shirt.
On many of the white voile waists
the collars cuffs and popular small
vests are of striped wolfe in some con
trasting shade. For young girls Il
the voil waist, trimmed only with foot
ing, which edges the sailor collar ant
front double ruffle, which is graduate
without plaits, but quite full in effect
Tiny crochet buttons trim the waist
A model of lawn had Bulgarian en-
broidery about the rounded neck an
extending down the left side. A whit
crepon waist embroidered in tin
rosebuds of pink with grass gree
stems, had green ball buttons dotte
down the center front On this wais
the long French shoulder seam wa
Used.
Exceedingly smart was a waist {
white tub silb embroidered both bac
and front in a conventional design {
kings blue. The long sleeves ha
tailored cuffs and the rolled collar wa
, finished with a tie with long end
The blue buttons of the same shad
were placed down the front in
double row. Eponge in the cretonn
coloring trims some of the tub sill
, waists. For wear with the street su
the crepe de Chine is excellent an