Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02

a narrow strip OF fur, especially mole
skin, or a piping OF velvet or satin. ms
shirt bosom may also be of fur; q mum
or a neck piece which has seen better
DAYS can be used here to advantage.
but barring these. there are many otner
fabrics that do as well and are PROB
ably healthier to wear, SUCH as veiVet,
plush, heavily ribbed corduroy or even
pleated satin.
Whatever you use let 1t be fastened
straight up the front and finished at the
neck with any one of the many Iasn-
ionable colors Of the day
Here is also a chance for one OF the
new waistcoats. These garments nave
arrived at an unknown degree or popu-
larity They have been two years strug-
Cling for acknowledgment, and this au-
tumn they have gained their place. One
could write a chapter on these Access
series, but the shops PROVIDE sucn q
glowing display of them that description
is hardly necessary.
There is the attractive one invented Dy
Bernard which is of toile du jouy. that
highly lowered cotton fabric that went by
the French name. 1t Is cut after the fasn-
ion OF a mans waiStcoat, In It's looSeness
and lack of fit. but 1t departs from mas
culinity at the neck, where II rises into a
the coat and rolling revers that end at
Ine Dust.
INSIDE of this one should wear a high
folded stock with a cascade of lace
LII one is not inclined to wrap up the
neck. then the turnover collar of the
shirt waist should be attached to high
band. which brings it on level with the
collar of the waistcoat.
~
Fortunately. the blouse designers have
learned the necessity of placing the turn
over collar on a straight collar, but they
did not do it until the demand of women
became SO insistent that they yielded
to necessity. You, PROBABLY. have been
one of the women who found 1t difficult
to pull your shirt waist collar out over
your coat collar in an ORDERLY manner.
and you have had the good taste to
know that woman looks her worst
wnen she allows line OF rough mate
rial to rest against her bare neck.
But TO return TO the wa.stcoat; there
are some tnat are fastened to the coat,
BEGINNING De,oW the Dust where the sides
uI the coat Sneive away. These nave
been introduced by Mime. Paquin IN those
Very Soou ioohinS COATS WAAcn sac SeHe
To America tnls Iaii. anu Wnlcn are more
graceful lnen any she has mace III yeai >.
@Ano % the way, nere Is ano>her sus-
ges,luu Tor aIlerdIion. Ii you nave a
euIaaay coat OF which you are Oil
weary, and which you desire 20 chanSs
10 meet The modern requirements, You
can Insert u straight aAStcoat WHICH
eAteauS IRON above the Waist ~ sAA Va
eight inches below It.
Go to 5On.e UpnoisLerer 10 get Your Law
rio and let IL. contrast in coior with the
material OF the coat EaSten it down Ia
= straight line within three inches Oh the
end and bind the edges with velvet OF
ss,,in II you wish q good finish.
The Stopping edges OF the coat are at
tached TO the outer edges OK the waist
coat with stitches that 40 not SHOW, s.nd
ii one wants TO continue the waislcoal
above the bust il may be done b. re-
vers and a hign collar that fare above
the coat.
IN the shops there are exquisite fab
rics Tor thes. waIStcoats and fashion al
lows the most brilliant brocades 10 be
used on the toughest kind OF suit.as. al
though good taste suggests that channels
cioth 81 the new fabric called duvetyn,
make q better waistcoat for jackets OF
rough cioth.
the Turkish skirt dominates all others
III walking suits as wei! as afternoon and
evening gowns II IS achieved i'll vari-
Gus NAYS, and the critics nave already
begun 10 carp against them. BuT 10
the mind OF a designer IL is the most
artistic and comfortable skirt women
..av. worn Tor many years.
Look well at its advantages Instead
of hobbling the feet 1t liz SO well ar
ranged in the middle of the front by its
overlapping slash that 1t gives entire
freedom Of movement. and that full eff