Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03

semi tailored costumes Intended for
Afternoon and informal evening wear
show some trimming on the coats
and slight skirt drapories Among
the best materials are epoupe. plain
land striped frizetic, an eponec with
longer nap, Bedford cord. needle
cord. silk and wool faillc, basket
cloth. poplin. hopsacking and tho
fine weave serges A feature of this
season is the combination of malcri-
als. \ black and white check coat
of WOODEN material. and o. black fail
lc skirt. coat Of black and spul-
phur check tops a skirt OF solid sui
thur color. This shows reversing of
the old order when the skirt Haunted
the checks aud the Jacket was Of
solid color This new idea is intro
duced by ranuin Suadrt oI brown,
blue. purple aud grrru are the iaN.
arcd colors.
When corded or striped material
! h employed the stripes are managed
in such way as 10 form trimmins
aud both skirts and coats may be- in-
laid with diagonal or horizontal
bands. This Is especially effective
in the two-tone materials which are
sim i'm vogue. niaponals stripes
give q slender appearance to the
figure.
Coats vary greatly iu style and
cut They are either distinctly Ton"
or distinctly short The high eat.
away model. with swallow tail or fish
tail back. will be- popular This cut
away h sometimes high enough in
front to give the Elton effect An
exaggerated GETAWAY slopes away
immediately from the bust line, ana
is fastened with a sinrlc lars" hul.
ton The less ultra model is iasicn-
ed with two or three buttons. I'm The
cutawav the back frequently hauts
straight from the shoulders boo lont
semi fitting lines. and when the I'm
mir. line il expressed slot seam is
visible on the sides, ioung the back
and front seams
The Russian blouse is hayiug con.
siderable vogue. a suggestion OF
variation of II appears in mnns ol
the most exclusive models Chcrull
Bernard. Francis and other great Tor
eign designers have set the stamp OF
their APPROVAL upon il. Sometimes
the blouse appears only be- the front
and falls softly over he lilted skirt
of the Jacket. The b. * of this coat
As semi fitting and 70 nds Off into q
swallow tlii. or Is finished in sqna'"
panel effect. extendin2 three or ioar
inches below the coat length
In other models the blouse shows
itself in the back, aud the ullucss ls
held In 10y q suggestion of belt
with q buckle of the material. Cords
OF the material are much used 10
outline the blouse effect The blouse
of another style continues all the
way and fits suurlt. with the full.
ness placed 100 seam several inches
below the waistlno This seam ls
covered by the Wllucss OF the upper
part ana is often corded or piped. lu
some cases the skirt or lower part
rounds abruptly away from the
front fastening AZ the bust lu
others. especially iu the coats Tor
general wear this portion which ia
hardly more than band approx.
matcly eight inches wide, il's closely
around the hip. aud rs fastened Win
two buttons
The differences between The I'd|.
KAN aud the Russian blouse nor
yrcat the balkan blouse iits very
loosely. and is bcltcd quite IoN ou
the hin This bell Is often .leh
kuottcd to one side. and THESE Wod
els are best adapted 10 the youthful
and undcy,lopcd figures.
Even the most eycrcl, tailored
skir, shows some fullnrs- usually
stitched into the cams Zoo the form
of nat plaits. and The disposIuo. ''
draper Is varied IN some skirts ~
is quite low. luding the shirt .h
tightly at the bottom, wniic 600 o'h
crs h. s looprd over thc hap. ''
held in about the snecs PLAT. .u'
nlt folds are Characteristic of 'N'
tailored skirt and the draper
rarely affected D, shirriug or saith
oriu-
The absence OF seams Dos marked.
as skirts ar, cat circular ur WIN
thre. broad gore tho mairrIa. "E
tending above o.. waist line as b"
her finish Skin are still marrow
AZ the FOOT line The waikne .kif.
is worn lonlrr st ciearlus Obj.
ground Some lf the skirt. ar.
slashed
Stoves show nHIe change in t0'
man tailored the may be- LONG three
quarter length lose fittius or loose
with mrg, fu.-back cult I.''
are .omotmes ST. In q dropped aru
scam. and here I'd there DO" kmo.
900 sleeve appea bur boz th' hcs'
models for sire. wear the sle't ie
tailored boz the .ody OF tbe coat
without mllnes Collars are c.r0u.
lar. square. sailor and shaw bat they
are not larse
Buttons abound on both roats aud
skirts They are decidedly an in.
torosiiuR fcatur. NJ th,s year styles
unique boz size. .1lor aud composition
Like M, lninl they either match
the suit or contrast with Do CRYSTAL
buttons are frequently conferred wtI
black or color Whimsical little
button tr'mIy beneath