Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-15

] tary, are made from braid. Even in the
new waists VIC see the edges bound
with braid, chiffon or silk, alike. Waists
Of net are braided with fine soutache
and a very effective trimming it is.
Suit coats this season are, as a rule,
in the vicinity of IS inches in length
The skirts are PLAIN at the top and
flaring out to an eight yard hem, six
inches from the floor In many of these
skirts there is an underskirt Of not
such huge measure.
This naturally shows the crinoline
tendency in our clothes. In the early
part OF the last century, when these
vide skirts were worn, there were
hoops beneath to keep them standing
out and to show their entire width I'M
as,ne woman getting into a TWEEN
tleth century street car or Fifth ave-
nue. bus with hoop skirt today!
Still, with skirts widening rapidly
there is no telling quite what to expect.
for when Dame Fashion gets to moving
she does not always stop at mere con-
sistency.
The latest skirts are faced up with
mar cloth for the depth of from twelve
TO fourteen inches to give the proper
Stl1tnesS And one charming gown,
winch saw worn not long ago at a
motel where the faithful followers of
the tickle dame assemble for tea and to
dlne, was not only faced up very high
put was also corded with thick cord
which made it swing attractively.
Worn with these skirts are bodices
which cut off straight around the
waist line, in the old time basque style.
sometimes they are corded on the edge.
The sleeves We're some of them very
long, and others short and puffy. The
line OF the low necks of these bodices
are long over the shoulders exposing
the tips of them in the ia shion one
sees In daguerrotypes. Others, where
they are not wanted so low are finish
ed with a fichu Of the same material
which is draped around the shoulders
giving the long line Of the shoulders
but showing only the V of the neck.
Another crinoline type is the dress
with many flounced or ruffled skirt.
This last with WreathS of tiny roses
woven among the rUffles and possibly
carelessly catching one up is a most
fascinating style for an evening frock,
especially for the girl Of 1.-the and slen-
der lines.
The trim short basque buttening
straight up the front. and ending at the
Walstllne, except for two short points
below is very smart when worn with
the full skirt. The illustration is a
model which shows an idea of an
American designer. The yoke and
front panel Of the skirt are in one.
while the fulness is placed at the side
in wide side pfeats. thus giving the
smart outline of the winter a flatness
front and back and a flaring at the
sides.
Fur IS used extensively as trimming
on the winter frocks. It is put around
the bottoms Of tunics and skirts, at the
lower edge of cuffs and around the
necks of suits, dresses and separate
coats. Fur is soft. but scarcely becom-
ing to the average face and REQUIRES
something to give a bit of color, so the
artificial flower was placed, usually at
the neck. and 10! it made the fur vast
ly becoming
The flower. whether artificial or ma
tural. is most important accessory of
a woman's toilette this season. The
corsage bouquets Of violets are always
good, but the very smartest and new
est thing in the way Ct natura, flowers
is to have them made into a tinv stiff
bouquet like those pictured in the DAYS
Of our grandnothers. Stiffly packed to-
gether rising in the center and sur
rounded by 4 stiff frill of paper. lace.j
In the artificial flowers this same
thlns IS carried out, only the leaves are