Evening journal., 1914-12-11
BLOUSE Or BLOOZE,
So take YOUR PICK
Milady's Waist, By Any
Other Name, VIII Cost
AS Much
VELVET is ONE
ORNEW MATERIALS
RY MARGARET MASnN.

written for the United Press).
Some people call a waist a waste
And others who refuse
TO let a chance to air their French
Go by. call it "blooze."
TO others it's a simple blouse
To rhyme with mouse. and yet a
'blouze."
It's dubbed by some and on the
Strand.
A bodice. so I understand,
Is what the English choose.
/ Yet waist. blouse, "blooze" or any
name
ltE sure to cost you just the same
NEW YORK, Dec. Condemned
TO death every season the separate
blouse succeeds unfailingly to get a
reprieve at the last minute and con
tinue a perpetual fashionable exist
erce. 1t is true that the death blow
did fall upon one branch of the waist
family this year for the lingerie waist
had actually wasted quite away.
Perhaps more novelties in the
blouse line have been introduced this
winter than for many preceding sea.
sons. The surplice bloLse. the baa
que blouse and both the jacket blouse
ano the vest waist are all practically
new.
The surplice bodice is prsttiost
developed in soft crepe De chine
pussy willow raffeta. satin or velvet
The two loose front pieces of the
waist are cut long enough TO cross
IN front and pass around the waist
/ Ike girdle which fasteDs "rhiud
II The sleeves of the surplice waist are
long, as are the sleeves OF all the
really smart new blouses. and the
cellar a high half collar effect This
means that it is high and tight in the
back end ends just behind tho ears
leaving the front of the throat exros-
cd m a long graceful line that fits in
admirably with the loose draping OF
tho aurplice
The Jacket and vest waists arc
SIMPLY loose long sleeved hlouses nj
transparent lace, net or chiffon Will
the Jacket or vest in velvet o. heavS
satin IN r contrasting shade or blacl
worn over them The possibilitie.
and varieties of these bodices ar,
endless and they are the JOY of IN,
woman . ith limited p)clSrt book fol
she can get tno credit of a versstil,
wardrobe By owning ono pretty lac,
waist and two or three little differcn
oned ard oddly cut jackets and vests
II certainly rs a case where she slip
ciie over
Many Of the plain tailored waist
of pussy willow taffeta have higl
chokers and this is especially true o
the semi-fitted basque waists tina
button severely from the top of tn,
high collar down to the normal wais
line without q frill or fluff to breal
the monotony.
Lovely tub waists in washable
satin. crepe de chine and taffeta arc
charming in softest shades of pink
blue. maize and ivory They are all
self trimmed with tiny tucks and
hemstitching as a feature of this
seams and a finishing for the collar
cuffs and the outline of the yoke OF
satin Of the raglan sleeves
Velvet as q separata waist material
Is a new departure this season that
has been welcomed with open arms
II Is especially attractive in com.
bination with lace. net or chiffon anC
almost all Of the velvet waists show
transparent sleeves. The craze fol
metallic effects has resulted In q
lavish use of gold and silver lace as
waist trimming and they are very
smart indeed on the velvet bodices
A charming substitute for the golC
metallic effect which alas tarnishel
all to soon is an all over lace exactly
the shade of gold Several artistic
waists using this lace for deep yolS,
and sleeves while the lower portion
is of plain chiffon in the newes
shades of Russian green. tete de nj
gre. or corbeau blue are indespen
sible additions TO wardrobe which
relies upon a suit and separate blous,
to furnish a dressv afternoon toilette
Silk waists in black and whit,
stripes, Roman stripes plaid o
checks are very chic for travelling o
morning wear and more elaborate
dress-up ones are very striking il
Dresden lowered taffetas.
Indeed so endless aud fetching ar
the many STYLES and materials thi
season that IT would be hard not 4
find some one blouse TO please evel
the most perverse. So artistic an
well done is the workmanship an
so really superior are the fabric
used for most Of these confection
also that it is really a thrifty perso
4 who spends most Of her money waist
II l.