Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-04-05

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two-piece dresses, quite to the
$500 exclusion of odd shirt waists, ex-
cept with tailored street suits. The shops
are showing more beautiful and daintier
models of fancy lace and chiffon blouses
than ever, but from the variety, those are
selected which seem to have been designed
as part of the costume itself.
For the street needs, the combination
suit on this page (coat S203, skirt S212)
is one of the best types, and yet so simple
that it can be easily made by the amateur.
There is as yet no problem of fitting, for
the jackets, such as this one, hang loosely
from the shoulders and flare, more or
less, at the bottom. This is a kimono
coat, suitable for ladies and misses alike.
The fullness of the back is held in a soft
plat by means of a curved belt, which
serves as a trimming. The square collar
of this model, the straps on the sleeves
and the belt are made of plain 6ponge, of
which the skirt is fashioned. 1t matches
the color of two-tone, loosely woven wool
novelty, with crinkled crepe weave. This
material is particularly easy to make; and
is cool, with only a thin, soft silk lining.
You will notice the smart trimming effect
Of the binding on the belt, and the founces
of the skirt, also the large glossy buttons.
The skirt is cut in two pieces only, beside
the two circular ruffles. The same model
is appropriately made up of plain and
fancy chiffon taffeta or of silk and serge,
the ruffles being like the coat fabric. Each
pattern is Is cents.
Among the most attractive and popular
fabric novelties are printed pongees and
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used for the charming little dress in the
upper right corner (S114). This has a
tan pongee underskirt and the shaped
tunic and simple blouse of the novelty,
with buttons and a sash of black velvet.
The simple, inexpensive aid effective trim
ming on the edge of the overdress and the
neck is a ruching made of the plain mate
rial frayed out This is device of cele-
brated French modiste, well worth copying
for many kinds of rutfies and ruchings now
in vogue.
Roman stripe silks and ribbons are espe-
cially noticeable as decorations and for
part or all of some dresses. The use of
even the smallest bit of them will mark
ones costume as -theminute. A clever
use of a soft Roman scarf is shown in the
graceful and becoming dress in the left
corner (S209). This model is shown in
old blue silk broch6, a fabric which hangs
and Grapes well and is very like many of
the newest mercerized cotton goods that
will be worn equally rs much as silk. There
are applied box plaits on the blouse with
set-in sleeves and on a shaped tunic cover
ing peg-top skirt. A hemstitched chiffon
sailor collar adds summary note
For Easter dances and for summer eve
nings, no more attractive and girlish dress
has been shown among the style models
than the one on this pare showing Spar
ish scarf drapery of black net and shadow
lace over dainty rufIled frock of pink silk
net (S179) The latter is strong, and does
not muss easily The rnfFled sleeves are a
feature, and also the rufle on one side of the
full blouse There are four straight gath
cred ruffles, hemstitched with black. OBJ
\ viously this is simple dress to copy; and
Zone of the best models for variety of
materials, including embroidery ruflles and
Blace flouncing. The three sash ends, with
rows of rhinestones across Them are
I arranged in a new fashion, coming ont
2from beneath the ruffies with very pretty
and different effect from the usual one.
Each dress on the page can be reproduced
with a pattern of the number II bears,
The price being Is cents apiece