The Cordova daily times., 1915-04-10
TALK FUR THE WOMEN
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considerable percentage of the very prettiest models show striped mater ials. Usually more or less plain colors are used in combinations with the stripes, but often there is only mere touch of the plain material.
 Fashionable designers, when oppor- tunity offers, like to break the line of the full haring skirt by touch of draping, and clever manipulation of this kind affords variety to the unde- niable monotony of the prevailing skirt lines. It is this felling, doubt less, that has somewhat, to every bodys surprise, preserved the tunic for us-a tunic longer than ever, as a rule-and often revealing the under skirt only at one point, though there are tunics showing a comparatively narrow underskirt all the way round.
 In materials there are many attrac- tive rough stuffs, as well as smooth cloths. Tweeds, Frieze, etc, are, as always, popular for hard wear and sport coats. Black and white checks of all kinds, from the pin-head check of finest weight worsted to inch square checks of rough cheviot are used by the coat makers, and broken checks and plaid in other colorings, prefer ably browns, are liked.
 There are good dark blue coats and some extremely good looking loosely woven rough models in blue soldat, in Belgian blue, and in a soft, warm blue that succeeds in being clear and bright, yet soft and compar- atively deep.
 Speaking of the soldat blue, the army coats of various types have in- fuenced topcoats greatly, and while actual military details of strapping, braiding, etc, are not smiled upon by most authoritative designers, the loosely belted lines of many of the new coats are reminiscent of things military.
 Although there are many indica- tions of the military influences in the new suits, yet too great elaboration of buttons and braid has been delicately avoided. Frequently a dainty pat tern of embroidery in threads of gold takes the place of heavy braiding, Certain suits, designed more especial ly for the older women, show the braiding, which is a good decoration for the severely tailored, long sleeved coat.
 While the palmer styles are designed with long sleeves, the dressier suit for afternoon wear are shown with those that are three-quarter length heightened, perchance, by novel cuffs or undersleeves of dainty mater ial.
 Gay splashes of color are found in the vests that not infrequently com plete the smart suit. Another novel idea that lends a new tone to some of the suits, is the scolloped outline. Of course the scolloped hem is not un- usual, but when the trim lines of the jacket give place to serrated edges that recall the beautiful outline of the dandelion leaf one rejoices in the dis covery of another new feature.
 Blouses for summer and late spring will appear in crepe de chine, Geor- gette crepe, satin, linen, voile, ba- tiste and lawn much in favor, partic' ularly in those waists which are tail ored and without fullness. Lace blouses and printed chiffons are con sidered correct for afternoon wear.
 Paris sanctions collarless daytime bodices; also makes an occasional low model low or round or shallow and oval, or shallow and pointed, or fin ished in very simple fashion, with frill, or ruche, or fiat collar, or little inside fichu of net And the small square is we'll liked, either with or without a standing collar at the back.
 If high collar it must be, let it be high, straight simple stock that can't get badly out of order.
 Although one hears constant talk of the normal waste line, short wois' ted dresses of the Victorian period are very much in favor, and are the prevailing style in all the shops for evening wear. These little, short waisted dresses are generally com bined with tiers of frills. petticoats