South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-16
To Peep Out From
Short Skirts = the
Fur Topped Boot
BY sue ID. O'Nym.

Have you seen the fur-topped boots?
No. not carriage boots-just plain
walking boots They are shown this
week in the windows Of one of the
Michigan st. shoe stores. One pair is
black with a black fur band around
the ton. another is black with white
Iaces and white fur band and a third
il bronze button with black fur band.
In each case the same boot is shown
with or without fur. in demonstration,
probably. that any kind OF fur may be
applied to any boot selected.
These fur-topped boots are most at
tractive TO look at. There Is only one
objection to be registered and that is
that skirts would have 10 be pretty
short TO display the fur band. Stih
prevailing fashion dictates that the
skirt be short and full and doubtless
the fur band Is only one means OF
dressing more distinctively the foot
that must appear beneath these short
full skirts
Speaking of distinctiveness, a crock
cry store has on display in its window
two exhibits that call for special men
ton under this head. One is an eX-
hibit of hand-tooled CordOva leather
which includes besides bags and card
ming and substantial book ends. The
other is a display of enameled china
called "Ruskin pottery" which is inn
ported from England. Apparently this
comes in but two tones. bright yell
low and a kind of burnt orange. IL
is shown in vases and flower bowls
If you are considering purchasing
some new house dresses, for either
morning or afternoon, do not decide
upon your material until you nave
considered the merits of crepe. You
can purchase this crepe in almost any
color YOU may desire and truly 1t
makes very charming little gowns
which have the additional merit or
not requiring ironing-and this is no
small item for the housewife who does
her own work. In blue, pink, or tan,
for instance very pretty dresses might
be made for morning wear. If You
make your own house dresses you may
find any number of patterns that are
both attractive and individual. Just
because a house dress must be plain
it doesn't have TO be ugly or lacking
in individuality. If a business woman
can do her work better for knowing
she is we'll dressed, why shouldn't the
same hold true Of home women? y
for one. believe it does, and l think
that every housewife should devote
just as much thought to the planning
and making of her house dresses as
she would to a street or evening gown.
That is the reason l am an advocate
of crepe for this purpose. A house,
keeper can have more frequent
changes of her house dresses when
they are made of this material, with
out materially increasing the work of
laundering. For afternoon, very
pretty dresses might be made of the
printed crepes or OF the plain white
with touch of crocheted lace. The
evening meal might be made more at
tractive for yourself and your family
if you had a simple frOck of this sort
TO don after the hard work of the day
is over.
For the woman, however, who
doesn't have time to make her house
dresses or prefers 10 buy them ready
made, one store is offering a bargain
in the semi-apron dress of percale. 1t
is made with a full waist and plain
skirt in front and a one-piece back
partially held in by a belt from the
underarm seam and buttoning in the
back These dresses may be pro-
cured in blue and white, black and
white, or other ordinary combinations.
They are trimmed with rick-rack
braid. Another style a trifle more eX-
pensive, but still under one dollar, is
made straight skirt gathered in at the
waist with a draw string, and MILDLY
blouse falling below the hips. 1t has
belt and generous pockets. Along
with these are being shown some dark
aprons for the little girl-just the
thing for her to slip on over her
school dress when she comes home.
Have you seen the pretty, ready
made white chiffon sleeves which one
store is selling for a dollar pair to
be sewed into the much worn guimpe?
Anything 10 save a bit of labor.