Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-02

pletes the model.
The latest hats show strong pref
erence for ribbon trimming, usually
disposed of in bows and streamers,
and again gathered and shirred. They
are sometimes Topped around the
crown of hat in loops the size of a
cartridge, thus forming cartridge
belt around the crown.
| The English so-caled "pill-boX"
hats are to be seen as we'll as others
with a raised crown These vie in
popularity with some fiat shapes one
inelegantly called in the trade the
fried egg" shape.
| AS a concession to the military spir-
| 1t are hats similar to the Scotch kept
and others in imitation Of the French
infantry cap made up in red silk with
small shield; the crown tapers and
| is denied in on one side, with gold
braid embroidered on the top.
| Another military hat, cross be-
| tween the French police bonnet and
the Austrian infantry cap, is made.
with a peak in front, where the only
trimming consists of brass button.
OF the suits to travel in, and for
general wear, covert Is shown first
i
| long. pointed fronts and pockets set
! we'll down in the points is among
the favorites of those shown. There
| is also smart short jacket which has
wide belt placed on the upper part
Of the jacket with a high waistline,
the lower edge of the belt coming to
/! the normal waistline of the figure.
With these packets are worn skirts
which flare at the lower edge; they
are cut circular, two or three-piece.
and not long ago l saw skirt which
had nine cores to it's credit.
Many skirts are made with a yoke
which is close-ftting over the hips
and with the lower section of the
skirt put onto the yoke without
gather or wrinkle. Other skirts are
made with an upper and lower sec
ton the upper section close-ftting.
while the lower section is made so
that the flare at the lower edge is de-
clded.
The dresses which are on the moy-
en- age order still hold sway among
the tall and lithesome figures, to
whom 1t is especially becoming. The
model which I have used for my first
illustration is frock designed on
the long moyen age lines. The waist
reaches from the shoulders to low
hipline on the sides, while the front
panel Of the skirt reaches up and be-
comes the front panel of the waist
as wei. A narrow belt Is worn loose
Iy around the waist, defining the nor
Emal waistline The material of this
dress is the very fashionable covert
cloth trimmed at the V-neck and
sleeves with narrow bands of beaver.
The jumper models are both practi-
cal and smart, and are a method OF
developing a dress which will afford
many changes in the way of various
guimpes of silk, of net, or OF chiffon.
In many cases the suitability of this
dress for simple or more elaborate
occasions being supplied by the
guimpe.
The model illustrated shows the lat
est mode in jumper dresses. The full,
faring skirt is of the new large
check. which is so much seen among
the new frocks which are the fore
runners of the spring styles in navy
blue and white. The jumper is of
plain material. matching the blue OF
the check, high on the skirt in front
and low in the back. With this is
worn a guimpe Of buckskin-colored
crepe de chine.
! Taffeta is a material which holds a