Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-07

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W the styles and fabrics are so linn
itless that every taste and whim has
been catered to it seems. The ma
+. terials are wonderful in color and
texture, both for street and evening
wear. White is always popular and
most becoming. The suitability Of it
must also be considered, as one feels
we'll dressed in gown or suit Of any
white material. Perhaps one-,of the
most important items is the very gener-
alfavor shown to the wool jersey cloth.
or "jersette" as the French material is
called. 1t is really very attractive
fabric. 1t takes beautiful soft folds,
and, while originally and in simpler
form it was used for sports costumes
only, its usefulness is being extended
to various realms.
Suits and one-piece dresses Of the
Jersey cloth in blues of delicate shades
are reported as being extensively used
for morning wear at Palm Beach and
resorts OF the sort. They are admir-
able for the cool days that are sure to
occur, and it will be good news to many
readers that dainty pastel colors are
the preferred ones both for these cos
TUNES and for many others. We have
had rather an overdose of the brilliant
and startling.
While unquestionably it is true that
the Baskt influence Is more or less
felt in costumes as in fabric, the echo
of his genius will be found more extern
sively exploited in evening and dinner
gowns than in those designed for the
earlier hours Of the day. That the
really Baskt effects are superbly beau
-.:iful cannot be denied even while to
some minds they may be aggressive.
They always are we'll designed, there is
a definite aim in view, they are origin
to the orient and they are Of course
brilliant and even scintillating. but
it is the unfortunate copies that
create distaste. The copies that mean
crude colors instead OF artistic color,
the copies which have been made
without recognition of the underlying
thought, which have been produced
merely from the outside 80 to speak,
and it is just such copying which is
responsible for many disasters. We
Bee SdIIllCHt IiShtiy Adud'Gu GIN
perfectly designed and it is exquisite.
Before long it appears in cheaper ma
terial, in crude instead Of carefully
selected color and as the next step it
becomes passe. Fashionable women
do not like to wear what has been
vulgar;zed. 1t is to the cheap imita-
tions that much of this rapid change
of fashions Of which so many Of }us
are complaining, is due.
r The Jersey material with which this
discussion started is lovely in pastel
colors. Exquisite shades. of peril
Wrinkle, porcelain and French blue are
especial favorites. 1T may be added
at once that they appear in other ma
terials as we'll as in the Jersey cloth,
and promise to make something of a
feature of the incoming season. Since
the pastel shades always are more sug-
gestive of GOODNESS than the deeper
colors, they are especially appropriate
for spring and summer wear.
Russian blouses are liked for these
suits. An extremely beautiful one is
Of white wool jersey made with a
Russian blouse showing wide hem OF
soft grey wool velour, and the collar
and cuffs to match. The skirt is a
simple one with the edges tapped at
the front and slightly -draped at
each side, Just enough to give the
uneven hem that seems such desider-