Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-11

WYE have been having a good
w many showings OF French
costumes during, the past few
weeks and there are interesting features
and wonderful studies of color to be
made, without perhaps any really
different note from the ones that al
ready have been chronicled.
We have known for some time that
we must have broad hips in whatever
way we achieve the result. Not a
few Of the evening gowns are showing
genuine farthingales or short skirts
with reeds inserted worn beneath the
costumes which certainly seem step
in the direction OF the hoop skirt, but
for the street costume. the effect is
obtained mostly by the handling of
material. We are not at all likely to
invade the subways and to walk the
street in hoop skirts or even in modif-
cations of the hoop skirt. We are
something of extremists, we women,
and we accept the DEGREES of La Mode
without much question. but the ways
of modern life will not allow certain
conditions. We have not the leisure
that our great grandmothers had nor
have we the space to allow to each
individual. The great majority Of us
are compelled to ride in more or less
crowed conveyances and we will
remember these facts even in the face
of fashions. '@.,...
A very smart taffeta costume is
made of dark blue taffeta with the
sides OF the skirt cut off little below
the waist line and arranged in
number of rows with frill above to
give the hip effect mentioned. There
is a jaunty little jacket that reaches
scarcely below the waist line A
novelty of the costume and the really
notable features are found in the
waistcoat of rose cofored pongee which
is embroidered with combination OF
silk threads and heads. We are
wearing and we will, wear great
many quiet colors, gray, dark-blue
and beige, tan and the like but
bright note is sure to be found and
the waistcoat points one of the new
and interesting ways of accomplishing
the desired result.
There is very great fancy for rose
color this season by the way. 1t is
used as trimming, it is used in COM
bination of many othe- shades, it makes
the little cape collars and chemisettes
that are so generally exploited and it
is a pronounced favorite for the
trimming of white. In the case of
the dark blue suit, the shade has been
selected with great care and the effect
is really perfect. A great deal of
rose colored organdie is being exploited
made into gowns as we'll as into
accessories and rose color appears to
take a conspicuous place. A very
charming evening costume that is
notable for many of its character
istics is made Of rose colored organdie
combined with white tulle. The skirt
is very full straight one making so
many gathers at the upper edge that
it stands away from the figure of its
own fullness. 1t shows a hem and
four tucks Of graduated width and there
is additional trimming in the form of
four rufles of the white tulle that are
arranged over the hips and TO outline
the pannels at the sides. There is
close fitting little bodice OF the organdie
that just covers the belt Of the skirt
and a delightfully."- quaint fchu Of the
white tulle made dainty with ruffles.
while the short sleeves also are finished
with frills at the elbows and there are