Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30

underside of which is dyed to dark blue with
the crown of a really superb velvet ribbon show
ing lowered design in rich colors and with
girdle and bag of the same, the bag being
very simple one drawn up by means OF narrow
ribbon strings and weighted with tassel to give
it shape.
What are known as Baskr influences also are
good and we are having some really wonderful
color effects. Like many another beautiful
thing the Baskt idea always is easily travestied.
The colors as they are handled by great master
are rich and superb. if a LITTLE. aggressive they
still are beautiful. In the hands Of many OF his
imitators they are simply garrish Let us hope
that they will not be initiated by the unthinking
and the unframed They require skill they, re-
quire art in their handling, it is only when they
are rightly used that they mean charm. An
evening coat of white silk with striped border OF
green, red, indigo blue and gold sounds extreme.
but as it was handled by faithful follower OF the
master it was simply superb. OF rich Oriental
coloring undoubtedly there will be much: IT it is
used in bits and without OVERRIDING all will be
well, danger lies in excess and excess is rulnous
in matters of dress as it is in the more serious
affairs of life.
Practical useful costumes are always needed.
The gown Of plaid and plain material shown
here makes an excellent example OF what we
know as street dress. 1t is practical one
made of gabardine of blue and white Tor the
plaid and plain white for the skirt and sleeves
and at the time very useful costume
while it suggests one Of the really important
features of the time. Coat suits are admirable
They fill place that nothing else quite takes
but there is demand for the gown that can be
worn upon the street and such effects as these
are successful in bringing about costume ideal
for the purpose. This one, for example, could
be copied in serge with silk in plaid serge with
plain or in plaid taffeta with plain to make a
more practical costume than the dainty blue and
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summer costume. but in whatever material 1t is
shown the lines will remain, and it is the lines
which make the success of any garment. Really
it is skirt with an over portion. 1t is not
redingote, yet the combination OF the blouse
and skirt suggest the redingote idea. The few
buttons OF generous size and OF great beauty
make another feature OF the season.
Already the Southern resorts have emphasized
the readiness with which the ribbon trimming
has been accepted. With the coming of the
summer we may look for lingerie gowns extern
sively ribbon trimmed, for ribbon sashes, for
ribbon garnitures and ribbon utilized in every
known way.
Accessories that suggest what we are apt to
call "old timey" effects are greatly in demand
and little punches of quaint flowers are largely
used as finish for girdles and for trimming for
bodces, for what nots. Posies are delightfully."-
one comes to the effect of the flowers that might
be gathered therefrom, the nearer she will be
to correctness.
Muslin AMI chiffon lend themselves to the
Eugene period with exceptional success. The
white frock shown here is of organdie and the
material as we'll as the style emphasizes the
period 1t is designed for the debutante and is
worn with wide sash held by single rose.
The picture tells the story of its style and Of
its charm The fchu Grapes the shoulders most
gracefully and becominsly and fchus are being
largely exploited but let all but the very young
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shouldersso young that they cannot be made to
look old, they are a real delight. The hch