The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-13
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OF marine blue velour, with a plain
skirt wide enough to be comfortable
and a short packet that is made on
severely slim lines. The skirt IS of
blue velvet, so are the collar and
cuffs, and the coat is of blue velour.
There IS not the slightest objection
on the part of the most fastidious de-
signer to mixing fabrics in this man
ner. 1t may not be possible to wear
any coat you have with any skirt you
possess. but if a good dressmaker is
back Of the costume. most probably
YOU will not get a skirt and coat of
the same material, no matter what
price you pay.
The collar on this suit is cut ac-
cording to the new shape. 1t well
nigh covers the ears, and it slopes
down in the back. Evidently, there s
no way to show the neck in the street
for the next six months.
Bags for Christmas.
If you would like to specialize and
give only a few sorts of gifts on
Christmas you could surely make no
| better choice than bags. For some
sort of bag is almost sure to meet
the wants of all of your friends
OF course, it is rather premature
to plan Chrlstmas gifts now, but from
| long and bitter experience most of US
know that the last few weeks before
Christmas when it really seems logi-
cal to think of Christmas gifts are
too full of social and charitable ac-
tivities and the last-minute holiday
preparations to leave much time for
the making of gifts.
1t is hard to know which kind of
bag is most important this year, for
we use bags for so many different
purposes For the woman who is in
terested in knitting, knitting bag is
highly suitable. For the young girl
who likes to have the novel thing al
ways at hand, one of the new shop
ping bags is acceptable. And for any
body a handbag of some sort may
safely be planned.
OF course, the value in your bags
lies in having them made of material
in which the coloring is good. Really,
the material itself does not matter
half so much as the color. For the
handbag a heavy and expensive silk
is of course, desira BILE, but unless this
shows good colors 1t is not so attract
i've as a far cheaper fabric in better
hue If you have on hand some fine
old bit of brocade or other good ma
terial you might try dying it some
rich shade-there are good shades of
| blue, violet, green and Burgundy that
harmonic with other colors-and
making it into a handbag or knitting
bag for Christmas for the friend who
likes unusual things. A bit of dull gilt
well combined with this dyed fabric.
In this year when thrift is almost a
watchword such a bag would surely
give its maker as much satisfacti as
it would it's recipient--its maker, be-
cause it utilizeS some fabric already on
hand, its recipient, because it showed
care and taste in its making.
Many of the shopping and knitting
bags combine fabrics of two colors
For these it is possible to use rem
nants. The new bags are made of
many different Observation-Disclosures in
wool or cotton. silk or cotton crepe
cretonne, chintZ, brocade. velours
printed linen and silk. plain, striped
or figured.
For shopping and knitting bags if
is possible to buy big metal frames
leather handbag. The silk is formed
into a bag and fitted into these frames
with most attra ctive results.