The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23


MY skirt is in ribbons" sobbed poor Sue.
What ever l going to dot
Just calm yourself" Dame Fashion said.
For I've fixed that So toss your head
And wear your skirt with naughty smhe--
ribbon skirts the latest style
New York, April 2S.-With tickle
and ingenious Fashion handling the
ribbons, the result is bound to be racy-
Consequently, the new ''ribbonette"
skirts are sure to win in walk. To
begin with the wonderful new ribbons
are quite the most beautiful creations
in the fabric feld-to end with. they
are the same. Therefore, if you use
a width of Persian ribbon to begin
skirt as a yoke and another width of
Persian ribbon to end it at the hem
the answer is a bit of Persian perfec-
ton.
A pleated skirt of oyster white tus-
Sor with a ten-inch band of rose, blue,
gold and green plaid ribbon around
the hem doesn't force its wearer to
enunciate "Ahem, Ahem'' to attract
attention.
A stunning skirt has perpendicular
stripes of vivid Roman stripe ribbon,
ten-inch width, alternating with plain
emerald green ribbon of equal width.
| The effect of the plain toned ribbon
| of course accentuates the fact that the
alone.
Gorgeously Powered ribbons alter
mating with the one-toned strips are
as effective as the Roman striped ones
and you are sure to go dotty over
white khaki-kool skirt with huge
| pockets, hem and girdIe of cerise satin
| ribbon spotted with silver disks, big a S
| dollars.
In many of the ribbon skirts the
| plain and fancy ribbons are used in
| alternating strips running around in
| stead of up and down. These are for
| sooth for the wilfowy woman while
| the perpendicular strips bring joy to
| the portly persons who are short of
stature and breath and long only on
| embonpoint.
| Another method of applying the
| wider twelve and fifteen inch fancy
| ribbons is as panel in the front nd
1 back of the skirt with a width of pIeat-
| ed plain hued silk on the sides.
'.Show Your Mettle.''
| Though ribbon skirts are positively
the most novel of all the new skirt con-
| ceits plain one which shows your
| true mettle is a glowing garment of
| lustrous silver cloth. These metallic
/ skirts are wonderful worn with a slip
over blouse of vivid tint, bright with
| vari-hued beadwork or embroidery
| Indeed the slip over or chemise
| blouses vie with the skirts for very
| gorgeousness. 1t is true some carping
critics (mostly ones husband and his
| ilk) seem to look upon these new
! bIouses as glorified dressing sacks But
wait till they get the bills and they will
| see the big difference.
| One lovely chenise blouse smacking
| of a Chinese tendency is of citron
colored Georgette bound around the
| low round neck, loose bell sleeves and
peplum with an inch band of Chinese
hi A dal
| parsley done in blue, gold and black
beads appears, two in front, two in
back and one on each sleeve girdIe
| of the citron edged with blue is finish
ed with a beaded tassel in the gold,
black and blue
This also comes in different color
| combinations but the citron and blue
is more distinctive and Chinesey.
Flesh color. white or gray Georgette
make lovely slip-over bIouses and
ones of embroidered net or wolfe are
less expensive by half or more but
not that less attractive by any means.
When walking out in your ribbon
walking skirt and your slip-over
blouse if you want to walk away with
all the smartest sartorial honors you
positively must carry one of the fetch
ing new walking sticks. They are
much like the long Directoire canes
that have tried for so many reasons
to be taken up No board walk or any
other fashiona BILE walk of life is now
quite correct without one.
They come enameled in any shade
to match up or accentuate the color
scheme of your costume. Some of
them have gay cords and tassels tied
around their knob tops and others
more elaborate have coquettish bags
of silk. beaded or gold lace trimmed
attached midway of their slender
length
l have no doubt that these fascinat-
ing sticks will stick this season and
that soon no chic charmer can even
step down to the corner drug store for
an ice cream soda without this newest