Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-18

YEAR READERS; This has been
~ whole week Of red letter days
for Polly. Each day just chuck
full" of happy and interesting events.
One day it was my good luck to be
sent to interview designer of inter-
ma tional fame, who for 80 years has
devoted his time to creating beautiful
styles for women. | wish all of you
! might have been there to have lis
tened to the things he had to tell me
on that subject, which is dear to the
heart of every woman who is truly
feminine-the subject of "Clothes~
Styles. are very, very lovely for
the. coming season." remarked this
designer. who is Partisan born and
bred, and with the soul of the French
artist-creator. With regard to suits
and dresses, the skirts are longer and
very narrow, with lines plain and Sc
we're" This" he continued, is Of
course war measure, for the French
government has asked designers to
use but four and half yards of ma
terlal in costume. The 'tablier,' or
apron Costume, is one of the most
fashionable effects. Hats are either
small and close fitting or with low
crowns and very wide brims. Ever
since the car of Russia and his wife
lost their crowns the designers of
fashion have been following their ex-
ample. In the latest hats almost all
the crowns topple to one side"
! HE members of the young gen.
- Grafton who wish to be smartlv
and correctly frocked for the COM
ing school season should talk the
matter over with Miss Lena Kohen
in the Girls Department of Brandeis.
Never have seen such an amount of
girllsh vlvacio1sness and chic sewed
up into, school frocks as in those
which Miss Kohen managed to
choose for girls when on her re-
cent New York purchasing trip.
Whether II or 10 the maiden who
owns one of those new styled Oliver
Twist frocks will always have the
consciousness of being well-dressed.
These jaunty affairs possess skirts of
sott-toned wool plaid, and plain blue
or black serge, which button about
with huge pearl buttons onto trim
little blouses of white pique or linen.
Some are topped with boyish Eton-
like jacket of plain blue serge. Bran
dels have also made a specially of
outtltting the convent girl, and have
line of regulation serge uniforms
adopted by the best schools of the
country. Dresses priced $3.50 to $40.
M ADAME LA MODE announces
AA the revival of the accordion
pleated skirt. We will soon see it
everywhere developed in serge, trico-
tine and silk fabrics. If you wish to
haye this style of pleating Success
1uliy done-so that the pleats will
stay, in permanently-do by all means
send your material to The Ideal But
ton and Pleating Company. Sd floor
brown Block-they do this work
beautifully there. The other
touches such as embroidery, braid
ing. beading and buttons, which are
the vogue OF the moment on stylish
dresses, are also successfully done at
this shop.
There are few smarter things to
wear with a suit than a high-necked
blouse of white batiste.
/ UsT the thing! OF course you
. want Daughter" to keep her
mending or knitting in tidy place
when she's away at college or board
ing school. Buy her one of those
lovely baskets, attractively decorated
with colored beads, tassels and rings,
which are shown at the Nippon In
porting Company's Jap Shop, 2l8 S.
18th St. Priced 60c to $2.40. Though
it has cost this shop heaps more to
import its merchandise from the Ori-
ent, as far as I've observed it has not
raised its prices one bit.