Evening star., 1918-11-25

FROCK OF GEORGETTE CREPE
AND TAFFETA, WITH THE CU1-
RASS BLOUSE EMBROIDERED
WITH FOUR LEAF CLOVERS.
THERE IS. A HANDKERCHIEF
COLLAR AND ELBOW SLEEVES.
luck. This is cut out Of the -georg..
cite and worked on the surface Of
the taffeta with a thread Of thin SOU
tache in order to give distinctive out
All Of which brings one to the world
revival of the medieval. or primi-
tive, addiction to luck emblems in
this most horrific of wars which
filings it's catastrophes far from the
the custom. or rather dug it up from
the, ashes of the past as it did many
other things, put new life into 1t,
then created a host of luck emblems
that are worn to keep off the hand OF
disaster. There is no way to resur-
rect a primitive belief In their charm,
but the usage Of them in such wide
spread manner is one of the very IN
teresting chapters of human natures
behavior during this crisis.
A Series Of Luck Charms.
The story. Of the dangling Paris
dolls made Of co1ored wool threads.
midinette who invented them, Is too
lcommercialized in this country to need
repeating, but there are other and
| less known charms that are worn
all over Europe by men as well as
women.
Marvellous elephants of colored
quartz or precious stones have come
out Of Russia and stories are told of
men who go about carrying these tiny
beasts made of emerald in their pock-
rot n x1Jar rorraSnnndent has
been in over two score battles with
-four of these Russian luck charms
resting in a leather case, each In a
different color of quartz, lovely to
see.
Homemade luck pieces have been
Homemade luck pieces have been
stories and they carry them secretly,
or. brazenly. in Ornamental! forms.
With a return to much that is primi-
tive and a reversal to other epochs
that have shaken the world. there is
nothing surprising in the fact that
the luck symbols Of a darker day
should also come about.
To embroider on frock the sim
! the four-leafed clover, is clever idea
and one that even. the most unsuper-
stitious woman will indorse.
In victroy Colors.
| One of the very good frocks built
j on this new model is in dark blue
and a red that is the deepest maroon,
/ not a flicker OF overbrilliancy. .et
quite enough color to catch the eye.
/ it is an old combination, this red and
blue, and it always meets with en-
thusiasm when it is revived. Today
it meets demand for an expression
/! Of joy that things are going well
| for us.
| The sketch shows a gown which is
| worn to all manner of social gather
| ings, protected by coat which is OF
!. fur and velveteen that reaches to the
/ ankles. The skirt of georgette crepe
| is pleated in small groups. each
| group held down by battlemented
piece Of the cuirass blouse. which is
Of dark blue taffeta- On the surface
( Of this blouse are placed the clover
leaves in deep red georgette crepe,
outlined with blue soutache.
| The sleeves match the skirt and are
i caught up at the elbow in order that
| they may fall in full folds at the back
toward the wrist. About the half
low neck line there is a loosely knot
] ted handkerchief Of the dark blue
The belt is of blue silk cord lattice
work. a kind of trimming that has
caught the fancy of the designers and
| is used today in divers ways.