Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-09-03

many women understand SO cleyerlN
the adaptation of every mode that We
are spared an avalanche of ladies ap
parently abroad in their breakfast
coats or boudOlr jackets.
A Lovely smock Blouse.
One of the most beautiful of all the
smock type Of blouses seen lately is
of finest indestructible white voile
braided all over In fine white silk
braid In circle design. The bottom OF
the blouse has a hem Of white silk
faced back onto the blouse. A vest is
cut ut the front and piped with white
silk. Two silken buttons caught to-
gether with loops Of the narrow braid
fasten 1t at the throat. 1t slips over
the head in kimono fashion and a
heavy silken cord of white slips
around the waist and loops in front.
This charming thing is to be worn
with white skirts of satin or silk or
crepe.
A curious concession to the over
blouse notion is found in many elahO-
rate waists of chiffon or geOrgette
with the front piece left long enough
to go over the skirt and the back, stop
ping just at the waist line. The belt
of the skirt slipped over the front
panel gives the effect when worn I'M
der coat or vest. The blouse. Of
course, buttons down the back. The
vestee lives on and on and appears
just as often on simple waists of wash
fabric as it does on the more elabor-
ate type.
vests made by using frill after frill
of narrow Valenciennes lace. Always
the vestee is simulated by leaving the
front panel longer than the back so
that 1t hangs over the skirt. Just as
often one finds a hem Of some con-
trasting color to the body of the
blouse added, the contrasting color
appearing on collar and sleeves also.
Now and then In a very fine smOck of
organdie one finds this sort of trim
ming done with fine lace.
OF all of the delightful summer
things we have seen none is more
charming than the smock of organdie
Of new sort which has dots of a
different color scattered thickly over
its surface. Tiny friils of the plain
organdie trim collar and sleeves and
edge the turned back hem, while mar
row string belts of the organdie hold
the extra fullness in place at tSe
waist. These offer the greatest degree
of freshness and crispness-which any
summer wash fabric ought to have.
The Long cossack Blouse.
A variation Of the smock Is the
Cossack blouse. This is just as apt
to reach to the knees as not. 1t often
buttons right up to the chin, or again
1t is apt to separate down the front
entirely to show vest underneath
Of richness and beauty. The Cossack
blouse, as the name tells, Is borrowed
from Russia. 1t has the same droop-
Ing fullness at the waist that one sees
in the Russian peasant garment, ar
ranged over wide belt Of the same
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color and fabric.
The skirt of this blouse Is always |
very long, and just as apt to reach to
the hem Of the skirt as not. 1t is |
most often developed In some hand
some fabrics such as georgette thickly
braided or beaded, or in silken indie
wolfe or even In heavier
silk or velvet, and naturally is in
ended for elaborate occasions. There
s. nothing which offers simpler way
If remodelling an old garment than
he use of Cossack blouse.
One can really make sort of
elongated shirt and belt 1t in at the
waist and conform thus strictly to the
ype. Or the front can be opened,
rest added and the sides Of the skirt
,e left open to show the petticoat Of
he dress beneath.