The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-08-07
SMOCK FAD is
AID DE.D BY ALL

many women understand SO cleyerly
the. adaptation of every mode that we
are spared an avalanche of ladies' APP
parently. abroad in their breakfast
coats or boudoir jackets.
A Lovely Smock Blouse.
One of the most beautiful of all the
smock type of blouses seen lately Is
Of finest indestructible white wolfe,
braided all over in fine white silk
braid In circle design. The bottom of
the blouse has 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 ovef
the head in kimono fashion and q
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 elabo-
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 1t does on the more elabOr-
ate type.
One finds waists Of georgette with
vests made by using frill after frill
Of narrow Xpfenciennes lace. Always
the vestee is simulated by leaving the
front panel longer than the back SO
that ii hangs over the skirt. Just rs
often one finds hem of some con-
trastlng color to the body of the
| blouse added, the contrasting color
appearing on collar and sleeves also.
Now and then in 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 frllls of the plain
organdie trim collar and sleeves and
| edge the turned back hem, while nur.
row string belts of the organdie hold
| the extra fullness In place at the
waist. These offer the greatest degree
: of freshness and crispness-which any
iummer wash fabric ought to have.
The Long cossaek 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 sarne
material as the whole garment or of
different 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 thckly
braided or beaded, or in silken inGe-
structible voile or even in heavier
silk or velvet. and naturally is in
tended for elaborate occasions. There
Is nothing which offers a simpler way
of renOdelling an old garment than
the use of COssack blouse.
One can really make sort of
elongated shirt and belt it In at the
waist and conform thus strictly to the
type. Or the front can be opened, a
vest added and the sides of the skirt
be left open to show the pettlcoat of
the dress beneath