South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-20
Spring Fashions
to be ReUedLed in
Easter Parade

50 near. all women are calling for
the more gaily colored frocks.
blouses and hats OF the victory days.
And the merchants OF South Bend
are more than able 20 satisfy the
demands OF the most frivolous. Come
with us through the ready-to-wear
departments OF South Bends larger
shops
During the Easter season 10 IS
natural that the millinery depart
ment should attract US first. for GER
tainly a new hat is one Of the things
that Easter signifies. They tell us
that our small hats must go. and
that now. whether we will or not. We
must get a large. Oh, a very large hat
10 be in vogue. It may be a taffeta
and straw combination. leghorn or
maline. trimmed with gIycerned
ostrich, burnt goose feathers or rib
hons. For sport, a hat OF Tagle
hemp viii be very goO6, and for
dress they suggest that we get a hat
OF horse-hair. We may have Them
trimmed any way that our fancy
suggests and they will be Gin
style" At one shop we see very
smart hat with georgette brim,
hand-painted with cherry blossoms.
and at another a white satin and
crepe de chine model Of exclusive
design.
We cannot help but be attracted
by the suits and dresses. which we
visit next. To go with the sport hat
mentioned above we find all cOlors
and styles OF sport suits, dresses and
capes: we are shown some charm
ing suits in a jersey silvertone cloth
in French blues. taupes. and heather
shades. Then we see the more
dressy suits. and are quite carried
away. for with the Russian blouse
effect in the back and the vest in
the front. they are worthy Of our
admiration. While we are in this
department. let us take a peCp at
the capes and dOimans, which viii
remain popular Now they bring
out some very nifty capes for sport
wear. either Of crystal cord. or sill
yer tipped bolivia cloth In the
shorter lengths one is able 70 get a
dOlman in almost any style and coll
or one desires
There must be blouses and waists
20 wear with the new suit. and here
again we find the niftiest OF styles.
and the brightest of bright color
ing. There are reds, green's, rose.
coral aps blues and all the other
shades one can think Of At first we
are overwhelmed by the dainty and
daring color combinations, but not
for long, for very quickly these gay
little victory blouses have quite won
our hearts. We saw several which
we especially liked: one was a
French blue made with the popular
peplum and trimmed with pink. laid
In around the neck. and joining the
pink and blue were hand embroid-
cred pink rose-buds and green
leaves: another was a little silver
gray georgette, merrily embroidered
in wool yarn Of nearly as many diff
ferent shades as there are stitches.
And we never will forget that little
coral georgette with true Buster
Brown collar and a vest made Of
solid ruffles OF lace. hair an inch
wide. II was our idea Of the stuff
dreams are made OF. There were a
number of clever Russian coat
styles, and we were also shown some
hand-drawn Philippine waists.
We have yet to see the dresses and
the edy popular separate skirts.
First they show us some very chic
informal evening dresses. Perhaps
we look longest at a light blue gown
OF georgette embroidered in purple
vfolets with yellow centers and
then at a rose tinted gown trim
med with yellow chenille tassels. We
clearly understood what one lady
meant when she said that they were
happy dresses. The crepe de chine
sport dresses were irresistible with
their white pleated skirts trimmed
with narrow bands OF cOlored crepe
de chine at the bottom TO match the
blouse, which Is made I'm the Bal
kan effect in the darker shades Of
Brown and purple There are sum-
mer dresses OF almost every con-
ceivable kind OF material There are
French linens. Ripp and French
voile~ And better still all these
bright ccIors and delicate tints are
kudIaiAANEN ~ wash WAAAAfttA AhAAAAl@
and the dyes were made i'm America.
The skirts are made in Fa-Ta- ST
satins. Dew-Kist. poplins and foul
ards in bright colOrs too numerous
to mention. and as we see them on
the rack they make quite gala
showing
Let us hasten 20 the shoe stores
FOR with all OF these lovely dresses.
hats. suits and skirts we must have
proper shoes. But here we are dis
appointed. for We find that they are
still in IN grip OF the war god. still.
although quiet, they are cry nifty.
For street we should have q pair of
black or very dark brown low heeled
oxfords. and we might as we'll get
them now because the price is not
going down. according TO a letter
which was shown us from the presi.
dent of the National Association of
Shoe Retailers. saying that because
OF the war orders 10 be filled for the
foreign countries the price viii re-
main high. and that later in the
season shoes will DE more c,icult
10 obtain For the more dressy