Clearwater Republican., 1919-10-10

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.
One finds waists of georgette with
vests made by using frill after frill
of narrow Nalenciennes lace. Always
the vestee is simulated by leaving the
front panel longer than the back 50
that it hangs over the skirt. Just as
often one finds IA 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 organGie
of new sort which has dots of IA
different color scattered thickly over
it's surface. Tiny frills of the plain
Organdie trim collar and sleeves and
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
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 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 t.
the hem of the skirt as not. 1t |.
most often developed in some hand
some fabrics such as georgette thickl!
braided or beaded, or in Silken inde
structible voile or even in heavie
silk or velvet. and naturally is in
tended for elaborate occasions. Ther'
is nothing which offers a simpler wa.
of remodelling an old garment thai
the use of Cossack blouse.
One can really make sort o
elongated shirt and belt it in at tn
waist and conform thus strictly. to tn
type. Or the front can be opened,
vest added and the sides of the skir
be left open to show the petticoat o
the dress beneath. There are endles
ways in which one can vary the de
sign, therefore it has everything t
recommend it.
Now because there is much talk o
these newer models we must not fO
a moment think that the regulation
blouse or shirtwaist is out of favor
Indeed 1t is not, and it is repeated i
just as many materials as there ar
factories to make them. The kimon
type with its slip-on ease is still lnuc
favored for the dressier bfouses {
georgette or chiffon. Many have
rather tight foundation over which
. hung a panel of contrasting color bac
! and front. This panel. while shor
, is left to hang free over the skirt an
is smart in appearance. The sleeve
. of this blouse are of the same colo
and material as the body. One ofte
finds this type of waist enveiOped
, a combination of organdie and line
) or pique or heavy lawn. The effect
pleasing and unusual, too.
Waist of Tailored Type.
> AS to the more tailored type of wal
t for travelling or business there al
{ several models which bid for favo
e One of these is the strictly tailore