South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-12
DISPLAY WOMEN'S
GOWNS At STORES
STYLES at South Bend Stores
Are Among Best
in Country.


are the ready 20 wear departments
OF our large dry goods stores when
milady must know the correct lines
for her suit or coat the correct an
gle ~ which 20 tilt her hat. or the
latest thing in fur neckpieces
The South Bend stores held their
fan openinIs Thursday and every
department IN every store was
showing advanced winter styles.
When you look for your new coat
ask the clerk 10 show you models
in cord de laine II you want some
thing rich and warm looking. How
ever. II your coat isn't among thena.
YOU have a wide variety Of other
materials from which TO choose. the
most popular OF these being peach
bloom, tinsel tone duvetyne and lus-
terola- You will find a good many
~ the coats with collars and cuffs.
or perhaps just the collars, trim
med with beaver. nutria or kolyn-
sky fur The dolman effect sleeves
and loose backs are very good al
though many OF the expensive mod
els are belted Most Of them have
large pockets.
Uncut Fringe New.
Uncut fringe is one OF the newest
features IN dress trimmings. Beads
and silk and wool embroidery are
also used in trimming the dresses
which come In satin. crepe meteor,
paulette and georgette crepe. The
lines Of the dresses are straight with
an occasional belted model, the
width OF the skirt is medium. and
the dresses are tribe shorter than
the spring and summer styles. one
store was showing a snappy model
OF wool tricotine with a gold en-
broidered yoke (Which. ~ the way.
is very good) and IL was trimmed
with silk braid In such a fashion as
10 present a coat effect. A patten
leather belt. scarcely a half-inch
wide was the finishing touch. Geor-
gette robes with sequin trimming
predominant in evening gowns.
Fur coates Of mole. sGuareH and
kolynsky are being shown and the
fascinating checkers of stone mar
ten. sable and mole continue good.
TaisCn. -cordovan. copper. infan-
Try blue. bronze and dragon fy are
the shades in which the new suits
are being shown. There is not much
hange in the models. a short fare
peplutn being the most noticeable
feature Two OF the popular mater
ials tor suits are silk duvetyne and
DIVA de laine and they are trimmed
with seal. mole and Australian op-
possum.
Shades I'm BIouses.
The blouses are shown in shades
that blend with the suits and are
trimmed with wool and silk en-
broidery and beads The overblouse
style predouninates.
Warm. rich plaids in both plait-
I'd and plain tailored models are
found IN the skirt department. But
tons are used eXtravagantly. es-
pecially OF the skirts in plain col
ors.
In the millinery departments as
usual one finds hats of all kinds and
sizes and shapes The hat that rolls
away from the face is especially
good as is the feather trimmed hat
A new combination THAI is proving
attractive is beige and purple and
the new nasturtium shades are at
tracing much attention. French
felts. embroidered are smart
Attractive displays OF lingerie
we're featured In a number OF the
stores The PHILIPPINE hand en-
broidered underwear was prominent
in one department. which also dis
played a dainty line OF boudoir ac-
cesso-ies. such as caps and slippers
Gowns Chemises and boomers are
conceived OF wash satins and pretty
Crepes. One charming negltgee used
the combination OF rose georgette
over blue with bead trimmings. It
was made IN the new lines straight
from the shoulder and had a novelty
silk braid belt Padded and Japan
csc robes look both useful and orna-
mental.
Dark figured georEette I'm dress
materials has been good all sum
mer but one finds something differ
ent IT. .h5 light figured georEette
which would make up so becoming
lv In parry dresses. Large figured
.ussywillows and silver embroidsr-
ed georgette were two of the most
striking dress materials. The skirt
iuEs in large plaids should prove ir-
resistible