Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-23
Dearest Friends o, Mine.

Dearest Friends o. Mine.
w HAT are we all searching for
w in these glorious days of sun
chine? BEAUTY, BEAUTY AND
MORE BEAUTY!
In the blazing noon there is a
showering loneliness of light and
color. In our hearts as we'll a daz-
cling light of pure thankfulness at
| righteous victory.
The beauty sought must be a
bright, fresh clothes expression of
the joyfulness we wish to add to the
happy spring landscape.
And it seems as if every designer
in the world has enlisted to aid us
in our wish. There are hats, abloom
with color, gowns that have clearly
resolved to live optimistic lives;
bits of brave color in vests and pet
ticoats, sparkles of brightness in
buckled shoes; intriguing scraps of
gaiety in quantity tinted handler
chiefs.
IT HAS BEEN DECREED
THAT THE SPRING OF 1919 BE
MEMORABLE among the annals
of fashion.
Stylish Stouts.
nj o more do we hear talked of
IN the poor women often dubbed
"fat ladies'" No indeed, for if you
please, that has been changed to
stylish stouts." 1t doesn't matter
how much you weigh; what you
measure-you can look lighter by 10
to 20 pounds-slimmer by one to five
inches if you wear properly fitted
corsets. Corsets will (if properly
fitted) give the elderly stout wo-
man stately grace, and perfect
poise that befit her years; and the
young stout woman, the youthful
fashionable lines of the normal
slender figure. Mrs. D. A. Hill, cor
set specialist, EOS Neville Block, Six
tenth and Harvey, will gladly give
you the advantage of her experience
and advise you the right type of
corset for your figure. Perhaps you
are one Of those who would appre-
ciate this interesting and beautify-
ing advice-there is no charge-no
obligation to buy. Send for a COM
plete measurment blank and catalog.
counted eight rose hats the
other evening at the Fontenellel
Dainty shell pink to deepest shade of
rose.
The Fashion Forecast of 1919
III AS at all times included the ac-
- centing of certain color points
of the costume. The same tint often
occurs in hat, beads or gay kerchief.
The fad has now reached hosiery,
and the whimsical touches are de-
lightfull 1t has taken one of the
mems wear shops to introduce the
new hosiery-J. T. McQuillin, 1912
Farnam street.
Such colorings, and such silks.
The plain white and black are the
Monito hose, at $2.25. Beautifully
fashioned and shaped are the lace
design models in black and two
shades of brown for 81. White with
black stripes for $l.25, white with
square black dotted design, also
black with white dotted design,
Sl.50. Gray taupe with tiny gold and
blue stripes, brown taupe with
green and purple are So. A grouping
stripe in purple on black hose is
$3.50. The popular drop stitch with
hair stripping of black and white
at 50 are novel indeed with plain
black shoes, oxfords and pumps.
Then there is a pearl gray, heavy
silk which has tiny stripes of black
and rose and a midnight blue with
groups of narrow white stripes.
When you see these new hosiery
creations-I'm sure you'll be just as
delighted with this new newest fash
ion whim as with any we've yet had.
Fashions Take a Wide Swing This
Season.
II ACK come all those delightfully."-
- interesting styles that EN-
phasize the mystery of womanl
From her long clingy skirts to the
loose-topped coat. the high collar of
which often comes up over the lower
part of her face, almost meeting the
hat which comes we'll down over the
head. fashions for the woman of
1919 are triumphantly feminine. And
no one | know is quite so we'll fitted
to fashion these feminine garments
with their innumberable bits of
handwork. as Stewart & Jessop, who
have opened their shop on the first
floor of the Baird building, Seven
tenth and Douglas streets. They
shall make al my spring clothes"
said one enthusiastic little lady this
week when she learned their very
reasonable prieeA