The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-03-07

design OF req ana SILVER. ne SdSn
Of red satin is knotted In front.
apt to confuse q woman with the null
tiple offerings. hurled at her across the
counter the moment she asks to look
at blouses.
These bits of the costume are the
small change Of the shopkeeper. They
are taken in and out of stock, off and
on the. counter, throughout the differ
ent months of the year. They fill in
spaces. They break the monotony of
business which arrives between the
periods Of high pressure. 1t Is not
true that what woman wants she
can always get in this department OF
dress, but 1t is overwhelmingly true
that whatever she says she wants is
answered by an avalanche of designs,
offered to her as the best and the lat
est.
Evil Possibilities Of BIouses.
OF course, there are new fashions in
the blouses this spring. They have
been shown to women; they have been
purchased for the unusually large
exodus to the South, and they will ap-
peal to the majority Of women during
the next four weeks, when ones
thoughts turn to the rehabilitation Of
the winter wardrobe, or the acQulsi-
tion of new one.
There is no more paucity of inven-
tion In blouses this year than last.
France and America have both done
their best-and ii Is in this vast va
riety that evil possibilities lie. II
women could be trained to regard the
blouse as something fatal, unless well
chosen, they would go about the busi-
ness Of getting together half dozen
with the precaution and precision nee
essary when walking on Ice. They
would not buy georgette because Ii Is
fashionable, tomato-red because 1t was
the style, nor would they choose gal
loon embroidery, shoe-lace braiding or
brass buttons because the designers
had chosen to exploit these caprices.
They would go among all the masses
of waists with the precision of bird
flying to its nest. They would take
the nearest straight line to what they
want. IL they did not find it they
would go elsewhere; IL 1t was not to
be found In the shops they would have
1t made by specialist or seamstress,
from a well-considered pattern.
The part of blouse that is very
often fatal Is the collar. There are
few women who cen stand more thar,
two types of neckllne. A woman
should not rebel against this verdict.
She should accept 1t and thus elimi-
nate trouble. She should experi-
ment with blouses that do not carry
either one of these necklines. She
must remember that no blouse is
worth Its price IL 1t hasn't the kind of
collar that offsets the neckline of her
coat. She must also take well into
consideration the difference between a
blouse which is to be worn as part
OF a costume topped by fur or cloth
coat, and one that Is merely a shirt
waist and part Of a tailored suit.
These are not oil the requirement.
for success In buying blouses. A WON
an must have, or must acquire, true
knowledge of the juxtaposltion Of fab
RIGS. She must know what material
In blouse goes best with the mate
nal Of her suit or her separate skirt
snd top coat. For instance, georgette,
beaded In a bold design, does not &c
with homespun or chevfot suit
That Is merely one example, out Of a
dosen or two others that could easily
be enumerated. ~
The truth about secrsetts which I,
worth repeating because the fabric
Pays 20 dominant q role in separate