The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-03-13
Lose Favor for
Serge and Satin

Is genuinely good unless one brings In
jersey. The worsted weave Of this
fabric Is still used but the heavy silk
weave, plain or fanclful, is doing its
best to come In ahead Of the others
on the race track of fashions. The
American mills have turned out this
French product with more or less
success. There is the drop-stitch
kind, another weave that has thick;
and thin square, and still another
that has a twisted and plain con-
trasting design.
This fabric has taken unto itself the
cir of conqueror, for 1t asplres to
formal place In society. 1t appears In
the guise Of an evening gown not for
formal occasions, it is true, but for
dinner at a restaurant and the theater
afterward. It Is handled by the dress
makers in the same way as satin. II,
has long lace sleeves, sometimes hip
scarf Of Spanish lace with a deep,
pendant panel In front; again, 1t has
an upper bodice Of white chiffon with
square Spanish sleeves to match. 1t Is
a rival to Shantung, for 1t does not
wrinkle easily. 1t comes In the ma
jorlty of good colors, and In beige and
biscuit 1t still flows along at high
tide.
It is felt, more than said, that satin
may have had its day as spring fab.
ric. There Is strong tendency away
from 1t, just as there is from serge.
No one who dabbles among clothes can
fail to notice this avoidance of the two
fabrics in orders for new frocks.
Satin is still good for evening, but 1t
is draped with chiffon or tulle. When
brilliant colors are used, as in one Of
the new gowns named after General
Pershing American beauty red satin
is yelled in an oriental manner with
long festoons of mauve chiffon, each
corner weighted with an amethyst
necklace that drops to the knees In
front, outlines the sharply cut decol-
letage over the shoulders and drops in
two straight lines below the whist at
the back, each end finished with
tassel Of the amethyst. This type of
gown is chosen everywhere among
smart people, when satin Is used.
AS for serge, exactly what the pub
lie has against 1t, one cannot find out.
Perhaps 1t Is just weary Of 1t and
wants something that does not sug-
gest the somber, conservative clothes
Of war days. There Is a very soft
cloth that looks like serge which the
tailors are using for coat suits, but
even with the model as ordered WON.
en- choose another material. They do
not want even semblance of serge.
Covert Cloth Worn Again.
1t might be claimed that the leading
fabric for coat suits, and even frocks,
is covert cloth. 1t came irto fashion
through its usage at Thanksgiving by
few very smart women in New York,
and the same houses that introduced
1t then have put 1t forth as novelty
for early spring.
The American people know covert
cloth quite well. They had much to
do with it during a preceding genera
ton. Its tone today Is not as muddy
and brown as then; there is spark.
ling touch Of tan about 1t which makes
1t quite becoming. Coat suits made of
1t. the new ones that are trailing along
in genial climates. worn by women
bent on amusing themselves, have the
surface tucked in squares or lattice
work, according to an ancient and
honorable trick of ornamentation. The
coats Of these suits are left open after
the fastening Of three or four buttons
at the neck; this is to show frilled
blouse, usually In pale color.
BY the way, these frilled, pastel
colored muslin blouses may be the
forerunners of a wide revival of
colored muslin frocks.
Copyright, 1919 by the Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate)