Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-11

IHere Will never come time,
surely. when the average woman will
not look with glee and content upon
the separate blouse.
! The fashions in it change, they de-
cay and decline. they rise and swell,
they are ugly or lovely. but they
never quite expire.
| The American shirtwaist had it's
uses. although it was perSistently
abused garment. L. has never left
the wardrobe of the American. She
! may admit throughout the changing
seasons that it is not in the first
i fashion or that it's laundry costs
pretty penny in these days when coal
and labor are more to be sought than
pearls and rubies, yet she always finds
a reason for continuing to buy or to
make the white waist.
| This loyalty in itself proves that
she demands the separate blouse.
Something in it meets a daily need
If she determines to go without it
there is always loudly expressed re-
greet. SO the fashions swirl and
. change to meet her DESIRES for no
, shop loses a penny that it has u
chance to garner. The fashion for
this winter IS far as it has gone
divides itself between expensive ones
| of soft white fabric. made by hand
other type built of crepe de chine, of
! knitted silk. of georgette crepe.
| The difference between the types
OF the latter is in the ornamentation
and coloring more than in the pattern.
| They do not go under the skirt. The
sole blouse that does this is the white
wash one The others wrap about
the waist loosely to tie in n dropping
bow. or they are confined by a tight
lhip band that bears the embellish-
ment desired.
| The latter is by far the smartest
style worn in London and Paris. 1t
is often of bird's-eye knitted silk
weave. the edges bound with coiored
| silk: usually black: the neckline
slightly low back and front. Again
; it is of crepe de chine in a neutral
tone. finely tucked but untouched
with color. The new kind in geor-
gette are deeply toned but not en-
lbroidered as the popular ones are.
| The danger with most of our blouSes
at the present moment is their over
brilliant applications in embroidery
sequins. galloons. We will soon tire
of them. They are not always suit
able and for coat suits of rough cloth
they are utterly wrong.
Far better choose the simple things
for they match up with the majority
of our clothes. The sketch shows. for
instance. Il separate blouse of capucine
geOrSctte. tnat naStuTttuTn SHdue INA
was worn centuries ago in France
and now dominates the world of color
along with other yellows. browns
orange and lemon. This blouse was
worn by one who dresses well. and
she placed it over a short. plain. black
velvet skirt and securely covered it
on the street by lose mantle OF
cloth and fur The argument of GER
tain sets of women in favor of the
| colored blouse as against a somber
| cloth one-piece frock or a rough tai
| lored suit is that it serves when one
! is at lunch party, at the matinee. or
| when dropping in somewhere for tea
/ There is no doubt that a nasturtium
| blouse showing in every detail that
lit was we'll made and carefully ar
ranged does give service through the
| winter weather. Three of them. in
F; different colOrS. could always be used
with the same black velvet skirt or
one of gray, which some women pre-
| fer.
| Each woman must be the arbiter
! of her own blouse if she is going to
choose costumes that can be made up