The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-12
Fashion Letter
Written for
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
BY MARGARET RoHE
In sport coat of jersey
Smart looking was Sue;
She'd no blouse beneath so
She smarting was too.

New York, June 5.-The purling
brook goes on forever but the purling
that goes to make a sweater seems to
have struck a sudden snag. At least
so far as it concerns the summer girl
of sorts and the summer girl of sports.
the purl of the sweater has become
purl of too great a price and as
novel sport garment she now likes the
sweater-nit.
Indeed the cost of the pure silk
sweater of medium weight and close
weave has become almost prohibitive
and the fibre and near silk affairs cost
more than sensible person (and there
are still few eXtinct) cares to invest
in an imitation. Besides sweaters have
been with and on us so many seasons
that they have long since lost any
spark of originality and novelty or
snappy pep.
Fashion has given birth to only one
new sweater this season and that is
short surplice affair of wool that ties
around the waist in a sash and ends
its arms above the elbow in cunning
little round French sleeves. OF course
these sweaters are nothing more nor
less than knitted surplice blouses but
they are most attractive in some hectic
shade, finished around the neck and
sleeves with a set of sheer white
organdie collar and cuffs embroidered
in gay hued yarn.
Worn with the smart new sport
coats of wool jersey which have SUI
perseded the sweater as the swagger
sport garment these collar and cuff
sets are decidedly nifty If the sport
coat is Tuxedo model worn open in
front, a vest of the wool embroidered
organdie is added to make a foursome
and hit 1t acts as a substitute for
an entire blouse, for to be really up to
= t1h ri ar- i,11
are worn nearly next to natVre-at
least without the aid of even a net
blouse. When the thermometer climbs
one truly has to be itching to be
smart in order to stick to these sans
blouse effects. 1t often proves a bit
embarrassing when a gallant escort
insists on helping you off with your
coat.
Besides being made of the plain
white organdie, cross-barred and
striped effects are used for these at
tractive cuff collar and vestie sets and
also pastel tinted organizes as we'll.
For wear with the lovely crepey
silk white skirts of Fantasi, stunning
coats of silk poplin in vivid shades of
Jade, F1amingo, Cerise and Egyptian
blue are bound round cuffs, pockets
and lapels in white with striking eff
feet With the wool jersey jackets,
plaids and stripes are smartest and
for the all white pleated skirt of wool
the erstwhile popular and brilliant
blazers are being revived with venge-
ance. All sorts of color combination
form dazzling and unprecedented
stripings that cause the conventional
Zebra and Penitentiary stripes to pale
into mediocrity. One almost needs
smoked sun glasses as an eye protec-
tor against these dizzy blazer stripings
that run rioutously up and down and
always along the very best lines
Color has also T1JGha6 tn ha
Of the sailor topped sport girl The.
smart but subdued black, brown or
straw hued sailor is now outc1assed
by fiery, vivid orange or jazzy jade
ones and a perfect sweet pea of a
sailor is one of sheenfuI lavender
straw with a Georgette band of all
the sweet pea shades. 1t is quite the
last straw of perfection.