Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-12-22
Do Il Now!
JUST A HINT OF THE
NEW SPRING BLoUsEs
by "NIariorie."

(Written for the United Press)
NEW WORKS. your blouse OF tho
realistic or romantic school? Have
you Turner sunset or Millet land
scape? Such are some sample Ques-
tions which your new spring blouses
must be able to answer il they be at
all in the sartorial swim. 1t is gay.
holly-wreathed Christmas waists
boxes that tell all this for gift waists
are being offered in advance sprins
styles. They confusinsly resemble an
art gallery, for neck, sleeves and
sashes are covered with little hand
painted plaques, which contain bit
of landscape or some painted figure,
or else mural-liks frieze huns
around hem and other landings
One house is showing models made
of Yamanka silk, combined with
georgette. A series OF tiny plaques
run about the peplum and each
plaque contains hand-painted ru-
raj scene. Thus, there is realistic
bovine placidly chewing her cud. har.
vesters in grain field, an old wind
MILL flock of chickens picking up
corn, and woman upon a milking
stool. Each plaque is illustrated in
realistic oil coloring.
Other blouses are touched with
hand-painted designs of conventional
pattern, somewhat bizarre and near;
Cubist. Btu last years fad for weird
little gargoyles and other Oriental
figures has waned.
A new vogue is ,ha use OF crcp de
chine and knitted silks together. Many
houses develop this combination in
basque style, making tho upper half
of the crepe and the lower of the
knit silk. Collars are OF the choker
but convertible variety.
Although most OF the blouses are
of the gay. new-colored silks and sat
ins, lingerie blouses IN multitude
OF new designs are coming in very
heavily. Conventional flesh and
white voiles, batistes and lawns with
their handiwork abound, but a new
touch is given by the many rainbow
hued linens adorned with appliaued
of contrasting material. Thus.
a deep pink linen with q scalloped
white choker collar has q corsage of
applied white lilies Of the valley cut
from white pique, and a white linen
blouse is trimmed with yellow tulips
fagotted together. Another novel
blouse is Of lavender linen, scalloped
in purple floss.
Many of the more elaborate blouses
outline the painted plaques in beads.
thus making an even more ornate /
effect. One house shows an expen-
sive model of porcelain blue georg-
ette in tie-back cut and with choker !
collar. A conventional .
pattern in orange and blue bands the
neck. and sleeves. Opal-tinted bugle .
beads outline the painted design.
Some simple slip-over, step-in blouses
are adorned with stencilled, very re.
alistic flowers. Thus, G shrimp col
ored satin flaunts white gardenias,
and canary yellow georgette has
black-eyed Susans atrailing over II
Darker blouses OF navy or black
employ Egyptian colors and motif in
tiny little figures that fleck the col
lar, sleeves. or girdle. Narrow Cir
dies Of galilath. jade, or colored met
lls are as conspicuous on tho new
blouses as they have been on the
rhemise dresses all this winter. /,
Three-quarter sleeves predominate
IN most all the models. and the slip
over. loose style is more popular than
sveF. For immediate wear, dark ler-
ieys and duvetyns are selling very |
we'll upon the Avenue. These blouses
are trimmed with contrasting chenille
Or beads and have choker collars OF !
Iur. self-material, or satin.