The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-06-22
VARIETY IS KEYNOTE
Of SEASONS FASHIONS
o,,rN MAY HAVE ANYTHING
THEY PREFER. A RETURN
TO SIMPLICITY. T.

NEW YORk.-1ou may h1Fo Jue'
NE" vow like so far as clothes are
Wna a1oryned If you want a hustle
comet ;S' # is here for you. If you
ores st an Egyptian robe it is here.
Wan' u,av have a pleated skirt or one
J.; lOa Envelope style. You may have
dlaascading scarf draperv or straight
caS. "i 3lI YOU have to do is to name
pa pa'' one YOU prefer. Each style Of
t Iross " seemingly has it's devotees.
G Gleoo a single wardrobe gives
1r'V+---',eesentation to every one.
Tbe early closing hour in Paris,
which affected all restaurants and
U ~n,v Of amusement, brought with it
p'S s;nnler s+vle of dress than was seen
ao-Tl, in The season. With everybody
&C. ri5g On - dine at $50 instead
~ S.31 O'clock, naturally the dress
t " ora wovla feel inclined to put
on a. f.2I is much simpler than the
rauula. en- evening" dress.
6~oci-r dresses which are entirely
sI(sr~less and fa;,ly high at the neck
o., having cute q vogue. These
drps qe Uhich have the simplest pos
Sible look, are developed in two
shade; of o4gand.e V it'll = taffeta rib
hon cash The skirt IS often in en-
yelo-a stvle. That is, full length
tur C. which is shorter at the side. and
mas a- around the figure in al oblique
inc Tiny bits of fullness are laid
in the bodice and skirt through
cor. ed tucks on the hips and across
the trent of the bodice.
Pendulum Swings Back to Simplicity
It is interesting to observe the sim
plicity that is replacing the extreme
extravaganza that directly followed
the war-an extravaganza in the
wake of which came mass of i'll as
sorted fashions. We have had during
the last two years many styles posi-
lively grotesQue, such as the long,
narrow skirts; so narrow that their
wearers looked like cripples hobbling
along.
Down through the centuries history
show that every period of extreme
dress 90 has been followed by one of
There is little likelihood
that dress will remain simple for any
great length of time. While there is
always the reaction from an extreme,
the love of ornamentation cannot be
Dress began, not as a
covering of the body, but as an or
The primitive savage adorn-
ed his body with the juices of berries
long before he thought of a cover
ing.
Yellow is appearing in a great
many of the clothes for midsummer
wear. Two shades of yellow and
sometimes three or four are combined
IN the same costume. Yellow is dis
tinctly summer color and has al
ways been a favorite in hot climates.
A combination of several shades of
yellow appears in chiffon evening
f"ocks. 1t makes one cool to even
think of such a dress. One just COM
pleted by a fashionable dressmaker
has the skirt composed of petals, one
shade placed over another. 1t ranges
from palest lemon to deepest apricot
and is sashed with a wide apricot col
ored satin ribbon The bodice top
ping this frilly skirt is just a simple
band of satin to match the sash with
a wispy bit of lemon colored chiffon
draped over it.
An evening hat to accompany this
dress is of the apricot crlored chif-
fon. Dripping from the brim are long
stemmed pale yellow blossoms and
green leaves.
BustIe Dress With Victorian Bodice.
A hustle dress of American Beauty
tatfeta has a Victorian bodice cut to
a long point in the front, but ending
IN normal waistline at the sides and
back. The skirt is caught up in bus
tie effect, the drapery held by roses
Of darker red
Another model in which we see the
hustle is worked out in pompadour
sill with an ecru background strewn
with pink and blue flowers. The silk
skirt puffs somewhat in the back, but
the hustle effect is accentuated by a
sash Of ecrue tulle ending in a huge
bow. A striking effect. is obtained in