Evening star., 1923-12-09
By ANNE RIrrENHoUsE.

| ~ NE can do anything with
III tailored suit by treating It
~ right. II deserves distinc-
tion which 1t rarely gets.
| We act as though 1t were a poor re-
lation to the richer gowns in the
| closet. It Is given any kind Of a
blouse; any hat will do for L.; tho old
| est shoes are worn with It; II goes
| about in the rain and snow. while better
frocks hang In muslin bags awaiting
| formal occasions, motor cars and sun
| SHINE. All this Is to be changed
France brought to our attention the
| shabby treatment we have given this
Kind Of dress, which,. above all others.
Is supposedly 100 per cent American.
just as Paris has shown the Lon.
doner what a very alluring and friv-
olous thing an umbrella can be, In
stead OF an ugly. servicsabIe, rainy
day thing that one hated to carry,
, she 10 trying to prove to America that
her own type Of costume 10 more
than passably good thing; that Il
has dash. charm. style. ;, Therefore It
has q new incarnation.
II 10 given chance to play . larEsr
role than 1t has done for several
years. Days were when 1t carried
an ornamental blouse after we had
graduated from the Fash shirt waist.
Such days have returned, but, curl
| ously enough. not through the French
| influence. It appears that there will
be a wide divergence between the
Paris and the New York manner. We
| intend to widen the scope OF the coat
and skirt. including Il among the
costumes that are not limited to one
kind Of use.
The overblouse makes this possible
ITS giories and attractions are too
| tempting to limit II to the, separate
skirt or to hide its light under q coat.
Let the rule be what It may concern
| Ing a lady removing her coat in pub
lie to appear In shirt sleeves. ahe
| will break It. Once she was still
| q lady even though she took of her
| coat In tho very eye ana teeth Of the
public.
II she wears an expensive and
| colorful ovsrblouse, be Il Of printed
Indian silk. embroidered crepe
de chine. silver tissue with colored
hohV0AeHs XSSetNA UxVcAuc, SHc IN
| tends to show II. \ fg for what con-
stitutes Q lady. She 10 right. Tho
At and finish OF the overblouse make
her right.
When the jacket 10 removed she
appears In An excellent semhlance Of
| . one-piece froek. II 10 only under
| these conditions that the coat comes
or. With tucked-in shirt waist OF
wash silk, with an embroidered dim
ity sport waist, the Jacket stays on.
Realizing these rules. every woman
tries to mako tho ovsrblouse do Its
full duty by taking on the eoloration
of the suit.
TT Is permissible to initiate q tai
iored suit with q one-piece frock
that carries tho brilliancy Of an over
| blouse as its top portion. but the
newer idea is not to do this. It is
the incoming Of tho genuine tailored
suit. not its limitations. that makes
for news. We have had much of the
so-called three-piece suits. We like
bit more variety. 1t Is rather slim
ulating to put on a different kind Of
waist for various hours and oppor-
tunitfes.
This Is easily done with the present
three-quarter coat. sometimes en-
bellished with peltry at its hem. GER
| tainly at its neck and wrists, which
| gives II somewhat the air of a protec-
tive wrap. It might be top coat