Evening star., 1924-11-30
nv, MARY MARSHALL.

r rs far cry from the sport shirt
with long sleeves that close at
4 the wrists with cuff links ana
II an outstanding turnover coilar
that Is held together with a
mans tie, to the low -neckee, sleeve
:.ss tunic of metal lace encrusted
Aifn giistening crystal beads and
%arded around the hem with downy
whI-e fox Yet sport shirt and eve
MINK tunic are both to be found In
the same department In the shops
where women's clothes are sold and
they have an origin in common. Or
at least both species might be said to
have been evolved from the same
ancestral type.
Never were there so many varie-
ties or such rich examples Of the
blouse type of garment, and never
could a woman appear so appro-
priately dressed at all times and never
look further than the so-oalled blouse
department for her clothes. For
nova days 1t Is quite the custom to
have a collection of slips ON sale a:
a counter adjoining the blouses and
tunics for the convenience OF those
who buy.
The overblouse seemed to have
entirely superseded the blous, \that
hid its pepIum beneath the top of
a skirt But OF late the tuck-in
blouse or shirt seems to be gaining
back favor for sport wear or for
wear under Misunderstanding tall
orcd suit. The more strictly mascu-
line such a blouse or shirt is, so
much the better. The sleeves arc
long and straight and far smarter
when finished with cuffs left per-
fectly plain than when adorned with
cuffs edged with Irish picot.
Many women choose for this type
of blouse some sort Of heavy silk
habutaf for instance. English broad
cloth has much to recommend 1t and
Is greatly to be preferred to linen,
which Is soon crushed.
Though outstanding collars seem to
be gaining very little favor in
America, the mannish shirt with a
straight mannish collar Is preferred
by many women to the shirt with
Peter Pan or Eton collar.
DUT don't be persuaded into wear
- ing a sport blouse with high.
mannish collar If the high, mannish
collar is unbecoming. II your cheeks
are shade fatter or much leaner
than the golden medium of perfect
beauty, then by all means steer clear
of the high-necked sport blouses. If
the type for that sort of severe man
nish neck line. then take advantage
OF the fact that this Is an era in
dress when one may do jolly well
what one wishes so far as collar line
goes.
Possibly the recent visit Of the
Prince of Wales is responsible for
the Increased interest in sport shirts
of light blue broadcloth.
There is new type of sport blouse
that fills the need Of many women.
1t is not of the tuck-in persuasion,
but is worn with the peplum ex-
tending well below the hips 1t has
collar arrangement that may either
be turned down to a becoming " or
turned up and worn covering the
neck. With the rundown low ar
rangement a bow of ribbon is worn.
This type of blouse may be worn
beneath q sport suit II the jacket is
not too short. but Is even better suit
ed to wear with q separate skirt for
sport at some warn Southern resort.
Rather long knitted overblouses
are meeting with increasing favor
among sportswomen. One is a long
white knitted blouse of this descrip-
tlon with trimming of brown suede.
~ Among the clothes already shown
In the shops that tempt one to leave
sleet, cold rains and coming snow in
the North and take the next fast