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FASHION, HEALTH, AND MODESTY.

"PXEUMONIA" BLOUSE GOING j Fashion has of late years brought her- j self into line with the demand of women for less appaTcl and, more freedom by smiling- upon the short sleeve, the "pneumonia" blouse, and tho ahandonment of, hats.,, Now (says the Daily Mail) it is the high-throated collar that must go. The appearance of v tho ''Dutch neck." { its' a 1 dressmaking novelty, cb'picd from ■ old Dutch pictures, is announced by tli-i I Drapers' Kecord, which thinks that t!*o j fuehion may attain a prominence that 1 will ,rvval tho popularity of the trans- j parent yoke. j The smartest West- Tundhousos, a Daily 1 Mail representative hja ascertained, r.te | certainly , turninr; thair attention to this '• cullarless, sqnarc-c;ut traetment of the ! corsage. After tlrc cut has bc«n made — J a little deeper ia front than at the bncl- ; — the severely plain edge is, as a rule, I bordered with a veiy narrow goffering 1 of lace or a pipinc: cf velvet or satin. .' In all likclihooJ there will be no -Je- • termined dead-s^fc against tha "Dutch ' neck," such as th^t '.ithich has killed tbo i openwork blouse, as v/orn last rummer i without a lining, 'irca ILe nsv.- style is j neither detrimeutr.l to health ror, when j of the correct height, in the lca-t- itn- ; modest. It will sjot swell the list of pneumonia patient.;, but, on tho other hand, will give nscks that have been marred by the impress of metal and bococellar supports a chance of recovering their pristine rouudiess, firmness, colour, acd comeiiscro. The bcs'.Uy doctors are thsT-2roro jubilant over tha "Dutch neck," since' the change may bring them many ladies dsnirons of improving ths form of their necks.

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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 118, 20 May 1907, Page 4

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FASHION, HEALTH, AND MODESTY. Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 118, 20 May 1907, Page 4

FASHION, HEALTH, AND MODESTY. Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 118, 20 May 1907, Page 4

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