Ladies' Column.

Lake County Press, Issue 2491, 14 August 1913, Page 2

Ladies' Column.

FASHION AND THINGS FEMININE By IDA MELLER. Copyright THE LATEST IN VELVETEEN COSTUMES. It is well in choosing clothes to look ahead of fashion, and he in advance of rather than a day behind la mod*, and it is also important when shopping to he quite certain of what one wants, otherwise money ig apt to bo spent wastefully, or, at any rate, not to be laid out to the best advantage. A woman should decide what she wants in the way of clothes, and then go and search for the thing or things upon which she has set her heart. In this way her wardrobe should contain just the articles she wants, instead of being made up, to a great extent, of goods that are not quite to her liking, been use she bought them in a hurry and was undecided as to what she really did want. Many a woman wears frocks and blouses, hats and coats that she actually dislikes but cannot forego the

No. 1636. use of, because she cannot afford to discard thorn. They are among the “mistakes” that she has purchased from time to time, and she is really glad when they are worn out and necessity compels her to buy afresh. It is good news to tne woman who finds the blouse with back fastening inconvenient to learn that blouses fastening in front are likelv to be quite as fashionable as the other kind during the coming season, numbers of blouses now worn fastening either on the straight or on the slant in front, a pretty style being the blouse cut to a slightly low V at the nock and finished

with a frill of coffee-tinted net th»t cascades midway to the waist. In regard' to velvet and velveteen coat and skirt costumes a novel and practical idea has gained ground. The seheme is this. The velvet coat, extending a few inches below the hips, supplements a princess dress, the lower part of which is of velvet, while the upper is of wool-back satin or soft broche. The velvet hem is sufficiently deep to meet the coat, and the costume, therefore, when worn complete has the* effect of being entirely of velvet. Thib idea is decidedly good, and a dress so made is, moreover, considerably more convenient than the one entirely of velvet or velveteen intended to be worn with a coat, for nothing slips easily over velvet stuffs. Dresses of mixed materials being among the leading vogues, the latest way of making up the volvet coat and skirt suit is strictly in accordance with a prevailing fashion whim that touches all kinds of frocks. Illustrated is one of the new velveteen coat and skirt costumes alluded to, the smaller sketch showing the dress without the coat. At the neck is a sailor collar of velvet matching theu hem, and there are cuffs and a narrow waistband of the same. The dress might be of soft figured silk or satin. The velvet coat is slashed with braid on the sleeves and front, and Ts also handsomely trimmed with braid at the neck and waist. A SMART RED COAT FOR A CIRL. Dressmakers who make a special feature of children's fashions are showing some very smart and pretty styles for the voung, materials of which good use is being made including serge, cloth and sponge-cloth weaves. The colours U6ed for children's everyday are, to a great extent limited Those mostly played upon being navy-blue, red, and certain shades of green. A rather bright shade of forester-greon is successfully used in the making up of a coat and skirt for a girl of about ten years of age, the material employed being fiieze-cloth. This particular green is specially becoming to flaxen-haired girls, and with it should be worn out-

NO. 1637. of-doors, a bkek felt hat, while the stockings might be black or tancoloured. . Very charming, again, tor out-oi-doors is the novel coat illustrated for a girl of about twelve years of age. The material composing the coat is red cloth.' and the little straps decorating the front are piped all round witli black satin and studded with crystal buttons. The piped effect is repeated on the wide, extended armholes, beneath each of which are three crystal buttons. The effect of the black piping on the front straps is very smart. At the neck is a dainty collar of lace, and the sleeves are finished with cuffs to match. The hat worn by the child is of black velours, lined and trimmed with red velvet and boasting, also a red rose.