The Oregon daily journal., June 21, 1914, Page 61, Image 61

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WOMAN'S SECTION
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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY. MORNING, JUNE 21, 1914
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OPEN the dark closet door, or if there be no attic store
room in your home, open the doors of your memory.
Bring out the precious book of Mother Goose. Turn
to any page and enjoy the dear little rhymes all over again. -And
then, with the eye of a woman who can be interested in
fashion as well as poetry, look at the costumes worn by the -girls
and boys and their elders. '
Of course, you would not be willing -to pause for more ;
than a minute over the little old woman who went to market
and met with the awful fate at the hands of the peddler.
No, the petticoat cut so that the poor wearer doubted her own
identity is not to be thought of by you. But there on the page -opposite
is Little Bo-Peep. Can you improve on her costume ?
Think a minute ', and. prove -to yourself that the nursery
rhymes of Mother Goose have - inspired many dresses of
today.- .
Little Bo-Peeps hat, with its quaint, tilted shape, is once
again poised on the heads of. pretty maidens. The Bo-Peep
of today is not so dismayed at the course of events. Yet
there is a clear, inquiring gaze in the eyes beneath the' bon
net. .No longer need we ask the femmme question, "Is my;
hat on straight?" We Have now the joy of wearing our hats
at any angle that pleases. v Look at the bonnet that curves
in two layers of soft straw over the head. It is in two shades
of blue, with ribbon and tiny flowers as decoration. Then
there are streamers that hang from a" bow at the back. ,. The
whole is an idea that will grace the head of any young woman . .
who needs a hat for dress occasions. And that means all .
women, for the old woman is nomore; ' 1
Would you ever think that Simple Simon would be good;
for anything except to fish in his mother's pail or serve as a
foil for a foxy dealer, making a little' jingle to catch the chil
dren's laughter? Well, he is. Fashion has asked permission
of Mother Goose for the idea of a costume,' and here it is
fresh from the atelier of a famous Paris designer. ;
It is of a yellow cloth with bars of turkey red running
through the weave. The upper part of the dress is a slip
over tunic with a round collar and a slight, curve outward.'
Plain red doth trims the upper in strips and bands. At the
lower part of the hem and sleeves there is red again. If. you
were told the cost of this new. nursery-rhyme dress you
would mortgage your automobile or your tango outfits If you '
are clever, you will take this hint from an old book and a
new style and make it serve your own purpose. ' In this case
you can be as simple as you wish, which would be wise, for ;
whether this dress comes to us from a classic or. from the
alert brain of a modiste, it is good. - Good lines and becom
ingness are here. Quaintness and beauty are in the Bo-Peep
costume. On this page there is valuable suggestion for
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