Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

of your dress didn't fit. You know what
mean"
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Among the models for summer gowns
are some delicious creations of linen and
null, made up with two or sometimes three
skirts of the same thin stuff, and depend
ing on no other foundation. The result is
charmingly soft and pretty. and as the
underskirt may be of different shade. some
soft. pretty color effects are possible. a
lawn with a green pattern printed on a
white ground is hung over a second full
| skirt of pink lawn. while the pink. with
lace trimming. makes delicious rufIles on
| the white and green stuff, the color
/ scheme suggesting the incest kind of ice
cream.
Another happy model is of black null
hung over blue. the blue in this Instance
being a soft surah. The black skirt is
sEiIred over the hips to hang in full folds,
and is trimmed about the bottom with two
ncunceS of blue mOusseline de sole edged
and headed with tiny double rutfieS Of
cream and black lace. The same style of
ruffies makes a bertha trimming the bod
ice, and the waistband is a sash of blue
mcusseline de sole pinned down in a point
on the skirt. baby fashion.
On a slight figure shirred blouses are
charming. A frock. of white null dotted
with fine spots of pink has a yoke in an
inverted V shape made of guipure lace
mounted over pink. Below the yoke the
thin stuff is shirred in many fine rows. the
shirrings following the line indicated by
the cut of the yoke. The skirt, a double
affair u ne III SluEl. VIII IN AACAS SGp
st@ntial lining. is shirred about the hip
and trimmed with two iounces of the MA
terial edged with pink ribbon. A belt is
made of pink and black satin ribbon folded
together.
Although the circular collet is not
ubiquitous, as il was last season, there are
many pretty excuses t pqca an ou wSs eeep
q pelerine of ecru lace mounted over SILK
of the same color and trimmed with long
bretelles of green velvet. The garment was
formed into a sharp pointed cape behind.
with full ruffles over the shoulders and
the long ends in front;
ment for which the present season is re-
sponsible. 1t consists OF, a hlgh narlng
collar. wide reyers and a short jacket, gen.
orally fastened double-breasted fashion: In
place of sleeves is a scarf-like drapery fall
ing over the shoulders. 1t cannot be too
much trimmed nor of too rich material;
and the scarf sleeves may properly be OF
the mousseline de sole that trims the tlny
silk jacket. We see no end OF sleeveless
Jackets. mere scraps of silk or velvet. COW
cred with embroidery and rich with lace
friTls. AS a rule they close. and gen.
orally on one side, with elaborate revers,
The soleil-pleated skirt seems % remain
popular. 1t is really a pretty fashion. this
sunburst of pleats that gives no addltional
such graceful amplitude of folds. Such a
skirt, in green cashmere, is topped by a
blouse jacket of the same stuff fastening
on one side and trimmed with one rever.
The reVer. however, is double, the lower
Part. of white satin embroidered with gold
thread, being only an inch or two wider
than the under one. which rever is faced
with velvet. Choker and belt are of white
satin. and, apropos of this. the rage for
the white w~aistband has by no means
abated in Paris.
Foulard silks seem to grow prettfer each
week. Foulard will be conspicuous among
the summer gowns-more conspicuous IMAM
they were last year. for the designs are so
much %prettier. No one has a word OF com
plant against that cool. cheap and COM
Portable blue ard white design. that Is,
when the blue is a true navy blue and not
a bad cross with purple.
But foulard, up TO recent seasons, has
generally meant that, or else that strange
" -old-looking combination of black and
white, or ambitious failures in olive green
and pink. While foulard can never nave
the brilliancy OF ~taffeta, 1t has a charm of
its own, and some of these new designs are
fully equal to taffeta in color. Most elab-
crate costumes are made of these pretty
stuffs. rich with trimmings of lace and rib
bon. There is an extravaganza use OF in