Evening journal., 1897-08-20
sMART sAlRT WAISTS.
Pink and Blue Batiste with stocks
OF White PfQue.

Pink and Blue Batiste with stocks
OF White Pidue.
The smart shirt waist is this season |
quite different from any of the ready
made ones, since the haberdashers have |
gone a bit farther than the manufac-
turers Of cheap shirts have dared to do.
The fashionable shirt sleeve is set
into the cuff with no fullness at all, and
of about the same width all the way up.
the top pouching q bit, but having no
fullness to droop. The cuff is about
as wide comparatively as a mans, and
is always attached. while the collars
are detachable and Of plain white, of
course.
The shape of the body of the shirt de-
lpends largely upon individual prefer
enee, several seen of late being laid in
clusters of encireling tucks, the fas-
tening being down one side with
plsse frill of white linen. The belt Of
ribbon holds the shirt with few gath
,ers in front and behind, where is placed
the belt buckle. The four-in-hand worn
with this is of white linen sprigged
with flowers, the ends edged with
plisse frill.
Collars of stiifened white pique can
be got now, about which any fancy
Ascot cravat is arranged, the pique
stock fastening behind. These have
the same effect, as the stocks that come
with the white neck band and the
Ascot ends all in one piece, but the
separate arrangements are more con-
veniently kept fresh.
Rumchunda Ascot scarfs in reds and
yellows are stunning worn with neutral
colored shirts. and there are charming
plaided and striped ginghams and
batistes that are sufficiently quiet.
Pink and periwinkle blue batiste
waists are very fetching with white
Embroidered lawn four-in-hands. and
a band of white pique down the center,
the batiste fastening across this with
"a series Of buttoned square crenela-
tions. Silk four-in-hands are of the
nnrrowest possible, and the string ties
arc shaped TO form butterfly bows.
Stocks of white piqne with Ascot
ends of the sheerest white batiste are
very dainty, and string ties OF this del
icate white dimity, family starched,
are worn about pique neck bands.
| Some French waists have sleeves of
plain pink, beige or green batiste, the
body being embroidered with white
and perforated. and worn over thin
| slip of muslin of the same color. These
have cravats of coarse white lace, or OF
Embroidered white lawn, and belts OF
the gayest colored kids with great
buckles.
Slips Of plain-colored lawn are worn
beneath many Of the shirts of the thin
batistes and muslins, while under light
summer gowns there are the dainties'
possible little bodices of white china
silk. fiounce of lace being sewn about
the armholes, the edges gathered up
on baby ribbon to tie about the arm
making a curious little cap that d
both n pretty and a serviceable finish
without increasing the warmth of thu
frock to any extent. These china sill
slips are often fitted very carefully
and boned. so that unlined waists ma.
he worn over them with success.
The little handkerchiefs that are s.
daintily tied about the shoulders Il
protect the necks Of gowns arc bull
of alternate strips of lace and inser
tion, tiny lace edge finishing them
They look very charming beneath mus
lin puimpes.-Boston Herald.