Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24

graceful and ruinous to the general eff
feet Of the costume.
All stocks. it should be remembered,
are now made Of the same material as
the waist, or else they must be of white
SIMPLY. White wash silk with plenty of
hemstltching gives a cool and light effect
over a cotton shirt waist. The stock is
worn tied in a sailor knot with very short
loops and long ends, which are wide and
pointed; some being finished with a mar
row rulf1e, others merely hemstitched,
while Still others have a knotted fringe
made by drawing out the cross threads Of
the ribbon. The central knot, it should
be noted, must be very firm and tight,
however feathery the bows which spring
therefrom.
Both colored and white tulle bows are
worn, and fichus of chiffon look well on
some women and some goWns-by no
means the majority. The white chiffon
1ichu which is most successful is so fash
Toned as to form a sailor collar in the
back-a far prettier shape than the ordi-
nary semi-circle-and falls in front to
the waist in points, which may be either
crossed or held down separately by
handsome buckles. Floss silk fringe is
a usual edging for ties of mousseline de
sole and chiffon, while Valenciennes in
s%ertions are used with prodigality across
the bows and ends. which go to the max
ing of a beautiful jabot.
A pretty idea is a stock and fichu COM
bined; fine gauze is laid in folds around
the neck. crossing at the back and form
ing revers which have the effect of a
fichu, pointing down to the belt. Crepe
de chine and lace are used together; for
! example, make the stock of crepe with
lace corners turning over the back and
lace around the neck, tying in a knot
with rather long ends. Daintier than any
Of these are the long scarfs of point d'Al-
encon, which pass twice around the neck
and tie in a bow fastener by jeweled
pins.
The made stock of piquc, plain white.
polka-dotted or stitched with silk. is
much in evidence. and the woman who
provides herself with a supply of these.
and with front and detachable revers of
the same material, has acquired the most
important items of her costume. Piuue
revers with a cloth dress and lace front
and tie may appear homogeneous, but
fashion has never pinned her faith to con-
Slstency. A round, wide reVers collar of
tucked muslin forming a frill on the edge
of another pretty style which is worn over
any of the coats with a turn-down coll
lar.
Sleeves and fronts occupy a position of
their own nowadays, and are no longer
thought of as minor details incident to a
gown. The separate tucked chiffon and
lace sleeves have been found so con-
venlent that one can now obtain them in
almost any tint of color and in material
to match almost any summer dress.
one OF the most recent arrivals from
Paris is a. sleeve of black chiffon, upon
which petals of roses and violets have
been scattered, while one or two whole
flowers nestle in the frou-frou of lace at
the shoulder. These sleeves are not in
tended, as might be supposed, for even
ing wear. but will complete a simple dress
of blue and white dimity-lawn, a narrow
black velvet belt carrying out the rich
note of color. The white chip hat is
trimmed in blue and black. for a law as
strict as those of the Modes and Persians
ordains that harmony shall prevail in all
points of a costume. So rigidly is this
rule adhered to that the purple w~isteria
ard white roses in a ~half-mourning bon
net have their counterpart in hue in the
| purple and white stock, with it's long.
wedge-shaped ends.
The craze for tucking in no wise
abates. Quite a plain black silk skirt
that l saw the other day-the modiste
called it plain was tucked everywhere.
The tucks ran perpendicularly, and every
half sixth stitch in the running of each
was whipped" thus making a tiny in
dentation in the plain edge. and giving