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most Of the pique shirts and the tail springs
at the back. extending as far forward only
as the hips and being cut in three or four
Ratchet shaped tabs, is edged with embroid-
cry or made rigid with c~lose-set stitchi'ngs,
The yoked waist not only has come 70
stay, but its finely tucked bib must be so
cut as to form the top OF the sleeve, or
fall as a cap over the sleeve. Then, too,
mention must be made of the skirt that
has its own washable belt, braced with a
linen lining, punctured with white enamel
or buttonhole-worked e~yelets, and applica-
BILE to any buckle. Finally we have a cuff
Of white linen on a colored shirt that folds
back in three bag-shaped or wedge-like
pieces, becoming to all hands, and lastly a
captivating new necktie Of a narrow band
of polka-dotted silk ending in two brave
little tassels. This and the big bandana
cravat in a four-in-hand are destined to
rule by majority during the coming months.
summer NcgIiges.
The weather is ripe for the easy breeze
inviting neglige, and she who lounges in her
own room under the shade of awnings wears
a wide japanese jacket Of wash silk II she
knows where the mercury is going. Habutai
silk, in white stripes on a pale tinted back
ground, or cool white linen lawn, is the
usual choice for the Incompatible little gar
ment that is shaped exactly like a kimono,
barring the long, narrow skirts. Failing
wide and loose about the body, the fronts
and big sleeves are faced with silk or muslin
in some solid tint that harmonizes with the
wearer's complexion. For very hot days there
are especially designed luncheon Jackets to
which any woman should take kindly and
which can be made most simply and mex
pensive or deliberately and costly. The model
jackets brought from Paris are made chiefly
of wool, unlined foulard or spotted crepe de
chine, and the fulfness of the garments is
drawn into the waist by a broad girdle of
shirring. The fronts fall loose and pointed
often to the knees, are garnished with lace,
and the neck is open in a point under the
chin, where a f~our-in-hand bow of chiffon or
liberty silk is knotted.
With all tea and luncheon and invalid
negliges Of the season the sleeves invariably
show elbow length, Of transparent material,
and touched off with pointed frilr of lace or
pleated lace. Lovely tea gowns are made
very like the luncheon jackets of crepe, silky
wolfe. and, more costly still, of lace and
white muslin striped with the almost
ubiquitous inserting of narrow black net.
The summer veranda gowns, as these
stately wrappers are euphemistieally called,
were the first mediums for the wholesale in
PRODUCTION CT tinted and rainbow lace that
women have adopted with acclaim. This
new ornamentation oftenest appears in tor
chon, imitation Venetian point and Honiton,
done in the intermingled threads of white
cream, dark brown and orange yellow. Used
on a gown of daffodil yellow liberty silk
or crepe de chine, the rainbow lace is
daintily snowy, and few of these costumes
for elegant languor are made without a touch
Of green. Lily leaf green is the tint the
designers prefer, advocating it as the coolest
in the present weather, and when brought
against the face a color least likely to
heighten the shine of a flushed, greasy sur
face that even the fairest countenances now
show. MARY DEAN.