Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04
W0MAN'S PAGE

Paris, August 2S.-To design q smart
practical day in town gown for the
suburban dweller takes no end Of inge-
nuity. s. many things have to becon-
s4deEed, and then there are some hide
bound limitations that cannot be got
ten around. Yet withal. to be strictly
successful. 1t must be a rather flexible
toilette, %savoring of travelling gown and
shopping gown with just dressy touches
enough to make it an acceptable affair
for a club luncheon, where one is sIle to
drop in on friends.
Challie, poplin and foulard are all cap
ital materials for a day in town tot
lette," light and cool enough to defy
August suns and yet not GRUMPY. like
duck or Bingham. French women favor
an entire gown of any of these three ma
terials more than they favor the ever
present shirt and shirt waist. They are
quite reasonable in their choice. too. for
the crisp light, stiff starched shirt waist
succumbs under a cloud of cinderS and
am occasional summer shower
A model toilette for a summer shopper
who is obliged to brave a hot. dusty car
ride. is a sort Of combination affair of
shepherds-p plaid and silk. The skirt Of
the shepherds-p plaid is laid in tucks an
inch wide, hat are stitched to form a
long yoke with a Spanish frill effect.
Between each tuck is sewed a narrow
strip of narrow black taffeta ribbon.
that throws the tucks in high relief
against what seems a lack taffeta back
ground. With this is worn one of those
crisp little black taffeta coates" orna-
mented with myriads I'd tucks and tiny
gold buttons. Of curse this is not worn
over a stiff starched shirt waist on the
hottest summer days.
Those fluffy little -hite batiste false
fronts" all face cheredeux and tucks,
fills the bill, and adds not a whit Of
warmth to this toilette. Because one
sees the lower part of what may seem a
much betucked shirt waist sleeve under
the slit taffeta coa sleeve, one need not
make up their minds that the false
sleeveless fronts are "shelved." These
undersleeves are hollow mOckeries also,
worthy companions of false fronts, that
are boxed up and sold together in sets
at the big shops. We who have rumaged
in attic trunks know these outlets OF
old. Sheer beautifully embroidered
things they are that are l. pit up and in
place by j~udiciously arranged little loops
and buttons and additional elastic bands.
| Rumor has it that these outlets have
come for a protracted stay. This sum
mer the embroidery that the center
pieces and doilies claimed will be di-
vided with the new outlets.
One of the new dainty challie models il
! a soft shade of wool brown is beautifully
suited for a day in town jaunt. It is
/ printed with an all over pattern In deeI
| violet rings, which color is repeated On
the trimming.
h skirt is split at both seams of ths
apron, where a marrow panel covered
with bias bands of violet taffeta Is In
| serted. Folds Of the silk follow the en-.
| tire length of the seams and under the
panels. At the back of the skirt, thu
fullness is wrought into a single. bo1
plait. /.
The corsage Is a blouse gathered
slightly from a short Jul yoke orna-
mented with folds of taffeta. Botf
the back and front of the corsage ARK
| divided up In panels by taffeta folds. The
sleeves are bishop shaped, topped by
close-fftting al of taffeta trimmed
-. At the wrists they are gath