The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-19

Ii is dililcult matter to tell where the
boudoir gown stops and the tea gown be-
gins. The only way to decide the matter
is to have II court of fashion inquiry,
whose decision every woman would gain
say. There is not doubt that the tea
gown is worn where the boutloir gown
should bc--but that is Of little conse-
ultcnce, and it is certain that the boudoir
gown sometimes disports itself in the
place of its more formal sister. How
ever, if no one knows the difference who
will care!
Here are some gowns which may be
one or the other, according To the fancy
Of their wcarers. Stunning are the
gowns that are made of crepe de chine
combined with taffcta and lace. One,
which is Il beauty, is all straight lines.
The front might have been measured
by ii plumb line. The body of the gown
is Of the crepe, and the front is composed
of two wide strips of tucked tnffcta. In
| this tucking are incristatiors of lace aud
| similar incrlistations are set here and
there into the crepe. For all its beauty
| the gown has I'm appearance of simpli-
city. This is IL white, and another gown
| III pink crepe has on the edges of the
front bands Of taffeta joined by lace
stitches, and around the lower edge n
tnlrta ruttic with intersections Of lace
| stitches lit the lower edge. This gown
is finished IT the top with II tichu brought
! around little to one side and giving
more Of curve to the outlines. There
are soft, thick falls uf lace at the neck
and sleeves All these crepe gowns have
IL loose lining of chiI Il silk.
In charming little gown of accordion
plated crepe. the plating falls from a
deep yoke of soft putfs and is cut low ut
| the throat.
Fancy lowered taifctas are made with
shirrcd waist lin" pointing mp ut the
centre Of the back and front and curv-
| ing down and under the arm. These are
quaint little old-fashoned looking GOWNS
with finish of lace ut the throat and
puffed sleeves coming to the elbow.
Pretty little gowns which please man,
wuincI IN warm weather are of swiss
male with Investigations of lnce AMI wJri
yer slips of rolcred silk. These slip,
are caught ut The shoulders. but can Ii,
detached and the same muslin gown cal
be worn with different colol ed slips.
Elaborate negligcees of this kind eos
anywhere from $1G0 to $175. and less tx
| peuSive garments that women like whel
il Is warm are loose Jackets of silk null
satin-striped muslin. and the like. Thcs
are made to vary slightly, but all shor
ANA SIMPLE They are most attractive i
Persian Satln-striped muslin made wit
cross bars of lace insertion. Some hav
plated collars and frlls around III
sleeves, and others are embrCiderp
around the edges. som" are made Wit
square corners at the front and other
: with round. They are French and COS
s12.
Pretty thin petticoats, which are wor
[ chiefly with linen piqucs and othe was
j, gowns are charming. They cost an!
whore at this time Of the year frol
: $3.50 to IS and $40. Stripes predominant
q in them and the more delicate colOrs.
Il | pretty blue skirt il striped and the ri
= lies are finished with hcnistitching Man
have embroidered fiounces. and othcl
) are trimmed with lace edges and inSr
II items. One OF these latter has il viii
O ground with Il rather large blue flow,
- With Il black centre upon II. 1t h;
DNciruhlcS and UNDERWRITERS. frilling ~
, at the lower edge. AMI it does its dnt
l. III setting ont the flare of the ojiter Skin
i. Silk rla1cd ginghamS in blues and pinl
are very pretty. There is little call f,
/, black or white in these skirts. or in ~
!. of the ncgligee garments The oil
II women do not use them ms rule, ~
n youns women prefer :hc delicate colo
a fc" home wear ard with wash fro"kS.
u The haby's layettc is always htercS
10 ing. though there is never much hat
IL now in styles. The layrtte is often g
= pcnsive, or it may not he. One w'.aI
New York woman whose bal.y'S cut
~ was of the simplest though finr in wo
s. manship and materials, cost $500. I'll
to included everything. even the basket G
:. tanning mby's toilet articles and the h.
in which he slept. There was u little r..
= lace upon some Of the little frocks, hut
WAS narrow and simple in design
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Rahy's bed is MI expensive part Of |
" outfit. 1t will cost about $50 to dtapr
and this is aside from the cost of t
cradle and mattress. The former may
of wicker or it may he Of brass. and I
maitress is soft and thick and of t
hest of curled hair. 1t will bc ,irap
with white organdie over blue or nj
silk or satin with biz. bow--at least ~
and perhaps more-on the outside T
sheets to the bed will be of camhric. n
ihc pillow slips of linen. Ribbons. vii
they are put into baby's dresses, Il
the French wash ribbors.
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The babies of today have simp
clothes than the babies OF some We,
ago. One woman who is now graz
neither says that she paid 81 a yard
the lace she put on her baby's cloth
and it was treated with sucA care Ill
when the babies were grown and II
children of their own she could diyi
it among them. They. however, were !
Ms careful, or perhaps the second lot
babies We're not, and they have dispos
En- Of it altogether.