The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-30

Bceciai Correspondence Of The Sunday Republic.
ParfAt June 1o-Midsummer gowns for
midsummer girls Will embrace all the pop
ular new materials. but especially viii the
dainty fabrics OF silk. yelling and crepe. or
the new and popular louisine silk, be en-
ployed- In one pretty gown. the liberty silk
OF which II is made Is plated all over the
skirt. waist and sleeves with rows of ap-
piioued black lace. A girdle with long ends
Of black velvet gives that Frenchy touch
which only . BIT Of black can give.
All tho latest skirts are quite close 1T
eng. any fuliness being reserved for the
back. Three-piece garments are much used
In the making up of wash materials. This
season the skirts arc very attractive. fitting
a. they do with all the perfection Of a
taiior-made garment and sioping out ele-
gantly at the knees. Ducks and fanneIs
each have their advocates, and the useful
ness OF these fabrics for summer rough
and-ready gowns Is. Of course. undeniable.
Petal rufnes arc grand chic with light
gowns The name describes them: made
from soft. flexible silk. the colorlngs run
through all the delicate tints in tho n.y.
drangea (which. perhaps more than any
other blossom. serves the fashionable faint
coiors). The pinks. blues and lavenders ap-
pear as tops Of the petals. which are piled
and eewed to mufne the throat when the
rufis Ia on.
The knowing wearer Of the petal ruffe
will choose its tintinss for harmony moro
particularly with her hat h with her
gown The assumption IL that one Is re-
moved when tho other Is. Some Of these
howerlike ruffes are 30 deep tha a prop
Il needed at the back Of the neck to keep
them from tumbling together musily. A
big poppy. . peony or q rose IN such case
IL outspread Just At the neck back.
Dressmakers arc making evening gowns
for young girls with ruffied skirts. with two
or more wide nounces composing the skirt.
or trimmed with . cluster Of narrow ones
at the foot ~ IN the Orange effect shown
fn the upper right-hand figure.
4arQuioe bracelets are the very natural
result Of the resumption Of short-slssvsd Or
desveless evening gowns and eIbov-slesved
costumes. A marquise bracelet Is
usually . rope or flexible thin ribbon Of
gold adorned with three to nve inch long
canoes or miniatures framed in pearls or
diamonds. or an ornament. such a. q crown
Of Jewels. King Edwards three fsathsrs. or
. F1crentins lily. seemingly adjusted to the
gold band By . nuttering 5eweled ribbon
bow. whatever design may be adopted. the
setting must be in the long marquiss form,
against . round. white arm the dec-
orative value Of such . dazzling fetter II
.undeniahlA
But IN spite Of this. long. unlined sleeves
are again the mode for half-svening gowns. /
These are . long over the hands.
fashion generally becoming. Very daring
n . tulle sleeve made to lie close to the
arms to the elbows. From here II pufs cut
into . large bag that b gathered in at the
wrist. whence falls . deep nounos that
comes almost to the fingers. This style 10
illustrated IN the lower Lavender and white |
design.
The very sheer white fabrics are made M
preferably. over one Of the soft sflks, such |
- liberty. louisne. foulard or China IN |
One very noticeable thing about the white /
gowns this summer - the association Of
soru lace with them a. . garnitura
The Aiglon shirt 10 the most fascinatingiy |
feminine garment that can be IMAGINED. |
For all IT. high-sounding name. II - really
but Q tucked md ruffed blouse
made Of the daintiest fabric that - obtain
Tho finest. sheer. soft batists. tucked |
III over in quarter-inch tucks, makes Q prst- |
T. Aiglon shirt.
Fashionable hair fn Paris now b Of al
mahogany shadaL 1t = said to b far
more beautiful than anything hithsrto 40
somplished IN the way Of changes from the
natural hue. Nor - the process Of trans
formation 20 dincult a. wls the following
of hair. Probably becauss the mahogany
hue now in vogue q much more nearly 70
Bembles the natural dark coloring Of 1t
least the Ffenchwoman's hair, little irregu-