St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-09-27
NOTES OF THE FASHIONS.
New French and India
satin Veilings and ChaiIn ZOE
Summer Gowns.

r-.nch and India Fabrics
satin yeilings and Cha1lis for
summer Gowns
White buckskin shoes are conslo'
cred the proper finish to white sum
mer costume, and pipe-clay will keep
them in their pristine freshness.
| Some of the more expensive TAU
RIGS of delicate French or India WOOL
silk or batiste, in robe patterns,
have the usual number of yards OF
combination beautiful Persian effects
showing applique designs in high ana
low relief in shaded silks or tlnteo
lace designs, with other devices ID
French arabesques and Flemish pat
terms in machine-wrought embossed
work almost as perfectly executed as
the most skilled hand embroidery.
One notable sample of blush-rose
pink silk-warp yelling has silver
leaf and English rose bordering along
it's selvage. A delicate sage-green
wool, as soft as velvet and as light as
India silk, is bordered with sprays
of violets interviewer with tea-rose
buds and foliage. Wolfe, Venetian
wool, albatross, Eolienne and grena-
dine fabrics furnish a list of hand
some summer materials that are like
wise decorated, says the New York
Post.
Satin-striped veilings and French
challis are made up into very modlsh
and dressy summer gowns. The
stripes-colored or white, but chiefly
white-are set about two inches
apart, pretty foriated patterns, dots
and other small figures partly cover.
ing the material. Ready-made voile,
challie, albatross and satin foulard
skirts are exhibited in great numbers.
These are finely shaped where Of
fered at the best houses, and also
well made and stylishly finished.
They are by no means expensive, and
make most satisfactory emergency
gowns.
Embroidered India mulls, in white
or delicate shades of pink, bebe blue,
or ecru, made over lawn or taffeta
slips, form very pretty summer
gowns which are almost if not quite
as effective and dainty as the more
perishable chiffon. 1t does not mat
ter so much this season what the
material is, SO long as it is fine and
sheer and transparent enough to
show the lining through, and all the
delicate pineapple fabrics, together
with canvas, etamine, grenadlne,
nuns yelling and hatiste, are equally
popular. Garden party gowns of soft
semi-diaphanous India silk, lined with
color deep enough to tinge the white,
are popular, and one of these gowns
has the deep dounce of the demi-
trained skirt covered with tiny two
inch frills of the silk edged with mar.
row lace. The skirt lining is azalea-
pink silk, and the tucked sleeves and
blouse bodice are lined with pink
mousseline de sole Of an exactly
matching tint. There is plated
pink silk balayeuse at the skirt edge.
This may be a model too expensive
for the average purse, but the ideas
may serve to renovate partly worn
gown, using the latter for the UNDER
slip, and new white silk for the dress
proper, silk which can now be pur-
chased at from IS cents to one dollar
q yard.
One of the features of the summer
season is the revival Of low-cut
waists, and the wearing of fiat
fchus, lace berthas, ETC., with this
collarless bodice. The contrast with
all the high stock effects which have
SO long predominated is very marked,
and the fashion obviously lacks finish
and style. It certainly demands \
white and shapely throat, and very
handsome bodice fabrics and trim
mings, to render it anything but
dowdy in effect. The fashion is at it's
best in evening dress. It destroys all
appearance of finish and dainty
smartness when it appears with any
sort OF day attire, except, perhaps, in
a pretty summer negligee on pref
ty young woman. With dimity, or
candle, or India null frock, nothing
looks better than cape collar or
fchu of embroidered batiste, or one
finely tucked and edged with lace, the
bodice made with elbow sleeves, with
undersleeves matching the collar.
The old Flemish laces and Tamhour
embroideries on sheer Swiss muslin
are also used, and with a plain pink
or blue dimity, the smart wide cape
collar added to the collarless waist
looks rather quaint and picturesque
in the case of it's wearer being charm-
ing enough herself to bear the test
of this decidedly trying style Of
gown.
We1l-Kept Hands.