Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

repos. as the French woman prettily eX-
presses our idea of a loungtng gown, has
attained a measure of artistic charm that
we never believed 1t capable of possessing.
OF Chinese, Indian, or French silk, of mer-
cerized lawn, OF silky Manila gauze, and Of
silk striped madras. the happiest examples
of tidy ease In floral drapery are 80 far to
be found, In the various shops where
they sell these costumes they go by the
name of "siesta suits" hammock gowns, -
mapping robes "negligees" and break
fast dresses"
The woman who has a $50 bill burn
ing her pocket may easily lay out
that whole sum on any one OF these two
piece suits, and purchase Herewith a robe
ct to appear in at the coronation. On
the other hand, $3.50 will secure as sweet
a little Japanese breakfast frock as any
fastidicus man should ever care to see be-
hind his silver coffee set.
The fifty dollars buys an imported work
OF art in the finest white French handker-
chief lawn, boar frosted with such white
needlework as is only done In French con-
vents. The petticoat of such a suit swirls
on the ground in the rear. and the full
hounce is set on to jupe itself by means
of a garland of embroidery. Sometimes
the. heedlework is achieved in the most
delicate blue and white on a white ground.
or the linen lawn is plain plumbago blue
with white needlework. The loose waist.
TO accord with a skirt Of this type, is often
made with long Marie .Antolnette fronts
that cross the bust to right and left, draw
under the arms and fasten in the rear.
This lets fall on the back Of the skirt two
long. pointed. fll-edged ends that form a
sash-like finish. The finest white corset
cover and under petticoat must be worn
with such a breakfast dress, and slim
women find 1t necessary to brace their
figures with nothing more substantial thar
the short, light tape corsets.
POnGee LOunEinE d
Far less costly than these veritable con-
fections are the pretty pongee negligees
made on the same model and edged with
tea-stained footing, though quite the coolest
fabrics in the world is pure white Habutai
silk. This Is not expensive; it washes Xix
a towel and a little Valenciennes edging is
all the trimming that is needed. Many Of
the silk lounging robes have straight, deeply
hemmed skirts, and the upper garment /:
cut like a Greek peplum or like a farmer
smock, with the difference that the modern
garment fastens down the left side of thu
front.
All the odds and ends Of dimity, lawn ant
organdie from the counters we're sent
few weeks ago TO the manufacturing depart
ments of the dry goods shops and thrlftil!
made into kimono suits, that now heap tn,
bargain tables at compelling prices. These
in white or colors, prove absolutely ire
sistlble to the comfort loving woman, an,
50 gay and pretty and becoming are they
and so ridiculously inexpensive. that tire
or four are carried on by every shopper
They all consist of a round, full skirt wit
a deep hem and a hip kimono blouse
Sometimes a white suit has its skirt. sleeve
and blouse edges all faced with a%'eolor. o
a s~prigged blue and white dimity suit ha
solid blue borders all about. The border
are most effectively set on with a hem
stitch beading. and the women who posses
a. talent for dressing up any little toile
have taken to wearing strings Of core
beads with their ,~open-necked kimon
, blousese
!, e., A Japdhese Mood.
Vso decidedly Japanese is our momentar
mood, swayed, no doubt. b. the klmon
suit, that many women do up thsir ha
for the morning with the white carved bor
Geisha pins. Some OF these are OF amb,
cslluloid, and the basic principle and shaI
OF the appliance is tina. Of the ordinaI
black wire pin. The difference is In n
long, delicate and more or less carved hoi
that sticks out two or three inches from q
bowed end Of the prong, Some womJ
whose hair, Is. thin aud whose heads a.
sensitive. In, summer hnd it a genuine con
fort TO use the true Geisha Plus, that a.
nothing more than long white or eolor'
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