The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-27

pink with yellow lace medallions in
] diamond shape. These are applied to
a wide tucked border of the taffeta,
which edges the entire coat. A single
band of the tucking borders the wide
! elbow sleeves, and two shape the soft
| ly falling cape collar.
! Both of these short coats are made
after late Paris models, all of which
were doubled with soft silks in the
same color. Unless they are in very
heavy weave of silk, the unlined short
| coats do not fall becomingly.
On the other hand, the long evening
wraps are frequently more effective
unlined. Especially is this the case
with the lace ones applied to chiffon,
a look of airiness being the special
point desired for these.
A very queenly long coat is made of
opaline Chinese crepe, fairy mate
rial to be found only at the Japanese
importing places. This garment Is
lined with a soft silk in pale pink,
which shows through superb trimmings
of pistache green lace. A graceful
finish a the front is a scarf with frill-
ed ends of deep rose velvet.
and now you see what / mean by
the color schemes of the French dress
makers. Everything seems to be grist
that comes to their mill and yet tone
combinatio were never more careful
ly or exquisitely blended.
A natural talent is, of course, requir-
ed for such rainbow creations and tint
ed laces are not yet drugging the
American market. But a good dyer
can always color them for you, and if
Chinese crepe is too expensive a lux
ury, get a thin soft wool for the coat
material. The old fashioned delaines
in pale rose, green, white or lemon yell
low are all effective stuffs. But the
lining must always be of silk-a thin,
softly falling silk, and preferably in
the same shade as the outside. With
such a background even pistache green
lace may be attempted in a pink or
green delaine at % cents the yard. If
the coat is white, have the lining
green; one case where a contrasting
doubling is a glorification and not a de-
feet with cheap materials.
Any wool canvas or silk tissue that
is not too wiry can be utilized for
these long evening coats. A good pat
tern house will provide suitable mod
ell and tucks in two sizes-clusters of
five little ones between single tuckS an
inch wide-will go far toward orna-
mentation. Between the bands made
by these the most inexpensive guipure
laces will look well.
For less extravagant gowns than
those here described there are some
silk-potted tissues that make up very
elegantly. In the pale azureS, soft
green and gray these delicate stuffs
(silk and wooD have a luminous sheer.
The crispest taffeta ribbons are used
with them, and net laces slightly yell
lowed. A beautiful entire deux in
cheap net lace has scalloped edges and
a delicate vine running down the cen
ter. This is three inches wide and %
cents the yard.
Some of the prettiest of the airy sum-
mer gowns are girlishly simple in mod
ell. The bodices, which are of the
round baby description, button usually
at the back with tiny pearl buttons.
They show round lace Jokes, very deep
at the front, the dente1le alternating
with bias folds of the gown material;
the unlined stock made in the same
way, and founced elbow sleeves.
For the skirt bottom shaped f1ounces
are often deeply pointed, frills of lace
edging them and the flounce falling
low over other lace edged ones, cut
straight. At the hips the skirt Is at
ted to the figure with narrow horizon
tai tucks. All of the thin, unlined
jupes show these.
Shantung pongee, in old rose is the
material of the young girls costume
pictured. Mary Dean.