The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

Special CORRESPONDENCE Of The Sunday Republic.
ARTS, July 16.-The river girl, rep.
resents quite a type, and for the
EHAT most part she is a bewitching
creature, with a complexion be-
ccmingly tanned. and a 1.-THE, lis
some figure, prepared to handle punt pole
or scull with equal skill. She wears a soft.
limp shirt waist and a skirt of cotton or
linen. The cotton gowns are charming
this season. and there is quite a fancy sor
the deep rich red color. with a black and
white pattern. White trimmings have
rather A tawdy effect on this type OF cotton.
but black is freely used, although it must
be removed for visits TO the laundry.
Chemical cleaning IS now usually resorted
10 for even the s~o-called washing gowns,
and this makes the question of trimming
quite immaterial.
Some Of the dress hollands and art linens
are so bright and effective with the silky.
mercerized effect that they make up into
veritable fete gowns and do not look out Of
place with quite costly accessories.
Silk petticoats are worn with cotton
gowns and are certainly more comfortable
and Clearly than the long cambria gar
ment. which is both troublesome and ex-
Sensive. Very dainty petticoats OF zephyr
IN delicate colors. trimmed with lace. are
also worn. and il the coloring corresponds,
are very useful with cotton gowns.
Cambria and Lawn
Inlet With Black Lace.
Embroidered lawn and cambria are both
extremely fashionable, and the tussore or
natural-colored grass lawn is much inlet
with lack lace, which IS extremely effective,
and is easily frightened by touches of color.
In embroidered lawn of creamy hue the
principal designs are left transparent, and
these are accumulated by a lining of color
cd silk Of haficra Tho latter &c co01 aud
soft. though hardly having the same effect
as silk. but a silk lining at once increases
the warmth and makes it less of a sum
mer toilette. A thin, n-ontransparent sa-
teen or figured muslin. worn over a founda-
ton OF colored batiste, is really the most
comfortable gown for very hot weather.
Skirts Of chine Louisine silk, with slips of
lace. tabled or decorated with velvet. are
to be worn, and MANY are in preparation
for country-house visits. Very dressy black
skirts. to wear over separate foundations,
are of tucked wolfe. trimmed with black
passementcrie. or inlet with coarse black
lace. and these can be varied by changing
the underslip. which at one time may be
black. and the accessories in color. or a
white glace slip. with white vest. parasol.
gloves and other items. may be frightened
by a bouquet de coTsage OF pink carnations
and a rose or aower-trimmed chapeau.
White Muslins Attractively
Dotted With Color.
The Paris shops are full of dainty trines
in summer house gowns, expensive<f for the
most part, although with ideas and sugges-
tons that might be copied at far less cost.
The white muslins dotted with color so
modish this season make charming house
frocks. One especially attractive is trimmed
with small applications of red tSneta, COM
bined with lace, the. muslin in this case
showing fine red dots. Cool, charming
gowns consisting of a simple skirt and
blouse are nice in white batiste. trimmed
with straps OF blue linen. There is 50 much
lace used that a thin gown trimmed severe
" appears chic.
The loose sack and full skirt seem the
favorite pattern for a longer, gown. A
pretty white batiste is made with a jacket I
shirred In Empire fashion under the bust
and s,oping OF in rounded, coat tails
trimmed with a small ruffie. The skirt, /
shirred on the waistband, is trimmed with
ruffies at the hem.
Figured muslins that are so cheap at this
season of the year are pretty trimmed with
rows of pink satin ribbon. To be quite a Ia !
mode it is wise to avoid using black velvet /.
on ownssof2this sort. One secs little black :
on thin snnnner'gowns turned out by the +.
best authorities, bqrand it Is a most Gu /
rious within of fashIon-a lot of velvet is 1
used on foulards and other silks. The vel
vet ribbon seems reserved for costumes of !,
/
The narrow satin ribbon used presents
possibilities. "A thin stuff in pink,
with irregular threads and knots of white
running through II, is dainty trimmed with
of narrow pink ribbon. Ribbon and
used together make a good com-
So much lace is used that it
seems unnecessary to speak of it. There
are some novel ideas, such as row after
row of narrow frilled lace put on one above
another 10 give a 6unY effect fn fha Adua |
Of a rufio.
About the
Hens of Midsummer Dresses.
Midsummer gowns are made with any
amount Of fuffiness about the hem, but. as