The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-03
TIE POPULAR RAMONA.

one Cf the simplest and most popular negligees is the kimona, which may be regulation Japanese affair with wide obi or modified creation ornamented with lace aid embroidery.
 As a general thing these oriental looking garments are rathe: short, com- ing just to the hips, and on account of their sleeves they are extremely cool and comfortable to wear on sweltering days. Even the ordinary styles which may be bought in any shop quite req bly, are picturesque, especially if made up in dainty shades. Pale laven- der, pink or blue forms the body part of these ktmonas and there Is three inch band around the neck and sleeves and down the front of pure white dinlity dointily stamped or worked in tiny pink cherry blossoms.
 Of course, these little jackets may be elaborated almost without limit, but the short variety is much prettier made up in washable fabrics and style.
 While the wide, loose sleeves are de- cidedly cool and comfortable, there is one drawback to them. This is the pro- voking way they have of getting into everything within reach.
 On the whole. though, kimonas may be considered very successful for bou- doir wear, and this statement is well borne out by the quantities of such gar ments sold in the shops.
 An exceedingly short kimona. which is perhaps one of the prettiest models designed. comes just below the waist line It is made of soft silk or crepe and is entirely accordion plaited. A very shallow yoke serves to hold the two plaited founces, the upper one be- ing about three inches shorter than the other and both showing an. edge finish of very narrow lace. The sleeve is sim ply wide piece of plating set straight in the armhOles so that it falls on line with the bottom of the tiny jacket and has the same kind of q lace cdging.
 A pale blue crepe kimono male in this fashion was worn with a lovely taffeta petticoat of the same shade. While very narrow valenciennes finished the plaited flounces of thejacket wider pieces of the same pattern were put on the skirt to form diamonds. In the cen ter of each of these was appiiqued a small lace butterfly. It was just a touch of the Oriental which gave it charming effect
 This same idea may be elaborated with applications of lace medallions and figures, but for summer wear one needs so many of these comfortable and ne- cessary negligee garments that the idea of much trimming does not appeal to the average woman. She wants her negligees dainty and, above all things, becoming, and the less beruffied they are the cooler they seem, so she doesn't hesitate to sacrifice few frills for the sake of being comfortable, provided, of course, that the lines of beauty are by no means interfered with,
 One Of the popular fads in connection with boudoir robes is the wearing of sandals. The revived footwear is made of brown soft leather with perfectly fiat sole and leather thongs which come between the toes and fasten around the ankle. The idea is to let the fresh air get at the entire foot, but there is this objection to the flat sandal, it soon de- stroys the pretty arch of the instep and no woman who has any pride at all in her feet wants to lose it's prettiest fea- ure.-Washington Times.