The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-04-12
SILK OF TIE SUMMER.
Material is Delightfully."- Cool and in
MANY Pretty Shades.

Material is Delightfully."- Cool and in
Many Pretty Shades.
Pongee is to be the silk of the com
ing summer, and the pongee gown the
fashionable thing for very warm
weather
The special qualities which recon-
mend il are two-comfort and econ
omy. IT is delightfully."- cool, and when
soiled it can be Numbered so that it
will look even better than new So,
while pongee is not cheap, it is, in the
long run, very wise investment, and
one that brings you the worth of your
money.
1t is made up in tailored jacket eff
feet to wear with pretty waists of
white null or chiffon. Or again, it is
found in the popular shirt waist suits
1t may be made either with or without
a lining. It is easier Numbered without
lining. of course, but some women
prefer the graceful hang of the skirt.
which can only be obtained by using
thin china silk lining.
Pongee of the natural color. a soft
ecru, is most in vogue. though it comes
now in all of the colors-blue, red.
green, etc. Hand embroideries in cor
ais and French blue, laces of ecrue
shade, fancy buttons of gun metal and
pearl. and machine stitching in black
are the trimmings used in ornamental
ton of the pongee gown.
In the accompanying illustrations the
gowns are all of the natural pongee
shade. A dainty one is made with a
'front.' vest of ecrue lace. strapped with
pongee bands caught back with a
pongee coral button. The underseeves
are of the same lace, caught below the
elbow with similar buttoned straps. Ma
chine stitching in coral silk carries out
The bright effect which relieves the
rather somber background. The skirt
is plain. save for the full founce which |
edges it. The flounce is graduated and
dips in front and lifts unusually high |
in the back.
The tiny tucks the latest name for |
which is pinch tucks. are well adapt |
ed for this soft pongee MATERIAL |
gown has an entire yoke of them in /
long bust effect. The lower edge of the
yoke is outlined by a band of the white
chenille embroidery, which is 10 be |
favorite decoration of the PONCE gowns
Below this the blouse front has
double horizontal tuck laid. The skirt
ornamentation matches the waist. Two
rows of the chenille embroidery have
panel of the pinch tucks between them.
Below a graduated flounce is also
banded with chenille embroidery.
A particularly quaint little pongee
gown looks as if it had stepped from
the frame of some long-ago portrait
The jacket is cut with short, loose
sleevs. and the shoulders are covered
with two fiat circular capes The old
fashioned fiat collar is of brown MORE
silk, as are also the tabs that hang
down the front. Machine stitching in
brown silk is used on the capes and the
edge Of the jacket. The skirt is laid
in long pleats that are likewise stitched
~ brown silk.
Black machine stitching on the pom
gee makes very stylish gown. 1t
isn't as dainty of course. as garni-
tUre of lace, but it is the expression of
the tailored" iGea, and conveys even
to the veriest novice i'm clothes the i'm
that it is altogether "a la ;
node"
There are women to whom the one /.
lesign is adapated, and there are other
women for whom the other design is
he only correct one. 1t takes a we'll !
Quilt woman, rs rule, to carry the
more severe gown with the proper E
;tyle.
The black stitched pongee gown :
deliberately strapped. Straps 9
un from the shoulders and !
rom the waist above and below, alter y
if4AilAS With llG DoA pledIS. IN winch ] .
10Th waist and skirt are laid Stitched
trappings ornament the sleeves. and
ven the cuffs. and there is q stitched
'onge belt and a strapped and stitch
q pOngee collar. The waist fastens up u
he back with buttons of gun metal .
A deep pointed yoke and long cuffs !
f ecrue lace beautify a pongee gown =
hat is laid in tucks all over the waist,
leeves and skirt These are stitched
q ecrue silk, the one tone being pre- u
erved throughout the gown Four d
.rge pearl buttons ornament the u
louise front of the waist. The girdle is =
black velvet, which ties in back in a - -
ow with long ends, the latter falling -
early to the bottom of the skirt &c
The last gown in the group illustrates y,
le use of the new white chenille en- =,
robbery. The skirt is paneled with it, =,
here are three bands of it on front y,
the waist and band the length of =,
IL sleeve. The belt is formed Of a band =,
the embroidery, and another band
lcircles the collar. The chenille en-
'oidery all runs lengthwise while
osswise on the front of the waist. on =,
le skirt panels and on the deep cuffs 81
g numerous stitched straps, fastened ht
it'll little pearl buttons ny