The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-09
Dainty NeckWear
Of Many Sorts.
BY MAY MANTON.

have SO many and SUCH q VARSITY OF DC
signs been offered Never has 1t been
possible to SO vary q single simple waist.
lnasmuch as the effect Of any gown de-
ponds largely upon tie finish ut the
throat there Is every opportunity offered
to look our best, and that with compare
lively little effort or expense. From the
tilIny tulle bow, worn beneath the chin,
to the severe plain stock worn with the
tailored waist Is a big step, but the dis
lance between is so thickly strewn with
intermediate styles that one can go by
the most gradual OF stages from the one
to the other without once repeating de-
sign. The demand, almost the craze, for
turnover or protection collars has
brought forth many varieties and almost
linitless designs. For evening and formal
afternoon wear fine lace Is perhaps best
of ell, but the enbroideries, worn with
the simpler stocks and shirt-waist suits,
are both charming and serviceable and
offer a wide range of choice within them
selves The latest whim is working them
in SETS which include cuffs and belt, but
the collar with cuffs only Will. l think,
find the more permanent place. OF these
there seems literally no end. We have
all white white embroidered with black
or with color, color embroidered
with white or with black and newer still,
linen batiste with black, with color or
white. Serving as they do the double end
of cleanliness and good effect they de-
serve all the communication one has TO
bestow, but let me urge the importance
Of perfect daintiness. Both the collars
and the cuffs are designed to protect those
worn beneath incidentally they are
charningly becoming and feminine In
effect Both results being eninently sat
isfactory are amply worth bringing
about, but instantly the linen loses It's
freshness the charm is all gone. Dainty
they are designed to be and dainty they
must be, else 1t would be wiser to DIS
card them altogether. The belts are at
tractive, novel. pretty, but so difficult to
keep in perfect condition that ! nm led
to fear they will not have an extended
success Collars and cuffs are essentially
practicable and can be Numbered with 30
little trouble there seems absolutely no
excuse for soil or crumpled edges AS was
long ago said of the shirt-walst sma.s
ness lies in the starch, or its equivalent
Limp, bedragge soiled or rumpied Shev
arc hopeless Only when immaculate ana
crispIy fresh do they serve the emo LOT
which they were designed:
The latest stocks for. shlrt-Waist wear
are simple as they should ever be, but
those for fancy waists amply compensate
n, the variety they offer and the oppor-
tuni+ies they afford. To be quite 1ip-to-
date they should be shaped to point at
tha front. giving much the line of the
bodice at the waist, but there all resula-
ton appears to end. They are MADE Will
out ties of any sort, finished at the lower
edge, they show scarves. kfottco anu 'le"'
They include butterfly bows tackled at inc
front: they are made with jabot effects
aud they show lace barbcs arranged as
tics. You may wear a big bow, little
bow, no bow at all, a four-in-hand tie
a sailor knot, or big soft bunch OF tullc
and be equally correct.4sl-sce, galloon.
fancy stitches. crepe de chime, rlopon anu
what net goes into their-1n;;Ee-up II py
any chance you have slowed away, OF
happen upon bit of something unusual
the more chic and smart your stock VIII
be, so long as you adhere to the general
lines One and all the designers are seek
ing for novelty. II any individual be SO
lucky as to u1learth a treasure overlooked
by them tho reward is her own. one or
the prcttiest I have seen is of blue crepe
dc chine with lace and the inevitable
touches Of black The stock is OF the
material laid in folds at the lower portion,
finished with a turnover OF EheaTy lace
at the upper edge and Inc blue is all
dotted with French kucts III black. Inc
tic is hcmmed at the edges and illnshed
with lace applique at the ends. 1t passes
heath the chin, and is again tied about
three inches below, the soft ends falling
from the second bow knot. The blue. the
black and the cream make q most enec-
tive combination and the combination ana
the crepe is ideally soft for the purpose,
but the same design can be executed IN
pink or any otter color and satin hoerty
can be used when preferred. Inc Knots
make a feature of many collars, stocks
i,1St
! that they require. More often they are
black. let the main color be what 1t may,
hut still gilt and tiny white crystal beads
also are used where color is preferred ana
| are really charming as we'll as bfllliaht.
| Turn-overs or turnover eitects seem 20
| be essential where the actual thing does
| not exist have seen these beads or knots
| thckly strewn over border or WHITE
| while the stock below was of color. Lace
| is a pronounced favorite Of the season III
| all articles Of apparel, from the entire
| gown to the tiniest accessory, and is APP
parent in much of the finer neckwcar.
| Threading, with velvet or silk ribbon has
| become familiar, but chiffon used III this
| way is both new and fascinating. AS
| lovely a stock as one could, ask is OF IRISH
crochet lace and unlned. 10 hold 1t in
| place are tiny upriGhtS of silk covered
| wire, placed one at the front, one at each
| end and one midway at cach Slde, winch
| are quite invisible and at the base is soft
chiffon run in and out of the lace and
| forming Il full soft bow at the front. Inc
| strip that is used for the threading is by
no means narrow and puffs out to give
a clarmingly fluffy effect The same idea
is being even moro extensively used, ana
! I have seen lace gowns 50 treated, but Tor
the time am writing of neckwear only,
which is so varied and SO charming as TO
make q, complete theme in itself. Chiffon
used about the throat is always soft and
becoming. and deserves all possible at
| tention because Of that fact.
Fancy stitches of al sorts are freely
! rsed. From the simple briar stitch ana
:sssoting or clearinghouse to the elabo-
rate stitches used in the making of lace
| Of every sort and kind has its place. One
of the most desirable simple stocks is
| made OF narrow folds OF satin held by
fnccotins and worn with a full tulle bow.
| 10 keep the stock in place and the
| stitches open there are the wire uprights
mentioned above. Unlined neckwear is
| having and will have extended vogue,
| ..a -. - be commended lygienically as