The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-12

SOME TAILOR AND CREPON WAISTS.
a wiry feel that few ever really liked
it. The mohair now is shown in all
the syndicate colors, and many street
suits are made of it, with all the at
tention to detail shown in the finest
broadcloth. The cream colored mo-
hairs are really beautiful when made
up and trimmed with yellowish lace.
Some pretty waists are made by hav-
ing Bulgarian embroidery set along the
folds and cuffs and the funny little tab
collars have the tabs wrought in this
stitch. When the waist is white or
very light color and the embroidery
is done in black and red or dark blue,
the result is very unique and artistic.
One pretty design in mohair waist
for a young lady is of the palest blue,
almost white. This is laid In seven
folds in front and five in the back.
These are not stitched on the edges,
but are left open like the slot seams.
Arranged as yoke across the Shout
ders is fine black brussels net (his, by
the way, is much used in the new
waists, and this is in turn edged with
a pretty design of white renaissance
lace. Across this again are drawn lines
of black ribbon, each end finished off
with a loop and button.
Another very neat and attractive
waist is Of ashen gray mohair, soft,
but shining like the richest silk. This
has a plastron front, opening at the
left side and fastening with frogs and
Of hlocl- CT hand of black
silk guipure lace is used to trim the
sleeves and the collar, but the cuffs
are ornameHted only by two frogs and
loops. l saw this copied in handsome
fine albatross cloth and also in French
broadcloth. French twilied flannel, in
a delicate frosty blue, has been also
used to produce the same design. It is
pretty i'll all.
A waist which is as well adapted for
separate use or as part Of suit is that
shown in the Illustration. It is made of
the new crapelike stuff which is so
well liked by ALL This stuff is made in
an admixture of colors, and these are
made into stripes by the crinkle in the
weave. 1t reminds one of the deeply
crinkled india grapes. The colors in
the waists are so closely brought to-
gether that the whole is like reseda-
There is a yoke in front made of moss
green velvet, the edges are bordered
with a bias band of silk to match, and
this is studded with small silk buttons.
The bishop sleeves have deep cuffs
trimmed to match the border of the
waist This is peculiarly girlish waist
and pretty besides.
The very thin waist bid fair to sur
pass any yet seen in point of beauty.
Such daintiness in workmanship and
fancy is hard to imagine. Fine lace in.
sertions and edgings may give an idea
of the material used, but OF Irust
really see the exquisite arrangement OF
the medallions and crossbars of lace
as arranged along the front to appreci-
ate their delicate beauty. The way the
| lace is treated is such that no matter
how fine it is it will be easy to launder.
A fine battste waist trimmed with its
| complement of lace is so sheer that it
will require a corset waist almost as
| delicately fashioned. The linen batistes
show such a bewildering array Of en-
broidered tracings that no one could
| describe them all. The mode for all
white waists is certainly greater than
ever before Each new maker must
! imagine something new, and we get
marvellous variety. The shapes vary
| from the old French bodice form to the
| pronounced blouse. The Gibson waist
is among the things Of the past, as few
| care for them now.
HENRIETTE ROUSSEAU.