Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30
FADS IN F00TGEAR
Dainty Hosiery for Summer
Day Wearing.
EMBROIDERY AND LACE
SHOW AS IN EVERY OTHER PART
OF FEMININE FINERY.
Heavy and Mannish Shoes Are Disap-
pearing and High Heels
Are Back.
EMBROIDERY AND LACE
written for The Evening Star,

Written for The Evening Star.
The eternal feminine has seen fit this
summer to clothe herself in lace and en-
broidery. From head to foot she has over
looked no vehicle for adornment. Her
hosiery has bloSsomed out, therefore, into
new and unexpected prettiness, and the
question of the most effective shoes and
stockings to be worn with each particular
gown has become a most important one.
The shops are full of hosiery to suit the
most exacting taste. In silk or in Isle
thread, hand-painted. embroidered or print
ed they are as .vari-cOlored as a rainbow
and as delicate in texture as gossamer.
If milady wishes to match the exact
shade of her gown, she can do so in silk.
One of the prettiest is wide mesh ribbed
silk stocking. 1t Is proving more popular
than the plain weave. Open-work silk
stockings are more dainty than ever. The
lace patterns may entirely cover the stock
ings or only extend in a three-inch band
up the front.
If the gown must be matched less expen-
sively, the lace Isle stockings offer a close
imitation of the silk. The range of colors
in which they appear is quite as extensive.
Delicate shades Of green, ecru. mauve and
rose look charming when seen under the
swirls of fluffy skirts, whose shades they
exactly match.
For the athletic girl in the chic golf skirt
the Oxford mixtures are the newest hosiery.
Although a trifle mannish in appearance.
they are extremely smart. They are Of Isle
in mottled seeded effects. A feminine
touch Is given to one pattern by a hair line
of pale blue running horizontally at dis
lance of three inches apart. Another has
almost imperceptible pale blue fecks, CIV
ing it slightly blush shade.
The Tartan Plaids.
Another fad In golf hosiery is the tar
tan plaids. These are woven in silk or
Isle on black, white or tan-colored grounds.
The body Of the stocking half way up to
the knee is of the solid color. The tartan
is above. Narrow bands of the tartan Or
nament the ankle with the effect of clocks.
Fine black and white checks are also
seen in golf hosiery. The entire stocking
Is sometimes of the check. and sometimes
it is used as an ornamentation on black
ground.
Black and white effects are extremely
popular for summer hosiery of every de-
scription Black printings on white foun-
dation are among the latest favorites. Pan
sizes and other flowers are lightly outlined
in an all-over pattern.
One very pretty stocking is of white Isle
A strip of lace Isle two inches wide eX-
tends down the front. and on either side
is chain of the outlined pansies.
The all-over vine patterns In black, on
a white ground are extremely effective.
lncy are IuOT6 SupOutQ tIdIi Tile pure
white stockings. yet are dainty enough for
wear with the sheerest and most snowy
dresses. The effect is of a delicate nuance
of gray.
Gray hosiery of every description is much
worn, and is frequently embroidered or
lace-inserted in white.
The Ecru Shades.
For wear with the pongee robes. without
which no robe is complete. come silk and
uslo cfo In had NJ nd
tan. They may be In all-over lace effects,
but are more often embroidered. The less
obtrusive are embroideries in seh-color-
ings or white, but other shades are fire.
quently used. Dots, feurde-lis and flow
ers are scattered over the ecru founda-
ton half way up to the knee. Any simple
pattern is suitable for hosiery embrod-
cry. Sometimes the flowers are embroid-
cred in natural colors but they also ap-
pear in the particular shade with which
the gown Is trimmed.
Summer stockings, either in Isle or silk,
are more often embroidered than plain. This
is especially the as regards black
stockings. Most of the work is done in
heavy silk, as it Is more effective This
hand work is usually displayed in a mar
row panel running UP the front Of the
stocking. Flower designs are the great
est favorites. Violet either white or pur-
ple and yellow centered daisies are pleas
ing. Dresden wreaths and French bow
dation If the gown is embroidered the
made-to-order hosiery should be embrod-
cred in a similar pattern.
For the bride are white silk stockings.
lavishly embroidered True lovers knots
make fitting garniture. white violets
lilies-of-the-valley. or rosebuds.
Small Blossoms.
Forget-me- nots and other Dresden flow
ers are most popular in hosiery embroid-
ery Small Gala lily blossoms ara en-
broidered some Of the silk stockings
The white petals. yellow centers and
green leaves are effective on either a
white or a black foundation
For use with the lace gowns are the
lace-inserted stockings. Medaliions of lace
white. cream or black, are inserted up the