The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

fancy work on an upper porch. And
if the girl is dainty at heart, she will
have a couple of distracting negli-
gees merely to satisfy her own peace
of mind.
The summer negligee differs from
its winter prototype in that it is near
ly always washable. This enables the
girl with limited wardrobe to keep
! fresh and dainty. The wash fabrics
| offered this season are silky enough to
satisfy the most critical. Flowered
muslins and lawn, dotted Swisses and
even net, make charming dressing
sacks when trimmed with lace, inser-
tion and wash ribbon.
Wash ribbon is by far the most
serviceable for a summer negligee.
Its use has so much increased in the
| last year or two that now there is
hardly a girl who does not keep on
( hand bolt of her favorite color to re-
furbish lingerie or dressing sack.
japanese kimonas are still so popu,
lar that they are now made in the
sheerest cottons and linens for use on
hot days. Those of cotton crepe are
cool enough for NOSE weathers. They
are generally trimmed down the front
and banded on the edge of the flowing
, sleeves with Powered ribbons. If the
ribbon pattern is well chosen, the eff
feet is very pretty. A white kimona
of crepe is bordered with a ribbon on
which scarlet poppies stand out vividly
on a white background. Another
white one has a ribbon border of cool
| green vines.
A clever girl. who admired the
beauty of the real japanese kinnonas
of silk, hand embroidered in spraying
| flowers, has managed to produce some
| thing of the same artistic effect in her
summer kimonas. She used cotton
| crepe for the body of the kimona, and
! trimmed it with a border of gayly
| Powered cretonne, carefully cutting
| out the flowers on the edge and but
tonholing them down to the crepe
| foundation.
The possibilities of cotton crepe. for
washable summer dresses, are not half
appreciated. 1t can be obtained in
delicate shades to suit the summer
| girls fancy. FrockS made of the
white cotton crepe trimmed with
coarse mesh laces are especially pref
ty. They wash to perfection and
have a clinging quality which adds
much to the grace of a slender figure
Pale blue is a cool color for the sum
mer negligee. A blue lawn is the ma
terial of one of the most fetching The
loose blouse bias "V'' neck and the
fullness in the front is fitted into the
waist by cluster of fine tucks. The
deep handkerchief collar is trimmed
with two rows of valenciennes lace in
sertion, and edged by two-inch bands
of the same lace. Its points hang down
the front almost to the waist line, and
are caught together by a bow of half
inch wide white wash ribbon with ir-
regular ends. The loose elbow sleeves
are trimmed with the lace insertion
and similarly finished with hand
kerchief ruffie. Indeed, the handker-
chief ruff1e forms the motif of the en-
| tire negltgee, for an unusually deem
one forms the finishing frill to the
/ blouse below the waist line. The effect
! is graceful and out of the ordinary.
The under petticoat is also of the
| blue lawn. 1t is trimmed with MANY
| rows of the valenciennes insertion and
has an edging of the same lace in a
wider pattern than that used on the
! negligee. Two rows of the insertion
are run just below the knees and fin
| ished on the right side by a soft ros-
cite of wide white wash ribbon. The
scheme of the whole is decidedly
French. The Paris shops are selling
! scores of these negligee suits in deli
cate colors and every conceivable thin
material. The idea is a pretty one
and will be undoubtedly followed in
! this country.
| The passion for lace trimmings ex-
tends into the realm of the negligee
| with delightful effect The finer mesh
| laces seem most suited to these airv
! garments. Valenciennes holds its own
against all rivals. Wide laces form
! gauzy ruffies and insertions of ali
widths give a sheer effect to mulls or
muslins.
! Pale green silk muslin makes a pret
! ty matinee. The muslin is laid in pin
tucks, giving greater richness of eff
! feet. The matinee is loose and flow
| ing. and is cut so as to fall in a slight
| point in the front. 1t is finished
| around the bottom by a ruffle of wide
ecru colored lace. The neck is round
ed out in the interests of GOODNESS. and
the sailor collar is of the tucked mus
| lin. II is finished by wide ruffle of
the lace. which continues down the
front in a jabot effect The elbow
sleeves are also finished by a lace ruf-
ie This matinee will add much to
the charm of a blonde beauty.
a dainty little matinee resembles
the English coffee Jacket. II is so
| lacy and so short and flowing. Three
/ inch vide strips OF lace OF a slightly
| yellowish shade are sewn together 10
| form the yoke and sleeve caps Re
I low the bust line. fullnaea fe aIio,.,oa