Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-16
NEW YORK FASHION LETTER
The Modes Largely Determined by the
Weather-Frcnch Way of Cleaning
LnCcS-SOme chic Suits.


New York, July H.-As if continuing
tho eccentricities of May and June. July
Is furnishing some sizzling days. Ac-
cordingly. fashions being largely deter
mined by the weather many delightful
thin frocks are being shown.
1t may seem like repeating an oft told
story. but after all there is noting 50
smart as the white gown. 1t is seen
everywhere whether one go to the seat
shore, country, scales the mountain
height or dip the briny blue sea.
The light weight wool fabrics have en-
or dresses of washable materials There
is a vast difference, you know, for even
frocks of calico can be made too elahor-
ate to ever enter upon terms of init
macy with the laundry woman.
Hemstitched effects are probably in
the lead for popular favor because in
themselves they are elaborate and not
necessarily expensive.
y hemStitChed lawn costing 10 cents a
yard can be daintily designed with imita-
ton valenciennes. The skirt of a strik-
ingly pretty model has a yoke over the
hips which extends into a wide box plat
ated to a flare over the feet. To he
CONNIE IL faut all dresses must be long
and trailing. 1t is almost impossible to
gain the sweeping graceful lines unless
they are. Then with a plethora of clean
ing fluids on the market it is possible to
keep them immaculate with little trouble.
From the box plat on the skirt comes
a deep i1ounce above which are rows and
rows of shrring which make it very full,
with a long sweep in the back. This
same idea Is carried out on the bodice,
for it has the yoke and box plat in the
| back graduated coming down to a deep
ribbon girdle which slopes to a point in
front where 1t is very full and loose, be
| ing shirred across the top of the front
| from the yoke.
The sleeves have rows and rows of the
shirring on their upper part, from which
they fall very fun and loose, caught into
| cuffs at the wrist. The neck Is finished
with a transparent stock of lace support
ed by Undiscovered whalchones and fluff
ed at the back with a chiffon chou.
| Women who object to the wetting of
their laces will be Interested to know
| that simple French chalk powdered and
mixed with an equal quantity Of mag
nesia cleans very nicely. 1T is a long
time since so few black and white effects
were worn as this year. The rage seems
| to be for all of kind. sonnet thing that
| x,
| Is composed of Bingham with a deep yoke
formed Of bands of linen and fagoted
| together with black silk threads. The
bingham itself is a pretty black and
white mixture, The yoke comes down
very low over the shoulders, with a
curved design here and there over It,
| This also forms the upper part of the
sleeves, which are full below the elbow
and gathered into cuffs of the fagotted
| linen bands. The bodice blouses quite
fun over a Maria Antoinetta girdle OF
| black poau de sole.
| Completing the costume is fine
| French chip with short wide erwin anc
| spreading brim trimmed with black tullt
! and black and white Marguerites
pretty white organdie which may b'
| duplicated in any other color anc
daphanous material shows a unique ar
rangement of lace darned with pale pink
carnations. The lace forms the upper
part of the skirt in a deep yoke and ex-
tends in panels down the front, back and
sides OF the skirt in four stripes The
| carnations are deliCately woven into
making "A rich and beautiful effect Be
tween the panels of lace the organdie Is
accordion plated and appliqued at the
bottom with deep pointed medalions OF
the lace that forms the yoke.
The bodice carries out the same idea
but with notifications. The yoke Is Z
| compromise between a square and rounc
effect and extends low over the shoulder:
In pointed effect to form the tops of the
sleeves, 1t extends down the front of tn,
bodice in two narrow panels betweeer
which Is sandwiched the vest of organdi'
stripped with tiny bands of lace insertion
The sleeves are largest at the elbow anc
at this point are met by deep cuff OF
the carnation embroidered lace.
Somewhat severe. but very chic is
tailor gown of white butchers linen Tn
skirt has a pointed hip-yoke set owe
graduated box paits that extend al
around the figure. The bottom of tn,
paits is decorated with ntersocting cir
Giles of fancy white braid, buttoncd on t,
the linen with tiny carved pearl buttons
Nha idea 10 new and promises to becom