The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-03

and finished with broad band Of lace, OIL
| embroidery insertion above deep hem, il
i favorite model for the short woman thif
| season: and the sun-plaited skirt, which
| gives fulness without bulk. clinging at the
| top, haring at the bottom, and all in vertica
; lines, is a providential compromise for the
! woman who cannot adopt the shirred OF
{ founced skirt.
J While we are eagerly welcoming the full
{. skirts, the ruffles and the pelerines of ouI
,, grandmothers, we are stoutly refusing tc
( consider her scanned, boned, tight fitting
; basque Occasionally one finds a closely
fitted Louis basque, with sharp-pointeo
| front, fichu, full skirt and sleeves; but on the
I summer frocks the bodice is fuller than
, ever.
! Its blouse does not fall over the waist
line, as it did last season being now raised
! more or less radically by folded grdle
| but above the girdle there is much fulness
/ and the French sheer frocks usually blouse
all around, or at least show as much full
| ness in the back and sides as in front, even
if the back fulness is drawn down closely
under the girdle
| The batiste frook is beloved Of French
dressmakers and is particularly lovely this
year, because batiste embroderies are
, more exquisite than ever before. In all
the plain delicate tints. batiste is beautiful
but in white or cream, with trimming of
embroidery in self color or in self color
| touched with color, there are frocks that
deserve the word ravishing.
A white batiste, sheer as cobwcb, has
with 1t embroidery flouncing and insertions
Of varying widths and exquisite design,
with mere hints of delicate green woven into
the pattern. Another batiste frock has q
; delicate cream ground with note of porce-
lain or Delft blue introduced in the en-
broidery.
As for the all white or all cru dress
patterns, they are legion and each is lovelier
than the other. The surprising beauty Of
the batiste embroidery this year has made
/ 1t close rival Of the triumphant lace and
[ 1t Is used effectively even upon the crepes
| and upon the sheerest silk fabrics
Null, too, has taken on new beauty,
and the sheerest Of null in double width
with founce design, may be fashioned into
charming frocks,
Batiste and null are the materials chiefly
favored by Partisan blouse makers, and
| among the sweetest importations are full
, blouses Of these filmy stuffs, devoid OF all
trimmings save an appalling amount OF
hand work In the shape OF very tiny tucks.
! and touch Of hand embroidery or real
Valenciennes at the throat and wrists.
These blouses are in white, ecru, blue and
pink and though they cost a good deal.
| and the woman who wants showiness for
her money will pass them by disdanfully
they have more distinction and elegance
than all the heavily trimmed and elaborated
machine made blouses-are even more
knowing than many OF the elaborate hand
made blouses.
And. by the way, inside of another month
these little French blouses now held at
forty or fifty dollars will be marked down
| to n price within reach OF even a slim purse
and the bargain hunter should 20 out In
search Of them. Probably they will be
rumpled and trife soiled, but trip to
the cleaners will set them right and add
| little to their cost
| Blousee Of the very sheer silk made in
| the same fashion are also desirable; and
when trimming must be added to such a
blouse 1t should be in the shape OF hand
inset real valenciennes insertion and mar
, row Valenciennes edging, rather than "