The Washington times., 1903-05-31
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trife more than the artistically in
clined person would desire, but it no
longer hangs like a big dropping bag.
her waistline has lost its exaggerated
dip effect in the direct front and her
bust appears to be more where nature
intended it should be than it has been
for some time. The new shape Is known
as the French curve, which lengthens
the waistline, curving it prettily in
front. 1t gives slender hips and raises
the bust a trifie. 1t is natural and grace
full, and to get it, so the summer girls
Will tell you, you must wear certain
little appliance called the Rosalind, that
seems to possess a magic way of holding
the belt of the skirt underskirt and the
waist exactly in the right place. The
Rosalind specially gives smart style
to the unlined shirtwaist costumes But
back to the dresses themselves: Ex-.
tremely pretty ones of dark blue AMI
white foulard are trimmed with either
medallions of lace or big and little pearl
buttons, and pretty idea for the medal
lions is to use, say, Cluny lace or antique
lace and to scatter the lace with French
knots in some color that will contrast
effectively with the silk. Another pretty
new touch is to sew the pearl buttons
with silk thread which Will strikingly
contrast with the silk of which the shirt
waist suit is made. A new idea for the
skirt Of a shirtwaist suit is to introduce
a group of vertical tucks at intervals
all the way around the skirt. first, wide
nj "a nd
When a skirt is made in this way it also
looks well to outline the hip yoke and
to head the fiounce toward the bottom OF
the skirt with band of the material.
which may be finished either with pip
ing of the self-material or in a contrast
ing color, while the bottom of the dress
should be finished with skirt binding
of the same shade as the dress.
One more shirt waist is always the
cry of the summer girl, and 1t is no
wonder. for each shirt waist which ap-
ing than the last. One of the latest of
tDe white linen shirt waists Is laid in
box plaits down the front and trimmed
with not only antique lace medallions.
embroidered with French knots, but
with pearl buttons. This shirt waist is
made with tab-shaped straps over the
shoulders to emphasize the long Shout
Ger seam and has a sleeve which is so
full that it forms puff near the wrist.
With a shirt waist of this sort a linen
collar is most appropriate. especially Il
it is worn with one of the new black
silk string neckties with pretty en-
he a
OF originality is given some of the |
Plain linen collars this year by having i
them embroidered with French knots, |
end, for example. when the linen collar |
is scattered with forget-me-not blue /
French knots. the black string necktie |
will have a spray of blue forget-me-
ucts embroidered on one end
The silk skirt waists are also particu-
larly tempting to the summer girl.
Among the prettiest are those of striped
silk. made with deep shirred yoke. and
the upper part of the sleeve shirred, as
well as the deep cuff A waist OF this
sort. made of gray and white taffeta.
Will he found very convenient little
waist TO own. It can be worn and VIII
look we'll with many styles Of collars
and belts. With fluffy stock and chou
in violet tuIle 1t would look effective,
with a belt of violet velvet, and it would
also look very charming with stock OF
white linen, with two tabs in front and
a little turnover collar. embroidered in
bright red cherries. When this collar
is worn nothing could be prettier for
belt than one of the new white linen
belts, embroidered in cherries to match
the stock
The summer girl should have at least
one all-white coat to pack away in her
big trunk 1t may either be of heavy
white linen or of white mohair Sicil-
ienne, and it can be both embroidered
and lace trimmed.
AS for her hats, she can always find
room in that big trunk OF hers for one
more. There is nothing prettler or more
becoming. after all, than the flower hat,
and new millinery fancy is the hat of
sheer linen in fawn color with its fiat
crown mass of pink roses so arranged
that they will look like a bed of flowers
framed in mass of green leaves.
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