The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-05-08
DICTATES OF FASHION.
A Number of the Pretty Fancies in
Costumes for the summer
Season.

Perhaps the prettiest shirt or slip
blouse sleeve is that which, ending
above the elbow, surges out into
large puff" and is caught in the deep
"mitten" gauntlet cuff. For very smart
slips we have the elbow sleeves with
long, half-handkerchief ruffles.
The nuns yelling slips are trimmed
with galloon, velvet ribbon or lace, but
the newest and prettiest of all are of
spotted wolfe, with colored floral bor-
der of their own. Wolfe is a great i'm
provement on flannel which, by reason
of its fluffy surface, soils so quickly.
An extremely pretty turquoise-blue
toque recently seen had it's aigrette
clasped by an old-fashioned "boss" of
turquoise pave work, which would
have looked too heavy as brooch, but
looked awfully well on the toque. The
blue had strong greenish tinge to
harmonic with the hue of the stones,
reports the Chicago Daily News.
Perishable, if pretty, tea and coffee
coats can be made out of printed chit
fons, worn over a plain, self-colored
silk blouse or slip, though they are best
in white. More serviceable are those
in net, printed with flowers in the same
way as the chiffon, and almost equally
pretty. This net is a delightful notion.
AT well-known milliner's was seen
very pretty hat which had borrowed
something of the Sapho shape, being
broader than it Was long and dipping
down over either ear, while broad
strings tied under the chin. 1t was
wreathed with flowers and the wide
brim was softened at the edge with
thick ruchings.
Skirts and slips are made separately,
so that one silk slip may do duty for
half dozen skirts, just as eolored silk
underbodices will transform the smart
slip. This fashion is most practical II
it is well carried out and when visiting
or travelling quite bewildering num-
Der of dresses and blouses may be
packed into a moderate-sized trunk.
The blouse proper, or lined blouse,
has become thing of the past. We
have turned our thoughts to the prac-
| teal slip bodice, worn over a tight-fit-
| ting but scarcely boned underbodice of
| silk, fiannelette or satin. Bones, in
deed, are almost eliminated; the new
style of bodice is supple and the mate
rial is softly swathed round the figure.
The only stiff bodice is the court or
Louis Seize bodice and cuirass.
Bordered materials and those with
fancy selvages will be used this sea-
son both for bodices and skirts. Most
| of the very smart blouses have
shoulder piece or jockey of lace at the
top of the sleeve, to give the sloping
shoulder effect. The elbow sleeves
have the butterfly or half-handkerchief
points as frill. In every case the frill-
ing to elbow sleeves is very elaborate,
If the sleeve is long the deep full puff
begins above the elbow and ends above
| the mitten cuff. This mitten cuff is
| quite feature of this seasons sleeve
and gives a more artistic outline than
| if the fullness came nearer to the
| wrist.
For foulard, grenadine and the love-
| ly new satin spotted alpacas, the killed
or boX-plaited skirt may be adopted
with or without yoke. This skirt, if
made in a thicker fabric, will have a
double box-plaited back carefully
sewed fiat to halfway down the skirt,
and few plaits forming the narrow
| front breadth. The three-deeker or
| triple-founced skirt will have a new
lease of life in an improved form, each
of the founces being edged with fringe,
''filet" lace insertion, or one of the new
| eastern galloons. For slender figures
| gauging and tucking will be used, and
the housemaid skirt will be popular for
girls. Novelties in materials there are
in abundance; fresh dainty taffetas
with light grounds. and hair stripes or
checked patterns dotted with vivid
spots of silk or tiny flowerets. Inter.
laced rings, oval spots and quite va
riety of small designs are seen on fancy
grounds; they resemble embroidery
which is to be one of the fancies of the
season.
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