The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-13
PRETTY SUMNER GOWNS
LIGHT AND FLUFFY ATTIRE FOR
WARM WEATHER SERVICE.
So Much Trimming Is the Rule that
Simple Gowns Gain Distinction
by Its Absence.

Correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal
NEW YORK, June 10.-Genuine summer
has come at last. Here, in Gotham. that
is apt 70 mean that humidity is making
us suffer. but, in spite of the fact. warm
weather is seasonable and welcome. One
is glad TO know it has rained for the sake
of the future and of the farming folk. and
deeply happy. after the usual selfish man
ner of our kind, to breathe pure air and
be spared the daily miseries of dust. In
addition, we are enabled to wear summer
gowns and what woman, with a summer
wardrobe prepared, ever yet failed
to welcome suitable weather, let
the comfort of GOODNESS be what
it may? AT the moment, interest
centers in garden party gowns, in cos
tunes for evening fetes and the like, but
buyers are busy preparing for the later
weeks by the sea or on the mountain top
and many and varied are the demands.
1 closed my letter of last week with
few hints as to bathing costumes. Before
telling you of anything else let me add a
few bits of information to that already
given. Black or dark blue mohair of good
quality remains the chosen material of the
really smart folk as 1t has been for sew
eral seasons past. One sees ready
suits of silk in color and in checks and OF
| white and colored mohair and serge. but
| the dark inconspicuous suit is in the best
style and is worn with bits of color found
in belt. tie and cap. AS 1 stated last week.
| silk clings far too closely when wet to be
desirable either from the standpoint of
comfort or effect. The day of the heavy
| flannel suit belongs to a forgotten past.
Mohair is light. sheds the water, does not
cling unpleasantly. Moreover, good quality
retains its color. Some of the newest suits
| are made with killed skirts that are
| stitched fat to within few inches of the
knees and with plated blouses. Uniform
ly the necks slightly open. Puff sleeves
are seen and are eminently practical but
| handkerchief points appear here as well
as in berthas and the like. Latest belts
ARE of stitched linen and match the tie
in color. Red is always effective in the
water, but other colors are seen. Caps
| are or many sorts, but nothing serves
better than genuine bandanna or square
of homely Turkey red folded to a triangle
| and tied about the head The color is
| picturesque, the material does not absorb
| water, the knotted kerchief is far more
becoming and remains more firmly the
| head than any cap l have seen. For wear
| to and from the short long cloaks of some
| sort are essential. Nothing that / know
| is better than simple Turkish toweling
| and no design better than the circular
which can be wrapped about the figure
FOR SUMMER EVENINGS.
For summer evening fetes and dances
| thin, fiimsy gowns of all sorts are worn.
| The latest show long, unlined, transparent
sleeves with low necks. Berthas are great
| ly worn and are becoming to by far the
| greater number of women and always are
| graceful. AS charming an example as any
yet seen is of white tulle with tiny rings
of black and is made with bertha and
cuffs of heavy cream lace in deep points
Another very pretty gown is white silk null
and is shirred deliberately. but otherwise
| is without trimming on the skirt The
| bodice is shirred above the belt and gath
| cred at the neck where it is finished with
| a circular bertha edged with a deep fall of
| lace Clever and economical women are
| using the lovely fine voiles and crepe de
chine and are having them so made as to
| be wearable both afternoon and evening
| The materials are exquisite and durable
| as we'll and with two bodices, one high
| one low, can be made to give much serv-
| ice With the favor shown white il is
| more common to see ii so used than any
| color, for shrewd folk remember 1T is far
less conspicuous and less easily recognized
| Adjustable yokes, too. are put to much the
| same practical end and are attractive
| as they are simple. The bertha finishes the
low evening waist. When needed for day.
| time service an unlined yoke is added and
| all is we'll After white, nothing is so smart
| as champagne color and the lovely yellow
known as mails. This last is a delight
| so perfectly as TO leave no room for criti-
| cism. A notable evening gown ordered by
a young matron is of soft gray chiffon over
! this same shade of yellow, and is trimmed
| with inset bands of silk lace dyed to
match. The skirt is one of the full ones
that are graceful and charming in the ex-
| treme, and depends upon its fine lines for
| beauty. AT the lower edge are three bands
| of the lace. At the belt it is laid in over
| tapping plaits that are held by lace bands
/ applied to give a yoke effect and which
I fall in soft becoming folds as they approach
| the floor. The bodice is finely plated and
| finished at its upper edge with fitted
| trimming of lace, which is extended over
the arms at the upper edge of the full
| sleeves that are cut away to show the
| shoulders. Shoulder straps of lace keep
| it in place and deep draped belt of yell
low liberty is worn at the waist. The
| sleeves are tucked above the elbows but
| soft and full below and are held by cuffs
| of lace. The material is deliciOusly soft and
| lovely and the combined colors give an
| effect more beautiful than it is easy to
/ describe, yet, withal, there is no great cost
| involved. Shirrings and tucks mean the
very height of smartness just now. As
/ they mean time and labor rather than in
| trinsic cost they can be had by any woman
| who is def and has the time and patience
/ TO do the work herself AS lovely dane
| ing gown as any girl of any rank need de-
| sire is of dotted net rendered elegant and
| effective by the SduSlnSS, winch give a
! hip yoke effect, and plated flounces that
| are edged with tucks and headed by guipure
| lace, caught here and there with pale yell
| low chiffon roses. The bodice is the simple
| low full one with deep plated frill form
| ing the bertha above which is a drapery of
! yellow chiffon. The sleeves are long, full
| and transparent, are cut away to reveal
| the shoulders and shirred snugly at their
\ upper edges The chiffon drapery passes
| over the shoulders forming straps and at
| the waist is chiffon sash.
| SHIRRINGS AND TUCKS FAVORED.
Garden and party gowns are of Powered
| organdies mousselines and the like, as
| we'll as of crepe de chine and the fimy
| chiffon yelling. The organizes are delight
! fully youthful and charming and are made
| on most attractive lines. Again shrrings
| and tucks are conspicuous and many most
| desirable effects are obtained. Silk founda-
tions of the softest. most pliable sorts, are
| smart and, in sense, desirable but. by
no means necessary. as cotton Innings have
| been so beautiied and enhanced that many
| people TO whom cost Is no considerable
| prefer them TO silk for such simple things
| A pretty girlish model is made with wide
| hem at the edge of the skirt and two sets
| of gagged shirrings, one at yoke depth,
| ore between that point and the knees. The
| waist is shirred TO form a yoke and is
| made with a round open neck finished with
| lace. The sleeves are shirred To the ell
| bows continuous lines with the waist,
| then form pointed frills that are lace-edged
! With this gown is worn a sash of chiffon.
| nd br1t clio ~,