Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-15
THE FANcIEs OF FASHION.
Sew Ideas I'm Dress That VIII he In
Vogue for the Summer


New designs in choice summer
silks, woven both in this country and
abroad, show wonderful effects of
shaded flowers and foliage on opal
gray, pale violet, sea-green, and
other delicate backgrounds. Eglan-
tine, honeysuckle, lilac, orchid, haw-
thorn, and apple blossoms, ETC., are
reproduced with great fidelity, even
the minutest detail, with all the skill
OF hand painting, reports the New
York Post.
The basket-woven woods in two coll
or combinations are among the most
| attractive of the seasons materials,
particularly those in soft rose color
mixed with stem green, champagne
with sea-green, and blue with white
and gun-metal gray. English whip
cords with round threads closely
twllled-forming a nearly smooth
surface that repels dust-are exhib-
tied in light spring and summer
weights and in artistic shades of
color. The shopping and travelling
costumes made of these materials
show seven-gored skirt with two
box-plaits at the back. The collarless
open jacket has shoulder cape of
plain goods matching the background
of the material, edged with rows of
silk braid whose colors repeat those
of the roundthreaded cords.
White and delicately tinted chiffon
in the form of various kinds of
shaded roses and other flowers, some
with jeweled centers made to resem-
bic dew, are used in applique effects
on new French evening gowns of
lace net, and liberty satin.
New ulsters appear in variety of
forms, and many are rather ornate in
effect. Pendant gimp ornamentation
has found its way upon the ulster-a
wrap that was formerly supposed to
be too much of a rcugh-and-ready util-
ity garment to adapt itself to any
species of decoration. Military braid
work and applique designs in soutache
are on the fronts of French tailor
made listers, the trimming narrow
ing in from the shoulders to the
waist. An attractive model in stem
green cloth of light weight is trimmed
with black cords and frogs. The
sleeves only of the garment are lined.
The reign of the stole-fronted shout
der cape is likely to be prolonged in
definitely. 1t will certainly continue
through the hot weather, for the i'm
porting houses show expensive mod
els in lace, silk and net. The cape in
eta1<ine, grenadine, silk and wool can
vas, Nc, is more economical gar
g
tastefully lined with silk, the fronts re-
vealing a pleasing accentuation of
color. Paper patterns of many of the
stole-fronted capes are set forth by
American designers. These are
graceful in shape and perfectly ad-
iusted, and it does not require many
yards of material to make the wrap.
These small garments are often made
to match the costume, and a wrap en-
suit is not only refined in appearance.
but fashionable also.
Sashes of plated, striped, or flow
cred taffeta, soft, flexible liberty silk,
chiffon, null, or other transparent ma
terial, are one of the special features
of ''dress" gowns for the summer
Many of these accessories appear as
sashes alone, but quite as often they
are in the form of scarf-ends joined
to fichus. berthas, surplice waists, or
fancifui bolero jackets of lace and in
sertion. These sashes may be black,
white, pastel-tinted, or of fabric
matching the gown. The black ones
are made effective by trimming them
with delicate applique designs of col
ored silk embroidery or lace in con-
trast-white or black-or the reverse.
The wide sashes of crepe de chine with
deeply fringed silk ends and elabo-
rately Melted tops are sold in boxed
patterns, and are the most expensive,
being hand wrought. They are grace
full and attractive, however, in any
form, and add much to the charm of
the delicate day and evening gowns
prepared for next season.