Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12

| down the front is as simple as neatly
| stitched inch and half box pleat can be-
So are the pearl buttons with which it is
| garnished. They are only a half inch IN
diameter and are uncarved. The sleeves
have little fullness at the armhole, and the
puff below the elbow is gathered into
| three-inch wide cuff. fastened with two
pearl buttons.
The man shirtmaker can rejoice in his
creation. He can also rejoice in the trend
of the fall fashions for much of the shirt
waist trade will be diverted into his hands.
He alone seems to be able to cope success
fully with the English linen suitings, which
promise to be worn all winter
AS a fashionable woman declared to her
modiste the other day: Il am SO glad that
we can wear wash shirtwaists all winter,
for these English vestings are adorable.
But then. you know. 1 adore everything
English
| The most loyal American cannot but ac-
knowledge that many good things nave
come out of England, and the heavy linen
vestings now SO popular are no exception.
/ They come in white. either basket weave
| or lined and in white lined with black or
colors f1ecked with similar shades. Inc
general effect of most of the patterns is
white, thus following up the summer pen
chant for that color
For Winter Wear.
The summer girl who was sensible enough
to eschew filmy shirt waists in favor or
these, their more durable sisters, will find
winter And the new shirt waist styles do
not differ radically enough from their sum-
mer prototypes to make the former appear
hopelessly antiquated Indeed, one mother
who was searching through the shops for
early fall shirt waists to fit out her college
girl was surprised at the advice the clerk
rendered.
Better take one or two of these heavy
linen waists instead of choosing nothing
but flannel he said persuasiveIy- They
are going to be the correct thing this WIN
ter and are quite as warm the unlined
fiannels. Indeed, some of my patrons are
planning to wear a warm slip under them
when necessary. and thus make them serv-
iceable for all degrees of temperature
A smart shirt waist is OF English vssting
in a tiny gun metal check stripping a white
background. The front is laid in two-inch
wide stitched bo@ pleats set at intervals or
an inch or so apart. Clumsiness $ pre-
vented and an irregular pointed yoke is
simulated by drawing the box pieats close
together over the chest and covering the
seams with narrow stitched bands. me
bands are of uneven length and each point
ed end is finished by pearl button.
Comfortable Sleeves.
The sleeves fit the arm comfortably, until
they puff out just above the wrist. They
have plain three-inch cuffs fastened by the
same pearl buttons. The stock is of the
vesting material and is made after popu-
lar model The collar and the tabs which
extend down the front are all in one piece
1t takes careful cutting to make this va
riety of stock conform readily to the
curves of the throat.
Many of the new shirt waists have the
cuff arranged that links can be used in
stead of buttons. If milady has had several
pairs of odd cuff links laid away during
their hour of unpopularity she can now
bring them out once more. Most of the new
cuff links take the form of buttons of sill
yer. gold or gun metal. set with some favor
lite stone. Blue matrix is popular and looks
well with white waist. One of the shops
which make speciality Of shirt waists and
their accessories Is showing shirt waist sets
of tinted bone, cut to initiate chrysanthe-
mum.
One of the shirt waists of heavy linen has
two of these buttons in golden yellow fas-
tening each cuff. They accord we'll with
the embroidered tabs which ornament The
front OF the waist.