Evening star., 1904-04-16
in WASH MATERIALS
Tailored Effects Are Liked in
the Making.
GREAT VARIETY SHOWN
CHARMING MODELS IN NUMER-
Gus STYLES.
Hats to Go With Tub Outfits Are
Especially Becom-
ing.

| Written for The Evening Star by Harriet Hawley.
| The woman who feels that she can shop
to best advantage when clad in tailored
| effects may indulge her fad to its full ex-
| tent this summer.
Never have manufacturers of wash goods
| and designers of frocks combined 50 thor
| oughly for elegant simplicity in demi- tailor
ed linen suits Wash materials are woven
| in perfect reproduction of the woolens en-
ployed in the elaborate tailored costumes
/ and styles for these fabrics follow the
simpler modes, including the paneled and
| triple skirts. the Eton Jacket and the strap
ped cape Tor the long 1890 shoulder eff.
| feet.
VI the wearing of new wash materials
there seems to be no end. Their name is
legion. but, despite the fancy titles given
| to them by manufacturers in reality they
may be divided into three general classes
| linen OF clever imitation of linen: cotton
.oiies or granite cloths. which are perfect
limitations in cottons of the same materials
| IN wool. or wool and silk: and the mer-
| cerized cottons. which follow in design and
general effect the simple but expensive
| demi-tailored costumes
Inc plain linens come in myriad hues this
season and manufacturers label them
irahhiy Not guaranteed to wash except
1
shopper may secure a very fair oiraIity of
! linen in such tints as ivory white deen
cream, palest pearl, gray. natural or light
@ aani an shades of blue. brown and green.
anu Strlklngly color generally called
american beauty rose.
Shirt Waist Suits.
For linen effects the shirt waist emit on
very simple lines is popular. With plain
Whlte or the natural shade of linen the
D1DlNG is much
DIE combination. with the natural Or light
tan tone. Embroidered medalJions or frir.
are distinctly out of place. but discs or
rings, Duttonhoie stitched with linen floss in
me same color as the material or in a con-
trastlng shade, are much in vogue
For instance. on shirt waist s,Iit of daan
cream, hnen rings covered with floss in the
same shade of cream and bIuette were used
Inc SKIRT mad a panel front, ending on
elther side In wide tucks, and on the panel
was design of the rings about one and a
half Inches in diameter. Just an inch or
more below the belt and close to the tuck
on either side of the panel was the first
single ring. few inches lower and still
1olioWlng the flare of the panel were
groups OF two rings. and at an equal dis
tance groups of three rings. The bloused
shirt waist closed in the back and the front
showed panel with the same gro1Ins of
smaller rings, set off by tucks turning out
ward to give the long shoulder lines On
each cuff was large ring
Ahothef STUDY IN these rings was in pure
White linen, with the panels of the skirt
and the shirt waist covered with hemstitcb
ing in a bow-knot design having for the
center knots small crocheted rings in white
floss.
With Stitched Trimmings.
Heavy linen has practically supplanted
duck for REFER effects. and for these suits
heavy stitching only is permissible Plain
brass buttons will be used for these suits
hoy TO he
at the seashore.
just as lace jabots, blouses and half
sleeves are employed with silk and wool
tailored gowns. so they find favor with the
woman who would soften the severity of
her washable tailor gown. Valenciennes
point desprit finest of nainsook and en-
broidered null edgings are brought into
sharp contrast with the heaviest of linens
and cotton voile.
Imitation and Real.
Linen voiles and granite cloths can be
purchased at a wide range of prices. vary
ing from 4S cents to So per yard, and their
limitations in cotton as low IL cents
yard. A delightful granite or snowflake
pattern shows coffee color ground shot
with white and is oiefed at 90 cents per
yard. The other extreme is reached in a
white linen voile of pure white linen, with
design of crescents in Bulgarian tints done
In linen floss, an imported offering at So a
yard.
Between these two is an infinite variety
of combinations showing white shot with
brown. blue. green, red and black All
shades of these same colors shot with
white. are offered. and stunning tailored
effects may be evolved from heavy linen
mesh in white with great fakes of linen
floss also in white. In most of the linen
granite or canvas weaves, where a con-
trasting color appears, the design follows
great squares or checks. and the contrast
ing line is broken and irregular.
These canvas or granite weayes lend
themselves best to costumes where jackets
are desired. They are designed SIM
pie tailored lines, which suggest the dry
cleaner rather than the laundress. Yet
salespeople maintain that such suit, worn
only for the occasions for which 1t is de-
signed principally for shopping trips mar
keting and morning calls in the suburbs, |
will last an entire season without cleaning |
Keep Looking Fresh.
Spots may be removed with French chalk |
eornmeal or patent cleaning fluids, such |
as are employed for wool gowns and the |
same care should be taken In hanging away