The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-03

In addition to the gown the hand
painted girl must have other things.
She win need a gown with painted
yoke and cuffs-h no more!
She Will need hand-painted sash. and
for this what is better than the great
wide sash ribbon all Decorated with pom
padour roses2
She will need pair of hand painted
slippers II IT be an evening or piazza
gown. And. with the slippers, there
must go pair Of hand-painted stock
ings. And such stoclings-all cupids
and angels and flying streamers OF rib
bon.
The fan IS a necessity. and It's only
rule Is that it shall be tiny. while the
sticks. the. covering. and the ribbon
streamers that fly from It. may all be
painted
AND you VIII want painted straw
hat. This is the easiest of all to obtain
for any girl with a spark OF ingenuity
and a paint brush can take her old
white chip and tint IL; while IL It be a
handsome straw Of the expensive sort,
she can put few touches upon it 70
bring out the beauty of the straw and
furnish the hand-painted note.
Little Additional Touches.
In addition to these things the ambi-
tious girl can, at small expense. paint
herself stock. a girdle, an adjustable
lace yoke for the neck. and another one
for the skirt, and she can have all the
parasols she wants. When 1t comes 10
lace fichus and hchus OF null, and to
a matter Of hand-painted lace gloves
and hand-painted pocket handkerchiefs
OF white silk TO tuck in the front of the
gown. she can make them for herself.
And she can have sashes and neck chous
with painted ends and wonderful scarfs
for the hat which give It a very dressy
note.
The fad of the hand-painted girl, while
an elegant one. is not necessarily a cost
" one; for. like many another passing
vogue, It depends more upon willing
ness and ingenuity and personal taste
than upon actual dollars and cents.
"One rule" says French dressmaker.
must be observed: Don't attempt TO
carry out the coiors in pastel tones.
This IS oId-fashioned. The up-to-date
hand-painted girl is vivid with lilacs in
their purplest tones. She is gorgeous in
wisteria blue as a plum and ripe with
deepest green foliage. She Is the gil
who bushes not deeper than the peoples
with which her parasoi is painted, and
she wears roses that are blood red not
the faint delicate pink roses OF the old
fashioned sort. When you paint use the
brighter tones rather than the faded.
dun tints." So declared the artistic
FreRch woman.
Choose One Pattern.
And there is another rule which the
hand-painted girl would do well to OBJ
serve. Choose your flower and stick to
II II you select the wisteria vine. which
,s an effective pattern II done upon
India lawn. let all your decorations be
of wisteria. DO not try TO mix up the
flowers.
One gown OF recent make, however,
showed the kitchen garden flowers.
There were old-fashioned Sweet VIII
uans and dahlias and sweet peas all
made into bouquets, and these were
painted upon the yoke, the summer girl.
It is a novelty, cheap, and panel
"Do I like the hand-painted idealsT
said en- American dressmaker. Yes. i'm
menseIy for the summer girl. It is a
novelty. cheap and pretty. SO why
should IL not be the most popuiaS thing
of the year?
as for me. / especially like the hand
painted blouses of plain silk. l buy
them 10 At my customers, all ready
made. and then send them TO the stu
do 20 be painted" And, throwing open
a door, this modiste revealed row of
young women. ali busily painting silk
shirt waists. II looked more like the
studio of an artist than room in
dressmaking establishment. But II is
an innovation 20 which we Of fashions
world must lovingly bow.
Colors of the Summer.
The select colors of this season are
the vegetable colors. They are onion
green. pea green. lettuce green, and
watercress green. Then in the reds one