The Washington times., 1904-06-05
The Touch of Gold Added Makes All Things
Fashionable-Fe Gowns Without Gold
TraCeries or Other Ornaments.

The Spanish collar is made in several
forms. and il is made out OF all kinds
OF lace. and Is WORN upon every gown
under the sun. Nothing is exempt from
the influence of the lace collar. whether
il be the delicate gown Of Organdie, upon
which the lace collar seems eminently
suitable. or the gown Of ladies' cloth
over which the lace collar is a novelty
Square Collar,
The collar is made sauare. is brought
around the shoulders and is crossed in
front The ends hang down in two long
tabs below the belt line This stvls
Of collar is particularly beautiful. Civ
ing something of the old time look so
much desired.
Collar lace can be Of any kind. but il
is quite a fad to choose three kinds OF
lace and combine them in one big col
lar. There is filet upon which heavy
lace can be appliqued. while around the
! edge there can be set a border Of Valen-
cIennes lace. Then there are the Es-
cUrial laces which are very good for
collar laces. and there is Spanish lace.
which is revived from the attics and
old trunks and which is the very best
Of all.
Tiece lace makes 9NdelightfuI collar
and it is inexpensivI You take the
lace and spread IT down. laying a wide
collar pattern upon it. You cut out the
pattern carefully and then you finish
tho edges Of the collar in one of several
ways You can take and border II with
lace. simply laying the lace on fat so
"a 10 cover the ragged edge. and for
this purpose Val lace is very nice. or
any OF the other narrow Iaces can be
used.
, And there is another way to deal with
l the ragged edges. Take the collar and
/ border II with a band Of silk put on like
la piping. This gives a strong. secure
edge. one that will be durable and
much admired for many a long day, as
long as there is a rag Of the lace left.
! Summer Linen Gowns.
Give me six linen gowns and 1 can
dress all summer" declared a New
port belle, smoothing the skirt of her
new linen etamine. This looks like an
I etamine hangs like taffeta. in it's pref
! ty stiffness. and wears like iron" said
she. "and the color IS the new sealskin
brown. just the shade for travelling.
The trimming as you will observe
f. what I call eXchangeable, continu-
ed the girl. The girdle is wide. and is
made Of blue Liberty in a shade OF
!
parent and is partly blue Liberty and
partly brown silk. There Is a wide col
lar OF ecru lace and the undersleeves
arc Of lace falling below open balloons
Of brown etamine Oh. you can do q
rot with linen If you go at II cleverly
for this etamine is one of the new
grades Of nice linen goods.
India Linen.
For my other summer linens I would
| have a fine India linen for evening; g
! linen as heavy as lawn for garden par
! ties. and a morning linen or two. Their
/ would have one Of the coarse affairs
in tan color with red and blue nub ef-
/ fects and / would wind up with a liner
| crash and half a dozen skirts I'm red and
white and blue for day wear. That
! comes 10 more than half a dozen. does
it not? But they could all be used r.
( the summers wardrobes. And one would
not need much else.
! The combining Of two kinds Of linen Is
one Of the pretty ideas Of the summer
And so beautifully " u carried out that