The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-03
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notes watermelon pink. which is very
red; beet red, radish red and carrot red.
In the yeIlows there Is a very smart
squash colored cloth. and there are
flower yellows galore. buttercup, yellow
rose. dacodil yellow, and the yellow of
the cowslips.
1t is strange how many new tones one
can find and how readily they can be
recognized at a glance The new burnt
cream tone is quite different from the
creamy tint. and there is flesh color.
which differs from both. II is a good
thing for the woman OF the season TO
accustom herself TO the new tints. for
she may be able 10 get something
specially smart by paying attention to
the innovations In the color line.
The woman who cIings by preference
10 the old shades should be sure 70 select
tones that hold their style, for there is
nothing funnier. from a fashionable
standpoint, than a gown that Is made
up IN a color that is not popular now.
Don't try TO be a successful dresser in
old colOrs and mediocre fabrics. It can't
be done.
Parrot and onion green are the latest
In Dame Fashions world TO win popu-
larity for themselves. and 10 be gowned
In these, with trimmings Of a deeper
shade or with contrasting trimmings of
coral OF tomato. is 10 be very smartly
eostunled, indeed.
Girlish Garments Are Worn.
All women want TO look young this
year. and here are few little frills of
fashion which add to ones youthful APP
Tearance. II you want to look girlish
around the belt you must put on one OF
the girdles of crushed satin. Let the
girdle for afternoon OF evening be OF
pink. Let is be very wide and very
soft and very thin, but decidedly lus-
trous. Do not furnish It with sash ends,
but let 1t be completed with two ro-
settles at the back. These can be of me-
dunn size and should be put on two
inches apart. to make the waist look
small and trim. If far apart, these ro-
settles haysa tendency to make the belt
look too wide.
And there is another way TO look
youthful, and this is TO trim with little
ruffies and with frills. Let there be
| flounces and tucks. and let each be
edged with a narrow rufie Of lace. pre-
fsrably OF Val. There Is no yoke that
is quite so youthful as the one that is
trimmed with narrow lace frills. And
there is no skirt so girlishIy dressy as
the one that is decorated with lace ruff
fies or with muslin founces. Don't for
set this in making your summer gowns.
Val Lace.
And remember that there are several
kinds OF Val lace. There is dainty
French valenciennes. which is as dressy
as any other lace OF aristocratic lineage.
And there is the heavy German Val.
lace. And there is the expensive Val.
of the Italian school. with its outstand-
| ing pattern. You can get IL good enough
] for frilling for from cents downward.
| And really, there is no lace more popu-
lar for all fabrics.
She who wants to be very youthful
must not wear silk. but fine linen though
II is doubtful II there are many who
will feel able TO afford this luxury. A
Fifth Avenue importer Of foreign linens.
India, French, and Oriental kinds. dis
plays small patterns just enough for
| linen shirt waists. They are all hand
embroidered and are unmade. They are
selling for &s5 a pattern, and there are
others At $50.
The secret OF II is that they look like
thread lace, and there are certain pat
terms that are the very image OF point
lace So that for $50 a woman secures
bodice which is made OF point lace or
which looks so much like point that you
cannot tell the difference.
Wide Collars and Other Frills.
A summer feature is the wide collar.
1t is made OF various materials. one OF
the prettiest being OF white taffeta. II
has black polka dots applied. These dots
are of black silk upon the background
of white silk Around the edge there is
piping of black silk and, underlying
this collar. there are points of salmon
pink taffeta. Each point is trimmed
with a lace medallion. Such a collar
dresses up any evening blouse wonder
fully. Worn over black or white it real
ly makes the whole dress. for 1t gives
the note which was lacking.
1t is the wide sailor collar effect which