The Washington times., 1904-06-26
How 1t Can Be Made to Stand Wear Upon
Boat or Train and Yet Be Nice Enough
Then to Wear Calling.

lack. They are prettier for one thing, for
they have the stamp of novelty upon
them and they go better with the differ
ent colors.
Take an Irish suiting of sage green
and white. one Of those soft mixed af-
fairs With a dash of red somewhere in X
OFTEN there are nUbs OF red. This suit
ing comes in a smooth canvaslike ma
terial. Ii is dressy. for II is not rough.
and Il Is becoming. for there is the green
and the white. and there is also the
red. Few complications but can look well
with these tones.
Making Up Your Gown.
Such a gown as this can DC made up in
the loveliest possible style, and. If wei
planned. It can be varied in many ways.
Suppose one wants it for travelling AMI
for shopping. what Is better than one of
those skirts that swing clear from the
door?
The skirt that swings clear can be
laid in little graduated side plaits. and.
4 well executed, these plaits Will look
like box plaits. The skirt can be The
same length all the way around. and
those cunning little plaits VIII hold II
close and firm around the figure.
It is the style nov to fit the hips close
", and 10 let the skirt fare n little
below the hips. This is a style which
has been in for a long time, with a few
notifications. and which Will hold its
own for a long time 20 come.
Plaits VIII Be in Style.
walking length, and don't be afraid to
4, f4 ct he
belt line down. These plaits will be in
style for many a moon and, II they
should happen to go out. you can al
ways realease them. II is safe style.
Then there is the packet. And what
would you select as a style TO hold its
own? What did you say7 Why an
Elton. of course. You can call II a bolerO
II you please. OF you can call IL some
thing else, a IttIe sleeve cape. or any
thing you may please, but it IS, after
all. one form of Bton.
There are Etons this year which are
belted in the back while the front
swings clear. Maybe they viii call them
the belted bolero. II so. why, all right.
Then there IS the Eton which looks pre-
clsely like shoulder cape, for It is full
and is trimmed with lace. only the arms
slip through IL, and there IS a wide lace
fiounce over the shoulders. But Il Is one
form Of Elton jacket.
Cut your new Scottish suiting. or your
English goods. or your mixed stuff of
whatever kind. with a straight skirt,
laiad in side plaits. and with an Elton
jacket. You Will be in style with It for
a long ting.
The Best Sleeve to Make.
Then there are the sleeves. and how
important these grow this season. DO
not make them too long for the long
sleeve is not quite as pretty when YOU
are making a jacket. II is much better
10 make IL a little longer than the ell
bow. and 10 finish it with lingerie rufies.
You can then change II so easily Next
season, or later this season. you can
put a deep cum upon it. Or you can
finish il with a wide band OF Persian, or
you can make it over this way or that
way. II IS easily altered. This sort of
q wide sleeve is the best and most
adaptable you can choose.
AS for the front Of the Elton. do not
hesitate long. The stOles have always
been I'm style and always will be. You
can cut off your jacket. and round the
sides Of II, nicely. but do not forget
that there should be two wide tabs on
the front 10 act as stoles. These can
be stitched and fastened at the throat
With a handsome pin. Let these stoles
be OF the cloth material. or of silk. or
OF any material whatsoever, but let
them be fat and let them hang to the
belt line and be finished with points.
This is always same as TO style and
pretty when one considers ones figure
A Velvety Touch.
The touch OF velvet should be upon
every gown or at least the touch OF
back. Do not think your dress will be
a success without little black upon It.
Let IT be in the form OF velvet ro-
settle. or let the black be found in the
black buttons. or let there be a little
black embroidery. or see that the stoles
are black and the girdle black also
Don't try TO get up a gown without a
little black or ii will surely not be a
success. There must be a touch Of black
upon every dress, remember that a
touch OF black always.
There was once a woman who was
ignorant OF the influences of black upon
the gown. She made her gowns up
without 1t. and they Were awful fail