The Washington times., 1904-05-29

Old stufs and she who has preserved a
gown OF the long ago can bring 1t out
ana run q good chance of finding II IN
vogue. not only In general Characters
ties out in color and material as we'll
Ihey even combine tints, just as they
once did. and you see pink and gray
ana blue and gray and red and blue
and pink and blue and all the old-time
combinations enjoying as great a popu-
iarity as they ever had in the long ago.
The Eecks of Gowns.
But particularly in the necls OF gowns
does one note the revival resemblance.
The new necks are cat to a point and
are either filled in with a chemisette or
left open and slightly tapering down to
a point Both ways are good.
For day wear the woman of the pres
ent day does not go in for the low neck
And so, during the day, she adjusts a
high necked bertha in her gowns. Or
she puts on a chenisette with hivh
stock. Or she may wear one Of those
arrangements which have q. high neck
and long, full pulled sleeves. but which
are not finished off around the belt line
There are many ways OF filling in a low
neck. Or. If the neck be very pretty she
will have her gown made with q slight.
~ pointed effect. and viii wear it that
way.
But for evening the woman of the
times likes TO have her neck pointed and
rather low. She likes to cut the neck
or her gown down TO a V in the middle
of the front and V in the back. And
she then finishes II in new way. She
takes deep lace and gathers it and sews
It around the neck of her gown.
Stirring at the Neck.
The girl who does not understand the
art of shirring piece Of lace in her
heck should get busy at once. She must
learn how TO take 1t ald turn over the
edge. and how to run = stout shirr string
in the double-over edge. This makes
full heading for the lace.
The pretriest lace necks are trimmed
with lace which comes down in points.
a long point and a short one. wiz, a
string running throug the heading. Th.s
lace is then sswed around the neck.
which takes very pretty shape Right
in the middle of the yront he points
OF lace should be arranged 20 hang down
TO the bolt line.
And there Is the very old-fashloned
way of cunning piece of lace with rib
hons AND setting 1t around the neck Of
the gown. There can be three or four
rows OF the ribbon, and the ends are
then tied In pretty little bows right in
the middle OF the front.
1t will be noted from a study OF the
fashions that they are extremely femi-
nine There is nothing severe about
them. and the woman who needs little
softenlnS tcuehes-and most women do
can easily fad them in the gowns Of
the summer.
The Coming 0verdress.
Now. in mentioning the lG=I.Ionisbie
features. one must not neglect 20 say
that there will be a revival of the
polonaise. Indeed, It is already pretty
well revived. for one seems many "a
gown trimmed so that one cannot tell
whether there Is a tunic or not, whether
there is a serni-skirt or only one skirt,
nor whether there is a polonaise OF
merely g simulated overdress. When
such IS the case, then it is not out OF
the way 10 predict that The oyerskirt
and the polonaise are not Tar of.
But in one way the wartime girl or
1904 rebels from tho ideas OF her prede-
cessor, the wartime ri of lSlO And
this is in 1aFa heeP Szirt, fer the war