Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-07
FOR WAIST MAKERS
Accessories and Aids for the
Home Seamtress.
ALL PRETTY HELPS
LACE BoLERos HAVE STOCKS
AND aIRDLEs TO MATCH.
Odd Combinations in Light and Heavy
Lace, Swiss Embroidery and
Valenciennes Lace.
ALL PRETTY HELPS

Written for The Evening Star by Harriet Hawley.
| First aid to the worried home dressmaker
| comes this season in the form Of lace ac-
| cessories. They come in all sizes. makes
| and prices, the only limit being the size OF
| the shoppers purse.
The wise virgin will not waste the oil OF
her nervous energy designing intricate bod
| ices and blouses. but will HE her to the
| leady-to-wear lace counter and lay up ac-
cessories against the day on which she
/ wishes to transform simple tucked or
| shirred blouse into smart afternoon or
| evening creation.
Ready-to-wear lace garments or access
| sories include smart, pointed girdles, fitted
| and boned. which come low as $50;
| jabots and half-seeves starting at the same
figure: vests and stocks combined; boleros,
with or without girdles; stocks, yokes and
| berthas ready to adjust on finished gar
! ment. or to insert into one that Is under
| way; yokes and panels for OVERLAPPING or
| inserting into skirts: and. for dinner and
reception gowns, the most intricate of long
| skirted jackets Louis lines in black
| beaded lace or Irish point the former
very light and transparent. the latter very
| heavy and impressive-looking.
| The foundation upon which these graceful
| lace or mousseline combinations rest must
be simple one. If gown is already trim
| med with Swiss embroidery and Valen-
| ciennes lace, to add a grdle, bolero or
| bertha Of heavy Arabian lace would be TO
| overtrim and to weigh down a dress al
ready sufficiently trimmed.
| Costly Luxury.
| The girl who really wishes to economize
and get the full value of her investment
| in laces will have number of simply
made gowns with which to combine the
| accessories. An organdy dress trimmed
| ella borately with lace-edge ruffies and in
sets or medallions will cost as much, if
not more. than silk costume. A crepe
| de chine or vcile will double it's cost If
| made up with lace medallions, yoke
| and bertha of embroidered mOuSSeline or
chiffon, combined with lace Yet each of
| these garments stands as separate and
| exclusive expe..Se item.
| If the home dressmaker feels that she can
afford to spend a certain amount in orna-
| menting summer gowns she can have sew
| eral more frocks by fashioning them simply
and having the trimming and accessories
| detachable, to be transferred from one
dress to another as occasion demands.
| For $50 she can secure supply of dainty
| accessories sufficient to round out six to
| eight simple costumes. She should be care
| full in selecting these articles, so that they
| will combine well-that the half sleeves
will not be too delicate to wear with the
girdle a yoke with a founced edge a
| bertha, two pairs of half sleeves, or under
| sleeves. and small bolero. =,
II she can do dainty handwork she will
pick up innumerable bargains in lace or
embroidered mousseline which she can fash
| ion into detachable Jokes, though, as a
rule, these ready-to-wear creations have
| an air quite their own.
Useful Combinations.
| Her purchases will work out innumerable
| combinations. If she has a dimity in the
natural linen color, with the blouse tucked
| from the neck to the bust to simulate
| yoke, she can enhance the effect with her
| lace bertha in point de Venice imita-
| ton Irish point, and wear the girdle to
| match. Or If her taste runs to Arabian
lace, she can the same foundation
dress, covering the tucking with a deep
| yoke of Arabian lace, edged with a double
ruf11e of chiffon matching 1t with girdle.
| Swiss embroidery and Valenciennes
| Mechin lace are frequently combined. A
Brussels net is used with Irish point,
| and the Oriental lace edgings are used
| White and ecru laces are also combined,
but either the light or dark shade of
| lace must harmonic perfectly with some
| tone in the dress.
Bertha and Half Sleeves.
| For a crepe de chine or silky dress, the
blouse may be shirred with three-quarter
sleeves built flowing lines. With this
she may wear half sleeves of net-top lace,
such as a good imitation of Brussels net
|
| or she may have a bertha and half sleeves
| to match. The same girdle and bolero
! may be worn another day with an organdy
| frock showing a floral pattern that tones
| into the osepest shade of the lace and the
| trimming will be scarcely recognizable as
| that worn with the plain crepe or wolfe.
| Women who do not care for the dressy
| under or half sleeves are compromising
| into plain shirt waist snug fitting cuffs
But the real summer effect is best obtained
| by a complete surrender to the half sleeve
with the flowing three-quarter sleeve above
| 1t.
The lingerie half sleeve is most popular
| 1t is fashioned from sheerest lawns with
| Valenciennes, Mechlin or Oriental lace
Next IN popularity comes the net sleeve,
trimmed with lace in the same tone. 1T
| is popular for champagne or cafe au Iait
| combinations. Boleros of heavy lace such
| as Irish point or Arabian or heavy point
| gown, while the finer, sheerer laces like
| Valenciennes, sound the typical summer
| girl note in the costume.
| Avoid Perishable Finery.
| Where the amount Of money for TRIM
| mings is represented by a small sum. the
| shopper should avoid perishable fabrics in
accessories, such as organdy mousseline and
| chiffon, and cling to washable materials like
| batiste, lawn and finest dimity, combined
| with washable laces. Chiffon yields even to
| dry cleaning of the highest grade, and is
| only for those who have many changes in
! frocks and garnitures
Embroidered mousselines and chiffons are
| combined with the most lustrous of the
| summer silks particularly those which
seem shot with metallic tints, such as sill
yer, gold and copper. With pongee and
| other Oriental silk, the heavier laces, such
| as Arabian, are used. Irish point is large
| ly employed with linen, and silks woven to
| initiate linen.
a charming example of embroidered NOUS
| seine with lustrous silk is vest of plain
mouSSeitne with square yoke and three
| long tabs of embroidered chiffon, all to be
| set into blouse of the silk with hand run
| tucks. The square yoke is adjusted so that
| the points run one to the 'front.' one to the
back and one down each shoulder With
| this come double wrist ruffies of mousseline,
| edged with satin ribbon and each scaIlop
bearing embroidery to match collar and
| tabs.
Bowknots and MedalIions.
Another dainty adjustable yoke, with
| points arranged as described above, is of
| chiffon, appliqued with ribbon bowknots