The Washington times., 1904-05-29

IN band all the way around. Then
you take a roll of narrow black velvet
and apply it by hand TO the lace. first
to the upper side then to the lower
You put 1t on with blind stitch and
every particle must be done by hand.
If you prefer. and If your gown will
allow, you edge the lace insertion with
claret colored velvet no more than A
quarter of an inch wide; and, in that
case, you will want a little OF this same
narrow velvet upon your wide sleeves
and upon your waist Your sleeves can
be tied with Il and your waist can have
few rows of it, laid in between the
rows Of shirring. or laid along the rows
OF tucks
Narrow Velvet Trimming.
Narrow velvet is one of the revival
trimmings. 1t is used a great deal and
usually in connection with lace, though
there are gowns that are trimmed with
row after row OF the velvet, all put on
by hand and sewed along the upper
edge. The lower edge is left free as
it is found that the velvet sets better
when it is not sewed tightly along both
edges.
There is a trimming which is much in
favor with the 1S60 girl. abl this. too,
is revival trimming, Everybody re-
members the days when ribbon was
box plated and stitched along the mid
die This trimming was used to trim
skirts and waists, and even TO trim
silk coats. Well, 1t is this same box
plated ribbon which is Ia style again.
and il Is used just as it used to be.
above a banI of lace. or above rufie.
Very many of the new skirts have
VIDE box planting around the foot per
haps eight inches wide. Then comes a
bano of lace and then a narrow box
plating stitched through the middle
Old and New Materials.
In the materials there is a great deal
10 be said, for they. too, are TO a great
extent the materials which were worn
forty years ago. Many of them mas
querade under new and fancy names.
ye. in them viii be recognized all the
oil favorites.
GIenadine Is TO be n great deal worn
as a summer material, and Il will be
prettily figured and trimmed with bands
Of taffeta or with bands Of velvet and
of lace. Or there Will be ruffles of
grenadine set around the foot of the
gown. and these will be light, FUZZY
ruffies calculated TO bestow a wftching
grace upon the young woman who
wears them.
Poplin is lovelier than ever this year.
and. whether one chooses poplin, Sici-
lienre, or mohair. 1t is all the same as
far as the gloss is concerned. And
even so with brilliantine, which now
comes of exquisite luster even in the
cheaper grades.
Mercerized Materials.
The discovery OF the process of mer-
cerizi;ig goods has added greatly 10 the
r-imbsr of lustrous fabrics. and it is
possible now to obtain a very brilliant
material for only n fraction of what
such a gown cost forty years ago. In
those days poplin was poplin, and it
was never cheap.
Satin. too. Is In style. and there are
satins I'm the old ashes-of-roses shade
and I'm the curious shade called London
smoke. There was a time when ashes
oi-roses. London smoke. elephants
breath and Irish poplin gray were the
shades Of the season. And they come
mighty near being the shades of the
present year. You would be amazed to
note how many fashionable reception
and calling gowns and nice gowns fo-
church and other occasions are con-
structed of material in these coIors.
SO. in TIA new materials. one finds the