Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-16
STOCKS AND G|RDLES
Smartest Designs Come From
London.
CAN BE- HOME-M ABE
EYELET WORK IS THE NEWEST
TRIMMING.
A Girdle Can Be Made Of Slightly
Worn Long Suede
Gloves.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star
Perhaps the most striking feature OF
the tailored summer girl is her belt and
girdle. The rule SO generally prevalent
among well-dressed women that the belt
should be of the same color as the gown
in order that the figure be not divided
through the center is flagrantly violated
by Miss 1904.
With her white duck, pique or linen
suit her grass or natural-tone linen, or
her chefoo pongee, she wears the boldest
and most aggressive tones in belt and
stock. Red and green seem the favorite
colors. With the pale-colored dresses
such as pink, blue. green. tan and gray
all-white belts and stocks are worn.
In the stock, pure and simple long tabs
are shown. A cream canvas stock, show
ing Russian cross-stitch in red or green,
Is worn with belt of the red or green
ribbon. Some of the tabs are so long
that they reach almost to the waist line.
Broderie d'Anglaise is a favorite mode
of decoration with the tailored girl. A
stock with scalloped edges shows pale
blue pfque done in white mercerized floss.
from the back of a plain stock and fold
over each other in the front, where they
are finished with linen buttons.
The English turnover collar worn with
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the smartest touches on a shirt waist
suit. This collar looks much like the ordi-
nary linen collar worn by men, but the
outer flap is given handwork finish on
sheer but not too light weight linen This
may be In the form of dots or tiny bow
knots; or a row of dots Is set on the
lower edge of the collar and connected
with it by drawback. all in heavy linen,
which launders admirably.
In Black and White.
The girl who dresses In black and
white will find among these imported
conceits a stunning collar of white linen
with embroidered pinhead dots arranged
around the edge of the collar in pyramid
design.
Another English stock has foundation
of plain pique with two tabs starting at
the back and running around the stock.
one-half its depth, and done in eyelet
work The ends of these tabs almost meet
in the front and are finished with long
buttonholes, through which Windsor
tie is run and knotted
From London also come narrow linen
turn-overs, which are distinctly tailored and
stiff, and are attached to a choker collar
of medium height. These show the same
designs as the deeper collars and form an
excellent foundation for ribbon. All the
tailored turn-overS are far removed from
the soft sheer lawns trimmed with en-
broidery and lace, which We're so popular
last winter.
Pique and linen rolling collars. such as
are used by English lads, are being much
worn by the American girl this summer
with the Windsor tie or bows of soft rib
bon.
Windsor ties in plaids are worn with both
light and dark shirt-wast suits and can
be bought at prices varying from - to 40
cents. Plaid ribbons to match are used in
the girdle.
A Rounded Front
The new girdle is wide and is rapidly los
ing the point In the front. which gave the
exaggerated. straight-front effect All cir
dies and belts are yielding to .the directorie
influence, and the plain, round waist-line is
becoming more and more pronounced
The newest importations in leather belts
are finished with enormous gold buttons
and for wear with the imported ecru morn
ing frocks there are belts of wood-color
leather. The striking belt of the hour
comes from Paris. 1t is of leather in a
deep mandarin orange tint, and is to be
worn with the porcelain-blue linen gown or
with certain shades of brown.
The chiffon stock has no place in the sum-