The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-03

that the whole garment can be laun-
dered without the work Of pulling out
and threading in ribbons.
Some very pretty corset covers are be-
ing made Of colored batiste and null
They are very low in the neck, and a
little full over the bust, with tucks
about the waist instead of darts; and
they end, as all the newest covers do.
at the belt.
A pointed tucked frilI falls from the
top over the bust, and is pretty If inset
and edged with lace This style is use
full TO the slender girl and the school
girl. whose soft shirt waists have a
tendency to sag.
There is not the slightest tendency 10
Increase the bulk of the petticoat, be-
cause skirts are like turbulent tents.
If anything, the body of the pett.coat is
more sheathlike.
The Latest Silk Petticoat.
II fits snug. and often buttons from
belt to knees. Then by reason of one
or many circular ruffies il flares out
abruptly and is trimmed with narrow
ruffies and ruchings to ada to the frou-
frou effect.
Among the materials made up for the
latest silk petticoats are twilled taffeta,
wash crepe de chine, and wash silk
pOplin. Some Of the smartest are rather
plain, some actually so, without any
atrocious supplementary expense in
lace and needlework.
They /lve the sheath body, and either
a circular fiounce trimmed with many
narrow pinked ruches straight and in
fancy designs. or the flounce is accor-
dion plated and held open with pinked
ruchings One lovely one has a circular
fiOunce topped with deep Van Dyke
points OF silk Irish embroidery done By
hand in the open lattice design. Then
the entire fiounce below and between
the POINTS Is trimmed with narrow wash
satin ribbon fulled a little.
This openwork embroidery is used in
the new gored petucoat hounceV to get
a combination Of extreme scantness at
the top Of the hounce with many addi-
tional yards at the hem. Some of the
newest skirts. especially the short ones
have the flounce made up Of dozens of
graduated cores. hemstitched together,
and IN the handsomest skirts each gore
carries a spray Of flowers or some con-
ventional design, hand embroidered.
Lace Trimming Plain.
Others have entire circular founces of
row upon row OF Imitation Valenciennes
or other fine machine lace, with en-
brOidered medalliOns inset at intervals.
There are lawn petticoats with full
lawn founces with many medallions IN
set 10 form a pattern or appliqued on
with some simple embroidery stitch
The very newest skirt is the court pet
ticoat TO wear with home negligee
gowns that are not closed to the feet
This petticoat has the front trimmed
and the trained fiounce matches.
Then. too, there are lovely matinee
coats, low necked. short sleeved, half
fitted or loose. made Of delicate fabrics
and exquisitely hand worked. They
follow the ways Of fancy blouses and
have fchus and berthas Some are just
adorable yoke Etons of lace or net. with
huge fchus and full ruffied sleeves; 9TH
ers are OF Persian lawn and crystalline
with square necked effect and a but.
( terhy fOunce over the bust and short
butterfly sleeves.
They are worn 10 match skirts or not
The real matinee skirt has a little more
than a mere petticoat. Il has several
fiOunces. lace over organdie and a third
OF lawn, and elaborate inset Designs 81
insertion and embroidery medallions
and, of course. always an outburst Of
ruching about the feet.