The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-25
Dame Fashion

and, at the same time handsome ina
terial for their daughters graduating
frocks. Never before was there such
a bewildering variety of beautiful ma
terials for that purpose in the market,
and, what is equally remarkable. the
beyond the means of the average fam
| lily. There We're some comparatively
inexpensive materials in former years.
| like the cheaper grades of lawns.
| SWisses, organizes and tulles, but they
| We're too stiff and cheap looking. Tnis
year those materials are offered prac
| tically at the same price as last year
but their texture is much finer. they
are more pliable and handsomer in
| appearance. Many of the cheap cot
tons have an almost silk-like sne-n.
which greatly enhances their beauty.
| There are merceroized lawns of eX-
qusitely soft finish, white wolfe Egyp-
| tienne, which is not only very hand
some, but can be washed, without losing
much of its beauty. There are also
white chiffon organdies, plain and en-
! brOidered batistes, fancy nets, white
silk wolfe. chiffon cloth. crepe de Chine
crepe Louisine, chiffon taffeta, and
many other effective fabrcs.
TO be IN perfect accord with fash
ion graduating dresses should make
the impression Of simplicity. They
may be trimmed ana richly ornamented
but the simplicity of the general eff
feet must be preserved. Elaborate
looking dresses are decidedly in bad
taste. The general style of the day is
| carefully preserved in the cut of the
skirts which should be clinging and
yet full in their lower part. That style
is highly becoming TO the graceful fig
ures of young girls and it may safely
be said, that the graduation dresses
this year Will be handsomer and more
becoming than ever before.
Among the models shown in one of
the shops is one of white chiffon Or
candle The blouse going with the
dress consists of mass Of dainty lace
edged rutfies, and has a deep 1880 yoke
Of the organdie, laid in fine tucks. The
yoke is outlined front and back with
ing in the center a raised bachelor
button worked in white wash silk, and
each medallion is framed in a narrow
lace insertion. The sleeves are 50 long
that the embroidered medallion which
is used as a heading for the sleeves.
comes in a direct line with those form
ing the border of the yoke The skirt
l.. gored and the seams are trimmed
with lace. The bottom of the skirt is
trimmed with ruffles of the Organdie.
edged with lace. The two upper ruffles
form the fashionable festoon lnie.
Many of the handsome frOcks shown
which seem quite deliberately trimmed.
really depend upon the shirring and
|puffing of the material to produce the
desired effect. The shirred yokes are
very pretty and particularly becoming
t. slender girls.
Soft white ribbons are also used for
trimming purposes a great deal. The
ribbons are made into rutI1es and little
bows and are also used in the form of
ruchings. They are used in various
ways, in horizontal bands on the skirt
lace patterns.
While in former years white kid
shoes were the only kind of footwear
that could properly be worn with a
graduating dress, the girls this year
have the choice between the neat
white kids or the black patent leather
pumps With the latter black ororen
work silk stockings should be worn,
u lille white stockings are the proper
thing to go with white kid shoes. or
slippers.
The custom of wearing a flower in
the hair. matching the flowers of the
bouquet carried by the girl graduate
will be more popular than ever this
lyear Great care should be taken.
however. not to overdo things in that
respect The simpler the coiffure the
lmore becoming it is to a young girl and
a single medium sized flower or a
small spray of small flowers is all that
should be used for the purpose of
adjournment. Graduating girls should
also avoid every display of jewelry.
AS simplicity in appearance is the most
becoming to a young girl, everything
that is not in perfect harmony with the
desired effect should be avoided.
Not only in Paris, but also in New
York fashion is in an era of light and
dainty materials this season. The
fashionable Parisiennes simply revel
in a bewildering variety of f1imsy and
delicate fabrics and most of them are
Finding their way across the sea One
of the latest revivals is that of foul