Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
SHIRT WAIST MODELS
OF FLIMSY MATERIALS FOR
WEAR IN THE SOUTH.
Many Blouses So Sheer as to Require
Underslips-Sugge
for Spring.

Written for The Evening Star.
'sThe Lenten fittings to Palm Beach and
the Bermudas are responsible for the early
appearance of the very sheer summer shirt
waists" said a well-known retailer, re-
Gently .'But this year they are even more
in advance of the season than usual. 1t IS
probably the result of the fashion of wear
ing the tailored wash waists in the very
heart of winter. At any rate, 1t gives US
dealers the opportunity to bring our wares
before the public in a most expeditions
manner.
To the eye of the observer, it would
seem that the new wash waists needed
no excuse for popularity except their own
loneliness Their airy graces makes the
beholder forget the sheen of the winter
silks Woman dares to force the season,
and the result is too charming to be cavil-
ed at. Besides an underslip of silk or
lawn will furnish sufficient weight, as we'll
as to bring out more distinctly the beauty
of lace insertion or openwork embroidery
These lawn underslips bid fair to be
worn through the entire summer. The
filminess of the nets and laces used in the
fashioning of the waists necessitates
either one of these, or else corset cover
made for wear with these particular waists.
Never have open mesh laces and nets
been so lavishIy used as on the summer
dresses and separate waists. Deep lace
yokes will be a feature of many of the
blouses or the entire lower half of the
blouse may be an insert of all-over lace.
Net figures largely in waist adornment,
Fleur de lis, flower and other designs are
cut from the CLOTH so that the net be-
meath shows as a foundation. OF course,
this work requires careful stitches, but the
~lNt ..st, &c AXt
blouse so ornamented and after an original
design, possesses that nameless mark of
distinction which the woman of moderate
income must SO often forego.
For Summer Blouses.
Null India linens, silk muslins and
score of other silky finish linens and cot
tons are being used for the fancy summer
blouses To the woman who is aweary of
the aIl-white rule, which has held such des-
potic sway during the winter months, it is
encouraging to see the faint touches of
color which relieve many of the new
waists Dresden rosebuds and garlands.
tiny nosegays of yiolets and many other
flowers are springing up on the white back
grounds
This is about as far as many will care to
go in the color revolt. To be sure. the
waist makers are showing some delicate
tans and beige which will surely find pur-
chasers, and blues and greens will appeal
way, and there will be followers in plenty
TO offset the attractiveness and the now
city of these color combinations, the dead
white waists must rely on daintiness of
treatment.
A mercerized Bingham, which has all the
luster of silk. exploits some of the new
ideas In blouse making. Rather. the ideas
are as old as the hills, only rejuyenated by
a season or so of retirement from the pub
lie view One of these is the surplice 'front.'
with its chemisette and graceful collar.
The chemisette is of handsome all-over en-
broidery. An inch-wide insertion in the
same pattern trims both the surplice collar
and the graduated ruff1e which edges 1t.
The full sleeves are finished with haring
embroidery inserted cuffs.
The cuffs on many of the new blouses are
oddly haring, or slashed in eccentric fash
ion, to show an under ruffie of lace. AS the
shoulder seams lengthen, trimming slips
farther and farther down the sleeve. until
now 1t seems concentrated at the wrist
White null Ii as pretty q fabric as could
be desired for the summer blouse. 1t can
he tucked M1th rod eject and has the lac