The St. Louis Republic., 1904-01-31
TIE OAL5Y EAT7ERN

" fashionable girl of the comns
" 3 summer season will astonish
%as delight and captivate tn,
wandering, vaclllating atten
ton uf the so-, cd stronger sex?
of course you III.
What woman is there who does not con
slider it duty to herself TO at least in
vestigat" all beauty secrets?
The d!ctators of fashions. realizing that
no garment ever gave Il prettcr or more
youthful appearance to woman than the
shirt waist-for is not the shirt-waist girl
renowned in picture and versc"-Bave
again revived the shirt waist and women
are happy.
The free-cbestcd shirt" beloved of
women. IS now n conspicuous leader in the
realm of fashion.
The ClevereSt designers have been busy
for some time past planning the sweetest,
daintiest kind of shirt" and the result
ing creations of their brains and skill are
fairly Irresistible.
What are they like, these treasures
over whose beauty we fairly grow elo-
quent IN the ecstasy of our admiration?
Sucn originality OF treatment, such un-
expected novelties as are to be found
among the choicest array of these skirts
HIGHLAND EMBROIDERED
LINEN IN FAVOR.
In the horoscope OF shirt-waist styles
the signs of the zodiac point to the reign
OF linen.
A master achievement OF the artistic
originatiye ability is Highland embroid-
cred linen shirt waists.
This summer the ambition OF every up
to-date Swagger. girl will be to own an
embroidered linen shirt waist. The best
part of it is that while there are linen
waists galore they are never of monoto
nous similarity, no two being alike.
Thus no one need fear she will be
earbed too much like that horrid Miss So
and So, who always will persist In copy
ing her.
In fact. there is such great range of
distinctive ideas in these new models that
the demands for elegance can be easily
satisfied.
The longer one gazes at these bewitch-
ing fashions the more charmed one be-
comes. until the only question In mind is
which shall be purchased. with a great
longing within to gather them all up and
run away with them.
1t would be much more simple to own
them dl-bCt with what i depleted pursei
ROSEBUD, POPPY AND
CHRYSANTHEMUM DESIGNS.
Rosebud, poppy. chrysanthemum. bow
knot and numberless other designs wend
their way down the front, around the col
lar and cuffs.
Just the lovelicst ever seen. having an in
definable something about their refreshing
newness which is most alluring. until an
other model is displayed, in which the de-
Fign is carefully brought out in colors, and
one Immediately becomes traitor to the
cause of the all-white waist.
Just imagine the beauty Of a linen shirt
embroidered in dull-blue leaf pattern.
the veins of the leaves and punches of
berries in brilliant red.
An exquisite exponent Of the colored
embroidered waist is one in which medal
lions outlined in black are prominent
feature.
The many plaits. which greatly added to
the attractfyeness. we're stitched down
with black.
On these materials drawnwork and fag-
oting are used extensively, and from the
numerous wraps in which hand work is
employed it is evident that when these
waists were made the designers eliminated
all thought Of simplicity.
WAIST EMBROIDERED
In PINK BUDS.
A fetching idea, delightfully."- chic in
style, is the waist of. linen embroidered in
shaded pink buds. outlined with black and |
further enhanced with multitIdinous |
French knots.
Many of the latest fashions display the |
waist fastened down the front with large |
pearl buttons, although the invisible fas- |
tening seems a bit more natty.
The front Is in this case ornamented |
with many small pearl buttons.
Other wrists are opened in the back, |
thus allowing greater chance for the dis |
play Of the embroidery.
Tucks in clusters Eenerally relieve the