The Washington times., 1905-06-03
HOWE ITS PROBLEMS AND INTERESTS
ELBOW SLEEVES
This Dainty Summer Fashion Is Re-
viving the Old Lace Mitt.

The all prevailing elbow sleeve gives
opportunity for most delightful arm
dressings, and the summer girl will not
be slow TO take advantage of it. Those
quaint mitts that grandmother wore are
all the height of fashion again: but IN
their most recent resurrection they have
taken to themselves a length and eiab-
ora tion which did not characterize them
formerly. Gloves, too, are quite as at
| tractive, the favored styles being either
the sheer gauze silk which is SO fine that
1t is really transparent as chiffon. or
else the openwork mesh, this in varying
degrees of size and fineness.
The plain one Is really the exception
rather than the rule. In its best ap-
pearanee 1t is embroidered by hand. and
smart mode employs the favorite
flower Of the wearer for the decoration
of the long glove.
Bracelet Effects.
Bracelet effects IN both open work and
embroidery are among the accepted
conceits; and medallions of various
kinds are appliqued where they will
show off to the best advantage. Where
these are used the silk is cut away be-
meath, and a backing of chiffon pro-
vided: and sometimes this chiffon is
tinted rather than white, to match the
color scheme of any costume.
There Is but one fault to find with
those charming arm dressings. says the
New York Telegram. and that is that
the silk gauZe Of which SO many are
fashioned is likely 10 cling too closely
TO q slender arm. and make its lines
more apparent. When this is the case.
the best choice is some of the meshed
mitts. those that follow the tatting
Pottercs. These are really fattering TO
the slender arm; and even the too
plump arm viii find them just as fetch
ing since they may be either left loose
or drawn up as snugly as desired
Those tatted affairs follow all of the
old-fashtoned designs. and the fancy
workshops are importing books which
contain directions for their fashioning.
Many of the patterns have been handed
down from one generation to the other,
and the directions for producing these
are set forth with clearness and pre-
cision.
For a Shirt Waist Suit.
For wear with shirt waist suits. linen
tub frocks and such, there are closely
rneshcd gloves in rather a coarse white
silk which will wash TO perfection.
These have the usual glove embroidery
on the backs; and though self-eolor is
the more usual there are some very
smart effects ii contrast. Thus white Is
embroidered in coral, pale green, laven-
der or brown, as well as black; while
the colored ones-in gray. several
shades in mastinue and tan, some Law
eniers and broWns-are almost invari-
ably embroidered IN tone or two
darker than the mesh.
Wrist embroideries are quite feature
on the shorter gloves, and flower de-
signs are Tar away the favorites. Some
smart effects are achieved in the inset
ting OF squares Of colored silks. the
same mesh as the glove, in bracelet
fashion around the wrist, these making
a diamond pointed edge in some in
stances.
Then there are both gloves and long
mitts IN what one might term the hos
iery designs, and these are delightfully."-
modish in appearance. There is a wear
ing quality to these gloves and mitts
which their frau and fragile appearance
would not lead one TO suspect. and
when a dropped stitch occurs it can be
picked up and fastened into place with
"a reedle and thread instantly without
IN the least interfering with the pattern