The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15

ornaments being placed down the front, |
and a, fourth catches the bodice fullness
at the side above the crushed girdle of
black silk. The three-quarter sleeves /
have a dainty arrangement of lace puffs
under a quilting caught by a eabochon-
Another pretty conceit which applies
to lingerie. separate waists and tub
dresses is to soften with q narrow frill
Of valenciennes the embroidery medal
lions that adorn so many of these con-
fections. The material is cut from un-
der the embroidery, and the effect is
lacy and fluffy. Bands of wide inser-
ton edged with tiny lace make a most
effective trimming for supplied bodfces.
The lingerie establishments here in
Paris are showing some wonderful ba-
tiste waist creations in dainty Powered
designs. all inset and incrusted with
lace and embroidery. A new model has
runnings of gathered satin ribbon be-
tween the horizontal insertions of cluny
lace. The enpiecement is cut in a very
becoming line, widening out on the
shoulders and slightly rounded in a
curve upward, back and front. All the
blouses of the moment-and it is safest
to speak of the new models in this eva
nescent way because in these fleet foot
ed days one cannot tell how long a style
viii last--have high draped Wristbands
and sleeves that incline to the gigot
mode. Those who can wear them af-
feet the short sleeve, but most women
adhere to the transparent mitten cuff
Of lace or embroidery. For simpler
morning wear batiste waists with fine
tucks, a certain amount OF lingerie open
work in the seams and the smartest lin
en- collars are invariably adopted with
the plain tailor gowns. Partisan wo-
men of the best style, as I have often
remarked, are very careful not to ap-
pear in. elaborate silk or fancy blouses
until the afternoon. At the smartest
/ luncheon parties, at restaurants or at
private houses the tailor style is de
rigueur. So many people make the
mistake Of imagining that one requires
something very dressy for ordinary
Paris wear. The most stunning toilets
are reserved for the opera, for dinners
and, of course, for soirees.
A white silk muslin restaurant blouse
to be worn with a crepe de chine skirt
has some wonderful milanese lace in
trOduced as a kind of bolero applied to
the materfs'. The effect of this lovely
tinted lace is charming on the dead
white of the muslin. Tiny rosettes and
ruches of mousseline de sole edge the
/ 6LQplCC6Il6lL anu DOiCIO- Inc Sleeves
are puffs of the muslin with a tight
band of the lace just above the elbow
The sash of soft panne is passed
/ through a wide gold slide and falls
with fringed ends on the trailing skirt
of crepe de chine. A hat to be worn
with this toilet is of white erin lace
with plumes of shaded eau de nil and
a charming lace drapery falling on the
hair at the back.
All hats for evening are worn tilted tc
one side, raised by a barette and gen
orally finished by a narrow cachepeigne
of roses or other flowers. The tend
ency is still toward the Louis XVI. pc
Rod, and much judgment is required
/ in the selection of the rather outre
models now exhibited by the best mil
liners.
To come back to gowns, tucks will
trim lots of the smartest dress skirts
not the nuns tucks we have seen so Of
ten, but finer ones run in groups. On
summer froeks this is a most satisfac-
tory and inexpensive trimming. An or
candle skirt is very pretty made with q
group of seven tucks, beginning almost
at the hem; then space and a grouI
Of five, then three and for a finish E
single tuck at the top.
CATHERINE TALBOT.