The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-28
GOWNS OF LIGHT TEXTURE.
Though Elaborate in Design, They
Might BE Put Through
Finger Ring.


in one respect at least over their sisters
in other parts OF the world The French
demoiselles may surpass them In dar-
ing costumes, the English in neatness,
but for extravaganza the American
woman is without a rival. The gown of
a seaside girl the present season is al
most worth its weight in precious
stones, says fashion authority.
Seven ounces is the least her sum
mer gown can weigh-fourteen and be
quite correct is the most, says one au-
thority-Dut what she may pay for these
few ounces is another matter Her
modistes bills will run along in the
eighties and hundreds for even the sew
eu-ounce gown.
You cannot put a gown through
wedding ring, as you could the prOverb-
ial white null of your grandmother's
time, but you can hardly feel its weight
as you pick up waist and skirt of chif
fony texture, made over chiffon skirts
and worn with chiffony expression.
The object of the ten-Ounce gown is,
first, comfort In hot weather the less
you wear the more comfortable you are
that is mere fact. But the texture
this gown Is made Of determines its ex-
pense and the underskirts play great
part in the experience as well as In the
expense Of the gown.
pretty gown in one of the closets
Of Partisan modiste Is made of cream
lace net as fine as q spiders web and is
embroidered in the lightest floss with a
dainty thistle pattern. The embroidery
adds almost nothing to the weight OF the
gown and gives just the touch OF trim
ming necessary.
Then there are the pineapple gauzes
that look SO simple and are really elab-
crate and expensive and mean deal OF
labor. They weigh scarcely more than
a feather but their cost would make the
scales dip heavily.
White pineapple gauze and chiffon
stuffs, made beautiful gown. The un-
derskirts are made of the finest Of lawn
weighing scarcely more than the gauze
and are ruffied with single thread lace
effective and light. There are no tucki
in the underskirts; they would be toe
heavy. The plain ruffle without inser.
ton aad only the lace sdging is much
In favor.
The pineapple gauzs gown may be
trimmed as deliberately with lace 40 may
suit the wearer's fancy, provided she
does not buy lace that weighs much
This Is prohibited and only the lightest
daintiest, and. OF course, the most ex.
pensive laces are used.
Chiffon takes the place greatly OF lace
and, with pineapple gauze, Is made over
a drop skirt of white silk. Between the
drop skirt and the outer skirt Is an in.
terlining OF chiffon that falls in billowy
fullness at the bottom and makes lace
rufties unnecessary
A yard OF chiffon weighs but frac.
ton of an ounce. You can utilize a gooc
many yards in making an ounce, ant
seven ounces Is enough for gown. Ac.
contemplated dresses are being made
~ tAleo' bhll' AiSuI ldDI lCS. ,
Aside from the gowns Of lace net anC
chiffon there are those made entirely OF
lace A Cluny lace gown will cost 5000
perhaps, but to the summer girl who
aims at lightweight clothes this is nc
objection, and nothing could be hand.
Somer than cream CIuny lace gowr
made over a pale pink chiffon, and sure
ly nothing could weigh less.
The young girl is not alone in wear
ng these gowns. The woman who pre-.
,ers dark colors can wear them too. A
black lace dress made white point lace
is beautiful for a dinner gown
and surely nothing can be lighter IL
weight than black thread lace over chif-
'on
There must not be that tight-fttins
appearance that is permissible In heav. :
er gowns. There must be enough full.
less In the soft thin material to do away
With this sort of thing or else the effect
s lost, and the way to accomplish this
S to use yokes, tucks and shirrings.
A yoke Of lace extending over the hir /
Weighs nearly nothing; 1t fits we'll and
n to this may be gathered the soft ma
erial. Three or four deep shirrs accom-
lish the same effect and lend variety,
nd yoke made of little tucks is pref
Y. The tucks may be as deep or as shall
wv as the wearer wishes and accom-
lish the same end of giving the full B
uffy effect
The underskirts must be made per.
sctly plain across the top-almost
abit backed or else there would be
eal too much fullness and 1t would be-
'me bulky, but at the bottom they may G.
e rutfled and froufroued as much az one
leases