The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-29
THE FASHIONS.
THE ART OF BUYING WORTH ATTENTION.
Bargains and No Bargains-Some Charming Gowns of White-siIk Pop uIar in Spite of Warm Weather Artificial Flowers to he Worn.

A prominent trade journal offers this advice to retail merchants: t'At this time of the year-priced lines, no matter how much reduced in price, will not sell. What people want is something cheap-cheap in quality as we'll fin price" Is this really true? One may
 be permitted to doubt it after a round of the shops, nearly all of which are ] offering reductions in one line or an- | other. At one shop where ready-to- l wear gowns are speciality, a number of handsome linen gowns were offered l for $1S.50 each. The simplest of these linens had sold early in the season for I $25, while others had been marked as i high as $SS. There seemed little doubt I that these gowns would meet with a ready sale. Women are only too glad to buy really good garments at a re l duced price, even when the sum irl- vested is little more than they con templated spending. i.5 1 The sensible woman uses her reason on these occasions. She knows that it is folly to buy gown which is already ! a little out of style. Unless a bargain can be worn at least a part of next season, it is no bargain at all. One must do little looking forward. Is the reign of the plaited skirt, beginning to fall? Will the popular broderie l Anglaise be worn next year? Is the half-sleeve a f1eeting fashion? If So it 1 is no economy to buy them at this late day. On the other hand, linen is a staple material, and unless the gown is in essentially style of the moment, lit can be altered to fit next years re- quirements, even if it cannot be worn
 exactly as it is. A 1aige class of very IWell-dressed women depend on the late l June bargain sales for the greater part of their wardrobe, They have the art of buying to a fine point and rarely make mistakes. It is an art of worth lstudying. ,. .s4ssf ~s.....-.. 1 Among the linen gowns offered for very moderate prices. was a bolero suit lof oyster white linen etanine. The short skirt was seven-gored, a very late model, and was tight-fitting over the hipsS fiaring very wide at the hem. All the gores were stitched with three rows of stitching and the deep hem was
 similaraly treated. An inverted plait in the back furnished the desired full hess The jacket was a sinooth-fitting little affair, collarless, and having wide elbow sleeves. Its seams were stitched to. match the skirt, and the jacket was lcompletely outlined with a border of Renaissance lace. There was very wide girdle belt of linen stitched deep- Fly on the edges and fastened with a large pearl buckle. < i
 Another gown, heavy butcher linen in creamy shade, had the same skirt embroidered in long, slender lozenges lof broderie Anglaise. The shirtwaist blouse was likewise embroidered. :
 A charming white dotted muslin gown had a full skirt trimmed with five graduated tucks above a hem
 which served as. a sixth tuck. Betwen the two groups of three was a broad
 band of Irish lace. The blouse was a
 simple affair, cut square in the neck, with yoke-piece in front of the mus Hin, tucked horiozontally. A fichu- slapped lace collar went round the Shoulders, and the pointed ends were brought down on either side of the tucked yoke to the wide silk girdle IThe sleeves were elbow puffs with
 short cuff of the lace. :.
 Handsomest of all was an imported lrobe gown of handkerchief line sligtly but artistically embroidered in daisies 1.-The upper part of the skirt was laid in the tiniest of tucks to depth of six inches. There was knee f1ounce and the edge of the skirt just above the flounce was embroidered in a careless pattern of daisies. The bottom of the flounce was finished with five very mar. Irow tucks. The blouse was as simple as possible, laid in narrow tueks in the shoulder for fullness,, embroidered in the front and around the collarles meek, where a line of real Valenciennes
 gave a soft effect, and on the cuffs which finished the elbow sleeves.
 An embroidered null gown had 8
 triple skirt, each f1ounce being edged with embroidery. The low waist was Isurplice with a wide bertha collar ot
 embroidery edged with Valenciennes
 The sleeves were two large puffs and ( lrufTle which matched the bertha. The girdle of this gown was extremely high
 and was made of the lustrous silk lknown as radium.
 Ruffles are more fashionable ant lmany summer dancing are billoy witt them. A dotted swiss party gown fol la young girl had a shirred skir
 trimmed almost to the waist with thre iflounces, each topped with band O inchwide lace. The low bodice had ;
 narrow flat collar of lace, beneatl
 which a full ruffie fell. The ruffle die not extend entirely across the front o the waist, but was detched from thu
 lace several inches from the front, am
 was brought down to the belt in jabots
 The sleeves were two narrow ruff1e edged with lace like the collar. A mar
 row girdle and sash ends of black vel vet ribbon was worn.
 Silk has not gone out of fashion be
 cause of the advent of hot weather
 Taffetas and fancy silks, not to speal of foulards adn other utility silks, ar
 immensely popular. Gowns fo
 eelaborate occasions are made of tn