The Monticellonian., 1905-07-13
SOME LINGERIE FROcKS.
Washable Belts Either Embroidered or Simply Tucked and Fastening
 with Mother-of Pearl Buckle.

"A belt for each frock, and each belt ! distinctive bit of Heedlework. is the motto of the summer girl in the infinite array of swathings for her slender waist
 Time was that leather belt served all i purposes from the approved finish of the travelling suit 10 the cinch for the dain- tiest tnb frocks But Dame Fashion no longer admits of the introduction of such Q discordant note 10 her sheer and daintily wrought creations. so deft fin gers find more than they can dc 10 fash i ion belts enough for all gowns.
 One or two simple buckles only are necessary to fasten The entire collection of belts. and the unpretentious mother of-pearl is by all odds most popular. This opalescent stone comes in colors 10 harmonize with any of the peculiar linen shades. an old rose for the pink linen. a sapphire blue for the Saxony blue linen. etc. White mother Of pearl, however, is worn with any and all eolors of fabric belts. Slender gun metal buckles are employed 10 secure both stocks and belts. and silver gilt is also used. But whatever the metal or com position of the buckle. when worn with these laundered girdles. it is of an ex- tremely simple design
 Noteworthy among pretty tub belts is one built from wide band of linen folded to make two box plaits on the under side and giving the effect of three folds on the right side or two inverted box plaits. These are held in place at the back by hand embroidery in heavy mercerized cotton or by buttonhole stitch design cut out to show the bodice beneath. Similar hand embroidery decorates the pointed end which extends beyond the buckle. as well as the narrow loop strap. which keeps 1t snuely against the waist. On some belts the box plaited band encircles the waist to within two or three inches of the center of the bodice A tapering piece of double-fold linen is attached at either end of the band one of them being pierced with number of holes made firm by bone or metal eye lets, while the other is slipped through the buckle.
 Anotzer popular design shows six or eight-inch width of linen tucked at in tervals in quarter-inch folds and gath cred at the ends into smaIl-sized buckle and slot A full belt without tueks is held in position at sides and back with oblong mother-of- pearl slides, or is shaped al the back into pointed girdle by narrow linen straps four or five inches long. Flat linen buttons or embroidery stimulating buttons fasten these straps to the belt al either end. and tiny buckles at the center of the straps outline the girdle seam al the back. Still another white linen belt has the sheerest of renaissance lace ap- pliqued in delicate design around the edges and over the center of the four inch band.
 Belts built from pique and duck are cut from three to five inches in width and are scalloped and buttonholed in mercerized cotton around the edges. Piqnes of all eolors are treated II the same way and not infrequently have a line of flowers in close embroidery run hing zig-zag around the belt Hardan- ger embroidery is most effective on these coarse belts, being employed at the back to give q pointed CT eirdle shape
 A novelty fiber braid in white or any of the linen colors can be purchased in six=inch width ready To be made into belting Silk braid of the same width is also used for belts on tub froeks. though il does not allow of washing. It comes in the most stunning plaids and is considered extremely Wash ington Star.