Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-11-16
The Very Latest Fad.
BIZ. MARY ANNABLE FANroN.

BY. MARY ASSABLE FASroN.
The newest attractive fad is from
England, and is both pretty and
economical. 1t came out In London
season. and has already been wide.
iy adopted by visiting Americans ON
the Island.
| First. before disclosing this mvs-
terious fad. be il well to remember
that the Tailor made" British wo-
man is no more. London i Mi chif.
fon and pastel tints and lowers dur
ins TIE season. ana only she women
| who 90 in for sports are seen IN the
short tweeds and homespuns.
This being true. 10 is most natural
that every sort Of pretty dress &C.
cessory should be sought after. II
Is as yet too warm for furs which
English women otter wear all the
year round, and stole boas are quite
oid so new neck scarf has had 10
be originated.
There is tradition that this new
fad OF wearing floating flmy lace
scarfs was started by a famous
American beauty in London, the
Duchess Of Marlborough. Even
while a young girl this pretty
Duchess showed adecided penchant
for picturesque effects. She wore
Gainsborough hats and fichues and
wrinkled gloves even when stiff
modes were in fashion.
So it is easy to believe that the
long scarf fashion which now has
sucha vogue in London is the re-
suit of the picturesque fancy of a
still original American maid.
But it is very seldom that a whim
oil society developes into SO wholly
reasonably and charming u fashion.
for the long scarf correctly worn
adds style aud grace to q frock.
hides trifiing defects in a toilet
gives pretty street effect TO an in
door frock, relieves a plain dress
OF too pastoral an effect and in
marvelously becoming to all wo-
men.
To be really the fashion the scarf
must De long, from 3 to 4 yaEds
Oh so.' Psiaass' 70 &aay be Of chiffon or lace
or illusion, Brussels net, Rne batiste
embroidered or India null aud lace.
me nner patterned Iaces are the
most fashionable though of course a
scarf OF Spanish blond, Irish point
or heavy Genoese lace need not DO
despised.
In England, Of course the mach
ine-made point d'esprit and run.
tulle" scarfs are very inexpensive,
and equally pretty scarfs will be
made hand made and of net tucked
and lace edged.
Young girls wear these scarfs
very much as they wore fur boas
last winter, close about the throat
with one end thrown over the left
shoulder; older women wear them
spread open about the shoulders,
and hanging unknotted down the
front. They are worn SO oconstautly
with dark as well as light dresses,
that the question Of laundering has
TO be considered from the start.
Boiling and rubbing in the wash
is not TO be thought of, for one des-
troys the creamy tints and the other
the texture. To look we'll they
must be quickly and carefully
washed.
A very well dressed English wo-
man said that she never permitted
her iaces 70 be washed except in
warm borax water. A teaspoonful
OF borax to basin Of water. She
let them soak in the borax water
about ten minutes, and then rubbed
them lightly, rinsed them in a Sec
ond borax water for soft water Is
difficult TO get In England, after
squeezing as dry as possible, pin
ned them fast on q board floor
covered with q strip OF old
muslin.
In this simple process her laces
always came out like new with suffi-
cient body. yet soft, and perfect in
tint and texture. And she wore
them in the London foggy, smoky
streets constantly.
These scarfs will be worn all win
ter. In pale tints for theatre and
concerts. Of lace with party frocks,
and OF bright colors with fur coats
for sleighing parties or driving.
1t is fad that will probably last
into next summer, so that a girl
could safely afford to treat herself
TO an assortment OF these graceful
toilette accessories.