Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-08
SCARFS FORCOOL NIGHTS
OLD-sTYLE SPANISH LACFS BEING
RESURRECTED.

Physicians at summer resorts unite in as
serting that indiscretions in dress are re-
spcnsible for more cases of illness than any
other two causes combined. The summer
girl takes every imaginable chance for the
sake of being airily gowned. Particularly
true is this in the evening when she goes
to hop or for a promenade, exposing her
throat and chest to the damp night air.
Yet this year there is excuse for not
providing some dainty covering for the low
cut gown or a feecy yet protecting wrap
for the delicate throat. In the trousseau of
June bride, favored acquaintance was
shown lace shawl to match each of the
filmy evening frocks-the exquisite lacy
shawls such as southern grandames wore.
So the girl who is fortunate enough to pos
sess one of these lengths of old lace will do
well to bring 1t into use for protection
against COOL damp air, after the sun has
made his goodnight bow.
There is a great revival of Spanish lace
shawls, and scarfs of all shapes are being
worn either in black or cream color, and
many of them are dyed in a soft pastel
shade. Another fetching lace shawl is of
coffee-colored silk Cluny, shaped like a
fichu with long, tapering ends Cream
colored net is also outlined In fichu shape
with heavy Arabian lace.
The fad of fashionable women with a
comfortable allowance for dress Access
series Is an Assyrian shawl. This is a
long scarf of black white coarse net In
geometrfcal mesh and is thickly spangled
with gold silver tinsel. These can read
lily be made from a length of spangled net
such as was used during the winter In
glistening evening frocks.
Lighter even than these sparkling gauze
shawls, the flmy Liberty scarf has lost
none of its popularity. The newest of these
show stripes and bars of silk crepe in the
same or contrasting pastel shades, and Dor
ders of gloriously colored Persian designs
One specially fascinating scarf has crepey
scarlet polka dot on white silk ground
and Is finished with a deep Persian border
in which scarlet is the predominating color.
Scarfs of silk mousseline with scalloped and
embroidered edges and embroidered floral
patterns the end are charmingly pic
turesque with summer evening frocks. An
other simple but effective scarf Is made
from the sheerest French null or batiste,
and is hemstitched at the ends or scalloped
and buttonholed all the way around.
One of the loveliest novelties in shawls is
a delicately tinted cashmere. A length of
three yards is edged with twelve-inch silk
fringe and at either end, extending well up
into the body of the shawl are woven huge
FULL blown roses, and a shawl of lavender
resolves itself into a border of baby-blue
blossoms
But 1t Is the feather boa to which, after
all a woman clings as the most becoming
protection for her throat and shoulders.
Dainty little neck pieces like the fiat fur
tippets worn during the winter are made
of maribout in white or pastel blues or
pinks while fastened In among the downy
feathers are tiny curls of ostrich tips in
black lavender or some contrasting color.
Flowers such as primroseS one large
American beauty rose also nestled in
the maribout at the side of the throat.