Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06
HINTS FOR HOME WORK
Parasol Deckings for Deft
Fingers.
SCALLOPED FLOUNCES
OTHER LITTLE AND GREAT DE-
TAILS TO FOLLOW.
The New SNOWFALL Rosettes Re-
place Handle
Bows.


Dame Fashion and her assistants, the
mode-plakers of Paris. Vienna, London and
New York, are devout students of grlology
Each summer they create new vogue, not
only in gowns, but in girls. for truly the
gown makes a girl In summer time. For
this reason we had summer Of athletic
girls. with everything suggesting tailored
lines. Then came the modified athletic girl.
under the title of the Christy maid, with
her spotless shirt waists trig skirts and
chin-tiltng stocks. Last year we had the
1890 girl. and this year it Is a revival of the
1850 girl.
One of the most convincing evidences of
Miss 1850 is the parasol boom. Never have
girls purchased them in such large numbers
and in such varieties of eolorings. and never
have manufacturers offered them In such
bewildering loneliness and purse pulling pic
turesqueness. 1t has almost reached that
point where the up-to-date girl has para
sol for every gown, and be it known that
this Is not because she means to go with
out hat this summer. The fad for run
ming about board walks ana mountain by
paths in hatlesS guise Is now thing of the
past. Hats will be worn very generally this
summer. but the parasol is fully as essen
tial, because the hats which are enjoying
the largest sale are so absurdly small that
they merely top an deliberately coiffed head
hitd diOiu httit VI no pEOleCll0u 10 the COtIl
plexion.
There is no reason, however, why the
girl of limited dress allowance should feel
helplessly discouraged over this somewhat
extravagant fad for many parasoIs The
parasol of the hour Is much trimmed, and
so much latitude is permitted in the fash
fonfng of the cover that a clever girl with
Himble fingers can take two parasolS of
plain color and with different tops like an
oVefSklrt, and gain u variety of effects.
That Dainty Touch.
Some of these covers are tackled on as
loosely the net and lace covers of per-
ambulator parasol and there are a thou
sand and one ways in which this same deft
girl can add touch of handiwork to the
simple taffeta parasol, for which she pays
anywhere from dollar to two dollars and
half. For instance, there is now offered
on the market an English parasol which
commands a very high figure, but which
can be copied by a skillful home sewer who
uses the ordinary taffetaS coaching para
sol for foundation. The frame is rather
large, and the cover is of forget -me-not
blue taffetas, with a light wood handle.
Around the edge of the parasol is appliqued
series of scallops about five inches wide,
and in depth somewhat shallow. These are
made OF taffetas the same shade as the
parasol cover, finished with a fiat, pleated
quilting of the silk and attached to the
cover by the same sort of quilting about
an men Ueep, StllcReQ through the center
to form very fiat ruching. Below this
quilting and as a head to the scalIop is
fastened a triple row of sik-covered but
tons about three-eighths of an inch in diam
eter. From the handle fab three snow.
balls OF the ribbon about three inches in
diameter, which depend from odd lengths
of the half-inch ribbon.
p THESE snowbails or round, chubby rosettes
of ribbon are extremely smart for finishing
off the handles of parasols and must itch
in coloring the paraSo! itself. For carving
with black and white checked suit a
checked parasol is finished with band of
Dresden ribbon showing cloudy black and
white pattern with a cardinal red edge
This is set off by tiny red buttons.
A plain pongee coaching parasol was
made very smart by the application of dia-
mond-shaped pieces of Persian binding
stitched on very fiat to match the embroid-
cred bands of a pongee afternoon gown
Appliques of Flowers.
A blue taffeta cover showed appliques of
tan color pongee in the form of large, five
petaled flowers in shape not unlike wild
roses. These were applied with silk braid
of tan color to match the pongee and then
outlined with alternate rows of the same
very fine silk braid in pale blue and tan.
The heart of the flower was made from pale
blue and tan color French knots
The girl who has frame and handle in
good condition may have the former re-
gowns a prices varying from $3.50 to 50 80
according to the shop in which the work is
done. Some beautiful parasols are shown
to match the silks to be used in street
frockS, particularly the somewhat fanciful
shirt waist effects. charming example
Is shown In golden brown barred with pale
blue satin stripes, crossed with gold An
other fetching design shows a blue shading
10 tan with rosette around the ferule of
pale blue, and a third shows shaded taffetas
toning from lavender to green.
1t requires the same talent for recovering
parasols at home that is needed for max
Ing the tailored gown; that is, an eye for
lines and gift of accuracy. The home
sewer who would make a new plain cover
for parasol should rip off the old cover
very carefully and observe the grain of the
SILK In cutting each new section to match
exactly the section ripped from the para
sol. 1t is not matter OF mere shape and
size but the set of the parasol depends
upon the angle of the weave
The most expensive parasols Of the season
are the hand-painted articles. These come
IN the most delicate of pastel tints with
enameled handles to match.
Hand-Painted Roses.
white satin parasol with white enam-
eled handle was exquisitely painted with
pink and white roses which seemed to be
falling to pieces. that stray petals were
scattered almost on the edge of the para
sol. A mother-of-pearl handle was topped
by white satin cover in whose painting
was reproduced the tints of mother pearl
shaded pinks. blues and greens-all in
orchids. aH
very pale violet parasol of taffetas was
painted with loose sprays of violets one
on each section or gore, connected by Marie
Antoinette garlands. These shaded from
the violet to a shadowy gray. A white
parasol painted with yellow primroses had
handle of white topped off by golden
BIRDS head.
Next to the hand-painted parasol in cost
iiness and elegance is the parasol decorated
with Louis embroidery in tape ribbon show
ing the most exquisite of pastel tnts on
white ground. But like the hand-painted
parasol, these are for two classes of wo-
men, Miladi who has unlimited dress al
lowance. or she who has a gift for artistic
needlework or painting.
The seasons unquestioned novelty in par
asols is the lingerie effects. These match
the allover eyelet work and embroideries
SO popular for summer frocks and are espe-
ciaily charming for wear with an all-white
get-up.
The simplest form of making over old
parasols or trimming new ones is the ap-
plication of lace and chiffon, and in this d.
rection there is practically no limit in de-
signs and fashions. A plain parasol Of
white taffetas with simple border of pom