Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-22
Late Summer Finery.

Thin, soft fabrics reign supreme this sum-
| mer, and while white is very much worn
| in mulls and linens, the soft tints are also
! popular. Organdies have Haunted their cool
| fiowery folds about us for the past few sum-
| mers. but this year they are folded away
| on shelf They are pronounced too stiff for
| the present full skirts and surplice styles.
so batistes, mulls, thin and soft silks and
the new materials in soft cottons and silks
which the season has brought forth have
| taken their place. Most linens are used for
| morning wear and for making up gowns of
| simpler cut than those worn for afternoon.
Linen appears in almost every form-gownS,
wraps hats, shoes. parasolS and spatS and
neglges. not to mention its vast popularity
F.! for lingerie. Most of this linen apparel
provides opportunity for the eyelet embroid
cry. Gowns and coats are deliberately
adorned with it. while hats, parasols and
even shoes show its exquisite stitches. The
linen costumes will be worn late into
the fall as me weather will permit and no
one likes to be without some garment show
ing the English embroidery. Where the
purse strings are OF limited length the eye
let embroidery is wrought at home by the
Industrious girl or woman. This is not diff
| cult. nor does 1t require great amount of
time, but the results are more than gratify-
Ing. Many afternoon gowns of batiste or
null are berufed with fril.s having seal
Hoped and buttOnholed edges. In the more
elaborate ones these further adorned
with a spray of small flowers. a bunch of
grapes or 8 conventionaliZed daisy running
up onto the ruffie. Many of these thin
gowns are made entirely by hand and the
woman who can make a gown of this kind
Is justly proud
Other fields of opportunity for the needle
lie among the dainty old-fashioned firhus
chemisettes and cuffs and pretty collars,
which are a part of every up-to-date ward
robe. These are made of sheer linen null
batiste or organdie.
The lingerie hats and parasols. too, are
made at home, being of linen and embroid-
cred In the English eyelet patterns. The
mats consist of crown and band and upper
and under brim. These are sewed to a
buckram or wire frame and may be much
or little trimmed. Flowers are prettiest for
this use. though the hats are often kept all
white and their very simplicity increases
their richness. The parasols for morning
use show neatly hemmed or hemstitched
edges. while those for afternoon wear have
scailoped and more or less deliberately en-
broidered borders. Not all of these para
soils are white-many of them are in the
delicate pastel shades of green blue and
rose, in all cases matching the frock with
which they are worn. Shoes should match
gowns. too, and the lady Of fashion is a
symphony in a single tOne-shoes stockings
gloves, hat and parasol all in harmony
with her gown.
Skirts for Late Summer and Fall.
In skirts for late summer and fall the cir
cular and plated models are far and away
the most popular. The former At over the
hips without seam or dart and flare in full
sweep at the bottom This skirt must be
long to be satisfactory, the short models
are sure to be uneven at the bottom before
they are really hung. They are cut largely
on the bias which accounts for their I'M
stable character. Many of these skirts
show seam in front, while others are all
of one piece Flounces trim great many
of these skirts, especially those of thin
| materials, and usually begin at the knees.
These founces may be OF the same or grad
TOD he, 49,
pleated skirts side box pleated-the
former having the odds in favor of it's pop
ularity. For home construction the pleated
| model Is more possible than the circular.
and while seeming more difficult. perhaps,
Is far more successful In the result.
: In the matter OF trimmings folds are