Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-06-17

New York, June 17.-Of pretty,
sheer, summer frocks, there is appar.
emily no end, and even as late in the
season as this, fresh models are being
constantly shown. They range from
inexpensive simplicity TO q simplicity
the reverse of inexpensive and to open
~elaborateness, and there seems to be
no reason in the world why any wo.
man with a dress allowance not ex.
ceedingTy scanty should not be attrac-
lively dressed this summer
The elbow sleeves and the demi
decollete necks 81 much in order give
a certain air Of festivity and frivolity
to even the simplest sheer frock, pro
vided the materials are dainty and fine,
and for girlish wearers these unpreten-
tious little frocks are ideal. Where the
blouse, cut slightly low and round,
square or pointed at the throat is not
desirable, the ubiquitous chemisette or
guimpe has its opportunity, and these
dainty bits of lace and embroidery and
null or batiste are the making Of many
a frock otherwise without pretense Of
distinction.
OF course the expert needlewoman
can make chemisettes, cuffs, under.
sleeves, etc. at home for a mere frac.
tion of the price asked for the really
fine ones in the shops, but few women
have the skill and ingenuity to achieve
effects so original and pretty as those
evolved by the specialists in such
work; and IL is usually advisable TO so.
lect and buy a pretty chemisette unless
the frock is in the hands of a dress,
maker of considerable skill.
The very intricate and elaborate sets
are, Of course, very high in price but
there are extremely pretty simple sets,
fine in material and original in design,
which are not extravagantly expens.
i've. The embroidered muslin chimi-
setteA guiltless Of other trimming, are
smart for wear with morning frocks,
but are seldom 20 becoming as the lace
trimmed chemisettes.
There is considerable difference in
the shaping and fitting Of the collars
and this should be taken into consid
GRAFTON in selecting. Then the collar
and cuffs, IL a set is used, should be
carefully fitted by some one who un.
derstands such matters.
Tiny loops and buttons are on a ma
jority of the finest lingerie sets. II,
instead, hooks and eyes are used, 1t
will usually be found worth while TO
remove them and go TO the trouble Of
substituting the little loops and but
tons. The essential charm of such
feminine dress accessories lies in their
exquisite daintiness, and when a che
misette is clumsily fitted and careless
ly fastened or adjusted it loses its
chic daintiness, a fact many women
who are wearing this seasons neck
wear seem incapable of grasping.
Plain waists of sheerest lawn, upon
which are adjusted fine .ehemisettes and
sleeves, are made for wear under
blouse bodices cut down at the neck
and made with the loose eaplike sleeve
slit up the outside; and with a fine
lace or muslin chemisette and sleeve
arrangement Of this sort, even the
cheapest Of ginghams, lawns, linens
ETC., may attain an air Of smartness
The full, shOpt bolero, made with the
cap sleeves, is popular, too, and
is, Of course, worn over a complete
lingerie blouse, but it does not launder
so well as the blouse bodice.
Coat and skirt suits Of white serge,
with mohair, white Panama, etc. are
in great demand now and are made up
in the loose bolero and the long fitted
coat models, but the tailors consider
especially smart a white serge COS
with plated or circular walking
and severely tailored coat of hip
box or seni-htted back, straight