Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
THE SHIRT WAIST GIRL
Bids Fair to Be a Charming Per-
sonage This Summer.
SOME FAvORlTE MODELS
Lingerie Bodice is Exceptionally
Youthful in Effect.
MANY ODD WASHABLE BLoUsES
Revival of Powered French Cottons
and Calicoes-Popular Hats
and Parasols.
MANY ODD WASHABLE BLoUsEs
special Correspondents Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK. April %. 1906.
The Shirt Waist Girl bids fair to be a very
charming parsonage this summer Never
was the odd washable blouse more beauti-
full. more exauisitely made or showed more
possibilities for that distinctive quality call
ed style. Never. too. 1t must be admitted,
was II more expensive for the really ele-
CANT thing is handmade and exuuIsiteIy
embroidered White takes precedence over
color, as usual, for sheer elegance, and the
imported bodices have naturally first place.
Magnificent as are the best Of these bod
ices. the general effect of them Is yet one
of extreme simplicity. Handkerchief linen
of a sheer and most delicate quality Is the
prime material, and into this soft and yet
durable web rich 1aces are inserted between
effective bits of needlework. Sixty dollars
Is by no means an unusual price to charge
for one of these waists. but as long as the
last rag of It Is left the bodice IS a posses
sion Darns put in here and there take
away none of its splendor, and 1t often
comes about that handsomely embroid-
cred front will do duty for two waists. If
the cuffs remain IN fair condition they also
VIII be carried over to a now garment and
the reinearnated blouse does duty as before
for best dress
Other materials which figure in the pref
test of the white bfouses are plain NULL
silk null, embroidered Swiss, batste, dim
fly, ETC. The model OF the hour, as far as
simplicity goes, Is infantile in essence A
slightly gathered blouse buttoned at the
back. with elbow sleeves and a high unlined
stock, Is the form favored. The full short
puff OF the sleeves Is very coquettish, the
various trimmings used being always put on
In some charming way at the bottom. The
elbow sleeves may even be trimmed over
lararr II L.
dressy one, and with Irish lace and en-
broidery narrow Valenciennes will provide
the finishing touch.
With the handsomest coat gowns In cloth,
yelling or silk, these lingerie waists will be
worn, and to accord with the tailor genre
of the costume there is now Il new style
of collar for some of the blouses. This is
stin turnover of plain or embroidered linen,
which fastens with a mannish bow tie OF
silk or satin or maybe Of the blouse mate
rial Some of the imported bIouses have
this tie Of fine Swiss trimmed with narrow
Val, but in this case the waist is generally
colored
Some Charming Shirts.
Apropos Of color. there are some very
charming shirts of more tailored genre in
straw, old rose and blue linen. These are
provided for black gowns. and a very smart
wrinkle. If the material can be had is to
have the wide girdle In the same material.
Some imported shirts seen had wide
matching belts, even the huge square
buckles Of the front being covered with the
linen. The collars of these were all of the
high stiff sort, the same embroideries which
were used upon the bodice and upon
the cuffs of the sleeves. which were
long in this instance. being used upon
the turnover. Such shirt waists are
turned out by the French entirely for prac-
ticaA wear, and the moment one takes to
fancier touches it is called blouse. The
ineYDpn of the hlca1SpS
which are machine made, though even upon
these will show hand embroideries. The
sleeves of these are long, q fuN puff fitting
into long cuff upon which the embroidery
shows, and 50 is q usual price for them
Very pretty and quite cheap white bodices
are made over silk OF plain and spotted nets
with cluny or torchon trimmings These
range from $3.50 up and the effect of one