The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-24

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 preferable to dimities, which, though
 always dainty when new and fresh, be-
 come limp and untidy with a few hours wear. Natural linen color, thaugh not 1 one of the new shades, is very satis-
 factory, and especially so in linen lawn.
 Made up with tucks and worn over
 ones white underthings it is usually becoming.
 An attractive design would be a skirt laid in alternative long and short tucks
 around the hips with front panel and
 a deep founce around the bottom of tthe skirt both outlined with linen colored lace insertion laid over colored, if touch of it were desired; and a blouse showing the shoulders laid in
 the tiny tucks and crossed with inser-
 tion, two long strips down the front,
 high puffed sleeves tucked into inser- tion bands and finished with three nar-
 row frills one above the other. With this would be worn crush girdle, not too wide, made of silk matching the
 shade underneath the lace.
 The vogue of the shirtWaist has in a great measure done away with negliges,
 and so. with the return to the entire suit, there come a revival of pretty, comfortable lounging garments. For
 these almost every sort of material is
 utilized, muslins, lawns, and Japanese prints for common wear, India and
 China silks, dainty embroidered batis-
 tes and dotted expensive kinds, with any of which it is necessary to wear
 an underslip of some sort, usually of white wash materials it is best to em- ploy one of the simple models, the large square or the "slip" style for the short ones, and perhaps the Watteau effects for the full-length gowns. The latter are much the more satisfactory, and, of course, less expensive on account of the petticoat which must invariably ac- company the shorter models.
 A delicately figured batiste made up one dainty acquisition of this sort. It was only slightly shaped to the figure in the back and made rather full in front, the gathers coming from the w. shaped neck, where they were con- cealed by a deep sailor collar, fashioned out of English eyelet embroidery edged with a button-holed scallop, This col lar reached to within couple of inches of the waist line, where it was met by two three-inch bands of lavender mus lin, the color of the figure in the body material, which formed the facing of the front and reached to the floor. The e1eavaC 11rera ovnaptio,,alIxr ,,rot+1, Ta,,,t at the top and closely gathered at the bottom they were finished with far ing, turned-back cuff of the lavender muslin, the cuff following the shape of the arm just below the elbow. These negliges trimmed with Valenciennes or Mechlin, with ribbons and beading for drawstrings, are as dainty and comfort able as one could with and, by remov- ing the ribbons, launder nicely. Next to these, for summer wear there are the white silk ones which likewise wash nicely, and are, therefore, more to be desired than those of fancy silks. These are generally made rather more elaborate with lace-trimmed flounces and shirrings. m.i,
 Fashions for the small fry are becom- ing quite as much matter of concern as for groWn-ups, and this season the youngsters are all looking exceptionally smart in their Rajah, pongee, or col ored linen suits, with collar, cuffs, and belts of contrasting color For young sters of both sexes there are Peter Pan blouses topping closely kilted skirts with bright red or green or black leath- CT belts. For the small girl there are smart little frocks made, say, of hand kerchief linen, if it Is to be "best one, with seven gores, each with three pointed bands sewed in with the seams and stitched to the skirt, with three tiny pearl buttons on the points The blouse has deep sailor collar with the ends in front tucked into the narrow belt and the shield barred with linen bands, each with three of the pearl but tons put on in triangular form down the centre. Removable shields. cuffs and collars. make a change. The Rus sian blouse suits for wee boys are still most popular, and with the blouse shield left off is as unusaI number of dark colored suits are. seen. High can- vas shoes in all colors of the rainbow vie in popularity with the low and high sandals and bare feet.
 The rage for ribbons amounts almost to a craze, and no wonder, for they are charming. Tissue ribbons and spider web weaves are late additions The tissues come in pastel shades, with mar TOW or wide satin edges very heavy in contrast to the filmy centres. some- times there are pompadour or Dresden effects-on shadowy gold or silver grounds, or again Chinese-like hierogly- phics in black and colors on pale pur- pie or green background. The cobweb ribbons make exquisite girdles, but are so frail that they require no end of wir- ing and boning. They are aptly named, for the weave does resemble a cobweb and as there is always a gold or silver thread intermixed with the smoke ,grays, dingy blues and dull browns and greens, in which alone these ribbons are to be had, the stimulation is more per- feet, the dazzling thread serving to conceal the connection of the other strands. Especially on silky mulls. batistes. and thin silks, of one color, these ribbons are used as girdles, sash es, and are in great demand when in- terlacings or many-looped effects are desired. They also lend themselves most adaptly to fancy work of various descriptions, handkerchief-bags, book marks, work-bags, and cross-stitched